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 | Love Me Do | 1962 | Please Please Me | Paul, John | As 'love me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; outro |
| 2 | Ask Me Why×3 | 1963 | Please Please Me | John | As 'tell me', 'makes me', 'ask me' in verses 1, 2 & 3; refrains 1, 2 & 3 |
| 3 | Please Please Me×3 | 1963 | Please Please Me | John, Paul | As 'please me', 'need me', 'make me' in verse 2; choruses 1, 2 & 3; bridge |
| 4 | Do You Want to Know a Secret | 1963 | Please Please Me | George | As 'let me' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 5 | Misery | 1963 | Please Please Me | John, Paul | As 'treating me' in intro; verse 1 |
| 6 | Thank You Girl×2 | 1963 | Past Masters | John, Paul | As 'made me', 'loving me' in verses 1 & 3; bridge |
| 7 | She Loves You | 1963 | Past Masters | Paul, John | As 'told me' in verse 1 |
| 8 | I'll Get You | 1963 | Past Masters | John, Paul | As 'like me' in choruses 1 & 3 |
| 9 | All I've Got to Do | 1963 | With The Beatles | John | As 'want me' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 10 | Don't Bother Me×2 | 1963 | With The Beatles | George | As 'leave me', 'bother me' in verse 2; choruses 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5; outro |
| 11 | Hold Me Tight×3 | 1963 | With The Beatles | Paul | As 'hold me', 'tell me', 'let me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 12 | It Won't Be Long×2 | 1963 | With The Beatles | John | As 'left me', 'leave me' in verse 3; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 13 | Not a Second Time×3 | 1963 | With The Beatles | John | As 'made me', 'giving me', 'hurt me' in verses 1 & 3; choruses 1 & 2 |
| 14 | I Wanna Be Your Man×3 | 1963 | With The Beatles | Ringo | As 'tell me', 'love me', 'let me' in verse 2; outro |
| 15 | I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1963 | Past Masters | John, Paul | As 'let me' in verse 2 |
| 16 | Can't Buy Me Love×4 | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Paul | As 'buy me', 'love me', 'tells me', 'tell me' in intro; verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; bridges 1 & 2; outro |
| 17 | Any Time at All | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | As 'call me' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 18 | I Should Have Known Better×2 | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | As 'love me', 'give me' in verse 3; bridges 1 & 2; outro |
| 19 | Things We Said Today | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Paul | As 'love me' in verses 1, 3 & 4 |
| 20 | If I Fell×2 | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John, Paul | As 'help me', 'love me' in intro; verse 1 |
| 21 | When I Get Home | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | As 'let me' in verse 3 |
| 22 | And I Love Her | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Paul | As 'gives me' in verse 2 |
| 23 | I'll Be Back | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | As 'want me' in bridge 2 |
| 24 | Tell Me Why×3 | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | As 'tell me', 'left me', 'treat me' in verses 1 & 2; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 25 | A Hard Day's Night×3 | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John, Paul | As 'make me', 'give me', 'holding me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 5; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 26 | She's a Woman×8 | 1964 | Past Masters | Paul | As 'give me', 'turn me', 'tell me', 'see me', 'hear me', 'make me', 'gives me', 'ask me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 27 | I Feel Fine | 1964 | Past Masters | John | As 'tells me' in verses 2 & 4 |
| 28 | What You're Doing | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | Paul | As 'got me' in verses 2, 3 & 4 |
| 29 | Every Little Thing×2 | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | John | As 'tell me', 'loves me' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 30 | Baby's in Black | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | John, Paul | As 'tell me' in choruses 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
| 31 | Eight Days a Week×2 | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | John | As 'hold me', 'love me' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 32 | No Reply×2 | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | John | As 'saw me', 'gave me' in verse 1; bridge |
| 33 | I Don't Want to Spoil the Party×2 | 1964 | Beatles For Sale | John | As 'let me', 'made me' in verses 1 & 3; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 34 | Yes It Is | 1965 | Past Masters | John, Paul, George | As 'make me' in verses 3 & 4 |
| 35 | Ticket to Ride | 1965 | Help! | John | As 'driving me' in verses 1 & 3 |
| 36 | Help! | 1965 | Help! | John | As 'help me' in choruses 1, 2 & 3; outro |
| 37 | You've Got to Hide Your Love Away | 1965 | Help! | John | As 'let me' in verse 2 |
| 38 | I Need You×4 | 1965 | Help! | George | As 'tell me', 'upset me', 'told me', 'hurt me' in verse 2; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 39 | Another Girl×2 | 1965 | Help! | Paul | As 'making me', 'love me' in verse 1; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 40 | Tell Me What You See×2 | 1965 | Help! | John, Paul | As 'let me', 'tell me' in verse 1; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4; refrains 1 & 2 |
| 41 | You Like Me Too Much×5 | 1965 | Help! | George | As 'telling me', 'leave me', 'like me', 'make me', 'believe me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; bridges 1 & 2; solo; outro |
| 42 | The Night Before×2 | 1965 | Help! | Paul | As 'treat me', 'makes me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; refrain; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 43 | The Word | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John, Paul | As 'like me' in choruses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 44 | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)×3 | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | As 'showed me', 'asked me', 'told me' in verse 1; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 45 | I'm Looking Through You×2 | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Paul | As 'tell me', 'treat me' in refrains 1 & 2 |
| 46 | What Goes On×4 | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Ringo | As 'treat me', 'tell me', 'watch me', 'tearing me' in verses 1, 2 & 3; choruses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 47 | You Won't See Me | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Paul | As 'see me' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 48 | Wait | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John, Paul | As 'turn me' in verses 2 & 4 |
| 49 | Day Tripper | 1965 | Past Masters | John, Paul | As 'took me' in verse 2; choruses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 50 | Nowhere Man | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | As 'see me' in verse 3 |
| 51 | Rain | 1966 | Past Masters | John | As 'hear me' in verse 4 |
| 52 | Paperback Writer | 1966 | Past Masters | Paul | As 'took me' in verse 1 |
| 53 | Got to Get You into My Life | 1966 | Revolver | Paul | As 'hear me' in chorus 2 |
| 54 | Good Day Sunshine | 1966 | Revolver | Paul | As 'loving me' in verse 3 |
| 55 | I'm Only Sleeping×3 | 1966 | Revolver | John | As 'wake me', 'shake me', 'leave me' in choruses 1 & 4 |
| 56 | I Want to Tell You | 1966 | Revolver | George | As 'drag me' in verse 2 |
| 57 | Love You To×2 | 1966 | Revolver | George | As 'love me', 'want me' in choruses 1 & 4 |
| 58 | And Your Bird Can Sing×4 | 1966 | Revolver | John | As 'tell me', 'get me', 'see me', 'hear me' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 59 | Taxman×2 | 1966 | Revolver | George | As 'let me', 'ask me' in verses 1 & 3 |
| 60 | She Said She Said×2 | 1966 | Revolver | John | As 'make me', 'making me' in verses 2, 3 & 4 |
| 61 | Strawberry Fields Forever | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | John | As 'let me' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 62 | Getting Better×6 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'taught me', 'holding me', 'turning me', 'filling me', 'hiding me', 'gave me' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 63 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul, John, George | As 'kills me' in outro |
| 64 | When I'm Sixty-Four×6 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'sending me', 'need me', 'feed me', 'send me', 'drop me', 'give me' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 65 | Lovely Rita | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'make me' in chorus 3 |
| 66 | With a Little Help from My Friends | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Ringo | As 'lend me' in verse 1 |
| 67 | Fixing a Hole×2 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'worry me', 'ask me' in chorus 2 |
| 68 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'let me' in verse 2 |
| 69 | Your Mother Should Know | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Paul | As 'sing me' in verse 3 |
| 70 | Hey Jude | 1968 | Past Masters | Paul | As 'let me' in verse 3 |
| 71 | Revolution×3 | 1968 | Past Masters | John | As 'tell me', 'count me', 'ask me' in verses 1, 2 & 3; pre-chorus 1 |
| 72 | I Will | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'want me' in verse 1 |
| 73 | Honey Pie×5 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'hear me', 'making me', 'show me', 'makes me', 'driving me' in intro; verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; bridge 1 |
| 74 | Don't Pass Me By×4 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Ringo | As 'love me', 'pass me', 'make me', 'hurt me' in verses 1 & 2; choruses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 75 | Dear Prudence | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'let me' in verse 3 |
| 76 | Julia×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'calls me', 'touch me' in verses 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
| 77 | Martha My Dear×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'remember me', 'forget me' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 78 | Revolution 1×3 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'tell me', 'count me', 'ask me' in verses 1, 2 & 3; pre-chorus 1 |
| 79 | Cry Baby Cry | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'take me' in outro |
| 80 | Savoy Truffle | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | George | As 'show me' in bridge 2 |
| 81 | Revolution 9×3 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | – | As 'forgive me', 'makes me', 'called me' in intro; verses 3 & 6 |
| 82 | Back in the U.S.S.R.×5 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'knock me', 'make me', 'show me', 'take me', 'let me' in verse 3; choruses 1 & 2 |
| 83 | Helter Skelter×3 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'want me', 'tell me', 'let me' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 84 | Mother Nature's Son | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'find me' in verse 3 |
| 85 | It's All Too Much×3 | 1969 | Yellow Submarine | George | As 'sail me', 'show me', 'get me' in verse 3 |
| 86 | Hey Bulldog | 1969 | Yellow Submarine | John | As 'know me' in verse 3 |
| 87 | Don't Let Me Down×2 | 1969 | Past Masters | John, Paul | As 'let me', 'loved me' in verse 1; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4; outro |
| 88 | Old Brown Shoe×3 | 1969 | Past Masters | George | As 'pick me', 'drag me', 'got me' in verse 2; chorus 2 |
| 89 | Oh! Darling×4 | 1969 | Abbey Road | Paul | As 'believe me', 'leave me', 'told me', 'need me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 90 | Because×2 | 1969 | Abbey Road | John, Paul, George | As 'turns me', 'makes me' in verses 1 & 3 |
| 91 | Something×3 | 1969 | Abbey Road | George | As 'attracts me', 'shows me', 'asking me' in verses 1, 2 & 3; bridge |
| 92 | You Never Give Me Your Money | 1969 | Abbey Road | Paul | As 'give me' in verse 1 |
| 93 | I Want You (She's So Heavy) | 1969 | Abbey Road | John | As 'driving me' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 94 | She Came in Through the Bathroom Window | 1969 | Abbey Road | Paul | As 'help me' in verse 2 |
| 95 | Come Together | 1969 | Abbey Road | John | As 'know me' in verse 2 |
| 96 | Across the Universe (Wildlife version)×4 | 1969 | Past Masters | John | As 'caressing me', 'call me', 'inviting me', 'calls me' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 97 | I've Got a Feeling×4 | 1970 | Let It Be | Paul, John | As 'believe me', 'leave me', 'told me', 'keeps me' in verses 2 & 3; bridge |
| 98 | The Long and Winding Road×6 | 1970 | Let It Be | Paul | As 'leads me', 'lead me', 'leave me', 'let me', 'left me', 'keep me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 99 | Across the Universe×4 | 1970 | Let It Be | John | As 'caressing me', 'call me', 'inviting me', 'calls me' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 100 | Free as a Bird | 1995 | Reunion singles | John, Paul, George | As 'made me' in bridges 1 & 2 |
As 'love me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; outro
As 'tell me', 'makes me', 'ask me' in verses 1, 2 & 3; refrains 1, 2 & 3
As 'please me', 'need me', 'make me' in verse 2; choruses 1, 2 & 3; bridge
As 'let me' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'treating me' in intro; verse 1
As 'made me', 'loving me' in verses 1 & 3; bridge
As 'told me' in verse 1
As 'like me' in choruses 1 & 3
As 'want me' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'leave me', 'bother me' in verse 2; choruses 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5; outro
As 'hold me', 'tell me', 'let me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'left me', 'leave me' in verse 3; bridges 1 & 2
As 'made me', 'giving me', 'hurt me' in verses 1 & 3; choruses 1 & 2
As 'tell me', 'love me', 'let me' in verse 2; outro
As 'let me' in verse 2
As 'buy me', 'love me', 'tells me', 'tell me' in intro; verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; bridges 1 & 2; outro
As 'call me' in verses 1 & 2
As 'love me', 'give me' in verse 3; bridges 1 & 2; outro
As 'love me' in verses 1, 3 & 4
As 'help me', 'love me' in intro; verse 1
As 'let me' in verse 3
As 'gives me' in verse 2
As 'want me' in bridge 2
As 'tell me', 'left me', 'treat me' in verses 1 & 2; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'make me', 'give me', 'holding me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 5; bridges 1 & 2
As 'give me', 'turn me', 'tell me', 'see me', 'hear me', 'make me', 'gives me', 'ask me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'tells me' in verses 2 & 4
As 'got me' in verses 2, 3 & 4
As 'tell me', 'loves me' in verses 1 & 2
As 'tell me' in choruses 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
As 'hold me', 'love me' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'saw me', 'gave me' in verse 1; bridge
As 'let me', 'made me' in verses 1 & 3; bridges 1 & 2
As 'make me' in verses 3 & 4
As 'driving me' in verses 1 & 3
As 'help me' in choruses 1, 2 & 3; outro
As 'let me' in verse 2
As 'tell me', 'upset me', 'told me', 'hurt me' in verse 2; bridges 1 & 2
As 'making me', 'love me' in verse 1; bridges 1 & 2
As 'let me', 'tell me' in verse 1; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4; refrains 1 & 2
As 'telling me', 'leave me', 'like me', 'make me', 'believe me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; bridges 1 & 2; solo; outro
As 'treat me', 'makes me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; refrain; bridges 1 & 2
As 'like me' in choruses 1, 2 & 3
As 'showed me', 'asked me', 'told me' in verse 1; bridges 1 & 2
As 'tell me', 'treat me' in refrains 1 & 2
As 'treat me', 'tell me', 'watch me', 'tearing me' in verses 1, 2 & 3; choruses 1, 2 & 3
As 'see me' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'turn me' in verses 2 & 4
As 'took me' in verse 2; choruses 1, 2 & 3
As 'see me' in verse 3
As 'hear me' in verse 4
As 'took me' in verse 1
As 'hear me' in chorus 2
As 'loving me' in verse 3
As 'wake me', 'shake me', 'leave me' in choruses 1 & 4
As 'drag me' in verse 2
As 'love me', 'want me' in choruses 1 & 4
As 'tell me', 'get me', 'see me', 'hear me' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'let me', 'ask me' in verses 1 & 3
As 'make me', 'making me' in verses 2, 3 & 4
As 'let me' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'taught me', 'holding me', 'turning me', 'filling me', 'hiding me', 'gave me' in verses 1 & 2
As 'kills me' in outro
As 'sending me', 'need me', 'feed me', 'send me', 'drop me', 'give me' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'make me' in chorus 3
As 'lend me' in verse 1
As 'worry me', 'ask me' in chorus 2
As 'let me' in verse 2
As 'sing me' in verse 3
As 'let me' in verse 3
As 'tell me', 'count me', 'ask me' in verses 1, 2 & 3; pre-chorus 1
As 'want me' in verse 1
As 'hear me', 'making me', 'show me', 'makes me', 'driving me' in intro; verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; bridge 1
As 'love me', 'pass me', 'make me', 'hurt me' in verses 1 & 2; choruses 1, 2 & 3
As 'let me' in verse 3
As 'calls me', 'touch me' in verses 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
As 'remember me', 'forget me' in verses 1 & 2
As 'tell me', 'count me', 'ask me' in verses 1, 2 & 3; pre-chorus 1
As 'take me' in outro
As 'show me' in bridge 2
As 'forgive me', 'makes me', 'called me' in intro; verses 3 & 6
As 'knock me', 'make me', 'show me', 'take me', 'let me' in verse 3; choruses 1 & 2
As 'want me', 'tell me', 'let me' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'find me' in verse 3
As 'sail me', 'show me', 'get me' in verse 3
As 'know me' in verse 3
As 'let me', 'loved me' in verse 1; choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4; outro
As 'pick me', 'drag me', 'got me' in verse 2; chorus 2
As 'believe me', 'leave me', 'told me', 'need me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; bridges 1 & 2
As 'turns me', 'makes me' in verses 1 & 3
As 'attracts me', 'shows me', 'asking me' in verses 1, 2 & 3; bridge
As 'give me' in verse 1
As 'driving me' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'help me' in verse 2
As 'know me' in verse 2
As 'caressing me', 'call me', 'inviting me', 'calls me' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'believe me', 'leave me', 'told me', 'keeps me' in verses 2 & 3; bridge
As 'leads me', 'lead me', 'leave me', 'let me', 'left me', 'keep me' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'caressing me', 'call me', 'inviting me', 'calls me' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'made me' in bridges 1 & 2
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