Character

The song portraits a specific real or fictional character in detail

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The Character motif is on 1 of the 35 songs the Beatles released in 1964, and 8 of 24 by 1967.

1964 1967

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early0 · 0%

Mid-period16 · 52%

Late15 · 48%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)7

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band6

Magical Mystery Tour2

Let It Be2

Songs(31 of 36)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	The 'nowhere man' figure
2	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Unnamed woman
3	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	Aspiring starlet, unnamed
4	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Named Michelle
5	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	'Dirty man and his clinging wife'
6	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	Doctor Robert, drug-dispensing physician
7	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	Eleanor Rigby, Father McKenzie
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8	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	Unnamed 'she' who no longer loves him
9	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Barber, banker, fireman, nurse
10	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	'Girl with kaleidoscope eyes'
11	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Sgt. Pepper, Billy Shears
12	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	Daughter, mother, father
13	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Mr. Kite, Mr. Henderson, Henry the Horse
14	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	Sgt. Pepper
15	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Rita the meter maid
16	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Unnamed solitary visionary on a hill
17	Lady Madonna	1968	Past Masters	Paul	Working-class single mother
18	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Working girl turned Hollywood star
19	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	'Sadie' = Maharishi pseudonym
20	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Bungalow Bill, the tiger hunter
21	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Mother Superior, man in the crowd
22	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	King of Marigold, Duchess of Kirkcaldy
23	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Little piggies vs bigger piggies
24	Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Rocky, Nancy, Dan
25	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	Jo Jo and Sweet Loretta Martin
26	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	Polythene Pam, fictional composite
27	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	Mean Mr. Mustard and his sister Pam
28	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Maxwell Edison, serial killer
29	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	Unnamed 'he' described across four verses
30	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	Denis O'Bell, fictional lounge singer
31	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	Railman appears with dialogue