Spoken word
Speech embedded in the recording as a textural element.
Spoken word use rose from 2% (2 of 102) of songs in the early years (1962-65) to 23% (26 of 112) from Revolver onward (1966-70).
Analysis
Every song on this page, across all of them: paul, john, others and george.
By Year
Song count per year
By Songwriter
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
By Era
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Songs(28 of 29)
I Saw Her Standing There
Taxman
Yellow Submarine
Echo-chamber commands
Strawberry Fields Forever
'Cranberry sauce' in outro
A Day in the Life
Mal Evans counting bars during crescendo
Lovely Rita
'Tchic, tchic' comb interjections; 'I don't believe it'
All You Need Is Love
'All together now', 'Everybody', 'Yesterday', 'She loves you yeah yeah yeah' improvised over outro fade
I Am the Walrus
BBC King Lear radio broadcast
Back in the U.S.S.R.
'Oh, come on!'; 'Let me tell you about it'
Don't Pass Me By
Ringo's whispered count to eight
Helter Skelter
Ringo's "blisters on my fingers" outro shout
I'm So Tired
Sotto-voce muttering in outro
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Outro: 'Ahh, thank you'
Revolution 9
Lennon, Ono, Harrison, Alistair Taylor, George Martin
Rocky Raccoon
Mock-cowboy intro
Sexy Sadie
'Sexy Sadie, she's the greatest'
Hey Bulldog
Outro dialogue between Lennon and McCartney
It's All Too Much
Lennon's 'To your muff!' intro
Get Back
Outro thanks from rooftop concert
The Ballad of John and Yoko
'Think!' tag in bridge
Polythene Pam
'Hey! Great!' interlude
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
Mal Evans aside over intro
Come Together
'Shoot me' whispered between sections
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
Lounge-MC announcements
Dig It
Closing mock-DJ intro
For You Blue
Bridge ad-libs spoken/shouted
Two of Us
Lennon's intro added by Spector
Free as a Bird
Backwards Lennon catchphrase in outro
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