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{{Redirect|When I'm 64|the 2004 television film|When I'm 64 (film){{!}}''When I'm 64'' (film)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox song | name = When I'm Sixty-Four | cover = When I'm sixty four.jpg | cover_size = 170 | alt = | caption = Cover of the US sheet music for the song | type = | artist = [[the Beatles]] | album = [[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]] | released = 26 May 1967{{sfn|Everett|1999|p=123|ps=. "In the United Kingdom ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''{{nbsp}}… was rush-released six days ahead of its official date, June 1."}} | format = | recorded = 6–21 December 1966 | studio = [[Abbey Road Studios|EMI]], London | venue = | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Pop music|Pop]]{{sfn|Prigozy|Raubicheck|2007|p=71}} * [[music hall]]{{sfn|Haugen|2004|p=169}} * [[vaudeville]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Beatles Love Songs - "When I'm Sixty-Four" |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/best-beatles-love-songs-when-im-sixty-four/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref> * [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]] }} | length = 2:37 | label = [[Parlophone]] | writer = [[Lennon–McCartney]] | producer = [[George Martin]] }} "'''When I'm Sixty-Four'''" is a [[song]] by the English rock band [[The Beatles]], written by [[Paul McCartney]]{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=319}}{{sfn|Sheff|2000|p=183}} (credited to [[Lennon–McCartney]]) and released on the 1967 album ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''. It was one of the first songs McCartney wrote; he was about 14, probably in April or May 1956.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2013|p=92}}{{sfn|Lewisohn|2013|p=811n16}} The song was recorded in a different key from the final version; it was sped up at McCartney's request to make his voice sound younger. It prominently features a trio of [[clarinet]]s (two B{{music|flat}} clarinets and one [[bass clarinet]]).
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