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 | Ask Me Why×2 | 1963 | Please Please Me | John | As 'want to know', 'goes to show' in verses 1 & 3 |
| 2 | Please Please Me | 1963 | Please Please Me | John, Paul | As 'want to sound' in bridge |
| 3 | Do You Want to Know a Secret×2 | 1963 | Please Please Me | George | As 'want to know', 'long to hear' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 4 | From Me to You×2 | 1963 | Past Masters | John, Paul | As 'long to hold', 'long to kiss' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 5 | Hold Me Tight | 1963 | With The Beatles | Paul | As 'means to hold' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 6 | All I've Got to Do×3 | 1963 | With The Beatles | John | As 'want to kiss', 'long to hear', 'got to call' in verses 2 & 3; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 7 | I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1963 | Past Masters | John, Paul | As 'want to hold' in verse 3 |
| 8 | Can't Buy Me Love | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Paul | As 'got to give' in verse 2 |
| 9 | You Can't Do That×2 | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | As 'going to let', 'want to stay' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 10 | I'll Cry Instead×2 | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | As 'try to make', 'start to stare' in verse 2; bridges 1 & 2 |
| 11 | I Should Have Known Better | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | As 'got to give' in verse 3 |
| 12 | Things We Said Today | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Paul | As 'love to hear' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 13 | I'm Happy Just to Dance with You×4 | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | George | As 'want to kiss', 'need to hug', 'want to dance', 'tries to take' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 14 | I'll Be Back×3 | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | As 'try to show', 'trying to pretend', 'hate to leave' in verses 2 & 3; bridge 3 |
| 15 | Any Time at All | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John | As 'try to make' in verse 2 |
| 16 | If I Fell | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | John, Paul | As 'love to love' in verses 3 & 4 |
| 17 | She's a Woman | 1964 | Past Masters | Paul | As 'hates to see' in verse 2 |
| 18 | Ticket to Ride | 1965 | Help! | John | As 'gets to saying' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 19 | Help! | 1965 | Help! | John | As 'seems to vanish' in verse 2 |
| 20 | Yesterday | 1965 | Help! | Paul | As 'place to hide' in verses 3 & 4 |
| 21 | You've Got to Hide Your Love Away | 1965 | Help! | John | As 'got to hide' in choruses 1 & 2 |
| 22 | Another Girl | 1965 | Help! | Paul | As 'want to say' in verses 3 & 4 |
| 23 | Tell Me What You See×2 | 1965 | Help! | John, Paul | As 'try to see', 'trying to get' in verses 3 & 4 |
| 24 | Michelle×2 | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Paul | As 'want to say', 'need to make' in bridges 1 & 2 |
| 25 | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | As 'started to laugh' in bridge 2 |
| 26 | Girl×3 | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | As 'going to listen', 'came to stay', 'start to cry' in verses 1 & 2 |
| 27 | What Goes On | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Ringo | As 'mean to break' in verse 3 |
| 28 | You Won't See Me×2 | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Paul | As 'want to hide', 'want to stay' in verse 2 |
| 29 | We Can Work It Out | 1965 | Past Masters | Paul, John | As 'try to see' in verses 1, 3 & 4 |
| 30 | Day Tripper | 1965 | Past Masters | John, Paul | As 'tried to please' in verse 3 |
| 31 | Nowhere Man | 1965 | Rubber Soul | John | As 'wants to see' in verse 3 |
| 32 | Rain | 1966 | Past Masters | John | As 'starts to rain' in verse 3 |
| 33 | Got to Get You into My Life×2 | 1966 | Revolver | Paul | As 'got to get', 'want to stay' in verse 3; choruses 3 & 5 |
| 34 | Yellow Submarine | 1966 | Revolver | Ringo | As 'begins to play' in verse 3 |
| 35 | I Want to Tell You×4 | 1966 | Revolver | George | As 'want to tell', 'seem to slip', 'begin to drag', 'seem to act' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; chorus 1 |
| 36 | I'm Only Sleeping | 1966 | Revolver | John | As 'seems to think' in verse 2 |
| 37 | Good Day Sunshine | 1966 | Revolver | Paul | As 'need to laugh' in verse 1 |
| 38 | Taxman×2 | 1966 | Revolver | George | As 'try to sit', 'want to pay' in verse 3; bridge |
| 39 | Penny Lane | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Paul | As 'likes to keep' in verse 3 |
| 40 | When I'm Sixty-Four | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'mean to say' in verse 3 |
| 41 | Lovely Rita×2 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'tried to win', 'like to see' in verse 2 |
| 42 | Good Morning Good Morning×4 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | John | As 'going to work', 'start to smile', 'decide to take', 'needs to know' in verses 2, 3 & 4 |
| 43 | She's Leaving Home×2 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul, John | As 'lives to get', 'waiting to keep' in verse 3; chorus 2 |
| 44 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul, John, George | As 'like to thank' in verse 2 |
| 45 | Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | John | As 'waiting to take' in pre-chorus 2 |
| 46 | A Day in the Life×2 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | John, Paul | As 'love to turn', 'takes to fill' in verses 3 & 4 |
| 47 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band×6 | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'guaranteed to raise', 'like to take', 'love to take', 'want to stop', 'like to know', 'going to sing' in verses 1 & 2; bridge |
| 48 | Getting Better | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Paul | As 'got to admit' in choruses 1, 2 & 4 |
| 49 | Baby, You're a Rich Man | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | John | As 'going to play' in verse 3 |
| 50 | Magical Mystery Tour×4 | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Paul | As 'waiting to take', 'hoping to take', 'coming to take', 'dying to take' in choruses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 51 | Blue Jay Way | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | George | As 'goes to show' in verse 2 |
| 52 | The Fool on the Hill×4 | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Paul | As 'wants to know', 'appears to make', 'seems to notice', 'seems to like' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 53 | Lady Madonna×3 | 1968 | Past Masters | Paul | As 'manage to make', 'learned to tie', 'manage to feed' in verses 1, 2 & 4; bridge 1 |
| 54 | Revolution | 1968 | Past Masters | John | As 'love to see' in verse 2 |
| 55 | Hey Jude×3 | 1968 | Past Masters | Paul | As 'remember to let', 'start to make', 'begin to make' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4 |
| 56 | Don't Pass Me By×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Ringo | As 'hate to see', 'waiting to hear' in verse 3; choruses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 57 | Blackbird×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'learn to fly', 'learn to see' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 58 | Revolution 1×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'love to see', 'love to change' in verses 2 & 3 |
| 59 | Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'begins to sing' in verse 2 |
| 60 | Cry Baby Cry | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'came to play' in verse 2 |
| 61 | Good Night | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Ringo | As 'begins to shine' in verse 2 |
| 62 | Savoy Truffle×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | George | As 'going to know', 'going to fill' in bridge 1 |
| 63 | Revolution 9×2 | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | – | As 'intended to pay', 'seemed to bumped' in verses 1 & 5 |
| 64 | Rocky Raccoon | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | Paul | As 'proceeded to lie' in verse 3 |
| 65 | Yer Blues | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'want to die' in refrains 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 |
| 66 | Glass Onion | 1968 | The Beatles (The White Album) | John | As 'trying to make' in refrains 2 & 3 |
| 67 | Hey Bulldog | 1969 | Yellow Submarine | John | As 'like to listen' in verse 2 |
| 68 | Get Back | 1969 | Let It Be | Paul | As 'like to say' in outro |
| 69 | Old Brown Shoe | 1969 | Past Masters | George | As 'try to drag' in verse 2 |
| 70 | The Ballad of John and Yoko×2 | 1969 | Past Masters | John | As 'trying to get', 'called to say' in verses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 71 | Maxwell's Silver Hammer | 1969 | Abbey Road | Paul | As 'wishing to avoid' in verse 2 |
| 72 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 1969 | Abbey Road | John | As 'trying to save' in verse 1 |
| 73 | Something | 1969 | Abbey Road | George | As 'want to leave' in choruses 1, 2 & 3 |
| 74 | I've Got a Feeling | 1970 | Let It Be | Paul, John | As 'hate to miss' in verse 2 |
| 75 | Free as a Bird | 1995 | Reunion singles | John, Paul, George | As 'seemed to mean' in bridge 1 |
As 'want to know', 'goes to show' in verses 1 & 3
As 'want to sound' in bridge
As 'want to know', 'long to hear' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'long to hold', 'long to kiss' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'means to hold' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'want to kiss', 'long to hear', 'got to call' in verses 2 & 3; bridges 1 & 2
As 'want to hold' in verse 3
As 'got to give' in verse 2
As 'going to let', 'want to stay' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'try to make', 'start to stare' in verse 2; bridges 1 & 2
As 'got to give' in verse 3
As 'love to hear' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'want to kiss', 'need to hug', 'want to dance', 'tries to take' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'try to show', 'trying to pretend', 'hate to leave' in verses 2 & 3; bridge 3
As 'try to make' in verse 2
As 'love to love' in verses 3 & 4
As 'hates to see' in verse 2
As 'gets to saying' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'seems to vanish' in verse 2
As 'place to hide' in verses 3 & 4
As 'got to hide' in choruses 1 & 2
As 'want to say' in verses 3 & 4
As 'try to see', 'trying to get' in verses 3 & 4
As 'want to say', 'need to make' in bridges 1 & 2
As 'started to laugh' in bridge 2
As 'going to listen', 'came to stay', 'start to cry' in verses 1 & 2
As 'mean to break' in verse 3
As 'want to hide', 'want to stay' in verse 2
As 'try to see' in verses 1, 3 & 4
As 'tried to please' in verse 3
As 'wants to see' in verse 3
As 'starts to rain' in verse 3
As 'got to get', 'want to stay' in verse 3; choruses 3 & 5
As 'begins to play' in verse 3
As 'want to tell', 'seem to slip', 'begin to drag', 'seem to act' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4; chorus 1
As 'seems to think' in verse 2
As 'need to laugh' in verse 1
As 'try to sit', 'want to pay' in verse 3; bridge
As 'likes to keep' in verse 3
As 'mean to say' in verse 3
As 'tried to win', 'like to see' in verse 2
As 'going to work', 'start to smile', 'decide to take', 'needs to know' in verses 2, 3 & 4
As 'lives to get', 'waiting to keep' in verse 3; chorus 2
As 'like to thank' in verse 2
As 'waiting to take' in pre-chorus 2
As 'love to turn', 'takes to fill' in verses 3 & 4
As 'guaranteed to raise', 'like to take', 'love to take', 'want to stop', 'like to know', 'going to sing' in verses 1 & 2; bridge
As 'got to admit' in choruses 1, 2 & 4
As 'going to play' in verse 3
As 'waiting to take', 'hoping to take', 'coming to take', 'dying to take' in choruses 1, 2 & 3
As 'goes to show' in verse 2
As 'wants to know', 'appears to make', 'seems to notice', 'seems to like' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'manage to make', 'learned to tie', 'manage to feed' in verses 1, 2 & 4; bridge 1
As 'love to see' in verse 2
As 'remember to let', 'start to make', 'begin to make' in verses 1, 2, 3 & 4
As 'hate to see', 'waiting to hear' in verse 3; choruses 1, 2 & 3
As 'learn to fly', 'learn to see' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'love to see', 'love to change' in verses 2 & 3
As 'begins to sing' in verse 2
As 'came to play' in verse 2
As 'begins to shine' in verse 2
As 'going to know', 'going to fill' in bridge 1
As 'intended to pay', 'seemed to bumped' in verses 1 & 5
As 'proceeded to lie' in verse 3
As 'want to die' in refrains 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
As 'trying to make' in refrains 2 & 3
As 'like to listen' in verse 2
As 'like to say' in outro
As 'try to drag' in verse 2
As 'trying to get', 'called to say' in verses 1, 2 & 3
As 'wishing to avoid' in verse 2
As 'trying to save' in verse 1
As 'want to leave' in choruses 1, 2 & 3
As 'hate to miss' in verse 2
As 'seemed to mean' in bridge 1
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