I Am the Walrus (take 16)

~ Recording by The Beatles

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
3.7I Am the Walrus (Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 5 September 1967)4:01The BeatlesAnthology 2The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-03-18
Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)C1 7243 8 34448 1 6
2.14I Am the Walrus4:02The BeatlesAnthology 2The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • GB1996-03-18
Apple RecordsCDPCSP 728
2.14I Am the Walrus4:02The BeatlesAnthology 2The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1996-03-18
Apple Records, EMI Music Canada7243 8 34448 2 3
2.14I Am the Walrus4:02The BeatlesAnthology 2The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-03-19
Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CDP 7243 8 34448 2 3
2.14I Am the Walrus4:02The BeatlesAnthology 2The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
Apple Records7243 8 34448 2 3
2.39I Am the Walrus (take 16)4:02The BeatlesAnthology (box set)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2010-11-16
UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023)
2.14I Am the Walrus (take 16)4:02The BeatlesAnthology 2The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
Apple Records, EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
2.14I Am the Walrus (take 16)4:02The BeatlesAnthology 2 (remastered)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2016-04-04
EMI Catalogue
1.39I Am the Walrus (take 16)?:??The BeatlesAnthology 2 (2025 remaster)The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2025-08-29
Universal Music Recordings (imprint of Universal Music Operations Ltd.; renamed from UMC in early 2023)
2.39I Am the Walrus (take 16)4:01The BeatlesAnthology CollectionThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2025-11-21
Universal Music Recordings (imprint of Universal Music Operations Ltd.; renamed from UMC in early 2023)[none]
4.14I Am the Walrus (take 16)4:02The BeatlesAnthology CollectionThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2025-11-21
Apple Records060247580428
2.39I Am the Walrus (take 16)4:02The BeatlesAnthology CollectionThe BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2025-11-21
Universal Music Recordings (imprint of Universal Music Operations Ltd.; renamed from UMC in early 2023)[none]
Promotion
1.9I Am the Walrus4:04The BeatlesAnthology 2The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
  • -1996
Apple RecordsCD ANTH 2
(unknown)
2.14I Am the Walrus (take 16)4:02The BeatlesAnthology 2The BeatlesAlbum + Compilation
Apple Records0600753568446

Relationships

engineer:Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
drums (drum set):Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-09-05)
electric guitar:George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-09-05)
electric piano and lead vocals:John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-09-05)
tambourine:Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-09-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1996)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-09-05)
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/39ErQSYqHIo3egPF6dm090 [info]
recording of:I Am the Walrus (on 1967-09-05)

Related works

I Am the Walrus

writer:John Lennon (The Beatles)
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:ATV (Northern Songs Catalog)
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney)
Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?)
Northern Songs
Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
later parody versions:Cheese and Onions
I Am the Walmart
Piggy in the Middle
later translated versions:Ich bin das Walross
Ich bin ein Walroß
music quoted in:Song About a Girl
named after work:The Walrus and the Carpenter