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Tonic opening

The song opens on the tonic chord.

162

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early27 · 20%

Mid-period53 · 38%

Late58 · 42%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)24

Magical Mystery Tour8

A Hard Day's Night7

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band7

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Songs(140 of 162)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

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

8	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	C
9	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
10	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	G
11	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	E7
12	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	E
13	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	F
14	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	E
15	This Boy	1963	Past Masters	John	D
16	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G7
17	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	G7sus4
18	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	A
19	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G
20	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	A
21	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Am
22	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	G
23	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	D
24	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	A
25	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	G
26	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	A
27	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	C
28	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	A

29	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	E
30	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	G
31	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	F
32	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	A
33	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	D
34	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	G
35	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	E
36	It's Only Love	1965	Help!	John	C
37	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	G
38	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	A
39	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	A
40	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Fm
41	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	E
42	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	D
43	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	D
44	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	F♯m
45	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	A
46	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	G
47	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	A
48	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	E
49	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Cm
50	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	E
51	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	D7
52	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	E7
53	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	G
54	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	G7
55	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	Em
56	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	A
57	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	B♭
58	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	E
59	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	G
60	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	Em
61	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	C
62	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	B
63	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	C
64	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	G7
65	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	A7
66	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	B
67	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	F
68	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	A
69	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	G
70	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	A
71	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	C
72	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	F7♯9
73	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	E
74	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	G
75	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	G
76	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	D
77	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	D6
78	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	C
79	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Am
80	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	C
81	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	A
82	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	E♭
83	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	B7
84	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	F
85	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	E
86	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	-	B
87	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	A
88	Wild Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G7
89	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	D7
90	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	A♭
91	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	C
92	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	E7
93	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	F
94	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	G
95	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	E7
96	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	D
97	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	A
98	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Am
99	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	E7
100	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	D
101	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	B♭
102	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	E♭
103	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	A7
104	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	G
105	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	E♭
106	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Am
107	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Am7
108	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	G
109	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	B7
110	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	A
111	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	G
112	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	G
113	Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	John, Paul	E
114	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	A
115	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	C7
116	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	E
117	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Am7
118	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	A
119	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	A
120	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	Dm
121	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	D
122	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	D
123	Because	1969	Abbey Road	John, Paul, George	C♯m
124	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	E
125	Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	Paul, John, George, Ringo	C
126	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	E
127	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	Dm7
128	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	D
129	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	D
130	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	C
131	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	E7
132	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	E♭
133	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	B
134	Dig It	1970	Let It Be	John	F
135	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	D
136	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	A
137	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	Am
138	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	G
139	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	A
140	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	Am