<P> `` Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds '' is a song credited to Lennon -- McCartney that appears on the Beatles ' 1967 album Sgt . Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band . John Lennon started production of the song , and then Paul McCartney contributed to it in a songwriting session . Lennon 's son Julian inspired the song with a nursery school drawing he called `` Lucy -- in the sky with diamonds '' . Shortly after the song 's release , speculation arose that the first letter of each of the title nouns intentionally spelled `` LSD '' . Lennon consistently denied this , insisting the song 's fantastical imagery was inspired by Lewis Carroll 's Alice in Wonderland books , a claim repeatedly confirmed by Paul McCartney . </P>
<P> `` Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds '' is a song credited to Lennon -- McCartney that appears on the Beatles ' 1967 album Sgt . Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band . John Lennon started production of the song , and then Paul McCartney contributed to it in a songwriting session . Lennon 's son Julian inspired the song with a nursery school drawing he called `` Lucy -- in the sky with diamonds '' . Shortly after the song 's release , speculation arose that the first letter of each of the title nouns intentionally spelled `` LSD '' . Lennon consistently denied this , insisting the song 's fantastical imagery was inspired by Lewis Carroll 's Alice in Wonderland books , a claim repeatedly confirmed by Paul McCartney . </P>
who made lucy in the sky with diamonds
who made lucy in the sky with diamonds
Beatles
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