Editing Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (section)

==Legacy==

Lennon mentioned "Lucy in the Sky" in the Beatles' song "[[I Am the Walrus]]", a song that was admittedly inspired by LSD.<ref>{{cite web |last=Einav  |first=Dan |url=https://ig.ft.com/life-of-a-song/i-am-the-walrus.html|title=The Beatles’ I Am The Walrus — nonsense poetry meets LSD|publisher=[[Financial Times]] |date=6 March 2018 |access-date=14 May 2025}}</ref>

A [[Lucy (Australopithecus)|3.2-million-year-old, 40% complete fossil skeleton]] of an ''[[Australopithecus afarensis]]'' specimen, discovered in 1974 by [[Donald Johanson]], [[Yves Coppens]], [[Maurice Taieb]] and Tom Gray, was named "Lucy" because the Beatles song was being played loudly and repeatedly on a tape recorder in the camp. The phrase "Lucy in the sky" became "Lucy in disguise" to the anthropologists, because they initially did not understand the impact of their discovery.{{sfn|Johanson|Edey|1981|p=22}} The NASA mission [[Lucy (spacecraft)|Lucy]] has, in turn, been named after the fossil. It is due to arrive at its first target, asteroid [[52246 Donaldjohanson]], in April 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Garner|first=Rob|date=21 April 2017|title=Lucy: The First Mission to the Trojan Asteroids|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/lucy/overview/index|access-date=2021-10-16|website=NASA|archive-date=16 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016062834/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/lucy/overview/index/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2009 Julian with James Scott Cook and [[Todd Meagher (entrepreneur)|Todd Meagher]] released "[[Lucy (Julian Lennon and James Scott Cook song)|Lucy]]", a song that is a quasi-follow-up to [[the Beatles]] song. The cover of the EP showed four-year-old Julian's original drawing, that now is owned by [[David Gilmour]] from [[Pink Floyd]].<ref name="CBS 12/15">{{cite web|title=Julian Lennon: I Finally Forgive Dad|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=15 December 2009|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/julian-lennon-i-finally-forgive-dad/|access-date=19 December 2009|archive-date=18 December 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091218102517/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/15/earlyshow/leisure/music/main5981807.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lennon's original handwritten lyrics sold at auction in 2011 for $230,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lennons-lucy-in-the-sky-lyrics-sell-for-230k/|title=Lennon's "Lucy in the Sky" lyrics sell for $230K|last=Morgan|first=David|date=17 May 2011 |publisher=CBS News|access-date=29 March 2013|archive-date=25 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130825003400/http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-207_162-20063652.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The star [[BPM 37093]] has been nicknamed ''Lucy,'' since its core is made of carbon, the same material diamonds are made of.