Fast

Fast Beatles songs, driving along at 130 to 159 beats per minute.

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early16 · 50%

Mid-period8 · 25%

Late8 · 25%

By Album

Past Masters9

A Hard Day's Night5

Please Please Me4

The Beatles (The White Album)4

Book

The Beatles: Complete Scores

Hal Leonard

Sheet music

Musicnotes – Beatles Piano/Vocal/Guitar

Musicnotes

Book

All the Songs

Margotin & Guesdon

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Songs(32 of 37)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	Paul, John	~146 BPM
2	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	~139 BPM
3	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	~155 BPM
4	There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	~140 BPM
5	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	~150 BPM
6	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	~155 BPM in cut time
7	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	~140 BPM

8	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	~131 BPM
9	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	~131 BPM
10	Sie Liebt Dich	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	~152 BPM
11	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	~156 BPM
12	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	~138 BPM
13	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	~138 BPM
14	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	~138 BPM
15	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	~141 BPM
16	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	~132 BPM
17	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	~152 BPM
18	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	~132 BPM
19	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	~135 BPM cut-time
20	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	~138 BPM
21	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	~135 BPM
22	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	~132 BPM
23	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	~137 BPM
24	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	~136 BPM
25	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	~143 BPM
26	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	~131 BPM
27	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Heavy, accelerating; ~86 half-time groove but reads fast
28	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	~144 BPM
29	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	~136 BPM
30	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	~130 BPM
31	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	~138 BPM
32	Dig It	1970	Let It Be	John	~157 BPM