Blackbird

~ Song

Relationships

writer:John Lennon (The Beatles)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
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)
lyrics page:https://genius.com/The-beatles-blackbird-lyrics [info]
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)
later parody versions:Scootaloo
is the basis for:Amsel
arrangements:Blackbird (Tony Williams arrangement)
Blackbird / I Will (for choir, Rathbone)
lyrics quoted in:Cowbell

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1968-05Blackbird (Esher demo)The Beatles2:35
1968-06-11Blackbird (2018 stereo mix)The Beatles2:18
1968-06-11Blackbird (original mono studio mix)The Beatles2:19
1968-06-11Blackbird (original stereo studio mix)The Beatles2:18
1968-06-11Blackbird (take 4)The Beatles2:19
1968-06-11Blackbird (5.1 mix)The Beatles2:18
1968-06-11Blackbird (take 28)The Beatles2:16
1968-06-11Blackbird [Dolby Atmos Multitrack Backing Tracks]instrumentalThe Beatles?:??
1968-06-11Blackbird [Dolby Atmos Virtual Surround Stereo Remix]The Beatles?:??
1968-10 – 1968-12Paul: BlackbirdPaul w/ Donovan2:17
1969-02-11BlackbirdcoverCrosby, Stills & Nash2:36
1969-08-15 – 1969-08-18Blackbird (live, 1969-08-15/8: Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, NY, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills & Nash2:41
1969-08-17Blackbird (live, 1969-08-17: Max Yasgur's Farm, Bethel, NY, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young2:46
1969-08-17Blackbird (live, 1969‐08‐17: Woodstock Festival, Max Yasgur’s Farm, Bethel, NY, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young2:46
1969-08-31Blackbird (live, 1969-08-31: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young2:16
1969-09-20Blackbird (live, 1969-09-20: Fillmore East, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young2:31
1969-12-14Blackbird (live, 1969-12-14: Masonic Temple, Detroit, MI, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young?:??
1969-12-14Blackbird (live, 1969-12-14, Masonic Temple Theater, Detroit, MI, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young4:29
1970-03-07Black Birdcover and instrumentalThe Jazz Crusaders2:41
1970-06-03Blackbird (live, 1970-06-03: Lakehurst, NJ, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young2:46
1970-06-06Blackbird (live, 1970-06-06: Fillmore East, New York City, NY, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young4:26
1970-06-07Blackbird (live, 1970-06-07: Fillmore East, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young2:31
1970-06-28Blackbird (live, 1970-06-28: The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young2:40
1971-02-06Beatles Medley: Hey Jude / Eleanor Rigby / Blackbird / A Day in the Lifecover, live and medleyBobby Darin6:57
1971-08Blackbirdcover and liveDion?:??
1973-10-04Blackbird (live, 1973-10-04: Winterland, San Francisco, CA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young2:52
1974-07-09Blackbird (live, 1974-07-09: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young?:??
1974-07-09Blackbird (live, 1974-07-09: Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young2:57
1974-07-13Blackbird (live, 1974-07-13: Oakland Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young3:09
1974-08-05Blackbird (live, 1974-08-05: Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young3:30
1974-08-05Blackbird (live, 1974-08-05: Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young3:01
1974Blackbird (live, 1974)cover and liveCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young2:48
1974 – 1975Blackbird (Europe 1, live)cover and liveJulien Clerc1:35
1976-03-26Blackbird (live, 1976-03-26:)liveWings2:36
1976-05-04Blackbird (live, 1976-05-04: The Summit, Houston, TX, USA)cover and livePaul McCartney & Wings3:03
1976-05-22Blackbird (live, 1976-05-22: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA)livePaul McCartney & Wings2:48
1976-05-22Blackbird (live, 1976-05-22: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA)liveWings2:27
1976-06-14Blackbird (live, 1976-06: Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, USA)liveWings2:38
1976-06-22Blackbird (live, 1976-06: The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA)liveWings2:39
1976-06-23Blackbird (live, 1976‐06‐23: The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA)liveWings?:??
1976-06-23Blackbird (live, 1976-06-23: L.A. Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA)livePaul McCartney?:??
1976-06-23Blackbird (Partial) (live)live and partialPaul McCartney & Wings0:32
1977BlackbirdcoverSarah Vaughan3:36
1979-03-11Blackbird (live, 1979‐03‐11: War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA, USA)cover and liveSylvester4:53
1980 – 1981BlackbirdcoverJaco Pastorius2:48
1982Blackbird (live, 1982: Universal Ampitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA)cover and liveCrosby, Stills & Nash3:02
1984-12-19BlackbirdcoverJaco Pastorius & Rashied Ali6:20
1986-01-23Sweet Thingcover and partialThe Waterboys7:15
1986-02-28Blackbird (live, 1986-02-28: Aquarius Theater, 6230 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, CA, USA)cover and liveBobby McFerrin2:47
1986-06BlackbirdcoverThe King’s Singers2:42
1989-09-06Blackbird ➛cover and liveBob Weir and Rob Wasserman2:47
1989BlackbirdcoverJustin Hayward with Mike Batt & the London Philharmonic Orchestra2:32
1991-01-25Blackbird (live, 1991-01-25: MTV Unplugged: Limehouse Television Studios, Wembley, London, UK)livePaul McCartney2:06
1994-04-09Blackbird (live, 1994-04-09: Ål kulturhus, Ål, Norway)cover and liveJonas Fjeld3:11
1994-10-31Blackbird (live, 1994-10-31: Glens Falls Civic Center, Glens Falls, NY, USA)cover and livePhish2:19
1994-11-22Blackbird (live, 1994‐11‐22: Jesse Auditorium – University of Missouri Columbia, MO, USA)cover and livePhish2:32
1995-07-05 – 1995-07-08BlackbirdcoverJerry Vivino3:41
1995-08-09Blackbirdcover and liveRatdog3:09
1996-08 – 1997-01BlackbirdcoverRick Wakeman2:17
1996-09-04 – 1996-09-05Blackbirdcover and instrumentalBrad Mehldau Trio5:00
1998-06-25Blackbird (live, 1998‐06‐25: The Walls, Oswestry, England, UK)cover and liveMarillion2:55
1999-11-09Blackbirdcover and liveRatdog2:42
1999-12-05Blackbird (acoustic) (live, 1999-12-05: Roncalli Variety Theatre and Cafe, Aachen, Germany)cover and liveMarillion2:21
2001-12-13Blackbirdcover and instrumentalJoe Sachse, Ernst Bier3:32
2002-09-30Blackbird (live, 2002‐09‐30: FleetCenter, Boston, MA, USA)livePaul McCartney2:30
2002-12-16Blackbird (live, 2002-12-16, the secret Website Show)livePaul McCartney2:20
2002Blackbird (live, 2002: USA Tour)livePaul McCartney?:??
2003-05-03Blackbird (live, 2003-05-03: Austin, TX, USA)cover and liveElliott Smith2:27
2003-05-10Blackbird (live, 2003-05-10: Colosseum, Rome, Italy)livePaul McCartney3:26
2003-06-01Blackbird (live, 2003-06-01: King's Dock, Liverpool, UK)livePaul McCartney?:??
2004-03-02Blackbirdcover and liveRatdog6:18
2004-08-19 – 2004-08-20Blackbird (live, 2004-08-19/20: Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON, Canada)cover and liveSarah McLachlan?:??
2004-08-22 – 2004-09-12BlackbirdcoverVoxtasy2:07
2004Blackbird (live, 2004: Glastonbury)livePaul McCartney3:10
2005-04-14Beautiful Day (live, 2005‐04‐14: Glendale Arena, Glendale, AZ, USA)cover, live and partialU25:13
2005-07-29Beautiful Day / Blackbird / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (live, 2005-07-29: Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg, Sweden)cover, live and medleyU2?:??
2005-09-10Blackbirdcover and liveDave Matthews Band9:58
2005-09-22Blackbird (live, 2005-09-22: Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA)livePaul McCartney?:??
2005-10-10Blackbird (live, 2005-10-10: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, CA)Paul McCartney?:??
2005-10-26Blackbird (live, 2005-10-26: Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN, USA)livePaul McCartney?:??
2007-06-27Blackbird (live, 2007‐06‐27: Amoeba Music, Hollywood, CA, USA)livePaul McCartney2:37
2007-06-27Blackbird (live at Amoeba 2007) (live, 2007-06-27: Amoeba Music, Hollywood, LA, USA)livePaul McCartney3:44
2008-03-19Blackbird (live, 2008‐03‐19: De Rode Hoed, Amsterdam, Netherlands)cover and liveTrijntje Oosterhuis & Leonardo Amuedo3:13
2008-06-28Blackbird (live, 2008-06-28: Sgt. Pepper’s … Revisited, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA)cover and liveEdwin Outwater conducting Hollywood Bowl Orchestra with additional musical support from Aloke DasGupta, Satnam Ramgotra, Gingger Shankar, Christopher Smith, Mohiuddin Ahmed & Mark Power feat. Simone?:??
2008-07-20Blackbird (live, 2008‐07‐20: Plains of Abraham, Quebec City, QC, Canada)livePaul McCartney2:46
2008-08-16 – 2008-08-17Blackbird (live, August 16th and 17th, 2008 at the Warner Theater in Washington, DC)cover and liveEddie Vedder3:12
2009-07Blackbird (live, 2009-07: Citi Field, New York City, New York, USA)livePaul McCartney2:42
2009-07Blackbird (live, 2009-07: Citi Field, New York City, New York, USA)livePaul McCartney?:??
2009-10-05 – 2009-10-06Blackbirdcover and instrumentalJohn Di Martino's Romantic Jazz Trio3:21
2009-10-12Beautiful Day / Blackbird (snippet) (live, 2009-10-12: New Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX, USA)cover, live, medley and partialU2?:??
2009-10-30Blackbirdcover and liveZac Brown Band feat. Matt Mangano7:14
2010-12-13Blackbird (live, 2010-12-13: Apollo Theater, New York, NY, US)livePaul McCartney2:36
2010BlackbirdcoverBassolutions4:47
2013-06-28Blackbird (live, 2013-06-28: Teatro Gran Rex, Buenos Aires, Argentina)cover and livePedro Aznar?:??
2013-07-23Medleycover, live and medleyMac DeMarco10:16
2013-11-08Blackbirdcover and liveThe Beatles Connection2:19
2013Blackbirdcover and instrumentalFrøydis Grorud & Trond Lien4:16
2014-01-31Blackbird (live, 2014-01-31: Howard Stern Birthday Bash, Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY, USA)cover, live and partialFred Armisen0:44
2014-01BlackbirdcoverStefanie Hempel2:50
2014-04-03Blackbirdcover and liveJavier Navas, José Carra, Cuarteto Granada2:20
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