When I'm Sixty-Four (song) - The Paul McCartney Project

Album This song officially appears on the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (UK Mono) LP.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1967

Timeline This song was written, or began to be written, in 1956, when Paul McCartney was 14 years old)

Master release

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  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

  By The Beatles

Related sessions

This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

• Home recordings, aka "The Hodgson Tape"

  Circa July 1960 (?)

• Recording Christmas messages and "When I'm Sixty Four"

  Dec 06, 1966

• Recording "Strawberry Fields Forever", "When I'm Sixty-Four"

  Dec 08, 1966

• Recording "When I'm Sixty Four"

  Dec 20, 1966

• Recording "When I'm Sixty Four", "Strawberry Fields Forever"

  Dec 21, 1966

• Mixing "When I'm Sixty Four", "Strawberry Fields Forever" and recording "Penny Lane"

  Dec 29, 1966

• Recording "Penny Lane" and mixing "When I'm Sixty Four", "Penny Lane"

  Dec 30, 1966

• Tape copying "When I'm Sixty-Four", "Strawberry Fields Forever"

  Jan 02, 1967

• Mixing "Getting Better", "She's Leaving Home", "When I'm Sixty-Four", "Lovely Rita"

  Apr 17, 1967

• The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 4

  Jan 07, 1969

• Yellow Submarine Songtrack remixing

  Circa 1999

• Remixing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

  Circa 2017

Related interviews

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  Beatles recording manager George Martin talks about their most ambitious LP

  May 27, 1967 • From Record Mirror

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  Look out showbiz - Here come Wings

  Dec 02, 1972 • From Disc And Music Echo

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  Paul McCartney: The Rolling Stone Interview

  Jan 31, 1974 • From RollingStone

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  Keeping the Faith

  Apr 20, 1982 • From Los Angeles Times

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  The 1984 Playboy interview

  December 1984 • From Playboy

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  Interview for SmartLess podcast

  Nov 23, 2020 • From SmartLess

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  Interview with Howard Stern

  Dec 15, 2020 • From SiriusXM

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