Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"
Song by the Beatles
from the album Rubber Soul
Released3 December 1965 (1965-12-03)
Recorded21 October 1965
StudioEMI, London
Genre
Length2:05
LabelParlophone
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)George Martin

"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was first released on their 1965 album Rubber Soul.[4][5][6] It was mainly written by John Lennon, but listed as being written by Lennon–McCartney.[7] The song was influenced by the lyrics of Bob Dylan. The song had a sitar played by George Harrison, which was the first time this had been done in Western rock music.[8] The song was a number one in Australia, where it was released as a single. Rolling Stone magazine said it was the 83rd-greatest song of all time.[9]

Personnel

Personnel per Walter Everett[10]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "Great Moments in Folk Rock: Lists of Author Favorites". richieunterberger.com. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Williams 2002, p. 101.
  3. ↑ "The 50 best Beatles songs".
  4. ↑ Lewisohn 2005, pp. 69, 200.
  5. ↑ Miles 2001, pp. 215, 217.
  6. ↑ Unterberger, Richie. "The Beatles Rubber Soul review". AllMusic. Rovi Corp. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Rolling Stone staff (19 September 2011). "100 Greatest Beatles Songs". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  8. ↑ Rodriguez 2012, p. 69.
  9. ↑ "Norwegian Wood ranked 83rd greatest song". Rolling Stone. 11 December 2003. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Everett 2001, p. 314.

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