Octopus’s Garden (original studio mix)

~ Recording by The Beatles

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 1969-09-26 GB
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (First press variation. Apple logo is misaligned with the rest of the text on the back sleeve.)
  • 1969-09-26 GB
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 1969-10-01 US
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 1969-11-09 DE
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (3rd Pressing)
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
  • 1973-04-02 US
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
  • 1973-04-02 DE
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
  • 1973-04-19 GB
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967-1970
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 1978-06-05 JP
12.5Octopus’s Garden?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles Collection
  • 1978-11 GB
1.11Octopus’s Garden?:??The Beatles1967-1970, Volume 2
12.5Octopus’s Garden?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles Collection
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
13.5Octopus’s Garden?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles Collection
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:49The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 1980-01 US
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:49The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 1982-10 US
12.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesThe Collection (limited edition)
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 1983-05-21 JP
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
12.5Octopus’s Garden?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles Collection (repress)
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 1987-10-19 JP
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (no Apple logo on back)
  • 1987-10-20 US
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (Apple logo on back cover)
  • 1987-10-20 GB
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 1987-10-20 US
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (digitally re‐mastered, BIEM/MCPS, made in UK, no Apple logo)
  • 1987-10 FR
  • 1987-10 GB
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
13.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesThe Beatles (box set)
  • 1988-11-15 US
1.12Octopus's Garden?:??The BeatlesThe Best IV (1968 ~ 1970)
1.5Octopus's Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (Europe reissue; Made in UK)
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (made in Holland, "Beatles","Apple" and the Apple logos are trademarks of Apple Corps.Ltd.)
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
1.5Octopus's Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (Europe reissue, made in Holland)
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
  • 1993-09-20 GB
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
  • 1993-10-05 US
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 1995-12-05 US
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 1998-03-11 JP
13.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesThe Beatles
  • 1998-03-18 JP
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The Beatles1967–1970
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 2004-01-21 JP
1.34Octopus’s Garden2:48The Beatles100 Hits Band on the Run
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (2009 stereo remaster)
  • 2009-09-09 US
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (2009 stereo remaster)
  • 2009-09-09 XE
  • 2009-09-09 GB
1.5Octopus's Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 2009-09-09 XE
13.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesThe Beatles (2009 stereo remasters)
  • 2009-09-09 XE
13.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesThe Beatles
  • 2009-09-09 JP
13.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesThe Beatles (2009 stereo remasters)
  • 2009-09-09 US
13.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesThe Beatles
  • 2009-09-09 AT
  • 2009-09-09 DE
  • 2009-09-09 CH
13.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesThe Beatles Stereo USB (limited edition USB flash drive)
  • 2009-12-08 XE
4.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesWith Love From Me to You (Christmas Pack)
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
  • 2010-10-18 JP
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970 (2009 remasters)
  • 2010-10-18 GB
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967-1970
  • 2010-10-19 CA
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
  • 2010-10-19 US
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970 (iTunes LP, mastered for iTunes)
  • 2010-11-16 US
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (2009 stereo remaster)
  • 2010-11-16 XW
4.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1962–1966 / 1967–1970
1.17Octopus’s Garden2:49The BeatlesAnthology Highlights
  • 2011-06-14 XW
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 2012-11-12 XE
13.5Octopus’s Garden?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles (2009 stereo remasters)
  • 2012-11-12 XE
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 2012-11-13 US
13.5Octopus’s Garden?:??The BeatlesThe Beatles (2009 stereo remaster)
  • 2012-11-13 US
12.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesThe Beatles (boxset)
1.5オクトパス・ガーデン2:51ザ・ビートルズアビイ・ロード
  • 2014-12-17 JP
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970
2.11Octopus’s Garden2:52The Beatles1967–1970 (remastered)
  • 2015-12-24 XW
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 2015-12-24 XW
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (remastered)
  • 2019-09-27 XW
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
  • 2025-10-10 US
1.19Octopus’s Garden2:54The Beatles1967–1970
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (1987 remaster, issued after 1993)
1.1Octopus's Garden2:50The BeatlesMastermix Classic Cuts 52: Novelty
Bootleg
1.12Octopus's Garden2:51The BeatlesThe Best IV (1968~1970)
1.1Octopus's Garden2:51The BeatlesUnsurpassed Masters, Volume 5 (1969)
  • 1991 -
2.11Octopus's Garden?:??The Beatles1967-1970
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (stereo DESS bootleg)
1.7Octopus's Garden?:??The BeatlesAbbey Road: Deluxe Edition
  • 2007 -
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road (twenty20)
  • 2017-10-14 XW
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road
1.4Octopus’s Garden2:52The BeatlesAbbey Road (MFSL Ebbetts)
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:49The BeatlesAbbey Road / Hey Jude
2.22Octopus's Garden2:50The BeatlesAnthology 6: Advanced Test
1.2Octopus’s Garden?:??The BeatlesCome Together
(unknown)
1.5Octopus’s Garden2:51The BeatlesAbbey Road

Relationships

engineer:Jeff Jarratt
Phil McDonald
producer:George Martin
Chris Thomas
drums (drum set) and lead vocals:Ringo Starr (on 1969-07-18)
drums (drum set) [1968 Ludwig Hollywood Maple]:Ringo Starr (on 1969-04-26)
effects:Ringo Starr (on 1969-07-17)
electric bass guitar [1964 Rickenbacker 4001 S]:Paul McCartney (on 1969-04-26)
electric guitar [1965 Epiphone ES-230TD Casino]:John Lennon (on 1969-04-26)
electric guitar [1968 Fender Rosewood Telecaster]:George Harrison (on 1969-04-26)
piano:Paul McCartney (on 1969-07-17)
piano [Hamburg Steinway Baby Grand]:Paul McCartney (on 1969-04-29)
background vocals:George Harrison (on 1969-07-17)
Paul McCartney (on 1969-07-17)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (in 1969, in 1987, in 2009)
The Gramophone Co., Ltd. (in 1969)
recorded at:Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1969-04-26)
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1969-04-29, on 1969-07-18)
has remixes:Octopus’s Garden
Octopus’s Garden
Octopus’s Garden (5.1 mix)
Octopus’s Garden (Dolby Atmos mix)
mash-ups:Glass Octopus (The Beatles vs. Blondie) (2008 mix) by DJ Lobsterdust
Scott The Woz’s Garden by David0Mario
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/3eZxQIML98CXyZJ6hOBp1g [info]
recording of:Octopus’s Garden (from 1969-04-26 until 1969-07-18)

Related works

Octopus’s Garden

lyricist and composer:Richard Starkey
publisher:BMG Platinum Songs US
Eaton Music Limited
Startling Music Ltd.
Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部
later parody versions:Living in Hope
Shao-Lin Temple Garden
later translated versions:כל כך נעים
later versions:Octopus’s Garden (Love version)