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| Length = 2:38 | Label = | Writer = Lennon–McCartney | Producer = George Martin | Certification = Gold (RIAA) | Last single = "Paperback Writer" (1966) | This single = "Eleanor Rigby"/Yellow Submarine (1966) | Next single = "Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane" (1967) | Misc = }} "Yellow Submarine" is a 1966 song by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon–McCartney), with lead vocals by Ringo Starr. It was included on the ''Revolver'' album and issued as a single, coupled with "Eleanor Rigby". The single went to number 1 on every major British chart, remained at number 1 for four weeks and charted for 13 weeks. It won an Ivor Novello Award "for the highest certified sales of any single issued in the UK in 1966". In the US, the song peaked at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and became the most successful Beatles song to feature Ringo Starr as lead vocalist. It became the title song of the 1968 animated United Artists film, also called ''Yellow Submarine'', and the soundtrack album to the film, released as part of the Beatles' music catalogue. Although intended as a nonsense song for children, Yellow Submarine received various social and political interpretations at the time.〔 ==Composition== McCartney was living in Jane Asher's parents' house when he found the inspiration for the song: "I was laying in bed in the Ashers' garret ... I was thinking of it as a song for Ringo, which it eventually turned out to be, so I wrote it as not too rangey in the vocal, then started making a story, sort of an ancient mariner, telling the young kids where he'd lived. It was pretty much my song as I recall ... I think John helped out. The lyrics got more and more obscure as it goes on, but the chorus, melody and verses are mine." The song began as being about different coloured submarines, but evolved to include only a yellow one. In 1980, Lennon talked about the song: "'Yellow Submarine' is Paul's baby. Donovan helped with the lyrics. I helped with the lyrics too. We virtually made the track come alive in the studio, but based on Paul's inspiration. Paul's idea. Paul's title ... written for Ringo." Donovan added the words, "Sky of blue and sea of green". McCartney also said: "It's a happy place, that's all. You know, it was just ... We were trying to write a children's song. That was the basic idea. And there's nothing more to be read into it than there is in the lyrics of any children's song." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yellow Submarine (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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