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Non-tonic chorus

The chorus begins on a chord other than the tonic.

101

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early32 · 36%

Mid-period35 · 40%

Late21 · 24%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)8

Help!7

Please Please Me6

With The Beatles5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band4

Magical Mystery Tour2

Reunion singles2

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Songs(89 of 101)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	P.S. I Love You	1962	Please Please Me	Paul	-
2	Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	Paul, John	-
3	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	-
4	Ask Me Why	1963	Please Please Me	John	-
5	Misery	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	-
6	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	-
7	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-

8	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
9	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	-
10	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
11	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	-
12	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	-
13	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	-
14	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	-
15	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	-
16	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
17	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
18	Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
19	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	-
20	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-
21	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
22	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	-
23	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
24	If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	-
25	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
26	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	-
27	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
28	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-

29	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	-
30	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
31	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	-
32	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
33	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	-
34	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	-
35	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	-
36	Help!	1965	Help!	John	-
37	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	-
38	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	-
39	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	-
40	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	-
41	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	-
42	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	-
43	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	-
44	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
45	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
46	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	-
47	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	-
48	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
49	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	-
50	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
51	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	-
52	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	-
53	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
54	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	-
55	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	-
56	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	-
57	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
58	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
59	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	-
60	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	-
61	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	-
62	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
63	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
64	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-
65	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	-
66	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
67	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
68	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
69	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
70	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
71	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
72	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
73	Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
74	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
75	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	-
76	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	-
77	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	-
78	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	-
79	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	-
80	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-
81	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	-
82	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	-
83	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
84	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	-
85	Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	John	-
86	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	-
87	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	-
88	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	-
89	Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	John	-

Updated 2026-10-09

Non-tonic chorus

Analysis

By Year

By Songwriter

By Era

By Album

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Songs(89 of 101)

P.S. I Love You

Love Me Do

Please Please Me

Ask Me Why

Misery

I Saw Her Standing There

From Me to You

Thank You Girl

She Loves You

I'll Get You

Not a Second Time

Don't Bother Me

All My Loving

I Wanna Be Your Man

All I've Got to Do

I Want to Hold Your Hand

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

Sie Liebt Dich

I Call Your Name

Can't Buy Me Love

You Can't Do That

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

Any Time at All

If I Fell

I'll Cry Instead

A Hard Day's Night

I Should Have Known Better

I'll Be Back

She's a Woman

I'm a Loser

What You're Doing

Eight Days a Week

Ticket to Ride

Yes It Is

I'm Down

Help!

I've Just Seen a Face

Tell Me What You See

The Night Before

Yesterday

I Need You

I'm Looking Through You

Drive My Car

Girl

Run for Your Life

Wait

Think for Yourself

Day Tripper

If I Needed Someone

Nowhere Man

You Won't See Me

We Can Work It Out

In My Life

I'm Only Sleeping

Yellow Submarine

I Want to Tell You

Good Day Sunshine

For No One

And Your Bird Can Sing

She Said She Said

Doctor Robert

Penny Lane

Getting Better

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

With a Little Help from My Friends

When I'm Sixty-Four

I Am the Walrus

Back in the U.S.S.R.

Blackbird

Martha My Dear

Honey Pie

Helter Skelter