A Day in the Life

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Written by: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Produced by: George Martin
Released: June '67 on Capitol
Charts: Non-single

"A Day in the Life" is one of the last true collaborations between Lennon and McCartney: Lennon wrote the opening and closing sections, while McCartney contributed the "woke up/Fell out of bed" middle. For the climax, they hired forty classical musicians, dressed them in tuxedos and funny hats, and told them they had fifteen bars to ascend from the lowest note on their instruments to the highest. "Listen to those trumpets -- they're just freaking out," McCartney said. The final thundering piano chord concluded the Sgt. Pepper's album and made rock music seem like it had infinite possibilities.

Appears on: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol)

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