I'm Only Sleeping

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"I'm Only Sleeping" is a dreamy, psychedelic-tinged song by the Beatles, noted for its backward guitar effects and laid-back reflection on sleep and idleness.

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I'm Only Sleeping canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
album Revolver ⓘ
artist The Beatles ⓘ
backingVocals George Harrison ⓘ
Paul McCartney ⓘ
composer John Lennon ⓘ
contributor Paul McCartney ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstReleasedInTerritory United States ⓘ
firstReleasedOn Yesterday and Today ⓘ
genre baroque pop ⓘ
dream pop precursor ⓘ
psychedelic pop ⓘ
psychedelic rock ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn later psychedelic pop music ⓘ
hasSongwriterCredit Lennon–McCartney ⓘ
includedIn The Beatles Anthology 2 (alternate version) ⓘ
instrumentation backing vocals ⓘ
backwards lead guitar ⓘ
bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
lead vocal ⓘ
rhythm guitar ⓘ
tambourine ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterReleasedInTerritory United Kingdom ⓘ
laterReleasedOn Revolver ⓘ
leadVocals John Lennon ⓘ
length approximately 3:00 ⓘ
lyricist John Lennon ⓘ
mixVariations different US and UK mixes ⓘ
notableFeature backward guitar effects ⓘ
dreamy atmosphere ⓘ
psychedelic sound ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1966 ⓘ
partOf Revolver ⓘ
performer The Beatles ⓘ
producer George Martin ⓘ
publisher Northern Songs ⓘ
recordedAt EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London ⓘ
linked to: EMI Studios, London
recordingEndDate 1966-05-06 ⓘ
recordingStartDate 1966-04-27 ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
Parlophone ⓘ
side Side A of Revolver (UK LP) ⓘ
Side A of Yesterday and Today (US LP) ⓘ
theme dreaming ⓘ
idleness ⓘ
sleep ⓘ
vocalStyle laid-back ⓘ

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Revolver → hasPart → I'm Only Sleeping ⓘ