Yellow Submarine
The Beatles
1966
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
Release: 1966
Release: 1966Source 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 Yellow Submarine gives 1966. Only year precision is used; some displayed dates refer to single or market-specific issues.
The Beatles: Yellow Submarine
Recording-specific table and prose support the stated release year and separate later issues.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
Ringo Starr sings the lead on this Lennon-McCartney recording. It appeared on Revolver in 1966 and shared a single with Eleanor Rigby before becoming the title song of the 1968 animated film. The official song notes describe its original conception as a nonsense song for children.
Evidence scope: Song-specific recording and release history from the official artist catalog; no private motivation inferred.
Sources for this information
The Beatles: Yellow Submarine
Official song notes and recording/release table; paraphrased recording history. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Earlier note and its recorded status
Earlier status: Basic catalog context. This earlier wording is retained as historical context; the reviewed account above is the current summary.
Yellow Submarine by The Beatles appears at number 90 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1966. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
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
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1966 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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