<P> Rumours of the connection between the title of `` Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds '' and the initialism `` LSD '' began circulating shortly after the release of the Sgt . Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP in June 1967 . Paul McCartney gave two interviews that same month admitting to having taken the drug . Lennon later said he was surprised at the idea the song title was a hidden reference to LSD , countering the song `` was n't about that at all '' , and it `` was purely unconscious that it came out to be LSD . Until someone pointed it out , I never even thought of it . I mean , who would ever bother to look at initials of a title ? ... It 's not an acid song . '' </P>
<P> Rumours of the connection between the title of `` Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds '' and the initialism `` LSD '' began circulating shortly after the release of the Sgt . Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP in June 1967 . Paul McCartney gave two interviews that same month admitting to having taken the drug . Lennon later said he was surprised at the idea the song title was a hidden reference to LSD , countering the song `` was n't about that at all '' , and it `` was purely unconscious that it came out to be LSD . Until someone pointed it out , I never even thought of it . I mean , who would ever bother to look at initials of a title ? ... It 's not an acid song . '' </P>
lucy in the sky with diamonds was rumored to be a secret code for
lucy in the sky with diamonds was rumored to be a secret code for
LSD
LSD