"Paperback Writer"
Single by the Beatles
B-side"Rain"
Released30 May 1966 (1966-05-30)
Recorded13–14 April 1966
StudioEMI, London
Genre
Length
  • 2:16 (stereo)
  • 2:23 (mono)
Label
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)George Martin
The Beatles UK singles chronology
"Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out"
(1965)
"Paperback Writer"
(1966)
"Eleanor Rigby" / "Yellow Submarine"
(1966)
The Beatles US singles chronology
"Nowhere Man"
(1966)
"Paperback Writer"
(1966)
"Eleanor Rigby" / "Yellow Submarine"
(1966)
Promotional film
"Paperback Writer" at YouTube

"Paperback Writer" is a 1966 song by The Beatles and was released A-side to their eleventh single Rain. It went to number 1 in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.

References

  1. Miller 2010, p. 39.
  2. Borack 2007, p. 175.
  3. DeRogatis 2003, p. 48.