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| "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" | |
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| Song by the Beatles | |
| from the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | |
| Released |
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| Recorded | 17, 20 February, 28, 29, 31 March 1967 |
| Studio | EMI, London |
| Genre | |
| Length | 2:37 |
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| Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney |
| Producer(s) | George Martin |
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"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Beatles for their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written and composed primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.[5][6]
Most of the lyrics came from a 19th-century circus poster for Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal appearance at Rochdale. It was one of three songs from the Sgt. Pepper album that was banned from playing on the BBC, supposedly because the phrase "Henry the Horse" combined two words that were individually known as slang for heroin.[7][8] Lennon denied that the song had anything to do with heroin.[9]
- ^ Everett 1999, p. 123. "In the United Kingdom Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...was rush-released six days ahead of its official date, June 1."
- ^ Wybenga, Eric (2011). Dead to the Core: An Almanack of the Grateful Dead. Random House.
- ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! - The Beatles - Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
- ^ McIver, Joel (2015). "The Kinks - "Sunny Afternoon". In Dimery, Robert (ed.). 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. New York: Universe. p. 174.
- ^ Miles 1997, pp. 318.
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- ^ James. "10 Things You Didn't Know About... Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," HMV (25 May 2017).
- ^ Goodden, Joe. Riding So High: The Beatles and Drugs (Joe Goodden, 2017).
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