Eleanor Rigby

"Eleanor Rigby"
"Eleanor Rigby"
	US picture sleeve
Single by the Beatles
from the album Revolver
A-side	"Yellow Submarine" (double A-side)
Released	5 August 1966
Recorded	28–29 April & 6 June 1966
Studio	EMI, London
Genre	Baroque pop, art rock
Length	2:08
Label	Parlophone (UK),; Capitol (US)
Songwriter(s)	Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)	George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
Music video
	"Eleanor Rigby" on YouTube

"Eleanor Rigby" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with "Yellow Submarine". Credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership, the song is one of only a few in which John Lennon and Paul McCartney later disputed primary authorship.^[3] Eyewitness testimony from several independent sources, including George Martin and Pete Shotton, supports McCartney's claim to authorship.^[4]

"Eleanor Rigby" continued the transformation of the Beatles from a mainly rock and roll- and pop-oriented act to a more experimental, studio-based band, with a double string quartet arrangement by George Martin and lyrics providing a narrative on loneliness. It broke sharply with popular music conventions, both musically and lyrically.^[5] The song topped singles charts in Australia, Belgium, Canada, and New Zealand.

^ Stanley, Bob (20 September 2007). "Pop: Baroque and a soft place". The Guardian. Film & music section, p. 8. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
^ Rodriguez 2012, p. 138.
^ Weber 2016, p. 95: "One of the rare songs in which primary authorship is disputed is 'Eleanor Rigby' ..."
^ Weber 2016, p. 96: "... [T]here is eyewitness testimony from at least four separate and independent sources, [including Martin, William Burroughs, Donovan and Shotton,] all of whom support McCartney's claim to authorship."
^ Campbell & Brody 2008, pp. 172–73.

[1] Stanley, Bob (20 September 2007). "Pop: Baroque and a soft place". The Guardian. Film & music section, p. 8. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

[FOOTNOTERodriguez2012138-2] Rodriguez 2012, p. 138.

[3] Weber 2016, p. 95: "One of the rare songs in which primary authorship is disputed is 'Eleanor Rigby' ..."

[4] Weber 2016, p. 96: "... [T]here is eyewitness testimony from at least four separate and independent sources, [including Martin, William Burroughs, Donovan and Shotton,] all of whom support McCartney's claim to authorship."

[FOOTNOTECampbellBrody2008172–73-5] Campbell & Brody 2008, pp. 172–73.

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