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| B-side | "Rain" | |||
| Released | 30 May 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 13–14 April 1966 | |||
| Studio | EMI, London | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney | |||
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
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"Paperback Writer" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. Written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership, the song was released as the A-side of their eleventh single in May 1966. It topped singles charts in the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, West Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Norway. On the US Billboard Hot 100, the song was at number one for two non-consecutive weeks, being interrupted by Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night".
"Paperback Writer" was the last new song by the Beatles to be featured on their final tour in 1966, and debuted globally on the 1966 compilation album A Collection of Beatles Oldies, except in the United States and Canada, where it debuted on the 1970 collection Hey Jude.
- ^ Miller 2010, p. 39.
- ^ Borack 2007, p. 175.
- ^ DeRogatis 2003, p. 48.