Music · Vocal work

Falsetto

A vocalist sings in the light, breathy upper register above their natural chest-voice range

8
songs
Eight recordings have it, across almost the whole of the band's recording life, 1963 to 1970. 'From Me to You' is the earliest and 'Across the Universe' the last. Two of them are 'She Loves You' (shaking-head 'ooh' - visual Beatles signature) and 'Hold Me Tight', and John sings seven of the eight. It goes quiet after 1966 and comes back in 1969 for 'Across the Universe (Wildlife version)'. John takes the lead on five of the eight, one for Paul, and the two of them together on two. Lennon wrote seven of the eight, such as 'I'm Only Sleeping' and 'Tell Me Why', 7% of his songs against 3% of McCartney's. On 'When I Get Home': opening 'Woah-I' passages. On 'Tell Me Why': bridge climax and recurring as a leitmotif. Among them, 'From Me to You' carries Hohner Echo Vamper as well, which only two of their recordings do.
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'Across the Universe (Wildlife version)' (1969) is the last of the 8 Beatles songs to use Falsetto.

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early5 · 63%
Mid-period1 · 13%
Late2 · 25%

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