when there's [NOUN] [ADV]

Lyric template recurring across Beatles songs.

songs

1% of catalog

Analysis

Song count per year

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

Early1 · 50%

Mid-period1 · 50%

Late0 · 0%

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	As 'when there's people there' in bridges 1 & 2
2	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	As 'when there's nobody there' in verse 2

As 'when there's people there' in bridges 1 & 2

As 'when there's nobody there' in verse 2

Updated 2026-08-20