Communication

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

110

songs

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The Communication motif is on 23 of the 33 songs the Beatles released in 1965, and 7 of 24 by 1967.

1965 1967

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

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
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8	I Wanna Be Your Man	1963	With The Beatles	Ringo	Tell
9	Not a Second Time	1963	With The Beatles	John	Cry
10	All I've Got to Do	1963	With The Beatles	John	'Call you on the phone'
11	All My Loving	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	'I'll write home every day'
12	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	Tell, say
13	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	'I call your name'
14	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Say, tell
15	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Say, talking, tell
16	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Cry, talk
17	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	'I told you once before goodbye'
18	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	'All you gotta do is call'
19	I Should Have Known Better	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Tell, say, ask
20	If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	Cry
21	Tell Me Why	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Tell, said, beg
22	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	'Things we said today'
23	When I Get Home	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Tell, say
24	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	Said
25	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	Tell, cry, say, ask
26	No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	'I tried to telephone'
27	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Say
28	Baby's in Black	1964	Beatles For Sale	John, Paul	Tell
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29	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Ask
30	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	Said
31	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul, George	Said
32	I'm Down	1965	Past Masters	Paul	Tell, cry
33	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	'You told me'
34	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	Said, cry
35	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	Say
36	Another Girl	1965	Help!	Paul	Say
37	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	Say, said
38	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	Tell
39	I'm Looking Through You	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	'Your lips are moving, I cannot hear'
40	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	'Carve your number on my wall'
41	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Say, said
42	Drive My Car	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul, John	Said, say
43	Think for Yourself	1965	Rubber Soul	George	Word, say
44	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	'But I can't get through'
45	What Goes On	1965	Rubber Soul	Ringo	Tell
46	Girl	1965	Rubber Soul	John	Cry, say, said
47	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	Word/speech as central theme
48	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	Reaching across language to be understood
49	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	Talking, say, ask, tell
50	Paperback Writer	1966	Past Masters	Paul	Framed as a query letter
51	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	Said
52	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	Tell, ask
53	Eleanor Rigby	1966	Revolver	Paul	Writing, words
54	For No One	1966	Revolver	Paul	Words, said
55	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	Tell, say
56	Doctor Robert	1966	Revolver	John	Said, call
57	Here, There and Everywhere	1966	Revolver	Paul	Deny, speaking
58	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	Inability to articulate thoughts to another
59	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	Tell, say
60	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	Say, letter
61	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	Talking
62	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Postcard, line, form, valentine
63	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Call, say
64	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Whole lyric is a back-and-forth exchange
65	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Answer, talking, tell
66	Blue Jay Way	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	George	Said, ask
67	Revolution	1968	Past Masters	John	Say, tell, talk, ask
68	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Cry, message
69	Helter Skelter	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Tell, answer
70	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Phone, shout, tell
71	Revolution 1	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Say, tell, talk, ask
72	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Call, say
73	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	Say
74	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	Cry, said
75	Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Said
76	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	'I say it just to reach you'
77	Hey Bulldog	1969	Yellow Submarine	John	Talk, say, said
78	Only a Northern Song	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Words, say
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	Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Cry
84	Her Majesty	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Say, tell
85	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	Say
86	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Phone, writing, said, say, words
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'