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"Yellow Submarine"
Single by The Beatles from the album Revolver
A-side	"Eleanor Rigby"
Released	August 5, 1966 (UK) August 8, 1966 (U.S.)
Format	7"
Recorded	Abbey Road Studios May 26 and June 1, 1966
Genre	Pop
Length	2:38
Label	Parlophone (UK) Capitol (U.S.)
Writer	Lennon/McCartney
Producer	George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
"Paperback Writer" (1966) "Eleanor Rigby" / "Yellow Submarine" (1966) "Strawberry Fields Forever" / "Penny Lane" (1967)
Music sample
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Revolver track listing
Side one "Taxman" "Eleanor Rigby" "I'm Only Sleeping" "Love You To" "Here, There and Everywhere" "Yellow Submarine" "She Said She Said" Side two "Good Day Sunshine" "And Your Bird Can Sing" "For No One" "Doctor Robert" "I Want to Tell You" "Got to Get You Into My Life" "Tomorrow Never Knows"
Yellow Submarine track listing
"Yellow Submarine" (1) "Only a Northern Song" (2)
Yellow Submarine Songtrack track listing
"Yellow Submarine" (1) "Hey Bulldog" (2)

"Yellow Submarine" is a 1966 song by The Beatles (credited to the Lennon-McCartney duo, but mainly written by McCartney) and the theme song for the 1968 animated United Artists film based on the music of the Beatles. It is also the title for the soundtrack album to the film, released as part of The Beatles' music catalogue.

Contents 1 Recording 2 Promotion 3 Charts 3.1 United States 3.2 United Kingdom 4 Controversy 4.1 Drug rumors 4.2 "Bigger than Jesus" 5 Credits 6 Cover version 7 See also

"Yellow Submarine" was recorded on 26 May and 1 June 1966, at Abbey Road Studios.

The "Yellow Submarine" single was the Beatles' thirteenth UK single. Ringo Starr performed lead vocals. It was released in the UK on 5 August as a 'double A side' with "Eleanor Rigby", and in the United States on 8 August.

In the United States, the single was #2 on the Billboard "Hot 100", #1 in Record World, and #2 in Cashbox, where it was held off #1 by The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love".

The single went to #1 on every major British chart, remained at #1 for four weeks and charted for 13 weeks. It won an Ivor Novello Award for the highest certified sales of any single issued in the UK in 1966. No promotional film clip was made, so some TV programs (including the BBC's Top Of The Pops) created their own clips from stock footage.

Following its release in August 1966, the song received bad publicity through rumors that it referred to hypnotic Nembutal capsules^{[citation needed]}. Paul McCartney vehemently denied the allegations, saying he had written the song as a children's tune.

The single was released at the height of the controversy surrounding John Lennon's remarks about Christianity and this has been cited as part of the reason that it failed to reach #1 on all US charts. Despite this, it sold 1,200,000 copies in only four weeks and earned the Beatles their twenty-first US Gold Record award, beating the record set by Elvis Presley.

• John Lennon – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Paul McCartney – bass guitar, backing vocals
• George Harrison – acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Ringo Starr – lead vocals, drums

Various people – including Neil Aspinall, Pattie Boyd, Donovan, Mal Evans, Marianne Faithfull, and Brian Jones – have been (unofficially) credited with contributing to the record's final vocal chorus, and/or sound effects such as the "party" noises (laughter, clinking glasses, etc.) on the second verse. Donovan reportedly also helped write the song (he reportedly wrote the line "sky of blue and sea of green").

In 1968, Apple Records issued a single by the Black Dyke Mills Band—a brass band—which featured a cover version of "Yellow Submarine" as the B-side.

• List of fictional submarines

Preceded by "With a Girl Like You" by The Troggs	UK Singles Chart number one single August 18, 1966 - September 8, 1966	Succeeded by "All or Nothing" by Small Faces
Preceded by N/A	United World Chart number one single (first run) August 27, 1966 - October 8, 1966	Succeeded by "Reach Out I'll Be There" by The Four Tops
Preceded by "Reach Out I'll Be There" by The Four Tops	United World Chart number one single (second run) October 22, 1966	Succeeded by "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?" by The Rolling Stones

v • d • e The Beatles' singles discography
Singles (UK - Parlophone, Apple Records)	1962: Love Me Do • 1963: Please Please Me, From Me to You, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand • 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine • 1965: Ticket to Ride, Help!, Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out • 1966: Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine • 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane, All You Need Is Love, Hello Goodbye • 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude • 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together • 1970: Let It Be • 1976: Yesterday, Back in the U.S.S.R. • 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day in the Life • 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley, Love Me Do (reissue) • 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird • 1996: Real Love
B-sides	1962: P.S. I Love You • 1963: Ask Me Why, Thank You Girl, I'll Get You, This Boy • 1964: You Can't Do That, Things We Said Today, She's a Woman • 1965: Yes It Is, I'm Down • 1966: Rain • 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus • 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution • 1969: Old Brown Shoe • 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number) • 1976: I Should Have Known Better, Twist and Shout • 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, P.S. I Love You (reissue) • 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, Christmas Time (Is Here Again) • 1996: Baby's in Black
Singles (U.S. - Vee-Jay, Swan, Tollie, Capitol, Apple Records)	1963: Please Please Me (VJ), From Me to You (VJ), She Loves You (Swan), I Want to Hold Your Hand • 1964: Twist and Shout (Tollie), Can't Buy Me Love, Do You Want to Know a Secret (VJ), Love Me Do (Tollie), Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You) (Swan), A Hard Day's Night, I'll Cry Instead, And I Love Her, Matchbox, I Feel Fine • 1965: Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, Help!, Yesterday, We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper • 1966: Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine • 1967: Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye • 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude • 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together • 1970: Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road • 1976: Got to Get You into My Life • 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day in the Life • 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley • 1986: Twist and Shout • 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird • 1996: Real Love
B-sides	1963: Ask Me Why, Thank You Girl, I'll Get You, I Saw Her Standing There • 1964: From Me to You, There's a Place, You Can't Do That, I Should Have Known Better, I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, If I Fell, Slow Down, She's a Woman • 1965: I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, Yes It Is, I'm Down, Act Naturally • 1966: What Goes On, Rain • 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus • 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution • 1969: Old Brown Shoe • 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number), For You Blue • 1976: Helter Skelter • 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You • 1986: There's a Place • 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, I Saw Her Standing There / This Boy / Christmas Time (Is Here Again) • 1996: Baby's in Black / Yellow Submarine / Here, There and Everywhere

v • d • e The Beatles
John Lennon · Paul McCartney · George Harrison · Ringo Starr
Management	Allan Williams · Brian Epstein · Allen Klein · Lee Eastman · Neil Aspinall · Peter Brown · Mal Evans · Alistair Taylor · Apple Records
Production	George Martin · Geoff Emerick · Norman Smith · Ken Scott · Phil Spector · Jeff Lynne · Abbey Road Studios
Studio albums	Please Please Me (1963) · With The Beatles (1963) · A Hard Day's Night (1964) · Beatles for Sale (1964) · Help! (1965) · Rubber Soul (1965) · Revolver (1966) · Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) · Magical Mystery Tour (1967) · The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) · Yellow Submarine (1969) · Abbey Road (1969) · Let It Be (1970)
Post-breakup albums	Live at the BBC (1994) · Anthology 1 (1995) · Anthology 2 (1996) · Anthology 3 (1996) · Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) · Let It Be… Naked (2003)
Compilations	Hey Jude (1970) · 1962–1966 (1973) · 1967–1970 (1973) · Past Masters, Volume One (1988) · Past Masters, Volume Two (1988) · 1 (2000) · Love (2006)
Filmography	A Hard Day's Night (1964) · Help! (1965) · Magical Mystery Tour (U.K., 1967 / U.S., 1976) · Yellow Submarine (1968) · Let It Be (1970)
Videography	The Compleat Beatles (1984)  · The Beatles Anthology (2003) · The First U.S. Visit (2003)
Discography	Bootlegs · Discography · Outtakes
Related people	Pete Best · Stuart Sutcliffe  · Klaus Voormann  · Harry Nilsson  · Derek Taylor · Yoko Ono · Linda McCartney · Cynthia Lennon · Billy Preston · Tony Sheridan · Chas Newby · Andy White · Jimmy Nicol · Astrid Kirchherr
See also	Line-ups · Love (Cirque du Soleil) · Lennon/McCartney · Influence · Beatle boots · The Quarrymen · The Beatles' breakup · London · Beatlemania · Fifth Beatle · Paul is dead · The Beatles (TV series) · British Invasion · Apple Corps · Northern Songs · The Beatles Anthology · The Rutles