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Verse in I

The verse begins on the tonic chord.

172

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early38 · 26%

Mid-period57 · 39%

Late53 · 36%

By Album

Past Masters29

The Beatles (The White Album)20

Revolver12

Help!11

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band11

Magical Mystery Tour7

Songs(149 of 172)

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	There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	–
6	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	–
7	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	–
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8	Misery	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	–
9	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
10	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
11	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
12	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	–
13	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	–
14	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	–
15	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	–
16	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	–
17	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	–
18	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
19	This Boy	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul, George	–
20	Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
21	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
22	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	–
23	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	–
24	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	–
25	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	–
26	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	–
27	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	–
28	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	–
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29	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	–
30	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	–
31	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	–
32	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	–
33	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	–
34	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	–
35	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	–
36	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	–
37	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	–
38	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	–
39	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	–
40	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul, George	–
41	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	–
42	Help!	1965	Help!	John	–
43	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	–
44	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	–
45	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	–
46	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	–
47	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	–
48	It's Only Love	1965	Help!	John	–
49	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	–
50	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	–
51	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	–
52	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	–
53	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	–
54	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	–
55	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
56	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	–
57	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	–
58	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	–
59	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	–
60	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	–
61	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	–
62	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	–
63	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	–
64	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	–
65	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	–
66	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	–
67	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	–
68	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	–
69	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	–
70	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	–
71	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	–
72	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	–
73	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	–
74	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	–
75	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	–
76	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	–
77	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	–
78	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	–
79	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	–
80	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	–
81	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	–
82	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	–
83	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	–
84	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	–
85	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	–
86	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	–
87	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	–
88	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	–
89	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	–
90	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	–
91	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	–
92	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	–
93	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	–
94	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	–	–
95	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	–
96	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	–
97	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	–
98	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	–
99	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	–
100	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	–
101	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
102	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
103	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
104	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
105	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
106	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
107	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	–
108	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
109	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
110	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
111	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
112	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
113	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
114	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
115	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
116	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	–
117	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
118	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
119	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	–
120	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	–
121	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	–
122	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	–
123	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	–
124	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	–
125	Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
126	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	–
127	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	–
128	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	–
129	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	–
130	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	–
131	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–
132	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–
133	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–
134	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	–
135	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–
136	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–
137	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	–
138	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
139	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	–
140	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	–
141	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	–
142	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	–
143	Dig It	1970	Let It Be	John	–
144	Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	John	–
145	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	–
146	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	–
147	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	–
148	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	–
149	Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	John	–

Updated 2026-09-02

Verse in I

Analysis

By Year

By Songwriter

By Era

By Album

Songs(149 of 172)

P.S. I Love You

Love Me Do

Please Please Me

Ask Me Why

There's a Place

Do You Want to Know a Secret

I Saw Her Standing There

Misery

Thank You Girl

From Me to You

I'll Get You

She Loves You

I Wanna Be Your Man

Not a Second Time

It Won't Be Long

Little Child

Hold Me Tight

I Want to Hold Your Hand

This Boy

Sie Liebt Dich

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

Can't Buy Me Love

I Call Your Name

You Can't Do That

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

I Should Have Known Better

A Hard Day's Night

I'll Cry Instead

Any Time at All

Tell Me Why

She's a Woman

I Feel Fine

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

Eight Days a Week

Every Little Thing

What You're Doing

Baby's in Black

I'm a Loser

Ticket to Ride

Yes It Is

I'm Down

Help!

Tell Me What You See

The Night Before

Another Girl

I Need You

You're Going to Lose That Girl

It's Only Love

I've Just Seen a Face

Yesterday

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

What Goes On

Drive My Car

Nowhere Man

Day Tripper

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

If I Needed Someone

Michelle

Run for Your Life

You Won't See Me

The Word

We Can Work It Out

In My Life

Rain

Paperback Writer

And Your Bird Can Sing

Love You To

For No One

Tomorrow Never Knows

Here, There and Everywhere

Good Day Sunshine

She Said She Said

Yellow Submarine