Penny Lane

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, first recorded by The Beatles
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q842168
Penny Lane
Xgravity23 at English Wikipedia · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Penny Lane

Summary

Penny Lane is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,392 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Penny Lane's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • Penny Lane's composer is recorded as John Lennon[4].
  • Penny Lane's composer is recorded as Paul McCartney[5].
  • Penny Lane's genre is baroque pop[6].
  • Penny Lane's genre is psychedelic pop[7].
  • Penny Lane is named after Penny Lane[8].
  • Among the performers on Penny Lane was The Beatles[9].
  • Penny Lane was performed by Amen Corner[10].
  • Among the performers on Penny Lane was Judy Collins[11].
  • Penny Lane was performed by Arthur Fiedler[12].
  • Penny Lane was performed by Engelbert Humperdinck[13].
  • Among the performers on Penny Lane was James Last[14].
  • Among the performers on Penny Lane was Enoch Light[15].
  • Among the performers on Penny Lane was Kenny Rankin[16].
  • Penny Lane was performed by John Valby[17].
  • Among the performers on Penny Lane was Newton Wayland[18].
  • Penny Lane was performed by Kai Winding[19].
  • Penny Lane's record label is recorded as Parlophone[20].
  • Penny Lane's record label is recorded as Capitol Records[21].
  • Penny Lane is part of Magical Mystery Tour[22].
  • Penny Lane's Commons category is recorded as Penny Lane (song)[23].
  • Penny Lane's language of work or name is recorded as English[24].
  • Penny Lane was released on 1967[25].
  • Penny Lane's lyricist is recorded as John Lennon[26].
  • Penny Lane's lyricist is recorded as Paul McCartney[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[28]

  • Genre(s): pop rock, rock, rock and roll[29]

  • Community tags: beat, pop rock, rock, rock and roll[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1548c8c0-108f-33a8-9671-a025aa68e382[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Beatles[9], Amen Corner[10], Judy Collins[11], Arthur Fiedler[12], Engelbert Humperdinck[13], and James Last[14].

Publication

Penny Lane was released on 1967[25]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[24]. Genres include baroque pop[6] and psychedelic pop[7]. It is part of Magical Mystery Tour[22].

Why It Matters

Penny Lane ranks in the top 2% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,392 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Penny Lane. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/penny-lane
MLA “Penny Lane.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/penny-lane.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_penny-lane_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Penny Lane}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/penny-lane}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Penny Lane — https://4ort.xyz/entity/penny-lane (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/penny-lane · Last refreshed:

Edit History

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. 4w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Language of work or name English
    Performer The Beatles, Amen Corner, Judy Collins +8
    Form of creative work song
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T0106413835, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.