Paul and I were definitely working together, especially on "A Day in the Life".The way we wrote a lot of the time: you'd write the good bit, the part that was easy, like "I read the news today" or whatever it was, then when you got stuck or whenever it got hard, instead of carrying on, you just drop it then we would meet each other, and I would sing half, and he would be inspired to write the next bit and vice versa. In a 1970 interview, Lennon discussed their collaboration on the song: Soon afterwards, he presented the song to Paul McCartney, who contributed a middle-eight section. John Lennon wrote the melody and most of the lyrics to the verses of "A Day in the Life" in mid-January 1967. Jeff Beck, Barry Gibb, the Fall and Phish are among the artists who have covered the song. The song inspired the creation of the Deep Note, the audio trademark for the THX film company. The ending chord is one of the most famous in music history. A reputed drug reference in the line "I'd love to turn you on" resulted in the song initially being banned from broadcast by the BBC. Following the second crescendo, the song ends with a sustained chord, played on several keyboards, that sustains for over forty seconds. In the song's middle segment, McCartney recalls his younger years, which included riding the bus, smoking, and going to class. The recording includes two passages of orchestral glissandos that were partly improvised in the avant-garde style. Lennon's lyrics were mainly inspired by contemporary newspaper articles, including a report on the death of Guinness heir Tara Browne. It is widely regarded as one of the finest and most important works in popular music history. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, the verses were mainly written by John Lennon, with Paul McCartney primarily contributing the song's middle section. "A Day in the Life" is the thirteenth and final track of the 1967 Beatles' eighth studio album, Sgt.
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