Anatomy

Body parts as imagery: eyes, hands, hearts, hair.

107

songs

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The Anatomy motif is on 22 of the 34 songs the Beatles released in 1968, and 2 of 12 by 1970.

1968 1970

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early20 · 22%

Mid-period35 · 38%

Late38 · 41%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)19

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band6

Magical Mystery Tour5

Songs(94 of 107)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	Heart
2	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	'In your ear'
3	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	'My heart went boom'; 'held her hand'
4	There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	Head
5	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	'arms', 'lips', 'heart'
6	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	Ear
7	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	Eyes, lips
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8	It Won't Be Long	1963	With The Beatles	John	Eyes
9	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	'Hold your hand'
10	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	'Gib mir deine Hand' (give me your hand)
11	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Face
12	If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	Hands, heart
13	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	Hand, face
14	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Head, eyes
15	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Eyes, shoulder
16	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Heart
17	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Shoulder, feet
18	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	'What a kiss could be'
19	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	Eye
20	No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Face, hand
21	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	Hands
22	Help!	1965	Help!	John	'Feet back on the ground'
23	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	Eyes
24	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	Eyes
25	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	'Head in hand'; 'two-foot small'
26	I've Just Seen a Face	1965	Help!	Paul	Face
27	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	Heart, eyes
28	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Hand
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29	Run for Your Life	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Head, toe
30	Wait	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	Heart
31	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	Heart
32	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	Eyes
33	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Hands
34	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	Heart
35	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Lips
36	I'm Only Sleeping	1966	Revolver	John	Head, eye
37	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	Face, hands
38	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	'Eyes', 'tears', 'head'
39	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	Feet, eyes
40	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	Head
41	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	Feet
42	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	'You can't see me / You can't hear me'
43	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	Head
44	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	Hand, hands, hair, eyes
45	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Head, ears, eyes, finger
46	Strawberry Fields Forever	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Eyes
47	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Hair, knee
48	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	Face, head
49	Getting Better	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Head
50	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Eyes, head
51	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	Ears
52	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Heart, shoulder
53	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Eye
54	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Face, eye
55	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Eyes, head
56	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	Feet, head
57	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	Head
58	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	Heart, skin, shoulder
59	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Brain
60	Martha My Dear	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Head, hand
61	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Knee
62	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	Eyes
63	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	–	Eyes, teeth, hair, shoulder
64	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	Hands, hair
65	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Heart
66	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	"my eye", "my bones", "my soul"
67	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Teeth: 'have them all pulled out'
68	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Eyes, hair, heart
69	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Fingers
70	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Eyes
71	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Face, hand
72	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Head
73	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Eyes
74	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Hand, eyes, hands, arms, finger
75	Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Eye, legs
76	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Eyes
77	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Knee
78	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	Hands
79	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Eyes, hair
80	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	'If my hair is brown'
81	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	Fingers
82	Old Brown Shoe	1969	Past Masters	George	Finger, lip
83	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	Head
84	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Head, lips
85	Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Eyes
86	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	Head
87	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Thumb
88	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Belly
89	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	Nose
90	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	'Ju-ju eyeball', 'monkey finger', 'spinal cracker', 'feet down below his knee'
91	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	Eyes, ears
92	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	Toes, hair, foot
93	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	Eyes, ears
94	Real Love	1996	Reunion singles	John	Heart