Guitar solo

A lead guitar solo – George Harrison's defining contribution to the Beatles' sound

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The Beatles' commonest solo / riff is Guitar solo, on 74 songs, ahead of Defining riff on 44.

Defining riff Solo / Riff

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early16 · 27%

Mid-period19 · 32%

Late24 · 41%

By Album

Past Masters9

The Beatles (The White Album)8

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band3

Reunion singles3

With The Beatles2

Please Please Me1

Magical Mystery Tour1

Yellow Submarine1

Songs(62 of 74)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	–
2	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	–
3	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	–
4	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	–
5	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	–
6	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	–
7	And I Love Her	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	–
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8	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	George Harrison's guitar solo, doubled in unison by George Martin on piano.
9	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	–
10	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	–
11	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	–
12	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	–
13	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	–
14	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	–
15	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	–
16	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	–
17	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	–
18	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	McCartney and Harrison in octaves
19	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	Paul's lead guitar over bridge into verse 4
20	You Like Me Too Much	1965	Help!	George	–
21	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	–
22	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
23	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	–
24	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	–
25	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	12-string acoustic
26	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	Slide guitar
27	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Twin Strat lead doubled in unison
28	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	–
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29	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	Verse-3 solo and outro played as twin-lead harmony
30	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	–
31	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	–
32	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	–
33	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	–
34	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	–
35	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	–
36	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	–
37	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	–
38	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
39	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
40	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
41	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	–
42	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
43	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	–
44	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
45	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	–
46	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	–
47	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	–
48	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–
49	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	–
50	The End	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	John, Paul, and George each take a two-bar guitar solo in rotation – the only Beatles recording where all three lead guitarists solo consecutively.
51	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	–
52	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	–
53	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–
54	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	Harrison lead in outro
55	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	–
56	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	–
57	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	Lap steel on bridge
58	Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	John	–
59	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	–
60	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	slide guitar
61	Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	John	–
62	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	Slide guitar by McCartney