10 Beatles Tracks That Were Ahead Of Their Time

A Day In The Life represents the absolute synergy of Lennon and McCartney's working relationship. It begins as a hazy musing about the tragic death of Lennon's friend Tara Browne. Lennon listlessly conjures up imagery, both universal and personal, that all contribute to the formation of a single dreary day. Lennon was grasping at some pretty huge ideas, folding all events, no matter how minuscule or massive, into one rolling continuation of the same thing.

McCartney's section was written without this notion mind. It was perfectly integrated into the track, however, as though it was always meant to exist there. This marriage of two seemingly different sections, symbolised the song's sentiment - everything no matter how distant, is all connected.

And of course, the drug references were aplenty. Among them were nods to Timothy Leary - a prominent American psychologist who was well known for his advocation for psychedelic drug use. His famous phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out" was alluded to with the line "I'd love to turn you on". It was all embellished with George Martin's string arrangements, which were both suitably ambient, and unnerving.