<Li> Billy Connolly recorded a mostly spoken - word recording of the song for the George Martin compilation In My Life . </Li> <Li> In the film Across the Universe, Eddie Izzard appears in a cameo as Mr. Kite, a circus ringmaster and does a cover of the song in a spoken form, adlibbing in between verses . </Li> <Li> In 2009, Cheap Trick released Sgt . Pepper Live, which includes the song . </Li> <Li> The Residents performed a cover of the song at a 40th Anniversary celebration of Sgt . Pepper with the London Sinfonietta . </Li>

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