"Happiness Is a Warm Gun" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon/McCartney) and recorded by The Beatles for their 1968 album The Beatles. All four Beatles have at some point identified it as their favourite song on the album. Background & Inspiration Lennon derived the title of the song from an article in the May 1968 issue of American Rifleman, the magazine of the National Rifle Association (NRA). The magazine belonged to George Martin, the Beatles' producer, who had brought it with him to the recording studio.

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