"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" | |
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Sheet music cover | |
Song by the Beatles | |
from the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | |
Released | 26 May 1967[1] |
Recorded | 17, 20 February, 28, 29, 31 March 1967 |
Studio | EMI, London |
Genre | |
Length | 2:37 |
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Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney |
Producer(s) | George Martin |
Audio sample | |
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Beatles for their 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was written and composed primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.[5][6]
Most of the lyrics came from a 19th-century circus poster for Pablo Fanque's Circus Royal appearance at Rochdale. It was one of three songs from the Sgt. Pepper album that was banned from playing on the BBC, supposedly because the phrase "Henry the Horse" combined two words that were individually known as slang for heroin.[7][8] Lennon denied that the song had anything to do with heroin.[9]
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