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Revamp: The Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin by Various Artists on Apple Music". iTunes Store (AU) . Retrieved 16 March 2018. It was Alice in the boat. She is buying an egg and it turns into Humpty-Dumpty. The woman serving in the shop turns into a sheep and the next minute they are rowing in a rowing boat somewhere and I was visualizing that. [3]

Hoyle, Ben (28 September 2009). "Real-life 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' dies at 46". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 17 November 2021 . Retrieved 28 September 2009. ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2019". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 10 January 2020.

ARIA Top 100 Albums Chart for 2022". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 4 January 2023. British single certifications – Beatles – Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 26 June 2020. The Beatles recorded "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" in March 1967. Adding to the song's ethereal qualities, the musical arrangement includes a Lowrey organ part heavily treated with studio effects, and a drone provided by an Indian tambura. The song has been recognised as a key work in the psychedelic genre. Among its many cover versions, a 1974 recording by Elton John – with a guest appearance by Lennon – was a number 1 hit in the US and Canada. Gordon, Jeremy (16 May 2014). "The Flaming Lips Announce Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Tribute Album Release Date". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 15 May 2014 . Retrieved 16 May 2014. Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned. BBC Four (Television documentary). BBC. 11 July 2014. 27 minutes in.

Discussing the impact of the Sgt. Pepper album, author Nicholas Schaffner cited the song as an example of how the Beatles successfully captured the way "young people were trying to transcend, transform, or escape from straight society" in 1967. He said that just as Harrison's " Within You Without You" represented the exoticism of Herman Hesse's Siddartha, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was a "miniature pop version" of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in terms of conveying the sense of wonder the book evoked. [40] According to musicologist Walter Everett, the song's lyrics inspired "derivative texts" throughout the late 1960s, namely John Fred & His Playboy Band's " Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)", the Lemon Pipers' " Jelly Jungle (of Orange Marmalade)", Pink Floyd's " Let There Be More Light", and the Scaffold's "Jelly Covered Cloud". [41]Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York: Harmony Books. ISBN 0-517-57066-1. a b c d e f Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdfed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. pp.146–147.