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Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs.

songs

25% of catalog

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early3 · 6%

Mid-period22 · 46%

Late23 · 48%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)9

Past Masters7

Revolver6

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band6

Rubber Soul5

Abbey Road4

Magical Mystery Tour3

Songs(47 of 53)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	As 'a big' in bridge 2
2	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	As 'a whole' in verse 1; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4; outro
3	Every Little Thing	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	As 'a lucky' in verse 1
4	Day Tripper×2	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	As 'a good', 'a big' in verses 1 & 2
5	Run for Your Life×2	1965	Rubber Soul	John	As 'a wicked', 'a jealous' in verse 2
6	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	As 'a real' in verses 1 & 5
7	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	As 'a nasty' in refrains 1 & 2
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8	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	As 'a better' in verse 2
9	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	As 'a single' in verse 1
10	Paperback Writer×2	1966	Past Masters	Paul	As 'a dirty', 'a steady' in verse 2
11	Good Day Sunshine×2	1966	Revolver	Paul	As 'a special', 'a sunny' in verse 1
12	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	As 'a yellow' in choruses 1, 2 & 3
13	Love You To×2	1966	Revolver	George	As 'a dead', 'a new' in verse 2; chorus 1
14	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	As 'a sleepy' in verse 3
15	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	As 'a better' in intro
16	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	As 'a new' in choruses 1 & 3
17	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	As 'a pretty' in verse 4
18	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	As 'a lucky' in verse 1
19	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	As 'a splendid' in verse 3
20	Lovely Rita×2	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	As 'a little', 'a military' in verse 1
21	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	As 'a lovely' in bridge
22	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	As 'a little' in choruses 1, 2 & 3; outro
23	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	As 'a little' in choruses 1, 2 & 4
24	Baby, You're a Rich Man×3	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	As 'a rich', 'a big', 'a natural' in verse 3; choruses 1 & 2
25	I Am the Walrus×2	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	As 'a dead', 'a poor' in verse 4; chorus 3
26	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	As 'a real' in verse 2
27	Hey Jude×2	1968	Past Masters	Paul	As 'a sad', 'a little' in verses 1 & 4; bridge 1; outro
28	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	As 'a real' in verse 2
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29	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	As 'a little' in verse 3
30	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	–	As 'a little' in verse 1
31	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	As 'a lonely' in verse 1
32	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	As 'a good' in choruses 1 & 2
33	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	As 'a dreadful' in verse 1
34	I'm So Tired×2	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	As 'a little', 'a stupid' in verse 3; choruses 1 & 2; outro
35	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	As 'a good' in chorus 2
36	Mother Nature's Son×2	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	As 'a poor', 'a lazy' in verses 1 & 3
37	Only a Northern Song×2	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	As 'a northern', 'a little' in verse 3; choruses 1 & 2
38	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	As 'a little' in verse 1
39	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	As 'a short' in verse 1
40	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	As 'a rainy' in bridge
41	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	As 'a dirty' in verse 3
42	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	As 'a dirty' in verse 2
43	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	As 'a pretty' in verse
44	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	As 'a steady' in verse 2
45	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	As 'a restless' in verse 2
46	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	As 'a restless' in verse 2
47	I've Got a Feeling×2	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	As 'a good', 'a wet' in verses 4, 5 & 6