I Am the Walrus

The track was recorded in September 1967 at EMI Studios in London during the Beatles Magical Mystery Tour period. John Lennon led the song with Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, while George Martin produced and arranged the strings, brass and choral parts. Released in 1967 as the B-side to Hello, Goodbye and on Magical Mystery Tour, it became one of the Beatles most adventurous studio recordings. The track reached wide audiences through the double A-side era and helped define the group late psychedelic sound. It remains one of the Beatles most analyzed recordings, noted for its surreal Lennon lyric, orchestral arrangement and live radio feed from King Lear. The song has endured through covers, film use and its influence on later psychedelic and experimental pop.