Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs.
Song count per year
% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
| # | Title | Year | Album | Lead Vocal(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Please Please Me×3 | 1963 | Please Please Me | John, Paul | As 'don't need', 'don't want' in verse 2; bridge |
| 2 | Hold Me Tight | 1963 | With The Beatles | Paul | As 'don't know' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 3 | Don't Bother Me×4 | 1963 | With The Beatles | George | As 'don't bother', 'don't get', 'don't come' in verses 3 & 4; choruses 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5; bridges 1 & 2; outro |
| 4 | Can't Buy Me Love×3 | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Paul | As 'don't care', 'don't need' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 5 | I Call Your Name | 1964 | Past Masters | John | As 'don't know' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 6 | If I Fell×3 | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John, Paul | As 'don't run', 'don't hurt' in verse 2 |
| 7 | I'm Happy Just to Dance with You×3 | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | George | As 'don't want', 'don't need' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 8 | She's a Woman×3 | 1964 | Past Masters | Paul | As 'don't give', 'don't ask' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 9 | I Don't Want to Spoil the Party×3 | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | John | As 'don't want', 'don't care' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 10 | Yes It Is | 1965 | Past Masters | John, Paul, George | As 'don't wear' in verses 3 & 4 |
| 11 | Ticket to Ride×3 | 1965 | Help! | John | As 'don't care', 'don't know' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4; bridges 1 & 2; outro |
| 12 | Yesterday | 1965 | Help! | Paul | As 'don't know' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 13 | I Need You×3 | 1965 | Help! | George | As 'don't realize', 'don't want' in verse 1; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 14 | You're Going to Lose That Girl×3 | 1965 | Help! | John | As 'don't take', 'don't treat' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 15 | Another Girl×3 | 1965 | Help! | Paul | As 'don't take', 'don't want' in verses 1, 3 & 4 |
| 16 | You Like Me Too Much | 1965 | Help! | George | As 'don't treat' in verse 1 |
| 17 | I'm Looking Through You×3 | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Paul | As 'don't look', 'don't sound' in verse 1; choruses 1 & 2 |
| 18 | Girl×3 | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | As 'don't regret', 'don't know' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 19 | You Won't See Me | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Paul | As 'don't know' in verse 2 |
| 20 | Wait | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John, Paul | As 'don't wait' in verses 2 & 4 |
| 21 | Nowhere Man×4 | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | As 'don't know', 'don't worry', 'don't hurry' in bridges 1, 2 & 3 |
| 22 | Rain | 1966 | Past Masters | John | As 'don't mind' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 23 | I'm Only Sleeping×4 | 1966 | Revolver | John | As 'don't wake', 'don't shake', 'don't mind' in verse 2; choruses 1 & 4 |
| 24 | She Said She Said | 1966 | Revolver | John | As 'don't understand' in choruses 1 & 2 |
| 25 | I Want to Tell You×3 | 1966 | Revolver | George | As 'don't know', 'don't mind' in verses 3 & 4 |
| 26 | For No One | 1966 | Revolver | Paul | As 'don't believe' in verse 2 |
| 27 | And Your Bird Can Sing | 1966 | Revolver | John | As 'don't get' in verse 1 |
| 28 | Taxman×4 | 1966 | Revolver | George | As 'don't take', 'don't ask', 'don't want' in verses 2 & 3 |
| 29 | Love You To | 1966 | Revolver | George | As 'don't get' in verse 1 |
| 30 | Lovely Rita | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'don't believe' in outro |
| 31 | Good Morning Good Morning | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | John | As 'don't want' in verse 2 |
| 32 | Within You Without You | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | George | As 'don't know' in verse 3 |
| 33 | Fixing a Hole | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'don't get' in choruses 1 & 2 |
| 34 | Hello, Goodbye | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Paul | As 'don't know' in verse 2; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 35 | I Am the Walrus | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | John | As 'don't come' in bridge |
| 36 | The Fool on the Hill | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Paul | As 'don't like' in verse 4 |
| 37 | Hey Jude×4 | 1968 | Past Masters | Paul | As 'don't make', 'don't carry', 'don't let' in verses 1, 3 & 4; bridge 1; outro |
| 38 | Martha My Dear | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'don't forget' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 39 | Helter Skelter | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'don't let' in verses 2 & 3 |
| 40 | While My Guitar Gently Weeps | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | George | As 'don't know' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 41 | Don't Pass Me By×9 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Ringo | As 'don't arrive', 'don't hear', 'don't love', 'don't see', 'don't pass', 'don't make' in verses 1 & 2; choruses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 42 | Back in the U.S.S.R. | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'don't know' in verses 1 & 2; solo |
| 43 | I'm So Tired | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'don't know' in verse 2 |
| 44 | Piggies | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | George | As 'don't care' in bridge |
| 45 | Hey Bulldog×3 | 1969 | Yellow Submarine | John | As 'don't know', 'don't look' in verse 2; outro |
| 46 | Don't Let Me Down | 1969 | Past Masters | John, Paul | As 'don't let' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4; outro |
| 47 | The Ballad of John and Yoko | 1969 | Past Masters | John | As 'don't take' in bridge |
| 48 | Something×4 | 1969 | Abbey Road | George | As 'don't want', 'don't need', 'don't know' in verse 2; choruses 1, 2 & 3; bridge |
| 49 | The Long and Winding Road×3 | 1970 | Let It Be | Paul | As 'don't leave', 'don't keep' in verses 3 & 4 |
As 'don't need', 'don't want' in verse 2; bridge
As 'don't know' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'don't bother', 'don't get', 'don't come' in verses 3 & 4; choruses 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5; bridges 1 & 2; outro
As 'don't care', 'don't need' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'don't know' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'don't run', 'don't hurt' in verse 2
As 'don't want', 'don't need' in verses 1 & 2
As 'don't give', 'don't ask' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'don't want', 'don't care' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'don't wear' in verses 3 & 4
As 'don't care', 'don't know' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4; bridges 1 & 2; outro
As 'don't know' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'don't realize', 'don't want' in verse 1; bridges 1 & 2
As 'don't take', 'don't treat' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'don't take', 'don't want' in verses 1, 3 & 4
As 'don't treat' in verse 1
As 'don't look', 'don't sound' in verse 1; choruses 1 & 2
As 'don't regret', 'don't know' in verses 1 & 2
As 'don't know' in verse 2
As 'don't wait' in verses 2 & 4
As 'don't know', 'don't worry', 'don't hurry' in bridges 1, 2 & 3
As 'don't mind' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'don't wake', 'don't shake', 'don't mind' in verse 2; choruses 1 & 4
As 'don't understand' in choruses 1 & 2
As 'don't know', 'don't mind' in verses 3 & 4
As 'don't believe' in verse 2
As 'don't get' in verse 1
As 'don't take', 'don't ask', 'don't want' in verses 2 & 3
As 'don't get' in verse 1
As 'don't believe' in outro
As 'don't want' in verse 2
As 'don't know' in verse 3
As 'don't get' in choruses 1 & 2
As 'don't know' in verse 2; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'don't come' in bridge
As 'don't like' in verse 4
As 'don't make', 'don't carry', 'don't let' in verses 1, 3 & 4; bridge 1; outro
As 'don't forget' in verses 1 & 2
As 'don't let' in verses 2 & 3
As 'don't know' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'don't arrive', 'don't hear', 'don't love', 'don't see', 'don't pass', 'don't make' in verses 1 & 2; choruses 1, 2 & 3
As 'don't know' in verses 1 & 2; solo
As 'don't know' in verse 2
As 'don't care' in bridge
As 'don't know', 'don't look' in verse 2; outro
As 'don't let' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4; outro
As 'don't take' in bridge
As 'don't want', 'don't need', 'don't know' in verse 2; choruses 1, 2 & 3; bridge
As 'don't leave', 'don't keep' in verses 3 & 4
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