Strawberry Fields Forever (track)
by The Beatles
Year: 1967
From the album Magical Mystery Tour (track #8)
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Strawberry Fields Forever appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- Magical Mystery Tour (track #8) (this album) (1967)
- 1967-1970 (track #1) (compilation) (1973)
- Love (track #13) (2006)
- The Beatles Box Set (track #126) (compilation) (1988)
- CD Singles Collection (Box Set) (track #27) (compilation) (1992)
- The Beatles In Mono (track #118) (compilation) (2009)
- Mono Collection (track #118) (compilation) (1982)
- The Beatles (track #118) (compilation) (2009)
- The Collection (track #178) (compilation) (1982)
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| ! | 16 hours ago | ravidal | 25 | 96/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2026 18:31 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 17:20 | jwalsh97 | 161 | 89/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 10:50 | aramsamsam | 335 | 67/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2026 22:34 | Vasco | 8,463 | 78/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 93.6/100, a mean average of 92.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 93.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.3.
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Absolute masterpiece. The opening Mellotron notes can arguably go done in history right alongside Chuck Berry’s first 18 seconds of Johnny B. Goode. Never misses a beat. The best Beatles song. Well done John, well done.
One of the best psychedelic tunes of all time and still sounds fresh - great ending stuff and reprise
llibnanoon 06/22/2020 16:45 | #254161
Lennon Masterpiece which became one of his most iconic after his tragic death.
Along with A Day in the Life , my two favourite songs of all time. Apparently the ending with the Beatles just making random sounds and banging on drums etc was recorded separately and done as a joke. It was meant to be left off. During mixing they decided to include a bit of it which is why it fades in and out. Magnificent.
Simply one of the greatest songs ever made
Lukeanaderdude 01/21/2019 03:17 | #230171
Such a magical song. The Beatles in their prime
VictorVale 12/16/2018 16:15 | #227287
Ainda não conhecida ou valorizada da forma devida! Magnífica!
Easily one of the Beatles best songs.
The greatest song of all time
I'm not sure I quite see what makes this a Beatles masterpiece yet... it has a good melody, some interesting orchestrations, especially in the 'nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about' bit. But other than that line, which I find really cool sounding, this song doesn't seem a hugely special song to me. I'm sure I'm just missing something though.
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