Blackbird (original stereo studio mix)

~ Recording by The Beatles

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.11Blackbird2:18The BeatlesThe BeatlesThe BeatlesAlbum
  • US1987-08-25
ParlophoneCDP 7 46443 2, CDP 7 46444 2
1.11Blackbird2:18The BeatlesThe Beatles (2009 stereo remaster)The BeatlesAlbum
  • US2009-09-09
Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Parlophone0946 3 82466 2 6
10.11Blackbird2:18The BeatlesThe Beatles (2009 stereo remasters)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-09-09
Apple Records5099969944901

Relationships

engineer:Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1968-06-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1968)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood (on 1968-06-11)
sampled by:BLACKBIIRD by Beyoncé, Tanner Adell, Brittney Spencer, Tiera Kennedy (country singer) & Reyna Roberts
Greenday Massacre by Dean Gray (one-time US/Australian mash-up collaboration, album “American Edit”)
mash-ups:Dusted Bird (The Beatles vs. Leftfield) by Max & Moritz
recording of:Blackbird (on 1968-06-11)

Blackbird

writer:John Lennon (The Beatles)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney)
MPL Communications Inc. (ASCAP, not to get confused with Sir Paul McCartney’s company or the company that goes by the name MPL Communications)
Northern Songs Ltd
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
referred to in medleys:Blackbird / Yesterday (Love version) (order: 1)
later parody versions:Scootaloo
is the basis for:Amsel
arrangements:Blackbird (Tony Williams arrangement)
Blackbird / I Will (for choir, Rathbone)
lyrics quoted in:Cowbell