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Magical Mystery Tour

The Beatles
Track 119 on The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) 

Producer

George Martin
The only title track for a Beatles film that didn’t become a single, “Magical Mystery Tour” invites listeners – and subsequently, viewers – to take a journey that’s… Read More 
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Magical Mystery Tour Lyrics

[Intro: Paul McCartney]
(Roll up, roll up
For the Magical Mystery Tour!
Step right this way!)

[Verse: Paul McCartney, George Harrison & John Lennon]
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (And that's an invitation)
Roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (To make a reservation)
Roll up for the mystery tour

[Chorus: Paul McCartney & Paul McCartney & John Lennon]
The magical mystery tour
Is waiting to take you away
Waiting to take you away

[Verse: Paul McCartney, John Lennon & George Harrison]
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (We've got everything you need)
Roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (Satisfaction guaranteed)
Roll up for the mystery tour
[Chorus: Paul McCartney]
The magical mystery tour
Is hoping to take you away
Hoping to take you away

[Bridge]
A mystery trip

[Verse: John Lennon, George Harrison & Paul McCartney]
Ah... the Magical Mystery Tour
Roll up
Roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (And that's an invitation)
Roll up for the mystery tour
Roll up (To make a reservation)
Roll up for the mystery tour

[Chorus: Paul McCartney]
The magical mystery tour
Is coming to take you away
Coming to take you away
The magical mystery tour
Is dying to take you away
Dying to take you away
Take you today

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The only title track for a Beatles film that didn’t become a single, “Magical Mystery Tour” invites listeners – and subsequently, viewers – to take a journey that’s probably more entertaining than that weird and chaotic TV movie.

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What did The Beatles say about "Magical Mystery Tour"?
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Paul had this to say about “Magical Mystery Tour”:

John and I remembered mystery tours, and we always thought this was a fascinating idea: getting on a bus and not knowing where you were going. Rather romantic and slightly surreal! All these old dears with the blue rinses going off to mysterious places. Generally there’s a crate of ale in the boot of the coach and you sing lots of songs. It’s a charabanc trip. So we took that idea and used it as a basis for a song and the film.

(Many Years From Now by Barry Miles)

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The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) (2009)
  1. 1.
    I Saw Her Standing There
  2. 2.
    Misery
  3. 3.
    Anna (Go to Him)
  4. 4.
    Chains
  5. 5.
    Boys
  6. 6.
    Ask Me Why
  7. 7.
    Please Please Me
  8. 9.
    P.S. I Love You
  9. 10.
    Baby It’s You
  10. 11.
    Do You Want to Know a Secret
  11. 12.
    A Taste of Honey
  12. 13.
    There’s a Place
  13. 14.
    Twist and Shout
  14. 16.
    It Won’t Be Long
  15. 17.
    All I’ve Got to Do
  16. 18.
    All My Loving
  17. 19.
    Don’t Bother Me
  18. 20.
    Little Child
  19. 21.
    Till There Was You
  20. 22.
    Please Mister Postman
  21. 23.
    Roll Over Beethoven
  22. 24.
    Hold Me Tight
  23. 25.
    You Really Got a Hold on Me
  24. 26.
    I Wanna Be Your Man
  25. 27.
    Devil in Her Heart
  26. 28.
    Not a Second Time
  27. 29.
    Money (That’s What I Want)
  28. 31.
    A Hard Day’s Night
  29. 32.
    I Should Have Known Better
  30. 33.
    If I Fell
  31. 34.
    I’m Happy Just to Dance with You
  32. 35.
    And I Love Her
  33. 36.
    Tell Me Why
  34. 37.
    Can’t Buy Me Love
  35. 38.
    Any Time at All
  36. 39.
    I’ll Cry Instead
  37. 40.
    Things We Said Today
  38. 41.
    When I Get Home
  39. 42.
    You Can’t Do That
  40. 43.
    I’ll Be Back
  41. 45.
    No Reply
  42. 46.
    I’m a Loser
  43. 47.
    Baby’s in Black
  44. 48.
    Rock and Roll Music
  45. 49.
    I’ll Follow the Sun
  46. 50.
    Mr. Moonlight
  47. 51.
    Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!
  48. 52.
    Eight Days a Week
  49. 53.
    Words of Love
  50. 54.
    Honey Don’t
  51. 55.
    Every Little Thing
  52. 56.
    I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party
  53. 57.
    What You’re Doing
  54. 58.
    Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby
  55. 60.
    Help!
  56. 61.
    The Night Before
  57. 62.
    You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
  58. 63.
    I Need You
  59. 64.
    Another Girl
  60. 65.
    You’re Going to Lose That Girl
  61. 66.
    Ticket to Ride
  62. 67.
    Act Naturally
  63. 68.
    It’s Only Love
  64. 69.
    You Like Me Too Much
  65. 70.
    Tell Me What You See
  66. 71.
    I’ve Just Seen a Face
  67. 72.
    Yesterday
  68. 73.
    Dizzy Miss Lizzy
  69. 75.
    Drive My Car
  70. 76.
    Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
  71. 77.
    You Won’t See Me
  72. 78.
    Nowhere Man
  73. 79.
    Think for Yourself
  74. 80.
    The Word
  75. 81.
    Michelle
  76. 82.
    What Goes On
  77. 83.
    Girl
  78. 84.
    I’m Looking Through You
  79. 85.
    In My Life
  80. 86.
    Wait
  81. 87.
    If I Needed Someone
  82. 88.
    Run for Your Life
  83. 90.
    Taxman
  84. 91.
    Eleanor Rigby
  85. 92.
    I’m Only Sleeping
  86. 93.
    Love You To
  87. 94.
    Here, There and Everywhere
  88. 96.
    She Said She Said
  89. 97.
    Good Day Sunshine
  90. 98.
    And Your Bird Can Sing
  91. 99.
    For No One
  92. 100.
    Doctor Robert
  93. 101.
    I Want to Tell You
  94. 102.
    Got to Get You into My Life
  95. 103.
    Tomorrow Never Knows
  96. 105.
    Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  97. 106.
    With a Little Help from My Friends
  98. 107.
    Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
  99. 108.
    Getting Better
  100. 109.
    Fixing a Hole
  101. 110.
    She’s Leaving Home
  102. 111.
    Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
  103. 112.
    Within You Without You
  104. 113.
    When I’m Sixty-Four
  105. 114.
    Lovely Rita
  106. 115.
    Good Morning Good Morning
  107. 116.
    Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
  108. 117.
    A Day in the Life
  109. 119.
    Magical Mystery Tour
  110. 120.
    The Fool on the Hill
  111. 121.
    Flying
  112. 122.
    Blue Jay Way
  113. 123.
    Your Mother Should Know
  114. 124.
    I Am the Walrus
  115. 125.
    Hello, Goodbye
  116. 126.
    Strawberry Fields Forever
  117. 127.
    Penny Lane
  118. 128.
    Baby, You’re a Rich Man
  119. 131.
    Back in the U.S.S.R.
  120. 132.
    Dear Prudence
  121. 133.
    Glass Onion
  122. 134.
    Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
  123. 135.
    Wild Honey Pie
  124. 136.
    The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
  125. 137.
    While My Guitar Gently Weeps
  126. 138.
    Happiness is a Warm Gun
  127. 139.
    Martha My Dear
  128. 140.
    I’m So Tired
  129. 141.
    Blackbird
  130. 142.
    Piggies
  131. 143.
    Rocky Raccoon
  132. 144.
    Don’t Pass Me By
  133. 145.
    Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?
  134. 146.
    I Will
  135. 147.
    Julia
  136. 148.
    Birthday
  137. 149.
    Yer Blues
  138. 150.
    Mother Nature’s Son
  139. 151.
    Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
  140. 152.
    Sexy Sadie
  141. 153.
    Helter Skelter
  142. 154.
    Long, Long, Long
  143. 155.
    Revolution 1
  144. 156.
    Honey Pie
  145. 157.
    Savoy Truffle
  146. 158.
    Cry Baby Cry
  147. 159.
    Revolution 9
  148. 160.
    Good Night
  149. 162.
    Yellow Submarine
  150. 163.
    Only a Northern Song
  151. 164.
    All Together Now
  152. 165.
    Hey Bulldog
  153. 166.
    It’s All Too Much
  154. 167.
    All You Need Is Love
  155. 168.
    Pepperland
  156. 169.
    Sea of Time
  157. 170.
    Sea of Holes
  158. 171.
    Sea of Monsters
  159. 172.
    March of the Meanies
  160. 173.
    Pepperland Laid Waste
  161. 174.
    Yellow Submarine In Pepperland
  162. 176.
    Come Together
  163. 177.
    Something
  164. 178.
    Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
  165. 179.
    Oh! Darling
  166. 180.
    Octopus’s Garden
  167. 181.
    I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
  168. 182.
    Here Comes the Sun
  169. 183.
    Because
  170. 184.
    You Never Give Me Your Money
  171. 185.
    Sun King
  172. 186.
    Mean Mr. Mustard
  173. 187.
    Polythene Pam
  174. 188.
    She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
  175. 189.
    Golden Slumbers
  176. 190.
    Carry That Weight
  177. 191.
    The End
  178. 192.
    Her Majesty
  179. 194.
    Two of Us
  180. 195.
    Dig a Pony
  181. 196.
    Across the Universe
  182. 197.
    I Me Mine
  183. 198.
    Dig It
  184. 199.
    Let It Be
  185. 200.
    Maggie Mae
  186. 201.
    I’ve Got a Feeling
  187. 202.
    One After 909
  188. 203.
    The Long and Winding Road
  189. 204.
    For You Blue
  190. 205.
    Get Back
  191. 207.
    Love Me Do
  192. 208.
    From Me to You
  193. 209.
    Thank You Girl
  194. 210.
    She Loves You
  195. 211.
    I’ll Get You
  196. 212.
    I Want to Hold Your Hand
  197. 213.
    This Boy
  198. 214.
    Komm, gib mir deine Hand
  199. 215.
    Sie Liebt Dich
  200. 216.
    Long Tall Sally
  201. 217.
    I Call Your Name
  202. 218.
    Slow Down
  203. 219.
    Matchbox
  204. 220.
    I Feel Fine
  205. 221.
    She’s a Woman
  206. 222.
    Bad Boy
  207. 223.
    Yes It Is
  208. 224.
    I’m Down
  209. 225.
    Day Tripper
  210. 226.
    We Can Work It Out
  211. 227.
    Paperback Writer
  212. 228.
    Rain
  213. 229.
    Lady Madonna
  214. 230.
    The Inner Light
  215. 231.
    Hey Jude
  216. 232.
    Revolution
  217. 233.
    Get Back (Single Version)
  218. 234.
    Don’t Let Me Down
  219. 235.
    The Ballad of John and Yoko
  220. 236.
    Old Brown Shoe
  221. 237.
    Across the Universe (Wildlife Version)
  222. 238.
    Let It Be (Single Version)
  223. 239.
    You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
Credits
Producer
Writers
Background Vocals
Vocals
Bass
Trumpet
Engineer
Acoustic Guitar
Percussion
Drums
Piano
Recorded At
EMI (Abbey Road) Studios, London, UK (April 25 - May 3, November 7, 1967)
Released on
November 27, 1967
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