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"Baby, You're a Rich Man"
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Single by The Beatles
from the album
Magical Mystery Tour
Released7 July 1967 (UK)
17 July 1967 (US)
Format7"
RecordedOlympic Sound Studios
11 May 1967
GenrePsychedelic/Acid
Length3:03
LabelParlophone (UK)
Writer(s)Lennon/McCartney
Producer(s)George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology


"Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane"
(1966)		"All You Need Is Love"
(1967)		"Hello, Goodbye""
(1967)


Magical Mystery Tour track listing

"Hello, Goodbye"
(9)		"Baby, You're a Rich Man"
(10)		"All You Need Is Love"
(11)
Yellow Submarine Songtrack track listing

"With a Little Help from My Friends"
(10)		"Baby, You're a Rich Man"
(11)		"Only a Northern Song"
(12)


"Baby, You're a Rich Man" is a song by The Beatles recorded on 11 May 1967 at Olympic Sound Studios, the first song by the band recorded and mixed completely outside Abbey Road Studios.[1]

The song started out as two different, unfinished songs. The verses taken from "One of the Beautiful People" by John Lennon, were combined with Paul McCartney's previously unaccompanied "Baby, you're a rich man..." chorus. The two songs were combined in a similar fashion to "A Day in the Life".[2]

The song was recorded during sessions for the Magical Mystery Tour EP, but was not intended for release there (see below). The unusual oboe-like sound was created with an Clavioline.

Releases

The song was included as the b-side on the "All You Need is Love" single, and then on the US release of Magical Mystery Tour, in 1967. Initially intended for the Yellow Submarine animated film, "Baby You're a Rich Man" was used in the film, but did not appear on the original soundtrack album released in 1969.[1]

The original single mix vs. German mix

When the song was first released in 1967, stereo was not commonplace on singles so for many years the song was only available in either mono or simulated stereo. Producer George Martin and recording engineer Geoff Emerick created a true stereo mix of the song in 1971 for the release of the Magical Mystery Tour album in Germany. However when the song was remixed, an effect that had been created in the mixing stage in 1967 was left out. On the 1967 mono mix, a delay effect, which was made to feedback, after the lines "far as the eye can see" and "Often enough to know" was included. This acted as a fill from the end of one line of the verse to the start of the next. Its omission from the stereo mix explains why there is an instrumental break after these lines. Subsequently when the song was remixed again in 1999 for the Yellow Submarine Songtrack the effect was again left off the song.

Cover versions

The Presidents of the United States of America covered this song live and The Fat Boys covered it in their movie Disorderlies.

Credits

Brian Jones (of The Rolling Stones) is sometimes misidentified as the Clavioline performer. Mick Jagger was present during the recording session, and "+ Mick Jagger?" appears on a session tape box, possibly indicating that Jagger sang backing vocals on the song.[1][2]

Notes

1. ^ Mark Lewisohn, The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, p. 111
2. ^ Barry Miles, Many Years From Now, p. 370-371

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Song title in modern usage

  •  • [ e] The Beatles Singles
Singles (UK - Parlophone, Apple Records)
1962: Love Me Do 1963: Please Please Me, From Me to You, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine 1965: Ticket to Ride, Help!, Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out 1966: Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane, All You Need Is Love, Hello Goodbye 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together 1970: Let It Be 1976: Yesterday, Back in the U.S.S.R. 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day in the Life • 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley, Love Me Do (reissue) 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird 1996: Real Love
B-sides
1962: P.S. I Love You 1963: Ask Me Why, Thank You Girl, I'll Get You, This Boy 1964: You Can't Do That, Things We Said Today, She's a Woman 1965: Yes It Is, I'm Down 1966: Rain 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution 1969: Old Brown Shoe 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number) 1976: I Should Have Known Better, Twist and Shout 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, P.S. I Love You (reissue) 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, Christmas Time (Is Here Again) 1996: Baby's in Black
Singles (U.S. - Capitol Records, Apple Records)
1963: I Want to Hold Your Hand 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I'll Cry Instead, And I Love Her, Matchbox, I Feel Fine 1965: Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, Help!, Yesterday, We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper 1966: Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine 1967: Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together 1970: Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road 1976: Got to Get You into My Life 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day in the Life 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley 1986: Twist and Shout 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird 1996: Real Love
B-sides
1963: I Saw Her Standing There 1964: You Can't Do That, I Should Have Known Better, I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, If I Fell, Slow Down, She's a Woman 1965: I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, Yes It Is, I'm Down, Act Naturally 1966: What Goes On, Rain 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution 1969: Old Brown Shoe 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number), For You Blue 1976: Helter Skelter 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You 1986: There's a Place 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, I Saw Her Standing There / This Boy / Christmas Time (Is Here Again) 1996: Baby's in Black / Yellow Submarine / Here, There and Everywhere


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The Beatles
MembersJohn Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr
Pete Best Stuart Sutcliffe
ManagementAllan Williams Brian Epstein Allen Klein Lee Eastman Neil Aspinall Mal Evans Alistair Taylor Apple Records
ProductionGeorge Martin Geoff Emerick Norman Smith Ken Scott Phil Spector Jeff Lynne Abbey Road Studios
Official studio albumsPlease Please Me (1963) With The Beatles (1963) A Hard Day's Night (1964) Beatles for Sale (1964) Help! (1965) Rubber Soul (1965) Revolver (1966) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) Magical Mystery Tour (U.S., 1967 / U.K., 1976) The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) Yellow Submarine (1969) Abbey Road (1969) Let It Be (1970)
Official post-breakup albumsLive at the BBC (1994) Anthology 1 (1995) Anthology 2 (1996) Anthology 3 (1996) Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) Let It Be… Naked (2003)
Official compilations1962–1966 (1973) 1967–1970 (1973) Past Masters, Volume One (1988) Past Masters, Volume Two (1988) 1 (2000) Love (2006)
FilmographyA Hard Day's Night (1964) Help! (1965) Magical Mystery Tour (1967) Yellow Submarine (1968) Let It Be (1970)
VideographyThe Compleat Beatles (1984) The Beatles Anthology (2003) (2003)
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A-side(s) "Penny Lane"
Released February 13 1967 (UK)
February 17 1967 (US)
Format 7"
Recorded Abbey Road Studios
November–December 1966
Genre Psychedelic rock, acid rock
Length 4:10
Label Parlophone (UK)
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A-side(s) "Strawberry Fields Forever"
Released February 13, 1967 (UK)
February 17, 1967 (U.S.)
Format 7"
Recorded Abbey Road: 29 December 1966 – 17 January 1967
Genre Pop
Length 3:03
Label Parlophone (UK)
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B-side(s) "Baby You're a Rich Man"
Released 7 July 1967 (UK)
17 July 1967 (US)
Format 7"
Recorded Olympic Studios
14 June 1967
Genre Rock
Length 3:47
Label Parlophone R5620 (UK)
Capitol 5964 (US)

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B-side(s) "I Am the Walrus"
Released 1967-11-24 (UK)
1967-11-27 (U.S.)
Format 7"
Recorded Abbey Road: 1967-10-02–1967-11-02
Genre Pop
Length 3:27
Label Parlophone (UK)
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