The Beatles - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Official Video)

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written primarily by John Lennon with assistance from Paul McCartney, and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. Lennon's son Julian inspired the song with a nursery school drawing that he called "Lucy – in the sky with diamonds". Shortly before the album's release, speculation arose that the first letter of each of the nouns in the title intentionally spelled "LSD", the initialism commonly used for the hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide. Lennon repeatedly denied that he had intended it as a drug song, and attributed the song's fantastical imagery to his reading of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books.

The Beatles recorded "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" in March 1967. Adding to the song's ethereal qualities, the musical arrangement includes a Lowrey organ part heavily treated with studio effects, and a drone provided by an Indian tambura. The song has been recognised as a key work in the psychedelic genre. Among its many cover versions, a 1974 recording by Elton John – with a guest appearance by Lennon – was a number 1 hit in the US and Canada.

#TheBeatles #LucyInTheSkyWithDiamonds #OfficialVideo

[cassiopeia]

I'd like to thank my middle school preacher who showed a clip of this song while talking about "the evils of pop music". If it wasn't for him, I'd have never listened to this jam, bought the album and got into the Beatles to begin with! :)

[RobertStewart-zunl]

What an unbelievable song

"Climb in the back with your head in the clouds and you're gone" just incredible 👌

[anothersettlementneedsyour]

So glad our film teacher showed this to us of all animated films he could choose.

[flz_]

The version played in the Yellow Submarine movie has always been my favorite. I'm really glad it's accessible on YouTube now.

[JocelynWilding]

Idk how to explain it but this song does something to me in a good way

[ivanschickendantz]

the best 3 minutes of animation in all time

[inthetearoom]

i love that Lucy Austrolopithicus remains were named after this song, as it was playing when she was discovered.

[velocirapture]

The Beatles music is so weird and yet, so memorable. What a combination.

[theloniouscoltrane]

imagine hearing this kind of song in 1967! the Beatles are the GOAT

[DjNRaider]

I love this version of the track, i guess this is the original pitch of the track, even the mix is perfect, you can hear every instrument 🖤

[SaitamaTheLastAirbender]

Only 2 words can describe this song: Hauntingly beautiful

[boroooooooooo]

Greatest music band of the decade which changed the whole music industry forever... The most influential music band in the world of music ... The king of all music bands and the king of music .... The Beatles...❤🎉

[williamfields]

Yellow Submarine is a cool movie. Remember the Blue Meanies?

[Arewewr]

I LOVE YOU GUYS TO THE MOON AND BACK RIP JOHN

[keithwalmsley]

Pure genius, as a musician myself I really don't know how you come up with a song like this, maybe through drugs but however you do it a timeless, transcendental classic, what a force of nature John Lennon was.

[victors]

Lucy in the
Sky with
Diamonds

They all in the sky, musicians and artists, all

[xanderwardwell-gaw]

This scene always creeped me out as a kid.

[logancolson]

"Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes"

I didn't see kaleidoscopically, but things were definitely wavy

[timothylongman]

I remember listening to this on tape as a young boy in the 70s....

[jackeppington]

I just love the artwork in this. Even the "messiness" of the animation is beautiful.