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Paul is dead

Songs linked to the 'Paul is dead' hoax through supposed hidden clues.

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From 1967 to 1969, it gathers eight songs, and 1968 has more of them than any other year, with four. It starts with 'Strawberry Fields Forever' and ends with 'Come Together'. 'A Day in the Life' ('He blew his mind out in a car' read as Paul's crash) and 'I Am the Walrus' have it too, and John sings six of the eight. The lead vocal is John's on five of the eight, against one for Ringo. Lennon wrote seven of the eight, such as 'Revolution 9' and 'Glass Onion', 7% of his songs against 1% of McCartney's. On 'I'm So Tired', the outro mumble reversed as 'Paul is dead man, miss him'. On 'Don't Pass Me By': 'You were in a car crash and you lost your hair' read as the crash. Among them, 'Revolution 9' has whisper vocal on it, one of only three of their recordings that do.

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The Beatles have 8 songs that the 1969 'Paul is dead' rumour combed for clues, including 'A Day in the Life', 'I Am the Walrus', 'Strawberry Fields Forever', 'Don't Pass Me By', 'Glass Onion', 'I'm So Tired' and 2 more.

A Day in the Life I Am the Walrus Strawberry Fields Forever

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)

By Era

Early0 · 0%

Mid-period3 · 38%

Late5 · 63%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)4

Magical Mystery Tour2

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1

Abbey Road1

Book

Here, There and Everywhere

Geoff Emerick

Album

Revolver

Album

Let It Be

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Songs(8)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Fade-out mumble heard as 'I buried Paul' (actually 'cranberry sauce')
2	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	'He blew his mind out in a car' read as Paul's crash
3	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	King Lear death lines in the fade; walrus as a death symbol
4	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	'The Walrus was Paul' taken as a death clue
5	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	'You were in a car crash and you lost your hair' read as the crash
6	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	-	'Number nine' reversed becomes 'turn me on, dead man'
7	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Outro mumble reversed as 'Paul is dead man, miss him'
8	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	'One and one and one is three' read as the three surviving Beatles