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Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs.

songs

23% of catalog

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early9 · 20%

Mid-period16 · 36%

Late20 · 44%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)11

Past Masters7

With The Beatles4

Rubber Soul4

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band4

A Hard Day's Night3

Revolver3

Let It Be3

Magical Mystery Tour2

Songs(44 of 53)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	As 'come on' in choruses 1, 2 & 3
2	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	As 'call on' in verses 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
3	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	As 'come on' in bridges 1 & 2
4	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	As 'coming on' in bridges 1 & 2
5	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	As 'call on' in bridges 1 & 2
6	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	As 'come on' in outro
7	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	As 'come on' in verses 1, 2 & 3
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8	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	As 'cry on' in verse 2
9	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	As 'sitting on' in verse 1
10	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	As 'come on' in verses 1, 3 & 4
11	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	As 'sat on' in verse 2
12	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	As 'goes on' in verse 2; choruses 1, 2 & 3
13	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	As 'number on' in verses 3 & 5
14	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	As 'hold on' in verses 2 & 4
15	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	As 'keep on' in verse 1
16	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	As 'based on' in verse 1
17	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	As 'linger on' in verse 1
18	Love You To	1966	Revolver	George	As 'sign on' in verse 1
19	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	As 'sailed on' in verse 2
20	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	As 'grandchildren on' in bridge 2
21	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	As 'sitting on' in verse 2
22	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	As 'appear on' in pre-chorus 2
23	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	As 'flows on' in choruses 1 & 2
24	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	As 'sitting on' in verse 2
25	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	As 'fool on' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4
26	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	As 'lying on' in verse 3
27	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	As 'put on' in verse 4
28	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	As 'set on' in verse 2
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29	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	As 'goes on' in bridge
30	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	As 'come on' in verse 1
31	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	As 'turn on' in bridge 1
32	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	As 'a'ticking on' in verse 2
33	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	As 'come on' in chorus 1
34	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	As 'come on' in verses 1, 2 & 3; outro
35	Rocky Raccoon×2	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	As 'lie on', 'come on' in verse 3; outro
36	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	As 'goes on' in choruses 1, 2, 3 & 4
37	Glass Onion×2	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	As 'standing on', 'fool on' in verse 3; refrain 2
38	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	As 'rings on' in bridge 1
39	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	As 'comes on' in verse 1
40	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	As 'head on' in verse 2
41	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	As 'come on' in interlude 1
42	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	As 'shines on' in verse 3
43	I Me Mine	1970	Let It Be	George	As 'coming on' in verse 1
44	One After 909×2	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	As 'traveling on', 'come on' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4