Song · The Beatles
“Octopus's Garden” by The Beatles
Released 1969
“Octopus's Garden” by The Beatles appears on 13 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 2011 and 2025. It was first released in 1969. Its best result is #501 on the KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,596 indie & aaa song of all time.
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"Octopus's Garden" is Ringo Starr's moment in the sun on the Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road: he wrote it (credited under his real name, Richard Starkey) and sang it, with George Harrison helping him shape it. The idea came to him in 1968 on a boat belonging to Peter Sellers off Sardinia, where lunch turned out to be squid and the captain explained how octopuses scour the sea floor for stones and shiny trinkets to build gardens.
The band plays it like a lark with a lullaby at its heart: Harrison and John Lennon on electric guitars, Paul McCartney on bass and piano, Ringo drumming and adding the sound effects, and Harrison and McCartney on the harmonies, with George Martin and Chris Thomas producing. Harrison called it a peaceful song, and it's the last Beatles release to put Ringo on lead vocals.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1075 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 1151 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2014 | 923 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2016 | 1005 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 | 1007 |
| 2019 | 720 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 | 1025 |
| 2020 | 1168 | WXPN | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time | 2020 |
| 2020 | 501 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) | 1025 |
| 2021 | 786 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2021) | 1043 |
| 2022 | 745 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2022) | 1025 |
| 2022 | 707 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2022) | 1043 |
| 2023 | 698 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2023) | 1043 |
| 2024 | 947 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) | 1043 |
| 2025 | 855 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) | 1043 |
Also listed as: Octopuses Garden.
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