# Help me name this circus tune... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 24, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-circus-tune/63082 "2001-04-24T02:22:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hammiesink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@hammiesink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammiesink)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-circus-tune/63082/1 "2001-04-24T02:22:47Z")
It’s a very famous organ/calliope melody, and part of it can be heard at the beginning of “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite” by the Beatles. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-circus-tune/63082/2 "2001-04-24T05:33:37Z")
I just listened to the Mr. Kite track on my CD of Sgt. Pepper, and I didn’t hear any famous, non-Beatles music on it. However, my WAG is you’ve heard “Entrance of the Gladiators.” That’s the most famous circus/calliope music there is. You’ll find a pretty good midi file of it on [this page](http://mama.indstate.edu/users/nizrael/jukebox.html) under “Other Composers.” ---
**Author:** ![hammiesink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@hammiesink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammiesink)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-this-circus-tune/63082/3 "2001-04-24T15:25:03Z")
That would be the one! Thanks. And I was wrong about Mr Kite. It was Carnival of Sorts by REM that I was thinking of. I was just too lazy to go check for myself to make sure.