The Fool on the Hill (original stereo studio mix)

Name: The Fool on the Hill
Duration: 3 min

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.2	The Fool on the Hill	3:00	The Beatles	Magical Mystery Tour (apple records logo on back cover & CD)	The Beatles	Album + Soundtrack	US1987-09-21	Apple Records, Parlophone	CDP 7 48062 2
1.2	The Fool on the Hill	3:00	The Beatles	Magical Mystery Tour (no Apple logo, printed/made in U.S.A.)	The Beatles	Album + Soundtrack	US1987-09-21	Parlophone	CD-PCTC 255, CDP 7 48062 2
13.4	The Fool on the Hill	3:00	The Beatles	Compact Disc EP. Collection	The Beatles	EP + Compilation	US1992-06-30	Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), Parlophone	C2 15852, C2-15852
1.10	The Fool on the Hill	3:02	The Beatles	1967–1970	The Beatles	Album + Compilation	US1993-10-05	Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	0777 7 97039 2 0, CDP 0777 7 97039 2 0
9.2	The Fool on the Hill	2:59	The Beatles	The Beatles (2009 stereo remasters)	The Beatles	Album + Compilation	US2009-09-09	Apple Records	5099969944901
1.10	The Fool on the Hill	3:02	The Beatles	1967–1970	The Beatles	Album + Compilation	US2010-10-19	Apple Records	5099990674723

engineer:	Ken Scott (UK record producer & engineer)
producer:	Big George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
acoustic guitar:	George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-09-26) Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-09-26)
drums (drum set) and maracas:	Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-09-26)
electric bass guitar, piano and recorder:	Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-09-26)
finger cymbals:	Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (from 1967-09-25 until 1967-09-26)
guest flute:	Jack Ellory (flautist) (on 1967-10-20) Christopher Taylor (woodwind player) (on 1967-10-20) Richard Taylor (UK flute & recorder player) (on 1967-10-20)
harmonica:	George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-09-25) John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-09-25)
mouth harp:	John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1967-09-25 until 1967-09-26)
lead vocals:	Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1967-09-26 until 1967-09-27)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1967, in 1987) The Gramophone Co., Ltd. (UK record company) (in 1967)

recorded at:	Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood (on 1967-09-25, on 1967-09-26, on 1967-09-27) Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood (on 1967-10-20)

DJ-mixes:	Fool On The Hill / God Castor by TeeVex (Evelyn Vexille)
has remixes:	The Fool on the Hill (Love version) The Fool on the Hill (2023 mix)
mash-ups:	Crazy Little Fool (The Beatles vs. Queen) by Go Home Productions

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/5dPAjN5CBjPHZrbYVHxsoE [info]

recording of:	The Fool on the Hill (from 1967-09-25 until 1967-10-20)

writer:	John Lennon (The Beatles) Paul McCartney (The Beatles)

publisher:	Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) Northern Songs Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)

referred to in medleys:	The Music of The Beatles (order: 10)
later translated versions:	Álfur út úr hól Der Mann, den ich will (The Fool on the Hill) Hassu huilumies Il balurd en la b’rigl (The Fool on the Hill) Viidakko Jim השוטה על הגבעה
later versions:	Le Fou sur la colline
is the basis for:	Beatles Concerto Grosso No. 1 (In the Style of Handel): Fool on the Hill - Adagio The Fool on the Hill: Yesterdays Concerto Tolo na colina (The Fool on the Hill) Похмелье (The Fool on the Hill)
arrangements:	Fool on the Hill (for guitar, Brouwer) The Fool on the Hill (for choir, Rathbone)