327 - The Beatles A Day in the Life 1967

"A Day in the Life" is a song composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded by The Beatles for their album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in 1967. The song is actually a merging of two different, but complementary, song fragments originally authored independently by Lennon and McCartney, with McCartney's fragment added to the middle of Lennon's. It featured groundbreaking elements, including impressionistic lyrics, innovative production techniques and a complex arrangement including a cacophonous, partially-improvised orchestral crescendo. With two strong verses in hand, Lennon brought the song—tentatively titled “In the Life Of … ”—to McCartney, saying it needed “a middle bit.” Paul began to sing, “Woke up, fell out of bed … ” Recording of the song began at EMI studios on Jan. 19, 1967. Basic tracks went down easy. The empty space was to be filled by an orchestra, creating an effect of escalating mayhem—or in Lennon’s words, “a musical orgasm.” Forty classical musicians were brought in—with the lack of a score. While George Martin had written a few measures, the infamous middle section was notated with a Lewis Carroll-style line: “From here you’re on your own.”