Music · Arrangement

Handclaps

Recorded clapping used as a percussive layer.

songs

Performed byPaul McCartney George Harrison John Lennon Ringo Starr Mal Evans Chris O'Dell Jackie Lomax John McCartney Pattie Boyd Pete Shotton Yoko Ono

Analysis

Every song on this page, across all of them: paul, ringo, john, george and others.

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early11 · 28%

Mid-period11 · 28%

Late18 · 45%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)9

Past Masters9

Magical Mystery Tour4

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1

Book

The Beatles: Complete Scores

Hal Leonard

Book

All the Songs

Margotin & Guesdon

Sheet music

Musicnotes – Beatles Piano/Vocal/Guitar

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Songs(40 of 45)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Performer(s)	Notes
1	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	Paul McCartney,George Harrison,John Lennon	-
2	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	George Harrison,Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr,John Lennon	-
3	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	George Harrison,Ringo Starr,Paul McCartney,John Lennon	-
4	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr,John Lennon,George Harrison	Prominent on offbeats
5	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	John Lennon,Ringo Starr,Paul McCartney,George Harrison	-
6	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr,John Lennon,George Harrison	-
7	Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	Ringo Starr,John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison	-

8	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	John Lennon,Ringo Starr,George Harrison,Paul McCartney	-
9	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Ringo Starr,George Harrison,John Lennon,Paul McCartney	All four overdubbed
10	No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	John Lennon,George Harrison,Ringo Starr,Paul McCartney	All four Beatles
11	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Uncredited	A clap in the intro of the stereo mix, absent from the mono
12	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	Ringo Starr,George Harrison,John Lennon,Paul McCartney	Coda
13	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	George Harrison,John Lennon,Paul McCartney	-
14	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	John Lennon,George Harrison,Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr	-
15	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	Paul McCartney,George Harrison,John Lennon,Ringo Starr	-
16	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	John Lennon,Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr,George Harrison	-
17	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	John Lennon,Ringo Starr,George Harrison,Paul McCartney	Overdubbed during the chorus
18	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr,John Lennon,George Harrison	-
19	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	John Lennon,George Harrison,Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr	-
20	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-	Studio guests clapped along during the live broadcast outro
21	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Ringo Starr,George Harrison	-
22	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	John Lennon,George Harrison	-
23	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	Ringo Starr,Paul McCartney,George Harrison,John Lennon	-
24	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	Uncredited,Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr,John Lennon,George Harrison	Coda
25	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	John Lennon,Paul McCartney,George Harrison,Ringo Starr	-
26	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Paul McCartney,George Harrison,John Lennon	-
27	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	Pattie Boyd,George Harrison,Yoko Ono,Paul McCartney,Mal Evans,Ringo Starr,John Lennon	-
28	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	George Harrison,Paul McCartney,John McCartney,Jackie Lomax,Mal Evans,John Lennon	Bridge
29	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	George Harrison,John Lennon,Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr	-
30	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Paul McCartney	Added on instrumental break
31	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	John Lennon,George Harrison,Ringo Starr,Paul McCartney	-
32	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Pete Shotton,Chris O'Dell	-
33	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-	-
34	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr	Percussive intro buildup
35	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	John Lennon,Ringo Starr,Paul McCartney,George Harrison	-
36	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	George Harrison,Paul McCartney,John Lennon,Ringo Starr	-
37	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	George Harrison,Paul McCartney,Ringo Starr	-
38	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	Paul McCartney,George Harrison,Ringo Starr	-
39	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	John Lennon	Synced with whispered 'Shoot me'
40	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	Paul McCartney	-