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| − | | Name = Yellow Submarine
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| − | | Cover = Eleanor rigby single usa.jpg
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| − | | Artist = [[The Beatles]]
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| − | | from Album = [[Revolver (album)|Revolver]]
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| − | | A-side = "[[Eleanor Rigby]]"
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| − | | Released = [[August 5]] [[1966]] ([[United Kingdom|UK]])<br/>[[August 8]] [[1966]] ([[United States|U.S.]])
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| − | | Format = [[gramophone record|7"]]
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| − | | Recorded = [[Abbey Road Studios]]<br>[[May 26]] and [[June 1]] [[1966]]
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| − | | Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
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| − | | Length = 2:38
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| − | | Label = [[Parlophone]] (UK)<br/>[[Capitol Records|Capitol]] (U.S.)
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| − | | Writer = [[Lennon/McCartney]]
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| − | | Producer = [[George Martin]]
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| − | | Chart position =
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| − | * #1 <small>([[UK Singles Chart]])</small>
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| − | * #1 <small>(CAN [[CHUM Chart]])</small>
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| − | * #2 <small>(US [[Billboard Hot 100]])</small>
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| − | | Last single = "[[Paperback Writer]]" <br/>(1966)
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| − | | This single = "[[Eleanor Rigby]]" / "Yellow Submarine" <br>(1966)
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| − | | Next single = "[[Strawberry Fields Forever]]" / "[[Penny Lane]]" <br>(1967)
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| − | | Misc = {{Extra musicsample |filename=Beatles yellowsubmarine.ogg |format=[[Ogg]] |title=Yellow Submarine |Type=single}}
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| − | {{Extra tracklisting
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| − | | Album = [[Revolver (album)|Revolver]]
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| − | | Type = studio
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| − | | Tracks = ;Side one
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| − | # "[[Taxman]]"
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| − | # "[[Eleanor Rigby]]"
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| − | # "[[I'm Only Sleeping]]"
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| − | # "[[Love You To]]"
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| − | # "[[Here, There and Everywhere]]"
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| − | # "'''Yellow Submarine'''"
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| − | # "[[She Said She Said]]"
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| − | ;Side two
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| − | # "[[Good Day Sunshine]]"
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| − | # "[[And Your Bird Can Sing]]"
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| − | # "[[For No One]]"
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| − | # "[[Doctor Robert]]"
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| − | # "[[I Want to Tell You]]"
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| − | # "[[Got to Get You Into My Life]]"
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| − | # "[[Tomorrow Never Knows]]"}}
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| − | {{Extra tracklisting
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| − | | Album = [[Yellow Submarine (album)|Yellow Submarine]]
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| − | | Type = studio
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| − | | this_track = "Yellow Submarine"
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| − | | next_track = "[[Only a Northern Song]]"
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| − | | next_no = 2}}
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| − | "'''Yellow Submarine'''" is a [[1966]] song by [[The Beatles]] (written by the [[Lennon-McCartney]] duo) and the theme song for the 1968 [[Yellow Submarine (film)|animated United Artists film]] based on the music of the Beatles. It is also the title for the [[Yellow Submarine (album)|soundtrack album]] to the film, released as part of The Beatles' music catalogue.
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| − | ==Recording==
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| − | "Yellow Submarine" was recorded on [[26 May]] and [[1 June]] [[1966]], at [[Abbey Road Studios]].
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| − | ==Promotion==
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| − | The "Yellow Submarine" single was the Beatles' thirteenth [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Single (music)|single]]. [[Ringo Starr]] performed lead vocals. It was released in the UK on [[5 August]] as a 'double A side' with "[[Eleanor Rigby]]", and in the [[United States]] on [[8 August]].
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| − | ==Charts==
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| − | ===United States===
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| − | In the [[United States]], the single was #2 on the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' "Hot 100", #1 in ''[[Record World]]'', and #2 in ''[[Cashbox]]'', where it was held off #1 by [[The Supremes]]' "[[You Can't Hurry Love]]".
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| − | ===United Kingdom===
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| − | The single went to #1 on every major British chart, remained at #1 for four weeks and charted for 13 weeks. It won an [[Ivor Novello Award]] for the highest certified sales of any single issued in the UK in 1966. No promotional film clip was made, so some TV programs (including the BBC's ''[[Top Of The Pops]]'') created their own clips from stock footage.
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| − | ==Controversy==
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| − | ===Drug rumors===
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| − | Following its release in August 1966, the song received bad publicity through rumors that it referred to [[hallucinogenic]] [[Nembutal]] capsules{{fact|date=July 2007}}. [[Paul McCartney]] vehemently denied the allegations, saying he had written the song as a children's tune.
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| − | ==="Bigger than Jesus"===
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| − | The single was released at the height of the controversy surrounding [[John Lennon#Christianity|John Lennon's remarks about Christianity]] and this has been cited as part of the reason that it failed to reach #1 on all US charts. Despite this, it sold 1,200,000 copies in only four weeks and earned the Beatles their twenty-first US [[Gold Record]] award, beating the record set by [[Elvis Presley]].
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| − | ==Credits==
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| − | *[[John Lennon]] – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
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| − | *[[Paul McCartney]] – bass guitar, backing vocals
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| − | *[[George Harrison]] – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
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| − | *[[Ringo Starr]] – lead vocals, drums
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| − | *[[Brian Jones]] – clinking glass (together)
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| − | *[[Donovan]] – uncredited backing vocals
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| − | ==Cover version==
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| − | In [[1968]], [[Apple Records]] issued a single by the [[Black Dyke Mills Band]]—a [[brass band]]—which featured a [[cover version]] of "Yellow Submarine" as the [[B-side]].
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| − | == See also ==
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| − | *[[List of fictional submarines]]
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| − | | before= "[[With a Girl Like You]]" by [[The Troggs]]
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| − | | title = [[UK Singles Chart]] [[List of number-one singles from the 1960s (UK)|number one single]]
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| − | | years = [[August 18]] [[1966]] - [[September 8]] [[1966]]
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| − | | after = "[[All or Nothing (Small Faces song)|All or Nothing]]" by [[The Small Faces]]
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| − | | before= N/A
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| − | | title = [[United World Chart]] [[Number-one hits of 1966 (World)|number one single]] (first run)
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| − | | years = [[August 27]] [[1966]] - [[October 8]] [[1966]]
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| − | | after = "[[Reach Out I'll Be There]]" by [[The Four Tops]]
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| − | | before= "[[Reach Out I'll Be There]]" by [[The Four Tops]]
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| − | | title = [[United World Chart]] number one single (second run)
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| − | | years = [[October 22]] [[1966]]
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| − | | after = "[[Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?]]" by [[The Rolling Stones]]
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