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I Am the Walrus is een lied van de Beatles, geschreven door John Lennon (alhoewel het zoals gebruikelijk toegeschreven wordt aan Lennon-McCartney), afkomstig uit 1967. Het nummer verscheen op de Magical Mystery Tour-lp en dubbel-ep. Ook verscheen het als B-kant van de nummer #1-single Hello, Goodbye.

Lennon componeerde het avant-garde-achtige nummer door drie andere nummers waar hij aan werkte te combineren en samen te smelten tot één geheel. Lennon beweert inspiratie te hebben geput uit verschillende lsd-trips. Het steeds terugkerende woord walrus refereert aan het gedicht The Walrus and the Carpenter van de Engelse wiskundige, logicus, kinderboekenschrijver en dichter Lewis Carroll.

"I Am the Walrus" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 television film Magical Mystery Tour. Written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was released as the B-side to the single "Hello, Goodbye" and on the Magical Mystery Tour EP and album. In the film, the song underscores a segment in which the band mime to the recording at a deserted airfield.

Lennon wrote the song to confound listeners who had been affording serious scholarly interpretations of the Beatles' lyrics. He was partly inspired by two LSD trips and Lewis Carroll's 1871 poem "The Walrus and the Carpenter". Producer George Martin arranged and added orchestral accompaniment that included violins, cellos, horns, and clarinet. The Mike Sammes Singers, a 16-voice choir of professional studio vocalists, also joined the recording, variously singing nonsense lines and shrill whooping noises.

Since the "Hello, Goodbye" single and the Magical Mystery Tour EP both reached the top two slots on the British singles chart in December, "I Am the Walrus" holds the distinction of reaching numbers one and two simultaneously. Shortly after release, the song was banned by the BBC for the line "Boy, you've been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down".