The Word

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"The Word" is a soulful, gospel-influenced song by the Beatles from their 1965 album Rubber Soul, notable for its early exploration of love as a universal, almost spiritual message.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
The Word canonical 3

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Rubber Soul ⓘ
artist The Beatles ⓘ
backingVocalist George Harrison ⓘ
Ringo Starr ⓘ
coLeadVocalist Paul McCartney ⓘ
composer John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresInstrument bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
harmonium ⓘ
maracas ⓘ
piano ⓘ
genre gospel-influenced rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
soul ⓘ
hasCallAndResponseVocals true ⓘ
hasProminentHarmonyVocals true ⓘ
hasSongwritersCredit Lennon–McCartney ⓘ
hasTheme love as a universal message ⓘ
peace and unity ⓘ
spiritual love ⓘ
influencedBy gospel music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
isAssociatedWithPeriod mid-1960s Beatles ⓘ
isCopyrightHolder Northern Songs (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Northern Songs
isEarlyExplorationOf love as a universal, almost spiritual concept in The Beatles’ work ⓘ
isIncludedIn The Beatles’ 1965 studio recordings ⓘ
isOnSide Side two of Rubber Soul (UK release) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadVocalist John Lennon ⓘ
lyricist John Lennon ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
partOf Rubber Soul ⓘ
performer The Beatles ⓘ
producer George Martin ⓘ
recordedBy The Beatles ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
Parlophone ⓘ
releaseYear 1965 ⓘ
vocalStyle soulful ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rubber Soul → hasPart → The Word ⓘ
O Taste and See → hasPoem → The Word ⓘ