Blackbird
~ Song
Relationships
| writer: | John Lennon (The Beatles) Paul McCartney (The Beatles) |
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| publisher: | Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) MPL Communications Inc. (ASCAP, not to get confused with Sir Paul McCartney’s company or the company that goes by the name MPL Communications) Northern Songs Ltd Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/The-beatles-blackbird-lyrics [info] |
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| SecondHandSongs: | https://secondhandsongs.com/work/1983 [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0010100334 [info] |
| Songfacts: | https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-beatles/blackbird [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q880719 [info] |
| referred to in medleys: | Blackbird / Yesterday (Love version) (order: 1) |
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| later parody versions: | Scootaloo |
| later translated versions: | Amsel |
| arrangements: | Blackbird (Tony Williams arrangement) Blackbird / I Will (for choir, Rathbone) |
| lyrics quoted in: | Cowbell |
Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| recordings | ||||
| 1968-05 | Blackbird (Esher demo) | The Beatles | 2:35 | |
| 1968-06-11 | Blackbird (original stereo studio mix) | The Beatles | 2:18 | |
| 1968-06-11 | Blackbird (2018 stereo mix) | The Beatles | 2:18 | |
| 1968-06-11 | Blackbird (take 4) | The Beatles | 2:19 | |
| 1968-06-11 | Blackbird (original mono studio mix) | The Beatles | 2:19 | |
| 1968-06-11 | Blackbird (5.1 mix) | The Beatles | 2:18 | |
| 1968-06-11 | Blackbird (take 28) | The Beatles | 2:16 | |
| 1968-06-11 | Blackbird [Dolby Atmos Multitrack Backing Tracks] | instrumental | The Beatles | ?:?? |
| 1968-06-11 | Blackbird [Dolby Atmos Virtual Surround Stereo Remix] | The Beatles | ?:?? | |
| 1968-10 – 1968-12 | Paul: Blackbird | Paul w/ Donovan | 2:17 | |
| 1969-02-11 | Blackbird | cover | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 2:36 |
| 1969-08-15 – 1969-08-18 | Blackbird (live, 1969-08-15/8: Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, NY, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 2:41 |
| 1969-08-17 | Blackbird (live, 1969-08-17: Max Yasgur's Farm, Bethel, NY, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 2:46 |
| 1969-08-17 | Blackbird (live, 1969‐08‐17: Woodstock Festival, Max Yasgur’s Farm, Bethel, NY, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 2:46 |
| 1969-08-31 | Blackbird (live, 1969-08-31: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 2:16 |
| 1969-09-20 | Blackbird (live, 1969-09-20: Fillmore East, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 2:31 |
| 1969-12-14 | Blackbird (live, 1969-12-14, Masonic Temple Theater, Detroit, MI, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 4:29 |
| 1969-12-14 | Blackbird (live, 1969-12-14: Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | ?:?? |
| 1970-03-07 | Black Bird | cover and instrumental | The Jazz Crusaders | 2:41 |
| 1970-06-03 | Blackbird (live, 1970-06-03: Lakehurst, NJ, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 2:46 |
| 1970-06-06 | Blackbird (live, 1970-06-06: Fillmore East, New York City, NY, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 4:26 |
| 1970-06-07 | Blackbird (live, 1970-06-07: Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 2:31 |
| 1970-06-28 | Blackbird (live, 1970-06-28: The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 2:40 |
| 1971-02-06 | Beatles Medley: Hey Jude / Eleanor Rigby / Blackbird / A Day in the Life | cover, live and medley | Bobby Darin | 6:57 |
| 1971-08 | Blackbird | cover and live | Dion | ?:?? |
| 1973-10-04 | Blackbird (live, 1973-10-04: Winterland, San Francisco, CA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 2:52 |
| 1974-07-09 | Blackbird (live, 1974-07-09: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 2:57 |
| 1974-07-09 | Blackbird (live, 1974-07-09: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | ?:?? |
| 1974-07-13 | Blackbird (live, 1974-07-13: Oakland Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 3:09 |
| 1974-08-05 | Blackbird (live, 1974-08-05: Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 3:01 |
| 1974-08-05 | Blackbird (live, 1974-08-05: Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 3:30 |
| 1974-09-14 | Blackbird (live, 1974-09-14: Wembley Stadium, London, England, UK) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | ?:?? |
| 1974 | Blackbird (live, 1974) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 2:48 |
| 1974 – 1975 | Blackbird (Europe 1, live) | cover and live | Julien Clerc | 1:35 |
| 1975-11-01 | Blackbird (live, 1975-11-01: Entertainment Center, Perth, Australia) | live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1975-11-13 | Blackbird (live, 1975-11-13: Sydney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia) | live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1975-11-13 | Blackbird (live, 1975-11-13: Sydney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia / Japanese TV version) | live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1975-11-13 | Blackbird (live, 1975-11-13: Sydney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, Australia) | live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1976-03-26 | Blackbird (live, 1976-03-26:) | live | Wings | 2:36 |
| 1976-05-03 | Blackbird (live, 1976-05-03: Tarrant County Convention Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA) | live | Wings | 2:54 |
| 1976-05-04 | Blackbird (live, 1976-05-04: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA) | cover and live | Paul McCartney & Wings | 3:03 |
| 1976-05-09 | Blackbird (live, 1976-05-09: Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) | live | Wings | 3:09 |
| 1976-05-22 | Blackbird (live, 1976-05-22: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Wings | 2:27 |
| 1976-05-22 | Blackbird (live, 1976-05-22: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Paul McCartney & Wings | 2:48 |
| 1976-05-22 | Blackbird (live, 1976-05-22: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Wings | 3:01 |
| 1976-05-24 | Blackbird (live, 1976-05-24: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA) | live | Wings | 3:14 |
| 1976-06-10 | Blackbird (live, 1976-06-10: Kingdome, Seattle, WA, USA) | live | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1976-06-10 | Blackbird/Yesterday (Fragment) (live, 1976-06-10: Kingdome, Seattle, WA, USA) | live and partial | Paul McCartney & Wings | ?:?? |
| 1976-06-14 | Blackbird (live, 1976-06: Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, USA) | live | Wings | 2:38 |
| 1976-06-22 | Blackbird (live, 1976-06: The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Wings | 2:39 |
| 1976-06-23 | Blackbird (live, 1976-06-23: L.A. Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Paul McCartney | ?:?? |
| 1976-06-23 | Blackbird (live, 1976‐06‐23: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA) | live | Wings | ?:?? |
| 1976-06-23 | Blackbird (Partial) (live) | live and partial | Paul McCartney & Wings | 0:32 |
| 1976-06 | Blackbird (live, 1976-06: The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Wings | 2:47 |
| 1977 | Blackbird | cover | Sarah Vaughan | 3:36 |
| 1979-03-11 | Blackbird (live, 1979‐03‐11: War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, USA) | cover and live | Sylvester | 4:53 |
| 1980 – 1981 | Blackbird | cover | Jaco Pastorius | 2:48 |
| 1982 | Blackbird (live, 1982: Universal Ampitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills & Nash | 3:02 |
| 1984-03-19 | Blackbird (live, 1984-03-19: Rosengarten, Mannheim, Germany) | acappella, cover and live | Bobby McFerrin | 3:08 |
| 1984-12-19 | Blackbird | cover | Jaco Pastorius & Rashied Ali | 6:20 |
| 1986-01-23 | Sweet Thing | cover and partial | The Waterboys | 7:15 |
| 1986-02-28 | Blackbird (live, 1986-02-28: Aquarius Theater, 6230 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA, USA) | cover and live | Bobby McFerrin | 2:47 |
| 1986-06 | Blackbird | cover | The King’s Singers | 2:42 |
| 1988-11-12 | Blackbird (live) (live, 1988-11-12: Children of the Americas Benefit) | cover and live | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | 2:47 |
| 1989-09-06 | Blackbird ➛ | cover and live | Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman | 2:47 |
| 1989 | Blackbird | cover | Justin Hayward with Mike Batt & the London Philharmonic Orchestra | 2:32 |
| 1990-03-03 | Blackbird | cover and live | Kenny Rankin | 3:13 |
| 1991-01-25 | Blackbird (live, 1991-01-25: MTV Unplugged: Limehouse Television Studios, Wembley, London, UK) | live | Paul McCartney | 2:06 |
| 1993-05-16 | Black Bird | cover and live | Sting | 2:14 |
| 1994-04-09 | Blackbird (live, 1994-04-09: Ål kulturhus, Ål, Norway) | cover and live | Jonas Fjeld | 3:11 |
| 1994-10-31 | Blackbird (live, 1994-10-31: Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:19 |
| 1994-11-22 | Blackbird (live, 1994‐11‐22: Jesse Auditorium – University of Missouri Columbia, MO, USA) | cover and live | Phish | 2:32 |
| 1995-07-05 – 1995-07-08 | Blackbird | cover | Jerry Vivino | 3:41 |
| 1995-08-09 | Blackbird | cover and live | Ratdog | 3:09 |
| 1996-08 – 1997-01 | Blackbird | cover | Rick Wakeman | 2:17 |
| 1996-09-04 – 1996-09-05 | Blackbird | cover and instrumental | Brad Mehldau Trio | 5:00 |
| 1997-09-22 – 1997-09-24 | Blackbird | cover | Canadian Brass | 4:22 |
| 1998-06-25 | Blackbird (live, 1998‐06‐25: The Walls, Oswestry, England, UK) | cover and live | Marillion | 2:55 |
| 1998-11 | Blackbird | cover and live | NHØP & Trio Rococo | 4:47 |
| 1999-01-24 | Blackbird | cover, instrumental and live | Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Narodowej, Krzesimir Dębski, Canadian Brass | 3:55 |
| 1999-10-06 – 1999-10-09 | Blackbird | cover and instrumental | Kazuhito Yamashita | 2:10 |
| 1999-11-09 | Blackbird | cover and live | Ratdog | 2:42 |
| 1999-12-05 | Blackbird (acoustic) (live, 1999-12-05: Roncalli Variety Theatre and Cafe, Aachen, Germany) | cover and live | Marillion | 2:21 |
| 2000-06-04 – 2000-06-05 | Blackbird | cover and instrumental | Les Boréades de Montréal | 2:18 |
| 2001-06-18 | Blackbird (live, 2001-06-18: Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA, USA) | live | A Walk Down Abbey Road | 2:58 |
| 2001-12-13 | Blackbird | cover and instrumental | Joe Sachse, Ernst Bier | 3:32 |
| 2002-09-30 | Blackbird (live, 2002‐09‐30: FleetCenter, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Paul McCartney | 2:30 |
| 2002-12-16 | Blackbird (live, 2002-12-16, the secret Website Show) | live | Paul McCartney | 2:20 |
| 2002 | Blackbird (live, 2002: USA Tour) | live | Paul McCartney | ?:?? |
| 2003-05-03 | Blackbird (live, 2003-05-03: Austin, TX, USA) | cover and live | Elliott Smith | 2:27 |
| 2003-05-10 | Blackbird (live, 2003-05-10: Colosseum, Rome, Italy) | live | Paul McCartney | 3:26 |
| 2003-06-01 | Blackbird (live, 2003-06-01: King's Dock, Liverpool, UK) | live | Paul McCartney | ?:?? |
| 2004-03-02 | Blackbird | cover and live | Ratdog | 6:18 |
| 2004-08-19 – 2004-08-20 | Blackbird (live, 2004-08-19/20: Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON, Canada) | cover and live | Sarah McLachlan | ?:?? |
| 2004-08-22 – 2004-09-12 | Blackbird | cover | Voxtasy | 2:07 |
| 2004 | Blackbird (live, 2004: Glastonbury) | live | Paul McCartney | 3:10 |
| 2005-04-14 | Beautiful Day (live, 2005‐04‐14: Glendale Arena, Glendale, AZ, USA) | cover, live and partial | U2 | 5:13 |
| 2005-07-29 | Beautiful Day / Blackbird / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (live, 2005-07-29: Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg, Sweden) | cover, live and medley | U2 | ?:?? |
| 2005-09-10 | Blackbird | cover and live | Dave Matthews Band | 9:58 |
| 2005-09-22 | Blackbird (live, 2005-09-22: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | live | Paul McCartney | ?:?? |
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