Strawberry Fields Forever

"Strawberry Fields Forever"

Singel oleh The Beatles
Sisi-A	"Penny Lane"
Dirilis	13 February 1967 (US) 17 February 1967 (UK)
Format	7"
Direkam	November–December 1966 EMI Studios, London
Genre	Psychedelic rock,^[1] psychedelic pop^[2]
Durasi	4:05
Label	Parlophone (UK) Capitol (US)
Pencipta	Lennon–McCartney
Produser	George Martin

Sampel Musik
"Strawberry Fields Forever" noicon

"Strawberry Fields Forever" adalah sebuah lagu The Beatles. Lagu ini ditulis oleh John Lennon dan dikaitkan dengan kemitraan Lennon-McCartney. Lagu ini terinspirasi oleh kenangan Lennon bermain di taman Salvation Army bernama "Strawberry Field" di dekat rumah masa kecilnya.

"Strawberry Fields Forever" dimaksudkan untuk album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) dan merupakan lagu pertama yang direkam untuk album itu, tetapi malah dirilis pada bulan Februari tahun 1967 sebagai rekaman ganda dengan "Penny Lane" karya Paul McCartney. "Strawberry Fields Forever" mencapai nomor delapan di Amerika Serikat, dan banyak kritikus menggambarkannya sebagai salah satu rekaman terbaik kelompok The Beatles. Lagu ini merupakan salah satu karya khas genre psychedelic rock dan telah dicover oleh banyak seniman. Lagu ini disertakan dalam album Magical Mystery Tour LP versi AS (meskipun tidak ada pada EP Inggris dengan nama yang sama).

Awal mula

Strawberry Field adalah nama panti asuhan Salvation Army yang mengitari sudut rumah masa kecil lennon di Woolton yang terletak di pinggiran Liverpool. Lennon dan teman-teman masa kecilnya Pete Shotton, Nigel Walley,dan Ivan Vaughan sering bermain dekat tempat itu. Lennon diajak salah satu temannya untuk mengikuti pesta kebun tahunan yang diiringi band Salvation Army.

Lagu "Strawberry Fields Forever" karya Lennon dan "Penny Lane" karya McCartney keduanya mengandung tema nostalgia untuk tahun-tahun awal mereka di Liverpool. Meskipun keduanya terinspirasi oleh lokasi nyata, lagu yang bernama sama memiliki nuansa surealistik dan psychedelic yang kuat. Produser George Martin mengatakan bahwa ketika ia pertama kali mendengar "Strawberry Fields Forever", dia merasakan "impresionistik mimpi" seperti ia sedang "kabur".

Referensi

^ J. DeRogatis, Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock (Milwaukie, Michigan: Hal Leonard, 2003), ISBN 0-634-05548-8, p. 160.
^ C. Heylin, The Act You've Known For All These Years: the Life, and Afterlife, of Sgt. Pepper (London: Canongate Books, 2007), ISBN 1-84195-955-3, p. 153

Singel The Beatles

Singel (Britania Raya – Parlophone, Apple Records)

1962: Love Me Do • 1963: Please Please Me, From Me to You, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand • 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine • 1965: Ticket to Ride, Help!, Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out • 1966: Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine • 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye • 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude • 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together • 1970: Let It Be
1976: Yesterday, Back in the U.S.S.R. • 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day in the Life • 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley, Love Me Do (reissue) • 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird • 1996: Real Love

Sisi B

1962: P.S. I Love You • 1963: Ask Me Why, Thank You Girl, I'll Get You, This Boy • 1964: You Can't Do That, Things We Said Today, She's a Woman • 1965: Yes It Is, I'm Down • 1966: Rain • 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus • 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution • 1969: Old Brown Shoe • 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number)
1976: I Should Have Known Better, Twist and Shout • 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, P.S. I Love You (reissue) • 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, Christmas Time (Is Here Again) • 1996: Baby's in Black

Singel (AS – Capitol Records, Apple Records)

1963: I Want to Hold Your Hand • 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I'll Cry Instead, And I Love Her, Matchbox, I Feel Fine • 1965: Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, Help!, Yesterday, We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper • 1966: Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine • 1967: Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye • 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude • 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together • 1970: Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road
1976: Got to Get You into My Life • 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / A Day in the Life • 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley • 1986: Twist and Shout • 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird• 1996: Real Love

Sisi B

1963: I Saw Her Standing There • 1964: You Can't Do That, I Should Have Known Better, I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, If I Fell, Slow Down, She's a Woman • 1965: I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, Yes It Is, I'm Down, Act Naturally • 1966: What Goes On, Rain • 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus • 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution • 1969: Old Brown Shoe • 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number), For You Blue
1976: Helter Skelter • 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You • 1986: There's a Place • 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, I Saw Her Standing There / This Boy / Christmas Time (Is Here Again) • 1996: Baby's in Black / Yellow Submarine / Here, There and Everywhere