Text · Motif
Family
Parents, children, siblings - family relationships as subject.
20
songs
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-period6 · 33%
Late12 · 67%
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Songs(18 of 20)
Year
Album
Writer
Lead vocal(s)
Paperback Writer
1966·Past Masters·Paul
Wife and son in the book's plot
Eleanor Rigby
1966·Revolver·Paul
When I'm Sixty-Four
1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·Paul
Grandchildren on knee
She's Leaving Home
1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·Paul
Generational conflict
Good Morning Good Morning
1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·John
Wife
Your Mother Should Know
1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul
Mother addressed throughout
Lady Madonna
1968·Past Masters·Paul
Children at her feet, baby at breast
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John
Wife, mother
Cry Baby Cry
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John
Mother addressed in refrain
Good Night
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Ringo
Written for Lennon's son Julian
Revolution 9
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)
Son, wife, brother
Yer Blues
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John
Mother, father
Mother Nature's Son
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul
Mother, son
Julia
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul
'A couple of kids running in the yard'
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John
Mother accompanies son hunting
Mean Mr. Mustard
1969·Abbey Road·John
'His sister Pam'
Let It Be
1970·Let It Be·Paul
Late mother Mary McCartney
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