Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

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writer:	John Lennon (The Beatles) Paul McCartney (The Beatles)

publisher:	Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) Northern Songs Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) Sony/ATV Tunes LLC Northern Songs Ltd. (in 1967)

lyrics page:	https://genius.com/The-beatles-being-for-the-benefit-of-mr-kite-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:	https://secondhandsongs.com/work/1969 [info]
Songfacts:	http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=124 [info]
Wikidata:	Q610258 [info]

referred to in medleys:	Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite! / I Want You (She’s So Heavy) / Helter Skelter (Love version) (order: 1)

Recordings

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	recordings
1967-02-17	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (take 4)		The Beatles	3:07
1967-02-17	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (take 7)		The Beatles	2:35
1967-02-17	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (takes 1 and 2)		The Beatles	1:05
1967-02-17 – 1967-02-20	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (take 7)		The Beatles	2:34
1967-02-17 – 1967-03-28	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (original mono studio mix)		The Beatles	2:39
1967-02-17 – 1967-03-28	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (original stereo studio mix)		The Beatles	2:38
1967-02-17 – 1967-03-28	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (2017 stereo remix)		The Beatles	2:39
1967-02-17 – 1967-03-28	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (5.1 mix)		The Beatles	2:38
2007-08-10 – 2007-08-11	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover and live	Cheap Trick	2:46
2007-12-12	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (live)	cover and live	Cheap Trick	2:50
2008-06-28	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (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 feat. Ian Ball	?:??
2016-10	Being for the Benefit Mr. Kit	cover	Django Bates, Frankfurt Radio Big Band	2:33
2016-10	Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!	cover	Django Bates, Frankfurt Radio Big Band	2:33
2018-12-05	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (live, 2018-12-05: Wiener Stadthalle, Wien, Austria)	live	Paul McCartney	2:41
2019-05 – 2020-03	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover	The Ed Palermo Big Band	?:??
2021-04-06 – 2021-04-09	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Asya Fateyeva, Lautten Compagney, Wolfgang Katschner	3:20
	Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite	cover	Jack 'n' Gary	2:57
	Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!		The Beatles	2:35
	Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!	cover	Tok Tok Tok	2:54
	Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite! (take 9)		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Big Woods	2:30
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Maurice Gibb, Peter Frampton, George Burns & Bee Gees	3:12
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Big Daddy	2:30
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Paul Schwartz	4:04
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Bikeride	2:31
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Električni orgazam	4:49
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Eric McFadden	2:57
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Jamie Cullum	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Billy Connolly	2:59
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Frank Sidebottom	3:07
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover and instrumental	Al Di Meola	3:10
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite		Doctor 3 (Rea•Pietropaoli•Sferra)	5:14
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover and instrumental	Les Fradkin	2:18
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite		The Beatles	2:12
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite		The Beatles	2:33
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite		The Beatles	2:38
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite		The Beatles	2:39
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite		The Beatles	0:59
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	B For Bang	3:06
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Van Stee	4:19
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Spongetones	2:39
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover, instrumental and live	Les Misérables Brass Band	2:36
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	The Coverbeats	2:34
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Abbey Road '78	3:16
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Mike Bikerton	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (mono version)		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (take 7 Frag, Rm 95)		The Beatles	0:16
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (take 7, Rs 95)		The Beatles	2:34
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (take 9 With G. Martin)		The Beatles	0:56
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (take 9, Rm 4)		The Beatles	2:37
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (take 9)		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite (Takes 1-2, Rs 95)		The Beatles	1:05
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover	Caspar Babypants	2:42
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!		The Beatles	2:38
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover	Tok Tok Tok	3:02
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover	Easy Star All‐Stars feat. Ranking Roger	2:35
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover and instrumental	Sound Choice Karaoke	2:52
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover and live	The Analogues	2:44
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover and instrumental	Brandee Younger	6:39
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover	The Flaming Lips feat. Maynard James Keenan, Puscifer & SUNBEARS!	2:36
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover and instrumental	Andy Timmons	6:26
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover	Burnkit2600	2:56
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover	Eddie Izzard	2:43
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	cover	Rajaton With Lahti Symphony Orchestra	2:25
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (acoustic)	cover	The Moon Loungers	2:53
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (dialogue fragment)	partial	The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (rehearsal take 7)		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (rehearsal take 7)		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (RM4 take 9)		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (RS8 take 9)		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (sound effects)		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (take 1 - breakdown)		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (take 2 - breakdown)		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (take 7 - complete)		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (takes 7 & 9)		The Beatles	?:??
	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (unknown fragment)	partial	The Beatles	0:13
	Being for the Benefit of Mr.Kite		The Beatles	?:??
	For the Benefit of Mr. Kite	cover	Greg Hawkes	2:49
	Mr. Kite	cover	Leigh Wyckoff	5:24

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