Avant-garde

Experimental and non-conventional in structure, sound design, or conceptual intent - pushing beyond pop norms

songs

Analysis

Every song on this page, across all of them: genre and music influence.

Song count per year

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

Early0 · 0%

Mid-period5 · 56%

Late4 · 44%

Book

The Beatles: Complete Scores

Hal Leonard

Book

All the Songs

Margotin & Guesdon

Sheet music

Musicnotes – Beatles Piano/Vocal/Guitar

Musicnotes

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Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Role	Notes
1	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	Genre	-
2	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	Music influence	-
3	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Genre	-
4	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	Genre	Orchestral crescendo, atonal
5	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	Genre	-
6	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Music influence	Random tape splicing
7	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	Music influence	-

8	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Music influence	-
9	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	Genre	Tape-loop coda
10	Wild Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Genre	Avant-garde sound fragment / sound collage
11	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	-	Genre	-
12	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Music influence	Cut-up assembly of unrelated fragments
13	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	-	Music influence	Stockhausen, Cage, Berio, Fluxus
14	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Genre	-
15	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Music influence	-
16	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	Genre	-
17	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	Music influence	-