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A Day in the Life

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney; first recorded by The Beatles
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Summary

A Day in the Life is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,556 views/month, #134 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: John Lennon[3], Paul McCartney[4]
  • Genre: rock music[5]
  • Performer: The Beatles[6], George Martin[7], Jeff Beck[8], Barry Gibb[9], The Fall[10], Phish[11]
  • Part of: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band[12]
  • Language of work or name: English[13]
  • Publication date: 1967[14]
  • Lyricist: John Lennon[15], Paul McCartney[16]
  • Tonality: G major[17]
  • Title: A Day in the Life[18]
  • Different from: A Day in the Life[19]
  • Form of creative work: song[20]

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: fd1aa4f2-ba26-3a05-b72d-4392c35a073c[22]

Why It Matters

A Day in the Life has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Barry Gibb George Martin Jeff Beck John Lennon Paul McCartney Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Beatles, George Martin, Jeff Beck +3
    Form of creative work → song
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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