Lady Madonna
The Beatles
1968
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
Release: 1968
Release: 1968Source 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 Lady Madonna gives 1968. Only year precision is used; some displayed dates refer to single or market-specific issues.
The Beatles: Lady Madonna
Recording-specific table and prose support the stated release year and separate later issues.
Inspiration and background
Researched recording background
The Beatles recorded this song in February 1968 before leaving for India. The basic track paired McCartney's piano with Starr playing drums using brushes. Released with George Harrison's The Inner Light on the reverse side, it preceded the group's switch to Apple for new singles.
Evidence scope: Song-specific recording and release history from the official artist catalog; no private motivation inferred.
Sources for this information
The Beatles: Lady Madonna
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.
Lady Madonna by The Beatles appears at number 60 in the reviewed U.S. year-end table for 1968. 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 1968 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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