Vocal ad-lib

Improvised vocal phrases not part of the written lyric.

songs

Analysis

Song count per year

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

Early0 · 0%

Mid-period4 · 22%

Late14 · 78%

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	Scat improvisation in fade-out
2	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	'Ha-ha!'; shouted commands
3	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Outro ad-libs including 'I don't believe it'
4	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	'Wow!' ad-libs in fade
5	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	McCartney scats, shouts and screams over the coda
6	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	'Hoo, hey' during guitar solo
7	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Ad-libs over instrumental verse
advertisement
8	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	"Look out 'cause here she comes"; Ringo's blisters line
9	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	Outro barking and dialogue
10	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	Improvised studio chatter intro
11	Don't Let Me Down	1969	Past Masters	John, Paul	'hey!', 'ow!', 'Can you dig it?'
12	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	Scat vocables fade
13	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
14	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	Bridge shouts: 'Bop bop cat bop', 'Go Johnny go'
15	Dig It	1970	Let It Be	John	Improvised lyrics
16	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	'Oh, Danny boy' outro
17	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	'Oh my soul, so hard'