In My Life

Momentum

This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.

Why it's here

Lennon called it his "first real major piece of work," the first time he wrote lyrics drawn from his own life rather than simple romance. [1] George Martin's piano bridge was recorded at half speed so that played back it sounded twice as fast and an octave higher, giving it a distinctive harpsichord-like timbre. [2] Mojo magazine named it the best song of all time in 2000, and Rolling Stone ranked it number 23 on its 2004 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [3]

In culture

Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.

• Written by John Lennonsource
• Written by Paul McCartneysource
• Covered José Felicianosource
• Covered Lena Horne & Gábor Szabósource
• Covered Mary Hopkinsource
• Covered Keith Moonsource
• Covered George Harrisonsource
• Covered Nina Simonesource
• Covered Ofra Harnoysource
• Covered Marian McPartlandsource
• Covered Tommy Körberg and Tolvan Big Bandsource
• Covered Crosby, Stills & Nashsource
• Covered Ken Peplowskisource
• Covered Kazuhito Yamashitasource
• Remixed by The Beatles, In My Lifesource
• Written by John Lennonsource
• Written by Paul McCartneysource
• Covered José Felicianosource
• Covered Lena Horne & Gábor Szabósource
• Covered Mary Hopkinsource
• Covered Keith Moonsource
• Covered George Harrisonsource
• Covered Nina Simonesource
• Covered Ofra Harnoysource
• Covered Marian McPartlandsource
• Covered Tommy Körberg and Tolvan Big Bandsource
• Covered Crosby, Stills & Nashsource
• Covered Ken Peplowskisource
• Covered Kazuhito Yamashitasource

Across markets · earliest pickup first

Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly. One recording, one history: this table also counts the rows sources published under 1 other handle of this record (remasters, official videos).

1. MarketFirst seenLatestDaysPeakRank path
2. Lithuanialt · deezer2026-07-212026-07-21#411#41
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3. Kenyake · deezer2026-09-102026-10-14#512#51
   #51
4. Thailandth · deezer2026-09-152026-09-15#131#13
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5. Icelandis · applemusic2026-10-102026-10-10#921#92
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6. Israelil · deezer2026-10-182026-10-25#263#11
   #26

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Editions

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