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From album
Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles · 1967 · Track 6
Details
Duración4:35
ÁlbumMagical Mystery Tour
Año1967
ISRCGBAYE0601638
Fun facts
Beatles recorded I Am the Walrus for the Magical Mystery Tour, that film and music project they did in 1967. The song was released on the EP and the official album, and also as the B-side of the single Hello, Goodbye. In the film, the band does a mock recording of the song in a desert airfield. It's a strange moment, as if they were playing with the idea of doing something that doesn't appear on screen.
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The story behind
The Beatles recorded I Am the Walrus in September 1967, during the recording of Magical Mystery Tour. The song was released as the B-side of Hello, Goodbye and also appeared on the EP and the film's album. The idea came from John Lennon, who wanted to confuse those who took his lyrics seriously. He was inspired by two trips on LSD and by Lewis Carroll's poem. George Martin added a string section and a chorus of professional vocalists who sang absurd things and shouted.
The song was recorded in a London studio, with a rhythm that mixes the absurd and the mysterious. Lennon combined three distinct ideas: one that came from a police whistle, another from a garden, and a third from a cereal. He also included a reference to Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Some say the phrase "I am the eggman" is due to Eric Burdon, and others claim the idea for the song came from a children's game that a friend told him. The song was banned by the BBC due to a phrase that referred to a girl who took off her clothes.