Chart Position 12
- Lead vocals: John Lennon
- Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
- This is the ‘B’ side of ‘Hey Jude’ (1968)
- Guitar: John Lennon. George Harrison
- Keyboards: Nicky Hopkins
- Backing vocals: Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon
- The original recording of this song is slower in tempo; titled ‘Revolution 1’ it was included on the 1968 LP The Beatles (aka The White Album)
- Produced by George Martin
- Recorded in London U.K.
- The LP The Beatles is #10 on Rolling Stone magazines list of 500 Greatest albums of all time; over 19 million copies have been sold
- A previously unreleased 10 minute version of Revolution 1 appeared on the Internet in 2009
- John Lennon and Paul McCartney composed 295 songs together
- Later recorded by Head Shop (1969), Powerglide (1988), Mike + the Mechanics (1989), Billy Bragg (1991), Beatles Revival Band (1992), Texas (1993), Paul Schwartz (1998), Swingle Singers (2002) and Stone Temple Pilots (2001)
The Year in Music 1963 - 1988 