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Yellow Submarine
"Yellow Submarine" is a 1966 song by The Beatles (written by the Lennon-McCartney duo) and the theme song for the 1968 animated United Artists film based on the music of the Beatles. It is also the title for the soundtrack album to the film, released as part of The Beatles' music catalogue.
Recording
"Yellow Submarine" was recorded on 26 May and 1 June 1966, at Abbey Road Studios.
Promotion
The "Yellow Submarine" single was the Beatles' thirteenth UK 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.
Charts
United States
In the United States, the single was #2 on the 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".
United Kingdom
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.
Controversy
Drug rumors
Following its release in August 1966, the song received bad publicity through rumors that it referred to hallucinogenic Nembutal capsules[citation needed]
. Paul McCartney vehemently denied the allegations, saying he had written the song as a children's tune.
"Bigger than Jesus"
The single was released at the height of the controversy surrounding 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.
Credits
- John Lennon – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Paul McCartney – bass guitar, backing vocals
- George Harrison – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
- Ringo Starr – lead vocals, drums
- Brian Jones – clinking glass (together)
- Donovan – uncredited backing vocals
Cover version
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.
See also
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