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“Magical Mystery Tour” by The Beatles

Released 1967

“Magical Mystery Tour” by The Beatles appears on 28 radio countdowns from 10 stations between 1996 and 2025. It was first released in 1967. Its best result is #31 on the KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,877 alternative song of all time.

28countdowns
10stations
#31best position
0#1 finishes
0top 10 finishes
1996–2025years charted

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Magical Mystery Tour (Remastered 2009)

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"Magical Mystery Tour" is the Beatles rolling up and inviting you aboard, the title song of their television film that aired in December 1967. Paul McCartney wrote most of it, though it carries the Lennon-McCartney credit, and the band cut it in April and May 1967, fresh off Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and months before they had actually signed up to make the film. George Martin produced.

Like the opening track of Sgt. Pepper, it's built as a showman's welcome: ringmaster calls, a blaring trumpet fanfare and the noise of traffic, all bundled into a bright, bouncing psychedelic pop song. In Britain it came out on a double EP; in America, Capitol padded the new songs out with the year's singles and made it an album.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

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All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1996 414 WNEW-FM WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) 500
1997 323 102.3 WBAB WBAB Top 1,023 Rock and Roll Songs of All Time (1997) 1023
1997 493 100.7 WZLX WZLX Memorial 500 (1997) 499
2001 324 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 500
2001 1808 WFPK WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time 2000
2002 618 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2002) 923
2004 31 92.3 KGON KGON Top 923 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2004) 923
2010 159 WXPN WXPN 885 Ultimate Road Trip Songs (2010) 885
2011 721 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) 1100
2012 742 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) 1200
2013 417 Big 100 BIG 500 Labor Day Countdown (2013) 500
2013 1000 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) 1000
2013 230 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2013) 500
2014 202 Big 100 BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) 1000
2014 595 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) 1000
2015 1004 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) 1007
2016 938 100.7 WZLX 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 1007
2016 245 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2016) 500
2017 265 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2017) 500
2018 263 Big 100 BIG 500 Memorial Day Countdown (2018) 500
2020 935 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) 1025
2020 1390 WXPN WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time 2020
2021 987 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) 1043
2022 320 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) 1043
2022 332 102.5 KZOK KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) 1025
2023 781 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) 1043
2024 992 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) 1043
2025 839 Q104.3 Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) 1043

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