Ballad of John and Yoko
The Beatles
1969
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
Release: 1969
Release: 1969Source checked
Release year checked against the official Beatles song catalog. Exact regional dates and mix variants are not inferred from the annual listening-list year.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
The Beatles official song catalog
Artist catalog row for Ballad of John and Yoko gives 1969. Only year precision is used; some displayed dates refer to single or market-specific issues.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
John Lennon's account of his marriage to Yoko Ono
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1969.html, song-list position 141
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Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Imported annual selection - further review needed
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Owner-supplied 1969.html
Imported annual selection. Title, artist and year have not all been independently corroborated; retained source annotations are archived, not verified song histories.
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