This piece is slightly expanded from segments in Paul Ingles's highly recommended Sgt. Pepper program. If you've got two hours to spare, I'd definitely go for the Pepper show.

Numerous voices explain what led to the different-from-anything-that-came -before-it 1967 single from the Beatles, and we get to hear both songs. There really isn't any discussion of the "best single ever?" question--just as well because there are quite a few other candidates, even for best double-sided single ever. Also, mercifully, there's no discussion of the rumored death of Paul McCartney although we can't help but hear "I buried Paul":(or is it "cranberry sauce"?) at the end of "Strawberry Fields Forever."

Unlike the Pepper program, this piece requires you to do an intro; an outro wouldn't hurt, either.