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Penny Lane

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, first recorded by The Beatles
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Penny Lane
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Summary

Penny Lane is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,310 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: John Lennon[3], Paul McCartney[4]
  • Genre: baroque pop[5], psychedelic pop[6]
  • Named after: Penny Lane[7]
  • Performer: The Beatles[8], Amen Corner[9], Judy Collins[10], Arthur Fiedler[11], Engelbert Humperdinck[12], James Last[13], Enoch Light[14], Kenny Rankin[15], John Valby[16], Newton Wayland[17], Kai Winding[18]
  • Record label: Parlophone[19], Capitol Records[20]
  • Part of: Magical Mystery Tour[21]
  • Commons category: Penny Lane (song)[22]
  • Language of work or name: English[23]
  • Publication date: 1967[24]
  • Lyricist: John Lennon[25], Paul McCartney[26]
  • Tonality: B major[27]
  • Title: Penny Lane[28]
  • Different from: Penny Lane[29]
  • Form of creative work: song[30]

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[31]

  • Genre(s): pop rock, rock, rock and roll[32]

  • Community tags: beat, pop rock, rock, rock and roll[33]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1548c8c0-108f-33a8-9671-a025aa68e382[34]

Why It Matters

Penny Lane has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Capitol Records Engelbert Humperdinck James Last John Lennon Judy Collins Magical Mystery Tour Parlophone Paul McCartney The Beatles

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Penny Lane. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/penny-lane
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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: 2026-10-16}}
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  1. 23w 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)
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