Julian later recalled: "I don't know why I called it that or why it stood out from all my other drawings, but I obviously had an affection for Lucy at that age. John Lennon said that his inspiration for the song came when his three-year-old son Julian showed him a nursery school drawing that he called "Lucy – in the Sky with Diamonds", depicting his classmate Lucy Williams. Among its many cover versions, a 1974 recording by Elton John, with a guest appearance by Lennon, was a number 1 hit in the US and Canada. The song has been recognised as a key work in the psychedelic genre. Adding to the song's ethereal qualities, the musical arrangement includes a Lowrey organ part heavily treated with studio effects, and drone provided by an Indian tambura. The Beatles recorded "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" in March 1967. He attributed the song's fantastical imagery to his reading of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books. Lennon repeatedly denied that he had intended it as a drug song. Shortly before the album's release, speculation arose that the first letter of each of the title nouns intentionally spelled "LSD", the initialism commonly used for the hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide. Lennon's son Julian inspired the song with a nursery school drawing that he called "Lucy – in the sky with diamonds". It was written primarily by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album Sgt.
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