A Day in the Life (original stereo studio mix)
~ Recording by The Beatles
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (stereo) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | PCS 7027 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | TC-PCS 7027 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | SMAS 2653 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Hör Zu, Odeon | SHZE 401 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | SMAS-2653 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (stereo, 2 boxed EMI labels) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | PCS 7027 |
| 1.3 | A Day in the Life | 5:33 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help From My Friends | The Beatles | Single |
| Parlophone | A12000 |
| 1.3 | A Day in the Life | 5:33 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help From My Friends | The Beatles | Single |
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| 1.3 | A Day in the Life | 5:33 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help From My Friends | The Beatles | Single |
| Parlophone | R 6022 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 0C 162-53163/53176, BC 13 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (limited edition picture disc) | The Beatles | Album |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | C1 0777 7 46442 1 1, SEAX-11840 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | BC13 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records | 1C 072-04 177 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection | The Beatles | Album + 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 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Limited Edition) | The Beatles | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFQR 1-100 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Collection (limited edition) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | BC-1 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:10 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL 1-100 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection (repress) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 0C 162-53163/53176, BC 13 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:16 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL C-100 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reissue) | The Beatles | Album |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Odeon | CDP 7 46442 2, CP32-5328 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (made in UK) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (made in Holland) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | 0777 7 46442 2 8 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Parlophone, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.) | C2 0777 7 46442 2 8, C2 46442 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (slipcover) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (made in West Germany) | The Beatles | Album | Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2, DIDX 1709 | |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | The Beatles (box set) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | BBX2-91302 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (slipcase, made in UK) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Europe stereo; slipcase; 1992 reissue) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:31 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Repress, Apple logo) | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | PCS 7027 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone, Apple Records | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone, Apple Records, EMI (Japanese double‐boxed logo) | CDP 7 46442 2, TOCP-51118, TOCP-8508 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | The Beatles | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone, Apple Records | TOCP-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 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| 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 |
| 1.100 | A Day in the Life | 5:33 | The Beatles | 100 Hits The House of the Rising Sun | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RMG Records | RMG 1399 MP3 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:37 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 stereo remaster) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Parlophone | 0946 3 82419 2 8 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 stereo remaster) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Parlophone | CDP 7 45442 2 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:37 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 stereo remaster) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Parlophone | 0946 3 82419 2 8 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:37 | The Beatles | The Beatles | The Beatles | Album + Compilation | Apple Records | 509996996804520 | |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:37 | The Beatles | The Beatles (2009 stereo remasters) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 5099969944901 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:37 | The Beatles | The Beatles (2009 stereo remasters) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 5099969944901 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:37 | The Beatles | The Beatles | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | TOCP-71021~36 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:35 | The Beatles | The Beatles Stereo USB (limited edition USB flash drive) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records, EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | 5099969944963 |
| 3.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:31 | The Beatles | With Love From Me to You (Christmas Pack) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 5099960723307 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:35 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (iTunes 2009 remaster) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint) | |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:33 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | 5099969942617 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles (2009 stereo remasters) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 5099963380910 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles (2009 stereo remaster) | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Apple Records | 5099963380910 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:35 | The Beatles | The Beatles (boxset) | The Beatles | Album + 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) | |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:33 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2014 mono remaster) | The Beatles | Album | Apple Records, Parlophone | 5099963380514, PMC 7027 | |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 4:55 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 stereo remaster, Le Monde - Télérama) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, PolyGram Collections | 00600753519646 |
| 1.13 | A Day In The Life - Remastered 2009 | 5:37 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Stereo Remastered) | The Beatles | Album |
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| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:37 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 remaster) | The Beatles | Album |
| EMI Catalogue | |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (anniversary edition) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records | B0026523-02 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band (1 CD anniversary edition) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Parlophone | 0602557455304, PCS 7027 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (50th Anniversary edition) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records | UICY-15602 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:33 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1 CD anniversary edition) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Parlophone | 0602557455304, PCS 7027 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:11 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Selles Records (Polish label started in 1991) | SELL 1028 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone | 7464422 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album | Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | ||
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| EMI Music Canada, Apple Records, Parlophone | C2 0777 7 46442 2 8 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (made in Australia (red label), made in the UK cover) | The Beatles | Album |
| Apple Records, Parlophone | CDP 7 46442 2 |
| 8.13 | A Day in the Life | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Parlophone | 0C 162-53163/53176, BC 13 |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:44 | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection, Volume 5: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Andrew Records, SIMAZ | ANDRCD 21 |
| 1.3 | A Day in the Life | 5:33 | The Beatles | Pawn Shop Hits | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:35 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Collection of Beatles Oldies | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| CD‐Maximum (Russian label) | CDM 0500-430 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:31 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (US stereo DESS bootleg) | The Beatles | Album |
| Dr. Ebbetts Sound Systems | PCS 7027 |
| 1.4 | A Day in the Life | 5:33 | The Beatles | Bacobens Rock Top 500 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.27 | A Day in the Life | 5:37 | The Beatles | Revolver / Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:13 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (AudioPhil edition) | The Beatles | Album |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | [none] |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album | [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | AREA51 | |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album | [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | AREA51 | |
| 1.14 | A Day in the Life | 5:36 | The Beatles | The Beatles 1962–1970, Part-2 | The Beatles | Album + Compilation |
| Echo Industry Co., Ltd. | BC-2017 |
| (unknown) | |||||||||
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:34 | The Beatles | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band | The Beatles | Album |
| Parlophone, Apple Records | CDP 7 46442 2, DIDX 1709 |
| 1.13 | A Day in the Life | 5:32 | The Beatles | Sgt. Peppers lonely hearts club band | The Beatles | Album |
| bc-2008 | |
Relationships
| engineer: | Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| recording of: | A Day in the Life (from 1967-01-19 until 1967-02-22) |
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Related works
A Day in the Life
| writer: | John Lennon (The Beatles) Paul McCartney (The Beatles) |
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| 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) |
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| later parody versions: | Cheese and Onions |
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| later versions: | En helt vanlig dag |
| lyrics quoted in: | Metamorphosis |
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