Sun King (original studio mix)
~ Recording by The Beatles
Appears on releases
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (First press variation. Apple logo is misaligned with the rest of the text on the back sleeve.) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (3rd Pressing) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:27 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 12.10 | Sun King | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection |
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| 12.10 | Sun King | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 13.10 | Sun King | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:31 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:31 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 12.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | The Collection (limited edition) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:31 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 12.10 | Sun King | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection (repress) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (no Apple logo on back) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (Apple logo on back cover) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (digitally re‐mastered, BIEM/MCPS, made in UK, no Apple logo) | |||||
| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 13.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | The Beatles (box set) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (Europe reissue, made in Holland) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (made in Holland, "Beatles","Apple" and the Apple logos are trademarks of Apple Corps.Ltd.) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (Europe reissue; Made in UK) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 13.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | The Beatles |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (2009 stereo remaster) | |||||
| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (2009 stereo remaster) |
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| 13.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | The Beatles (2009 stereo remasters) |
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| 13.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | The Beatles (2009 stereo remasters) |
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| 13.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | The Beatles |
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| 13.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | The Beatles | |||||
| 13.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | The Beatles Stereo USB (limited edition USB flash drive) |
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| 4.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | With Love From Me to You (Christmas Pack) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (2009 stereo remaster) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 13.10 | Sun King | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles (2009 stereo remasters) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 13.10 | Sun King | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles (2009 stereo remaster) |
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| 12.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | The Beatles (boxset) |
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| 1.10 | サウン・キング | 2:26 | ザ・ビートルズ | アビイ・ロード |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (remastered) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (1987 remaster, issued after 1993) |
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| 12.10 | Sun King | ?:?? | The Beatles | The Beatles Collection |
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| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:31 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (stereo DESS bootleg) |
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| 1.12 | Sun King | ?:?? | The Beatles | Abbey Road: Deluxe Edition |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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| 1.14 | Sun King (early mix) | 2:31 | The Beatles | Abbey Road (MFSL Ebbetts) |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:26 | The Beatles | Abbey Road / Hey Jude |
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| 1.10 | Sun King | 2:27 | The Beatles | Abbey Road |
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Relationships
| engineer: | Geoff Emerick Phil McDonald |
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| producer: | George Martin |
| drums (drum set): | Ringo Starr (on 1969-07-24) |
| electric bass guitar: | Paul McCartney (on 1969-07-24) |
| electric guitar: | George Harrison (on 1969-07-24) John Lennon (on 1969-07-24) |
| electronic organ: | George Martin (from 1969-07-25 until 1969-07-29) |
| maracas and tambourine: | Ringo Starr (on 1969-07-29) |
| piano: | John Lennon (on 1969-07-25) |
| lead vocals: | George Harrison (from 1969-07-25 until 1969-07-29) John Lennon (from 1969-07-25 until 1969-07-29) Paul McCartney (from 1969-07-25 until 1969-07-29) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | EMI Records Ltd. (in 1969, in 2009) |
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| recorded at: | Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1969-07-24, on 1969-07-25) Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom (on 1969-07-29) |
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| has remixes: | Gnik Nus Sun King (Facu Cruz remix) |
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| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/4nwKdZID1ht0lDBJ5h2p87 [info] |
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| recording of: | Sun King (from 1969-07-24 until 1969-07-29) |
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Related works
Sun King
| lyricist and composer: | John Lennon Paul McCartney |
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| publisher: | Northern Songs Ltd. Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Sony/ATV Tunes LLC |
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| later versions: | Gnik Nus (Love version) |
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