Eleanor Rigby
~ Song
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"Eleanor Rigby" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with "Yellow Submarine". Credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership, the song is one of only a few in which John Lennon and Paul McCartney later disputed primary authorship. Testimony from several independent sources, including George Martin and Pete Shotton, supports McCartney's claim to authorship.
"Eleanor Rigby" continued the transformation of the Beatles from a mainly rock and roll and pop-orientated act to a more experimental, studio-based band. With a double string quartet arrangement by George Martin and lyrics providing a narrative on loneliness, it broke sharply with popular music conventions, musically and lyrically. The song topped singles charts in Australia, Belgium, Canada, and New Zealand.
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| written in: | London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1965) Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965 until 1966) |
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| writer: | John Lennon (The Beatles) Paul McCartney (The Beatles) |
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| publisher: | Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30) Maclen Publishing Co. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company) Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI-affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?) Northern Songs Ltd. Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd. Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) Sony/ATV Songs LLC Sony/ATV Tunes LLC |
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| written at: | Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966) |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/The-beatles-eleanor-rigby-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/2768 [info] |
| Songfacts: | http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=102 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q200799 [info] |
| referred to in medleys: | Beatles Medley (Stars on 45) Magical Medley (Beatles House Version) The Beatles Concerto: 1st Movement: Maestoso - Allegro moderato (She Loves You / Eleanor Rigby / Yesterday / All My Loving / Hey Jude) Eleanor Rigby / Julia (Love version) (order: 1) Magical Medley (Beatles Version Club) (order: 4) |
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| later parody versions: | Eleanor Eubank |
| later translated versions: | Eleanor Rigby (Finnish) Eleanor Rigby Elena Ratti (Eleanor Rigby) Eléonor Rigby (French version of the Beatles' song) Eleonore Rigby (german translation) 明天怎麼過 |
| is the basis for: | Ellinor Rydholm From Bach to The Beatles |
| orchestrations: | Eleanor Rigby (orch. Fiedler) |
| arrangements: | Eleanor Rigby (Orchestral arrangement of the Beatles' song) |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| 1966-04-28 | Eleanor Rigby (speech before take 2) | instrumental and partial | The Beatles | 2:12 |
| 1966-04-28 | Eleanor Rigby (strings only) | instrumental and partial | The Beatles | 2:06 |
| 1966-04-28 | Eleanor Rigby (take 2) | instrumental | The Beatles | 2:20 |
| 1966-04-28 – 1966-06-06 | Eleanor Rigby (2022 mix, Dolby Atmos) | The Beatles | ?:?? | |
| 1966-04-28 – 1966-06-06 | Eleanor Rigby (2015 stereo mix) | The Beatles | 2:06 | |
| 1966-04-28 – 1966-06-06 | Eleanor Rigby (original stereo studio mix) | The Beatles | 2:08 | |
| 1966-04-28 – 1966-06-06 | Eleanor Rigby (2022 mix) | The Beatles | 2:06 | |
| 1966-04-28 – 1966-06-06 | Eleanor Rigby (1999 remix) | The Beatles | 2:05 | |
| 1966-04-28 – 1966-06-06 | Eleanor Rigby (original mono studio mix) | The Beatles | 2:09 | |
| 1967-06-07 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | Wes Montgomery | 3:07 |
| 1967-09-16 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 1967-09-16: The Left Foot, Freehold, NJ, USA) | cover and live | The Castiles | 7:15 |
| 1967-10-17 – 1967-10-29 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and live | Vince Guaraldi Quartet | 8:16 |
| 1967-11 | Eleanor Rigby | cover, instrumental and live | The Jazz Crusaders | 7:44 |
| 1967 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Vanilla Fudge | 8:24 |
| 1967 | Eleanor Rigby / Elds | cover | Vanilla Fudge | 8:11 |
| 1968-07-02 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Sonny Criss | 5:32 |
| 1968-11 | Eleanor Rigby From Lighthouse '68 | cover, instrumental and live | The Crusaders | 7:23 |
| 1969-01-03 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Lonnie Smith | 9:19 |
| 1969-10-03 | Eleanor Rigby (stereo) | cover | Aretha Franklin | 2:35 |
| 1970-03-06 | Eleanor Rigby | cover, instrumental and live | Gene Harris & The Three Sounds | 10:42 |
| 1970-08-01 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 1970-08-01: Les Festival de Jazz, Antibes Juan Les‐Pines, France) | cover and live | Aretha Franklin | 3:11 |
| 1970-09-18 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | Mal Waldron | ?:?? |
| 1971-02-05 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 1971‐02‐05: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Aretha Franklin | 2:33 |
| 1971-02-05 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 1971‐02‐05: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Aretha Franklin | 2:40 |
| 1971-02-06 | Beatles Medley: Hey Jude / Eleanor Rigby / Blackbird / A Day in the Life | cover, live and medley | Bobby Darin | 6:57 |
| 1971-03-05 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 1971-03-05: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Aretha Franklin | 2:36 |
| 1971-03-06 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 1971-03-06: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Aretha Franklin | 2:48 |
| 1971-08-03 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | Gene Harris The 3 Sounds | 6:52 |
| 1977 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Sarah Vaughan | 3:51 |
| 1980-02-12 | Eleanor Rigby Jam | cover and live | Jerry Garcia Band | 3:53 |
| 1980-02-28 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and live | Jerry Garcia Band | 3:20 |
| 1982-10 – 1982-12 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Ulli Bögershausen | 3:44 |
| 1982-11-05 – 1984-07-26 | Eleanor Rigby / Eleanor’s Dream | medley | Paul McCartney | 9:12 |
| 1984-09 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | Ofra Harnoy | 2:13 |
| 1984-09 – 1984-10 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | Stanley Jordan | 7:02 |
| 1989-08-27 – 1989-08-28 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | European Jazz Trio | 4:24 |
| 1990-02-08 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 1990‐02‐08: Centrum in Worcester, Worcester, MA, USA) | live | Paul McCartney | 2:36 |
| 1990-03-07 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 1990-03-07: Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Paul McCartney | ?:?? |
| 1990-03-31 | Eleanor Rigby | live | Paul McCartney | 2:40 |
| 1990-06-23 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 1990-06-23: SEC Centre, Glasgow, UK) | live | Paul McCartney | 2:44 |
| 1990-07-04 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 1990‐07‐04: Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, DC, USA) | live | Paul McCartney | 2:50 |
| 1993-08 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and live | Rick Wakeman | 8:01 |
| 1993 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Shirley Grimes | 5:05 |
| 1995-03-23 | Eleanor Rigby | live | Paul McCartney & Elvis Costello | 5:21 |
| 1995-08 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | Ray Drummond | 8:41 |
| 1996-03-20 – 1996-03-21 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 1996-03-20/21: Dingwalls, Camden Lock, London, UK) | cover and live | Big Country | 3:47 |
| 1996-08 – 1997-01 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Rick Wakeman | 8:04 |
| 1996-11-30 | Eleanor Rigby (soundcheck, 1996-11-30: Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, England, UK) | cover, instrumental, live and partial | Tangerine Dream | 6:13 |
| 1996-11-30 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 1996-11-30: Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, England, UK) | cover, instrumental and live | Tangerine Dream | 7:47 |
| 1996-12 – 1997-12 | Magical Mystery Tour/Eleanor Rigby | instrumental, medley and partial | University of Michigan Marching Band | 2:19 |
| 1997-07 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and live | Rick Wakeman and The English Rock Ensemble | 5:32 |
| 1998-02-17 | Be My Number Two / You Can’t Get What You / Want Eleanor Rigby | cover and live | Joe Jackson | 6:54 |
| 2000-01-15 – 2000-01-16 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Ulli Bögershausen | 2:54 |
| 2000 | Help / Eleanor Rigby | cover and live | Rick Wakeman | 8:32 |
| 2001-04-14 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2001-04-14: Inferno, Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway) | cover and live | Pain | 4:06 |
| 2001-12-13 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | Joe Sachse, Ernst Bier | 3:44 |
| 2002-01-17 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | Norman Simmons | 8:01 |
| 2002-05-07 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2002‐05‐07: Pepsi Center, Denver, CO, USA) | live | Paul McCartney | 2:17 |
| 2002 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2002: USA Tour) | live | Paul McCartney | ?:?? |
| 2003-05-10 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2003-05-10: Colosseum, Rome, Italy) | live | Paul McCartney | 3:53 |
| 2003-06-01 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2003-06-01: King's Dock, Liverpool, UK) | live | Paul McCartney | 2:39 |
| 2004-12-17 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2004-12-17: Marco Polo Club, Budapest, Hungary) | cover and live | Anathema | 2:26 |
| 2005-01-13 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2005-01-13: Krzemionki TV Studio, Kraków, Poland) | cover and live | Pain | 4:21 |
| 2005-05-04 – 2005-05-05 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Giuseppe Milici & Mauro Schiavone | 4:46 |
| 2005-09-22 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2005-09-22: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Paul McCartney | ?:?? |
| 2005-10-10 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2005-10-10: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CA) | live | Paul McCartney | ?:?? |
| 2005-10-26 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2005-10-26: Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN, USA) | live | Paul McCartney | ?:?? |
| 2008-06-28 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2008-06-28: Sgt. Pepper’s … Revisited, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Edwin Outwater conducting Hollywood Bowl Orchestra with additional musical support from Aloke DasGupta, Satnam Ramgotra, Gingger Shankar, Christopher Smith, Mohiuddin Ahmed & Mark Power | ?:?? |
| 2008-07-20 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2008‐07‐20: Plains of Abraham, Quebec City, QC, Canada) | live | Paul McCartney | 2:19 |
| 2008-09-25 | Eleanor Rigby | live | Paul McCartney | 2:36 |
| 2008 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2008-05-02: Sundown Festival, Abtsgmünd, Germany) | cover and live | Pain | 4:25 |
| 2009-05-27 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Joshua Bell feat. Frankie Moreno | 4:03 |
| 2009-07 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2009-07: Citi Field, New York City, New York, USA) | live | Paul McCartney | ?:?? |
| 2009-07 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2009-07: Citi Field, New York City, New York, USA) | live | Paul McCartney | 2:22 |
| 2009-10-05 – 2009-10-06 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | John Di Martino's Romantic Jazz Trio | 4:11 |
| 2010-12-13 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2010-12-13: Apollo Theater, New York, NY, US) | live | Paul McCartney | 2:25 |
| 2011-05-06 | 5/6/11, 2 of 9: Perpetual e-Motion at the Concord Scout House | cover and live | Perpetual e‐Motion | 10:19 |
| 2011-11 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Big Yellow Taxi | 3:34 |
| 2012-06-23 | Perpetual e-Motion & Kim Roberts at Princeton Country Dances 6/23/12 | cover and live | Perpetual e‐Motion | 10:14 |
| 2012-07-13 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2012-07-13: Masters of Rock, Areál likérky Rudolf Jelínek, Vizovice, Zlínský kraj, Czech Republic) | cover and live | Pain | ?:?? |
| 2012-07-13 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2012-07-13: Masters of Rock, Areál likérky Rudolf Jelínek, Vizovice, Zlínský kraj, Czech Republic) | cover and live | Pain | 4:18 |
| 2013-11-08 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and live | The Beatles Connection | 2:19 |
| 2014-04-03 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and live | Javier Navas, José Carra, Cuarteto Granada | 3:27 |
| 2014-12-07 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | Orquestra Ouro Preto | 2:08 |
| 2016-07 – 2016-08 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | Rick Wakeman | 5:05 |
| 2016-11-14 – 2016-11-16 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | Giora Feidman, Rastrelli Cello Quartet | 3:32 |
| 2016 | Eleanor Rigby | cover and live | The Best of Britain | 2:41 |
| 2017 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Blues Beatles | 4:02 |
| 2018-12-05 | Eleanor Rigby (live, 2018-12-05: Wiener Stadthalle, Wien, Austria) | live | Paul McCartney | 2:20 |
| 2020-07 | Eleanor Rigby | cover | Anna Prohaska, La Folia Barockorchester, Robin Peter Müller | 3:14 |
| A Beatles Overture (medley) | cover, instrumental and medley | David Arnold | 9:48 | |
| Acte IV. Rockollection 008 | cover and medley | Laurent Voulzy | 15:43 | |
| All the Lonely People | cover | Walls Have Ears | 3:41 | |
| Beatles Medley | cover, instrumental and medley | Tony Trischka | 5:39 | |
| Because / Eleanor Rigby | cover | Quartetto | 7:02 | |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water | cover and partial | Phil Cool | 4:05 | |
| Drive Me: Lady Madonna / Drive My Car / Nowhere Man / Taxman / Eleanor Rigby | cover and medley | Dr. Fink and the Mystery Band | 7:42 | |
| Ealeanor Rigby | cover | The Sign Posters | ?:?? | |
| Elanor Rigby | The Beatles | 2:07 | ||
| Elanor Rigby | cover and instrumental | Canadian Brass | 3:44 | |
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