Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (takes 1 and 2)

Name: Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (takes 1 and 2)
Duration: 1 min 5 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
3.1	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (Takes 1 and 2) (Recorded at EMI Studios, London, 17 and 20 February 1967)	1:05	The Beatles	Anthology 2	The Beatles	Album + Compilation	US1996-03-18	Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	C1 7243 8 34448 1 6
2.8	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (takes 1 and 2)	1:05	The Beatles	Anthology 2	The Beatles	Album + Compilation	US1996-03-19	Apple Records, Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)	CDP 7243 8 34448 2 3

engineer:	Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:	George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
bass guitar:	Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-17)
drums (drum set):	Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-17)
harmonium:	George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1967-02-17)
tambourine:	George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-17)
lead vocals:	John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-17)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1996)

recorded at:	Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood (on 1967-02-17)

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/6a4VLKj9smz1GPTYdV3StU [info]

recording of:	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (on 1967-02-17)

writer:	John Lennon (The Beatles) Paul McCartney (The Beatles)

publisher:	Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) Northern Songs Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) Northern Songs Ltd. (in 1967)

referred to in medleys:	Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite! / I Want You (She’s So Heavy) / Helter Skelter (Love version) (order: 1)