Found inspiration

Lyrics drawn from found text – newspapers, product packaging, posters, or overheard phrases

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early2 · 8%

Mid-period8 · 32%

Late15 · 60%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)8

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band5

Magical Mystery Tour1

Songs(25)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	Title from Ringo's malapropism
2	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Phrase from McCartney's chauffeur
3	Tomorrow Never Knows	1966	Revolver	John	Lyrics lifted from Leary/Metzner/Alpert's The Psychedelic Experience
4	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	Peter Fonda's LSD remark in L.A.
5	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	1843 Victorian circus poster
6	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	Daily Mail articles, January 17, 1967
7	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	Daily Mail story on Melanie Coe
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8	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Kellogg's Corn Flakes TV jingle
9	Lovely Rita	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	US term 'meter maid' overheard by McCartney
10	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Police siren; schoolboy letter on Beatles lyrics
11	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	Juan Mascaró's Lamps of Fire translation
12	Savoy Truffle	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	Mackintosh's Good News chocolate box
13	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Maharishi lecture in Rishikesh on nature
14	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Kahlil Gibran's 'Sand and Foam'
15	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	American Rifleman magazine cover, May 1968
16	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Maharishi ashram tiger-hunt incident
17	Cry Baby Cry	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Old nursery rhyme + 'Cry baby cry, make your mother sigh' ad slogan
18	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	–	EMI test-tape voice; tape loops from EMI archive
19	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Two monkeys mating in a Rishikesh road
20	Mean Mr. Mustard	1969	Abbey Road	John	Newspaper story about a miser hiding cash
21	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Real break-in by Apple Scruff Diane Ashley
22	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	Sardinian boat captain on octopuses
23	Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Thomas Dekker 1603 lullaby poem
24	Polythene Pam	1969	Abbey Road	John	Liverpool fan Pat Hodgett; Royston Ellis polythene
25	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	Phone book on McCartney's piano