Music · Section traits
Unique intro
A particularly distinctive or unusual opening section
20
songs
Analysis
By Year
Song count per year
By Songwriter
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
By Era
Early5 · 24%
Mid-period8 · 38%
Late8 · 38%
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Songs(20)
Year
Album
Writer
Lead vocal(s)
There's a Place
1963·Please Please Me·John
Do You Want to Know a Secret
1963·Please Please Me·George
Slow lead-in, lyrics unused elsewhere
I Call Your Name
1964·Past Masters·John
If I Fell
1964·A Hard Day's Night·John
Slow rubato opening, distinct from verses
A Hard Day's Night
1964·A Hard Day's Night·John
I've Just Seen a Face
1965·Help!·Paul
Instrumental - no lyric content
In My Life
1965·Rubber Soul·John
Good Day Sunshine
1966·Revolver·Paul
Eleanor Rigby
1966·Revolver·Paul
Yellow Submarine
1966·Revolver·Ringo
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·Paul
Count-in and shouted interjections instead of sung lyrics
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·Paul
Crowd murmur instead of lyrics
Magical Mystery Tour
1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul
Spoken/shouted barker intro before band enters
Wild Honey Pie
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul
Revolution 9
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)
Honey Pie
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul
Rubato verse not heard elsewhere
Helter Skelter
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul
Get Back
1969·Let It Be·Paul
Spoken chatter ('Rosetta', 'Sweet Loretta Fart')
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
1969·Abbey Road·Paul
Spoken Mal Evans aside
Sun King
1969·Abbey Road·John
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