Yellow Submarine

Lemon-hued underwater vessel

Yellow Submarine is a 1966 Beatles song and the 1968 animated film it inspired.

The song's simple, singalong melody made it a children's favorite: We all live in a yellow submarine.

The phrase evokes psychedelic whimsy and 1960s counterculture.

A yellow submarine may also refer to any yellow underwater vessel, though the cultural reference usually dominates.

Opposites
military vs. whimsical vessel

Yellow Submarinenuclear submarine

Reactor-driven underwater warship

warship · U-boat · attack submarine · destroyer · aircraft carrier

psychedelic vs. conventional art

Yellow Submarinesocial realism

Unidealized portrayal of workers' lives

beatles optimism vs. darker rock

Yellow SubmarineBlack Sabbath

Pioneering heavy metal act

Helter Skelter · The End · War Pigs · Iron Man · Paint It Black

Family

yellow, submarine, submerge, yellowish, submerged, yellowed, yellowing, submarines, yellowness

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G