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Tonic ending

The song ends on the tonic chord.

147

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early33 · 26%

Mid-period43 · 34%

Late49 · 39%

By Album

Past Masters25

The Beatles (The White Album)18

Help!10

Magical Mystery Tour7

Beatles For Sale6

Please Please Me5

With The Beatles5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band4

Yellow Submarine2

Reunion singles2

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Songs(127 of 147)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	P.S. I Love You	1962	Please Please Me	Paul	D
2	Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	Paul, John	G
3	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	E
4	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	E7
5	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	E
6	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
7	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	G6

8	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
9	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	E
10	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	E7
11	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	E
12	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	E
13	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	F
14	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	G
15	Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	C6
16	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	G
17	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	C
18	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G7
19	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G
20	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Am
21	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	D
22	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G
23	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Am
24	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	E6
25	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	D
26	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	G
27	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	A7
28	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	C

29	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	D
30	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	A
31	No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	C6
32	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	G
33	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	A
34	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	A
35	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	E
36	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	G
37	Help!	1965	Help!	John	A6
38	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	F
39	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	D
40	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	G
41	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	E
42	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	G
43	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	A
44	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	A
45	You Like Me Too Much	1965	Help!	George	G
46	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	A
47	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	E
48	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	F♯m
49	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	A
50	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	G
51	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	A
52	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	E
53	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Cm
54	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	E
55	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	Dm
56	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	E7
57	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	G
58	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	G7
59	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	C
60	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	C
61	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	Em
62	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	G
63	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	A7
64	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	Em
65	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	A
66	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	B♭
67	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	B
68	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	C
69	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	E
70	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	E
71	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	C
72	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	G
73	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	C
74	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	D
75	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	C
76	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	C
77	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	A
78	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	E♭
79	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	F
80	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	B
81	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	D
82	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	E
83	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	B♭
84	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	E♭
85	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	A7
86	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	G
87	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G
88	Wild Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G
89	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	E♭
90	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	A
91	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	A
92	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	-	B
93	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	D7
94	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	A♭
95	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	C
96	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G
97	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	F
98	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	D7
99	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	G
100	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	G
101	Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	John, Paul	E
102	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	A
103	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	E
104	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	C7
105	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	E6
106	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	D
107	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	A
108	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	A7
109	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	E
110	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	D
111	Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	C
112	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	C
113	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	A
114	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	A
115	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	Dm7
116	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	D
117	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
118	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	C
119	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	A
120	Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	John	A
121	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	E7
122	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	Am
123	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	G
124	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	B
125	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	E♭
126	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	A
127	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	Am