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Surprising stats mined from the catalogue, cross-referenced and normalised. Each category shows one fact at a time; click Another one to cycle through the rest.
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Motifs, themes, vocabulary - what the lyrics actually said.
Music(247)
Chords, keys, structure, harmonic patterns across the catalogue.
Studio(88)
Techniques, equipment, mixing - what made it sound like that.
26 Beatles songs were recorded at studios other than EMI Abbey Road: Apple Studios (11 songs), Olympic Sound Studios (6 songs), Trident Studios (6 songs), Pathé Marconi Studios (3 songs), Hog Hill Mill (2 songs).
People(94)
Who played what, who sang what, who else was in the room.
John Lennon played bass on 6 Beatles songs – including 'Fixing a Hole', 'Back in the U.S.S.R.', 'Helter Skelter'.
Info(65)
Releases, charts, dates, catalogue-wide counts.
4 Beatles songs appear on more than one official UK studio LP (or Past Masters) – for example 'Get Back' (Let It Be + Past Masters), 'Let It Be' (Let It Be + Past Masters), and 'Love Me Do' (Past Masters + Please Please Me).