Greetings

Hellos, goodbyes, or other ritual openings and closings.

songs

Analysis

Song count per year

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

Early1 · 10%

Mid-period4 · 40%

Late5 · 50%

Book

Revolution in the Head

Ian MacDonald

Book

The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics

Alan Aldridge

Software

Waves Abbey Road Vinyl

Waves Audio

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Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Goodbye
2	Ticket to Ride	1965	Help!	John	Goodbye
3	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Hello
4	Good Morning Good Morning	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	'Good morning' refrain
5	Hello, Goodbye	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Hello and goodbye as the central terms
6	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	'Dear Prudence' opens every verse
7	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	'Hey, Bungalow Bill'
8	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	'Here come the sun king'
9	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	Welcome
10	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	Goodbye