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On this day in 1967, The Beatles single “Strawberry Fields Forever” debuted at #83 on the US Billboard charts (February 25)

The John Lennon composition (credited to Lennon–McCartney) was a double A-side single with “Penny Lane”, and Lennon based the song on his childhood memories of playing in the garden of Strawberry Field, a Salvation Army children's home in Liverpool.

Like "Penny Lane", which Paul McCartney wrote in late 1966 in response to Lennon's new song, "Strawberry Fields Forever" conveys nostalgia for the Beatles' early years in Liverpool. 

While both songs refer to actual locations, McCartney said that the two pieces also had strong surrealistic and psychedelic overtones. 

George Martin, the Beatles' producer, recalled that when he first heard "Strawberry Fields Forever", he thought it conjured up a "hazy, impressionistic dreamworld".

On the US Billboard Hot 100 the two sides of a single were counted separately whether defined as a double A-side or not (for example, "She's a Woman" reached #4 in 1964 despite being a B-side). "Penny Lane" topped the chart for one week, while "Strawberry Fields Forever" peaked at #8.

The single was also #1 in Australia, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway, and peaked at #5 in New Zealand.

It peaked at #2 in the UK due to chart protocol whereby only the sales of the best-selling side of a double A-side were eligible, and the record's overall sales were effectively halved.

"Strawberry Fields Forever" is one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" and in 1999 was inducted into the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences' Grammy Hall of Fame.

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