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"Nowhere Man"

Song by the Beatles

Released 3 December 1965

Recorded 21–22 October 1965,

EMI Studios, London

Genre Folk rock[1]

Length 2:44

Label Parlophone

Writer Lennon–McCartney

Producer George Martin

Chronology

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"Nowhere Man"

Single by The Beatles

from the album Rubber Soul

B-side "What Goes On"

Released 21 February 1966 (US)

Format 7"

Recorded 21–22 October 1965,

EMI Studios, London

Genre Folk rock[1]

Length 2:44

Label Parlophone

Writer(s) Lennon–McCartney

Producer(s) George Martin

Certification Gold (RIAA)[2]

The Beatles singles chronology

"We Can Work It Out" /

"Day Tripper"

(1965) "Nowhere Man"

(US-1966) "Paperback Writer"

(1966)

"Nowhere Man" is a song by the Beatles, from the British version of their album Rubber Soul.[3] The song was written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney).

It was recorded on 21 and 22 October 1965. "Nowhere Man" is among one of the very first Beatles songs to be entirely unrelated to romance or love, and marks a notable instance of Lennon's philosophically oriented songwriting.[4] It was released as a single (although not in the United Kingdom) on 21 February 1966, and reached #1 in Australia and Canada and #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Similar to what happened a year earlier ("Eight Days a Week" and "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" were on Beatles for Sale but not on Beatles '65), "Nowhere Man" and "What Goes On" were not on the U.S. version of Rubber Soul (released in December around the same time as the British version), but were back-to-back on a subsequent single and later (in June) on an album (Yesterday and Today).

Lennon, McCartney and George Harrison sing the song in three-part harmony. The song appears in the film Yellow Submarine, where the Beatles sing it