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Psychedelic

Characterized by surreal lyrics, distorted sounds, studio experimentation, and mind-expanding sonic ambition

songs

From 1966 to 1970, it is heard on 41 recordings, and 1967 has more of them than any other year, with twenty. It first turns up on 'Tomorrow Never Knows', cut 6 April 1966, and was last heard on 'Across the Universe'. John takes the lead on nineteen of them, nine for Paul, and the two of them together on two, with George on eight and Ringo on one. Three of them share it on 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)'. 36% of Harrison's songs have it, among them 'Love You To' and 'Taxman', against 21% of Lennon's. On 'Yellow Submarine': sound-collage bridge.

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Beatles psychedelic tracks cluster harder around G major than any other key - 11 of them are in that key.

G major

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early0 · 0%

Mid-period30 · 73%

Late11 · 27%

By Album

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band10

Magical Mystery Tour10

Revolver9

The Beatles (The White Album)5

Sheet music

Musicnotes – Beatles Piano/Vocal/Guitar

Musicnotes

Book

The Beatles: Complete Scores

Hal Leonard

Book

All the Songs

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Songs(41)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	-
2	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	-
3	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	-
4	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	-
5	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	-
6	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	-
7	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	-

8	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	-
9	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	Sound-collage bridge
10	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	-
11	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
12	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
13	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-
14	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
15	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-
16	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
17	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
18	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	-
19	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	-
20	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	-
21	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
22	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-
23	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
24	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
25	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
26	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
27	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
28	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	-

29	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
30	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	-
31	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
32	Wild Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
33	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
34	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
35	Long, Long, Long	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-
36	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	-
37	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	-
38	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	-
39	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	-
40	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	-
41	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	-