Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds by The Beatles – ****

First released: 1967

Lennon amazingly never liked the way this was performed on "Sgt. Pepper". I have to remember this was a guy that got addicted to heroin and a number of other drugs, so he may not always know what he’s talking about. I won’t bother with the LSD story because I believe the reality that it was a Julian Lennon drawing, especially when Julian included a replica of the original drawing in his tribute to "Lucy" in 2010. It's also on "1967-1970" and 1999's "Yellow Submarine Songtrack". A demo version appears on 1996's "Anthology 2". It is also used for 2006's "Love".

The only live version was recorded with John Lennon and Elton John in 1974 and was finally released in 1981. It made it onto CD with 1990’s "Lennon".