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“Penny Lane” is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions, and released in February 1967 as one side of a double A-sided single, along with John Lennon’s “Strawberry Fields Forever”. Beatles producer George Martin has stated he believes the pairing of these songs resulted in probably the greatest single ever released by the group. Both songs were later released on the US Magical Mystery Tour album in November 1967. In the UK, the pairing famously failed to reach #1 in the singles charts, stalling one place below Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Please Release Me”. In the US The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week before being knocked off by The Turtles song “Happy Together”. The song features contrasting verse-chorus form and was credited “Lennon-McCartney”, although McCartney was the main contributor to the song. The song’s title is derived from the name of a street in the band’s hometown, Liverpool. The area that surrounds its junction with Smithdown Road is also commonly called Penny Lane. Locally the term “Penny Lane” was the name given to Allerton Road and Smithdown Road and its busy shopping area. Penny Lane is named after James Penny, an 18th century slave trader.

McCartney and Lennon grew up in the area and they would meet at Penny Lane junction to catch a bus into the centre of the city. The street is an important landmark, sought out by most Beatles fans touring Liverpool. In the past, street signs saying “Penny Lane” were constant targets of tourist theft and had to be continually replaced. Eventually, city officials gave up and simply began painting the street name on the sides of buildings.
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  • UrbanFervor

    First Beatles track I ever really fell in love with.

    12 days ago

  • TheDarkSide73

    Great Song..ALWAYS Loved The Beatles

    last month

  • Misfortunetress

    He likes to keep his fire engine clean, it's a clean machine. I have NO clue what this song is even talking about! Odd lyrics..but good song

    last month

  • ben12a

    Love the trumpet work on this. Only the Beatles could write one like this. Genius.!

    last month

  • shellbyrne

    JOLLY GOOD, IT IS!

    last month

  • paraheart17

    This song never fails to bring a smile to my face :)

    March 2012

  • ryotego

    there needs to be more songs like this [2]

    March 2012

  • BlueOclock

    <3 <:-)-]--<

    March 2012

  • kurtnirvanakris

    i love this song by the legendary fab four

    March 2012

  • lis_sofobia

    R.I.P. David Mason. <3

    March 2012

  • MIKEH3875

    lovely tune by the fab four

    March 2012

  • RussellChap

    I really, really, really like this gentle psychedelic pop song :-D

    February 2012

  • crawlpalmetto

    ...there beneath the blue suburban skies... <3 so much.

    February 2012

  • killer_no_2

    how adorable is this song :,) one of my favourites.

    February 2012

  • MJFreak

    ♥ ♥

    February 2012

  • lovesickvicki

    my dad's from liverpool (his mother was actually friends with paul mccartney's aunt or something) and the majority of my childhood trips consisted of driving down penny lane. oh, nostalgia.

    January 2012

  • silversurfer250

    YES YES YES...MORE PLEASE!

    January 2012

  • Thomse_BER

    Never been to Liverpool, but I do almost feel as if I was

    January 2012

  • blazikens

    there needs to be more songs like this

    December 2011

  • ViniciusStilt

    So lovely *----*

    December 2011
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