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Communication

Letters, calls, conversations - the act of reaching across distance.

110

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early29 · 31%

Mid-period37 · 40%

Late27 · 29%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)9

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band4

Magical Mystery Tour3

Yellow Submarine2

Book

The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics

Alan Aldridge

Book

Revolution in the Head

Ian MacDonald

Album

Past Masters

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Songs(93 of 110)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	P.S. I Love You	1962	Please Please Me	Paul	Love letter framing device
2	Ask Me Why	1963	Please Please Me	John	Tell, cry, ask, say
3	Please Please Me	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	Said, words, say
4	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	'Let me whisper in your ear'
5	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	'Just call on me'
6	She Loves You	1963	Past Masters	Paul, John	Narrator relaying her message
7	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	Tell

8	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	Cry
9	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	'I'll write home every day'
10	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	'Call you on the phone'
11	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	Tell
12	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Tell, say
13	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Say, tell
14	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	'I call your name'
15	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Say, talking, tell
16	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	'Things we said today'
17	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Tell, said, beg
18	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Tell, say, ask
19	If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	Cry
20	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Tell, say
21	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Cry, talk
22	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	'I told you once before goodbye'
23	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	'All you gotta do is call'
24	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	Said
25	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	Tell, cry, say, ask
26	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Ask
27	No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	'I tried to telephone'
28	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	Tell

29	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Say
30	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	Said
31	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	Said
32	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	Tell, cry
33	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	Said, cry
34	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	Say
35	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	Say
36	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	Say, said
37	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	Tell
38	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	'You told me'
39	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	'Carve your number on my wall'
40	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Reaching across language to be understood
41	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	Word/speech as central theme
42	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Cry, say, said
43	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	'Your lips are moving, I cannot hear'
44	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	Tell
45	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	Word, say
46	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	Said, say
47	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Say, said
48	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	Talking, say, ask, tell
49	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	'But I can't get through'
50	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	Framed as a query letter
51	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	Inability to articulate thoughts to another
52	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	Said, call
53	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	Tell, ask
54	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	Deny, speaking
55	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	Tell, say
56	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	Said
57	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	Tell, say
58	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	Words, said
59	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	Writing, words
60	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Call, say
61	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	Say, letter
62	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	Talking
63	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Postcard, line, form, valentine
64	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Whole lyric is a back-and-forth exchange
65	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	Said, ask
66	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Answer, talking, tell
67	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	Say, tell, talk, ask
68	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Tell, answer
69	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Call, say
70	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Cry, message
71	Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Said
72	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Phone, shout, tell
73	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Say, tell, talk, ask
74	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	Cry, said
75	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	'I say it just to reach you'
76	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	Say
77	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Words, say
78	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	Talk, say, said
79	Get Back	1969	Let It Be	Paul	Say
80	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	Said, say, talking
81	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Tell, phone, said, answer, say
82	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Tell, beg
83	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	Say
84	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Phone, writing, said, say, words
85	Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Cry
86	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Say, tell
87	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	Ask, shout, tell
88	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	Say, tell
89	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	Words, call, letter
90	Let It Be	1970	Let It Be	Paul	Speaking, words, whisper, answer
91	Across the Universe	1970	Let It Be	John	Words, call, letter
92	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	Said, calling
93	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	'Sending postcards, writing letters'