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Verse-chorus

The most common pop/rock form. Alternating verses (with changing lyrics) and a recurring chorus (with fixed lyrics and melody).

170

songs

It turns up on 170 of the 217 recordings, three quarters of everything they recorded, from the first sessions through to the last. Rubber Soul has it from end to end. It starts with 'Love Me Do' and ends with 'I Me Mine'. The lead vocals go John on 59, Paul on 51, George on 19 and Ringo on 10. All four of them take the lead on 'Carry That Weight'. On 'Oh! Darling', the bridge functions as contrast.

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	Paul, John	-
2	P.S. I Love You	1962	Please Please Me	Paul	-
3	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	-
4	Ask Me Why	1963	Please Please Me	John	-
5	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	-
6	Misery	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	-
7	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-

8	Thank You Girl	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
9	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	-
10	I'll Get You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
11	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	-
12	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	-
13	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	-
14	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	-
15	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	-
16	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	-
17	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	-
18	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	-
19	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
20	Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
21	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
22	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-
23	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	-
24	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
25	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
26	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
27	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
28	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-

29	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-
30	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	-
31	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
32	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	-
33	If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	-
34	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
35	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	-
36	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	-
37	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
38	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	-
39	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
40	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
41	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	-
42	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
43	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	-
44	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	-
45	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	-
46	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	-
47	Help!	1965	Help!	John	-
48	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	-
49	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	-
50	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	-
51	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	-
52	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	-
53	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	-
54	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	-
55	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	-
56	You Like Me Too Much	1965	Help!	George	-
57	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	-
58	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
59	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	-
60	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
61	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	-
62	In My Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
63	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	-
64	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	-
65	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	-
66	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	-
67	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
68	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	-
69	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
70	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	-
71	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	-
72	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
73	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	-
74	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	-
75	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	-
76	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	-
77	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	-
78	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	-
79	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	-
80	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
81	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	-
82	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	-
83	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
84	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
85	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
86	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
87	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
88	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
89	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-
90	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
91	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-
92	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
93	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
94	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	-
95	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
96	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	-
97	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	-
98	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
99	All You Need Is Love	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
100	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
101	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
102	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
103	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
104	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
105	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
106	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	-
107	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	-
108	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	-
109	Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
110	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	-
111	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
112	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
113	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-
114	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
115	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
116	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
117	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
118	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
119	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
120	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
121	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	-
122	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
123	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
124	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
125	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-
126	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
127	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	-
128	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	-
129	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	-
130	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	-
131	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	-
132	Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
133	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	-
134	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	-
135	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	-
136	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-
137	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	-
138	Carry That Weight	1969	Abbey Road	Paul, John, George, Ringo	-
139	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-
140	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	-
141	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Bridge functions as contrast
142	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	-
143	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	-
144	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
145	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	-
146	Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	John	-
147	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	-
148	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	-
149	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	-
150	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	-
151	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	-
152	Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	John	-
153	Now and Then	2023	Reunion singles	John	-

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Songs(153 of 170)

Love Me Do

P.S. I Love You

Please Please Me

Ask Me Why

I Saw Her Standing There

Misery

From Me to You

Thank You Girl

She Loves You

I'll Get You

I Wanna Be Your Man

It Won't Be Long

All I've Got to Do

All My Loving

Don't Bother Me

Hold Me Tight

Little Child

Not a Second Time

I Want to Hold Your Hand

Sie Liebt Dich

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

Can't Buy Me Love

I Call Your Name

You Can't Do That

I Should Have Known Better

Any Time at All

I'll Cry Instead

When I Get Home

Things We Said Today

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

I'll Be Back

A Hard Day's Night

If I Fell

Tell Me Why

I Feel Fine

She's a Woman

Eight Days a Week

Baby's in Black

I'm a Loser

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

What You're Doing

Every Little Thing

I'll Follow the Sun

Ticket to Ride

Yes It Is

I'm Down

Help!

I Need You

Yesterday

The Night Before

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

You're Going to Lose That Girl

Tell Me What You See

Another Girl

I've Just Seen a Face

You Like Me Too Much

We Can Work It Out

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

Michelle

Run for Your Life

Wait

In My Life

Drive My Car

If I Needed Someone

Think for Yourself

You Won't See Me

Nowhere Man

I'm Looking Through You

Girl

What Goes On

The Word

Day Tripper