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Fade-out

Production technique that closes a track by gradually reducing its level to silence.

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early3 · 7%

Mid-period22 · 51%

Late18 · 42%

By Album

Magical Mystery Tour9

The Beatles (The White Album)8

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band6

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Here, There and Everywhere

Geoff Emerick

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The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions

Mark Lewisohn

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Songs(43 of 46)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Misery	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	-
2	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	-
3	I'm a Loser	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
4	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	-
5	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	-
6	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	-
7	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	Tack piano fade as loops disintegrate

8	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	-
9	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	-
10	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	-
11	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Double fade - fades out then back in
12	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	Laughter fades the song out
13	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	Final chord decays to silence
14	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	-
15	Fixing a Hole	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
16	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	-
17	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Fades into segue with Sgt. Pepper Reprise
18	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
19	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
20	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	-
21	Magical Mystery Tour	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
22	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	Refrain iterations shorten progressively into fade
23	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
24	Flying	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	-	Track fades during tape-loop coda
25	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
26	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	-
27	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	Long orchestral fade
28	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-

29	Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
30	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
31	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
32	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
33	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
34	While My Guitar Gently Weeps	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-
35	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
36	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	-
37	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Lengthy fade on extended outro
38	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	-
39	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Counting loop fades to crickets
40	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	-
41	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	-
42	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	-
43	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	-