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“Strawberry Fields Forever” is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Recorded at the end of 1966, the song was written by John Lennon during the filming of How I Won The War, but is credited to Lennon/McCartney. It is named after a Salvation Army house in Liverpool where Lennon played as a child.

“Strawberry Fields Forever” begins with Lennon’s vocals and accompaniment by the rest of the group; beginning at one minute into the song, Lennon is accompanied by an orchestral score. After the third verse and refrain, the song fades out and fades in again to dissonant melodies with Lennon saying, “cranberry sauce” (although this was misheard by many Paul is dead theorists as Lennon saying, “I buried Paul”).

While “Strawberry Fields Forever” was originally recorded for Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), it was instead released on 13 February 1967 in the UK, and 17 February 1967 in the United States as a double A-side single, backed with Paul McCartney’s “Penny Lane”. “Strawberry Fields Forever” reached number eight in the US, with numerous critics describing it as one of the group’s best recordings.

It is one of the defining works of the psychedelic rock genre and has been covered by many other artists. The song was later included on the American Magical Mystery Tour LP (1967). The Strawberry Fields memorial in New York City’s Central Park (near the site of Lennon’s murder at The Dakota apartment building) was named after the song.
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  • Magical Mystery Tour
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  • Love
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  • 1967-1970 (disc 1)
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  • Back-Track
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  • shorteninbread

    Ooh, I got the "Anthology" version. Sounds great--possibly even better--like this, stripped down. Haunting.

    Monday evening

  • daniellepuente_

    living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

    Sunday morning

  • indagar

    To The Beatles' Strawberry Fields: http://mitspieler.blogspot.com/2012/05/living-is-easy-with-eyes-closed.html

    last week

  • egroh08

    it's getting hard to be someone, but it all works out

    11 days ago

  • BLUJWAYcom

    http://www.blujway.com/The-Beatles-1967-Print_p_170.html

    12 days ago

  • werty36

    nothing is real

    13 days ago

  • BiIIyShears

    Cranberry sauce.....

    18 days ago

  • puiuou

    strawberry fields forever!

    last month

  • DonkeyHotai

    nope, not the original ... not even close .... mwaaahhh

    last month

  • laurenisacat

    this song is so lovely and wonderful

    last month

  • Eglantinetje

    Those lyrics are the best. I can really relate to what John Lennon wanted to say. I don't think I know what it was like to be him, but I do believe I know the feeling he tried to express in the song.

    last month

  • supermediadave

    When I was a kid, I used to daydream about strawberry fields. Never knowing.

    last month

  • jrnleblanc

    My favorite Beatles song.

    last month

  • oldiesfanjohn

    this and Penny Lane...is there anywhere else you`d rather be? <3<3<3

    last month

  • pixletwin

    This is the LOVE version. Not the Magical Mystery Tour original. Pshaw.

    March 2012

  • alexia_N

    i'm mad this song isn't on The Beatles Rock Band

    March 2012

  • DanLovesAlice

    @RussellChap, forget all of those. THE best song ever!

    March 2012

  • tiggerjula

    i really miss them and i miss the times

    March 2012

  • Heester

    One of the best songs ever made

    March 2012

  • RussellChap

    One of the best Beatles songs, ever. Forget that. One of the best psychedelic songs ever. Forget that. One of the BEST songs EVER. :-)

    February 2012
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