Which Beatles album features the song 'Strawberry Fields Forever'?

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The Beatles’ album Magical Mystery Tour features “Strawberry Fields Forever.” The song was written and sung by John Lennon and became one of the group’s most adventurous psychedelic recordings.

There is an important release-history detail behind this answer. In the United Kingdom, Magical Mystery Tour originally appeared in December 1967 as a six-track double EP containing songs from the television film. The song was not part of that original British EP. Capitol Records instead issued a full-length LP in the United States in November 1967, adding five Beatles singles from that year, including “Strawberry Fields Forever.”

That U.S. LP version later became the standard album configuration worldwide, including on the widely available CD edition. The song had originally been released as a 1967 double A-side single with “Penny Lane,” and it was left off Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band because the Beatles generally avoided placing previously released singles on new albums. This regional history is why the track is sometimes mistakenly linked with Sgt. Pepper.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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