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Unique outro

A particularly distinctive or unusual closing section

songs

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The Beatles' commonest section traits is Unique outro, on 32 songs, ahead of Chorus before verse on 25.

Chorus before verse Section traits

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early4 · 13%

Mid-period11 · 37%

Late15 · 50%

By Album

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band7

Abbey Road6

The Beatles (The White Album)5

Magical Mystery Tour1

Reunion singles1

Songs(31 of 32)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	–
2	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	–
3	And I Love Her	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	–
4	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	–
5	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	–
6	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	–
7	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	–
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8	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	–
9	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	–
10	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Applause and screaming
11	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	–
12	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	Shouted 'Band band!' tag with George/John exclamations
13	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	–
14	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	Harrison overdubbed laughter at the end to break the spiritual tension – a deliberate self-deprecating gesture
15	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Spoken Shakespeare distinct from all sections
16	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	Three new imperative lines, distinct from verses/choruses
17	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ringo shouts 'I've got blisters on my fingers!' at the end of the longest version – an unplanned genuine outburst of exhaustion after a marathon session
18	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
19	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
20	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
21	Wild Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
22	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	'Thanks, Mo / passed the audition'
23	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–
24	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–
25	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	Spanish/Italian/Portuguese pseudo-nonsense
26	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	–
27	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–
28	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–
29	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	'Oh, Danny boy' ad-lib unrelated to verse content
30	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	–
31	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	Backwards George Formby catchphrase

Applause and screaming

Getting Better

1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·Paul

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·Paul

Shouted 'Band band!' tag with George/John exclamations

Lovely Rita

1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·Paul

Within You Without You

1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·George

Harrison overdubbed laughter at the end to break the spiritual tension – a deliberate self-deprecating gesture

I Am the Walrus

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

Spoken Shakespeare distinct from all sections

The Inner Light

1968·Past Masters·George

Three new imperative lines, distinct from verses/choruses

Helter Skelter

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Ringo shouts 'I've got blisters on my fingers!' at the end of the longest version – an unplanned genuine outburst of exhaustion after a marathon session