She's Leaving Home

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"She's Leaving Home" is a poignant Beatles ballad, written primarily by Paul McCartney with contributions from John Lennon, that tells the story of a young woman running away from her parents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballad ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ⓘ
arranger Mike Leander ⓘ
artist The Beatles ⓘ
coLeadVocalist John Lennon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception widely praised for emotional depth and orchestral arrangement ⓘ
era 1960s popular music ⓘ
featuresInstrument harp ⓘ
string ensemble ⓘ
genre baroque pop ⓘ
orchestral pop ⓘ
hasNotableCover Bee Gees and Broadway cast version for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band film soundtrack ⓘ
Celine Dion live performances ⓘ
Phil Collins version ⓘ
includedIn many Beatles compilation albums ⓘ
inspiration newspaper story about a teenage girl who ran away from home ⓘ
key E major ⓘ
label Capitol Records ⓘ
Parlophone ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist Paul McCartney ⓘ
length 3:35 ⓘ
lyricalTone poignant ⓘ
narrativePerspective third person ⓘ
originalMedium vinyl LP ⓘ
partOf The Beatles discography ⓘ
primaryComposer Paul McCartney ⓘ
producer George Martin ⓘ
publisher Northern Songs ⓘ
recordingDate 1967-03-17 ⓘ
1967-03-20 ⓘ
releaseDate 1967-06-01 ⓘ
side Side two of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ⓘ
structure verses alternating between daughter and parents viewpoints ⓘ
subject a young woman leaving her parents home without telling them ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
theme family relationships ⓘ
generation gap ⓘ
runaway youth ⓘ
timeSignature 3/4 ⓘ
trackNumber 6 on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ⓘ
vocalArrangement call-and-response between daughter and parents ⓘ
vocalStyle close harmony ⓘ
writer John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ

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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band → hasTrack → She's Leaving Home ⓘ
Mike Leander → workedOn → "She’s Leaving Home" ⓘ
linked to: She's Leaving Home
Tenderness → hasTrack → She’s Leaving Home ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Tenderness"
linked to: She's Leaving Home