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"Paperback Writer" is a 1966 song recorded and released by the English rock band the Beatles. Written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, the song was released as the A-side of their eleventh single. The promotional film for the song was shot on 19 and 20 May 1966 and was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.

It went to the number one spot in the United States, Britain, West Germany, Australia, New Zealand and Norway. This was the first UK Beatles single that was not a love song (though "Nowhere Man", which was a single in the U.S., was their first album song released with that distinction). On the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, "Paperback Writer"'s two-week stay at number one was interrupted by Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night".

On 20 May, a colour film was made at Chiswick House in west London. The Beatles mimed to the song, and they were shown in and around the conservatory in the grounds of the house. The clip was first broadcast in black and white on BBC-TV's Top of the Pops on 2 June. The 20 May promo clip was included in the Beatles' 2015 video compilation 1.

"Paperback Writer" was one of the last new songs by The Beatles to be featured in concert, as it was included on their 1966 tour. A film was shot 20 May 1966 at Chiswick House in London to promote the single on BBC-TV's Top of the Pops. Michael Lindsay-Hogg directed it. The film was shown June 9, one day before the UK release of the single. The video was broadcast in the U.S. on The Ed Sullivan Show in the late spring.

Although the song was not included on an original Beatles album, it was included in several compilation albums:

A Collection of Beatles Oldies... but Goldies
Hey Jude
The Beatles 1962-1966 (Red Album)
Past Masters, Volume Two
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