Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

The Beatles · 1965

Signature

E major · 12B 2:05 Constant · peaks 1:29 Energy 3 of 5 Balanced

key confidence high · relative C# minor · tempo confidence medium · half-time 58.5 · low end 43% · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13 · how accurate

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Lineage

CoveredAllan Holdsworth source
CoveredElena Durán, Stéphane Grappelli, Laurie Holloway source
CoveredFrank Marino & Mahogany Rush source
CoveredHerbie Hancock source
CoveredJan & Dean source
Written byJohn Lennon source
CoveredKazuhito Yamashita source
CoveredMoe Koffman source
Written byPaul McCartney source
CoveredRichard Christensen source
CoveredSqwerv source
Remix ofThe Beatles, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)source
Remixed byThe Beatles, Norwegian Wood source
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Why it is here

The track features a sitar part played by George Harrison that marked the first appearance of the Indian string instrument on a Western rock recording. source
The song was influential in the development of raga rock and psychedelic rock and helped elevate Ravi Shankar and Indian classical music to mainstream popularity in the West. source
An early, musically distinct take titled "This Bird Has Flown," recorded on 12 October 1965, was ultimately scrapped by the band and later released on the 1996 compilation Anthology 2. source

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