Peak
1
Weeks
14
Score
2,968
Chart Year
1975
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position1
Peak DateJan 4, 1975
Weeks at Peak2
Weeks Charted14
Weeks in Top 4010
Weeks in Top 106
Weeks at #21
Weeks at #12
Scoring
Summary Calc1,539
Weekly Calc1,429
Total Score2,968
Rankings
Year Ranking#49
Decade Ranking#529
Billboard Year#50
Top 5000#3,964
Details
- Album
- Single
- Label
- MCA Records
- Genre
- Psychedelic Pop
- Composer(s)
- John Lennon;Paul McCartney
- Entered Chart
- Nov 30, 1974
- Peak Date
- Jan 4, 1975
- Released
- 15 November 1974
- Recorded
- Mid-1974 Studio Caribou Ranch
- Catalog #
- MCA 40344
- B-Side
- One Day At A Time
- Original Artist
- the Beatles
Music Video
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Notes
The British musician Elton John released a cover version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" as a single on 15 November 1974.[64] Recorded at the Caribou Ranch, it featured backing vocals and guitar by John Lennon under the pseudonym Dr. Winston O'Boogie (Winston being Lennon's middle name). The single topped the US Billboard pop chart for two weeks in January 1975 as well as the Canadian RPM national singles chart for four weeks spanning January and February. The B-side of the single was also a John Lennon composition, "One Day (At a Time)", from Lennon's 1973 album Mind Games. This version is longer than the original, featuring an instrumental break after the second chorus, followed by a repetition of the second pre-chorus and the chorus before going into the third verse.
Picture yourself in a boat on a river With tangerine trees and marmalade skies Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A girl with kaleidoscope eyes Cellophane flowers of yellow and green Towering over your head Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes And she's gone Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Ohh Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers That grow so incredibly high Newspaper taxis appear on the shore Waiting to take you away Climb in the back with your head in the clouds And you're gone Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Ohh Newspaper taxis appear on the shore Waitin' to take you away Climb in the back with your head in the clouds And you're gone Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Ohh Picture yourself on a train in a station With plasticine porters with looking glass ties Suddenly, someone is there at the turnstile The girl with kaleidoscope eyes Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Ohh Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Oh, Lucy) Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Oh, Lucy) Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Oh, Lucy) Ohh Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Lucy, oh, Lucy) Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Lucy, oh, Lucy) Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Lucy, oh, Lucy) Ohh Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Lucy, oh, Lucy) Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Lucy, oh, Lucy) Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Lucy, oh, Lucy) Ohh Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Lucy, oh, Lucy) Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Lucy, oh, Lucy) Lucy in the sky with diamonds (Lucy, oh, Lucy) Ohh
Chart History (14 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nov 30, 1974 | 48 | 78 |
| 2 | Dec 7, 1974 | 36 | 90 |
| 3 | Dec 14, 1974 | 9 | 117 |
| 4 | Dec 21, 1974 | 6 | 120 |
| 5 | Dec 28, 1974 | 2 | 124 |
| 6 | Jan 4, 1975 | 1 | 125 |
| 7 | Jan 11, 1975 | 1 | 125 |
| 8 | Jan 18, 1975 | 5 | 121 |
| 9 | Jan 25, 1975 | 11 | 115 |
| 10 | Feb 1, 1975 | 20 | 106 |
| 11 | Feb 8, 1975 | 32 | 94 |
| 12 | Feb 15, 1975 | 41 | 85 |
| 13 | Feb 22, 1975 | 52 | 74 |
| 14 | Mar 1, 1975 | 71 | 55 |