Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite! - Covers and Influence

Covers and Influence

• The song is performed by The Bee Gees and George Burns in the 1978 film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Burns plays the Mr. Kite character as the mayor of the band's home town and the song is played by the band as a playful announcement of their return to the town for Mr. Kite's benefit.
• Električni Orgazam recorded a version on their 1983 cover album Les Chansones Populaires.
• Billy Connolly recorded a mostly spoken-word recording of the song for the George Martin compilation In My Life.
• In the film Across the Universe, Eddie Izzard appears in a cameo and does a cover of the song in a spoken form.
• In 2009, Cheap Trick released Sgt. Pepper Live, which includes the song.
• The Residents performed a cover of the song at a 40th Anniversary celebration of Sgt. Pepper with the London Sinfonietta.
• Les Fradkin has an instrumental cover in his 2007 release Pepper Front to Back.
• Mister Kite take their name from the song title.
• Easy Star All-Stars covered the song on the album Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band.
• Eric McFadden covered this song on his Devil Moon CD (2005).
• Frank Sidebottom covered this song on the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 21st anniversary charity album Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father.