A Day in the Life (original stereo studio mix)

~ Recording by The Beatles

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (stereo)The BeatlesAlbum
  • GB1967-05-26
ParlophonePCS 7027
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
  • GB1967-06-01
ParlophoneTC-PCS 7027
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
  • US1967-06-02
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)SMAS 2653
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
  • DE1967-06-08
Hör Zu, OdeonSHZE 401
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)SMAS-2653
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (stereo, 2 boxed EMI labels)The BeatlesAlbum
ParlophonePCS 7027
1.3A Day in the Life5:33The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help From My FriendsThe BeatlesSingle
  • AU1978-08-02
ParlophoneA12000
1.3A Day in the Life5:33The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help From My FriendsThe BeatlesSingle
  • US1978-08-14
1.3A Day in the Life5:33The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help From My FriendsThe BeatlesSingle
  • GB1978-09-01
ParlophoneR 6022
8.13A Day in the Life?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles CollectionThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
Parlophone0C 162-53163/53176, BC 13
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (limited edition picture disc)The BeatlesAlbum
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)C1 0777 7 46442 1 1, SEAX-11840
8.13A Day in the Life?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles CollectionThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
ParlophoneBC13
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
Apple Records1C 072-04 177
8.13A Day in the Life?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles CollectionThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
EMI Electrola GmbH (not for release label use! DE subsidiary of EMI Records from 1972–2002)1C 198-53 163, 1C 198-53 164, 1C 198-53 165, 1C 198-53 166, 1C 198-53 167, 1C 198-53 168, 1C 198-53 169, 1C 198-53 170, 1C 198-53 171, 1C 198-53 172, 1C 198-53 173, 1C 198-53 174, 1C 198-53 175, 1C 198-53 176
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Limited Edition)The BeatlesAlbum
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFQR 1-100
8.13A Day in the Life?:??The BeatlesThe Collection (limited edition)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Mobile Fidelity Sound LabBC-1
1.13A Day in the Life5:10The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFSL 1-100
8.13A Day in the Life?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles Collection (repress)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
Parlophone0C 162-53163/53176, BC 13
1.13A Day in the Life5:16The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFSL C-100
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reissue)The BeatlesAlbum
  • JP1987-06-01
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), OdeonCDP 7 46442 2, CP32-5328
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
  • US1987-06-01
ParlophoneCDP 7 46442 2
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (made in UK)The BeatlesAlbum
  • GB1987-06-01
ParlophoneCDP 7 46442 2
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (made in Holland)The BeatlesAlbum
  • GB1987-06-01
ParlophoneCDP 7 46442 2
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
Parlophone0777 7 46442 2 8
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
Apple Records, Parlophone, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)C2 0777 7 46442 2 8, C2 46442
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (slipcover)The BeatlesAlbum
ParlophoneCDP 7 46442 2
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (made in West Germany)The BeatlesAlbum
ParlophoneCDP 7 46442 2, DIDX 1709
8.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesThe Beatles (box set)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US1988-11-15
ParlophoneBBX2-91302
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (slipcase, made in UK)The BeatlesAlbum
Apple Records, ParlophoneCDP 7 46442 2
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Europe stereo; slipcase; 1992 reissue)The BeatlesAlbum
ParlophoneCDP 7 46442 2
1.13A Day in the Life5:31The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Repress, Apple logo)The BeatlesAlbum
ParlophonePCS 7027
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
Parlophone, Apple RecordsCDP 7 46442 2
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
  • JP1998-03-11
Parlophone, Apple Records, EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo)CDP 7 46442 2, TOCP-51118, TOCP-8508
8.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1998-03-18
Parlophone, Apple RecordsTOCP-50501, TOCP-50502, TOCP-50503, TOCP-50504, TOCP-50505, TOCP-50506, TOCP-50507, TOCP-50508, TOCP-50509/10, TOCP-50511, TOCP-50512, TOCP-50513, TOCP-50514, TOCP-50515, TOCP-50516
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
  • JP2004-01-21
東芝EMI 株式会社 (record company, do not use as release label – check obi, back or disc for imprint! Ended 2007‐06‐29)TOJP-60138
1.100A Day in the Life5:33The Beatles100 Hits The House of the Rising SunVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
RMG RecordsRMG 1399 MP3
1.13A Day in the Life5:37The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 stereo remaster)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XE2009-09-09
Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Parlophone0946 3 82419 2 8
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 stereo remaster)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XE2009-09-09
Apple Records, ParlophoneCDP 7 45442 2
1.13A Day in the Life5:37The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 stereo remaster)The BeatlesAlbum
  • US2009-09-09
Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Parlophone0946 3 82419 2 8
8.13A Day in the Life5:37The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • AT2009-09-09
  • DE2009-09-09
  • CH2009-09-09
Apple Records509996996804520
8.13A Day in the Life5:37The BeatlesThe Beatles (2009 stereo remasters)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-09-09
Apple Records5099969944901
8.13A Day in the Life5:37The BeatlesThe Beatles (2009 stereo remasters)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2009-09-09
Apple Records5099969944901
8.13A Day in the Life5:37The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2009-09-09
Apple RecordsTOCP-71021~36
8.13A Day in the Life5:35The BeatlesThe Beatles Stereo USB (limited edition USB flash drive)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2009-12-08
Apple Records, EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)5099969944963
3.13A Day in the Life5:31The BeatlesWith Love From Me to You (Christmas Pack)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
Apple Records5099960723307
1.13A Day in the Life5:35The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (iTunes 2009 remaster)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XW2010-11-16
Apple Records, EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
1.13A Day in the Life5:33The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
  • XE2012-11-12
Parlophone5099969942617
8.13A Day in the Life?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles (2009 stereo remasters)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2012-11-12
Apple Records5099963380910
8.13A Day in the Life?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles (2009 stereo remaster)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-11-13
Apple Records5099963380910
8.13A Day in the Life5:35The BeatlesThe Beatles (boxset)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases)
1.13A Day in the Life5:33The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2014 mono remaster)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XE2014-09-09
  • GB2014-09-09
  • US2014-09-09
Apple Records, Parlophone5099963380514, PMC 7027
1.13A Day in the Life4:55The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 stereo remaster, Le Monde - Télérama)The BeatlesAlbum
Apple Records, PolyGram Collections00600753519646
1.13A Day In The Life - Remastered 20095:37The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Stereo Remastered)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XW2015-01-01
1.13A Day in the Life5:37The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 remaster)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XW2015-12-24
EMI Catalogue
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (anniversary edition)The BeatlesAlbum
  • US2017-04-26
Apple RecordsB0026523-02
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band (1 CD anniversary edition)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XE2017-05-26
Apple Records, Parlophone0602557455304, PCS 7027
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (50th Anniversary edition)The BeatlesAlbum
Apple RecordsUICY-15602
1.13A Day in the Life5:33The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1 CD anniversary edition)The BeatlesAlbum
Apple Records, Parlophone0602557455304, PCS 7027
1.13A Day in the Life5:11The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbumSelles Records (Polish label started in 1991)SELL 1028
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbumParlophone7464422
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbumEMI Music Canada, Apple Records, ParlophoneC2 0777 7 46442 2 8
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (made in Australia (red label), made in the UK cover)The BeatlesAlbumApple Records, ParlophoneCDP 7 46442 2
8.13A Day in the Life?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles CollectionThe BeatlesAlbum + CompilationParlophone0C 162-53163/53176, BC 13
Bootleg
1.13A Day in the Life5:44The BeatlesThe Beatles Collection, Volume 5: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
Andrew Records, SIMAZANDRCD 21
1.3A Day in the Life5:33The BeatlesPawn Shop HitsThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
1.13A Day in the Life5:35The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Collection of Beatles OldiesThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
CD‐Maximum (Russian label)CDM 0500-430
1.13A Day in the Life5:31The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (US stereo DESS bootleg)The BeatlesAlbum
Dr. Ebbetts Sound SystemsPCS 7027
1.4A Day in the Life5:33The BeatlesBacobens Rock Top 500Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.27A Day in the Life5:37The BeatlesRevolver / Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
1.13A Day in the Life5:13The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (AudioPhil edition)The BeatlesAlbum
  • XW2016-10-29
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)[none]
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)AREA51
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)AREA51
1.14A Day in the Life5:36The BeatlesThe Beatles 1962–1970, Part-2The BeatlesAlbum + CompilationEcho Industry Co., Ltd.BC-2017
(unknown)
1.13A Day in the Life5:34The BeatlesSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club BandThe BeatlesAlbum
Parlophone, Apple RecordsCDP 7 46442 2, DIDX 1709
1.13A Day in the Life5:32The BeatlesSgt. Peppers lonely hearts club bandThe BeatlesAlbumbc-2008

Relationships

engineer:Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
acoustic guitar:John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-01-19)
bass guitar:Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-03)
bassoon:Alfred Waters (on 1967-02-10)
cello:Alan Dalziel (on 1967-02-10)
Francisco Gabarro (on 1967-02-10)
Alex Nifosi (cellist) (on 1967-02-10)
Denis Vigay (cellist) (on 1967-02-10)
clarinet:Jack Brymer (clarinettist) (on 1967-02-10)
Basil Tschaikov (clarinettist) (on 1967-02-10)
clavichord:Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-01-20)
congas:Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-01-19)
double bass:Cyril MacArthur (on 1967-02-10)
Gordon Pearce (on 1967-02-10)
drums (drum set):Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-03)
flute:David Sanderman (on 1967-02-10)
Clifford Seville (on 1967-02-10)
French horn:Alan Civil (British horn player) (on 1967-02-10)
Neill Sanders (horn player) (on 1967-02-10)
harmonium:George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1967-02-22)
harp:John Marston (harpist) (on 1967-02-10)
maracas:George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-01-19)
oboe:Roger Lord (oboist) (on 1967-02-10)
percussion:Tristan Fry (on 1967-02-10)
piano:Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-01-19, on 1967-02-22)
Mal Evans (on 1967-02-22)
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-22)
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-22)
trombone:Raymond Brown (trombonist) (on 1967-02-10)
Raymond Premru (conductor) (on 1967-02-10)
trumpet:Harold Jackson (Trumpeter) (on 1967-02-10)
David Mason (trumpeter) (on 1967-02-10)
Monty Montgomery (on 1967-02-10)
tuba:Michael Barnes (tubist) (on 1967-02-10)
viola:Bernard Davis (on 1967-02-10)
Gwynne Edwards (violist) (on 1967-02-10)
John Meek (violist) (on 1967-02-10)
John Underwood (violist) (on 1967-02-10)
violin:Lionel Bentley (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
Bill Monro (on 1967-02-10)
Henry Datyner (on 1967-02-10)
Hans Geiger (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
Erich Gruenberg (on 1967-02-10)
Jurgen Hess (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
Granville Jones (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
David McCallum (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
Sidney Sax (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
Ernest Scott (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
Donald Weekes (violinist) (on 1967-02-10)
lead vocals:John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-01-19)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-03)
spoken vocals:Mal Evans (on 1967-01-19)
conductor:Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
orchestrator:George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1967)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-01-19, on 1967-01-20, on 1967-02-03, on 1967-02-22)
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-02-10)
has remixes:A Day in the Life (Love version)
A Day in the Life (2017 stereo remix, with run‐out groove)
A Day in the Life (2017 stereo remix, without run‐out groove)
sampled by:Get Back (Love version)
Greenday Massacre by Dean Gray (one-time US/Australian mash-up collaboration, album “American Edit”)
Reprise #1 by James Kochalka Superstar
Reprise #2 by James Kochalka Superstar
Reprise #3 by James Kochalka Superstar
Reprise #4 by James Kochalka Superstar
Reprise #5 by James Kochalka Superstar
Reprise #6 by James Kochalka Superstar
Stitch That (Jesus H. Christ version) by Chumbawamba
mash-ups:A Day in the Life of a Beastie Boy by dj BC (Bob Cronin, Mashup creator)
If I Had a Life (Fever Ray vs. The Beatles) by ToToM
Karma in the Life (Radiohead vs. The Beatles) by Go Home Productions
Sunshine a Go Go by ccc
Tax Jam Pollution by ccc
part of:Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 2) (order: 2)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (order: 5)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 24) (order: 24)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 28) (order: 28)
recording of:A Day in the Life (from 1967-01-19 until 1967-02-22)

A Day in the Life

writer:John Lennon (The Beatles)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:ATV (Northern Songs Catalog)
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
Northern Songs Ltd. (from 1967 to present)
later parody versions:Cheese and Onions
later versions:En helt vanlig dag
lyrics quoted in:Metamorphosis