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“In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.”

LoveText · Motif · 122 songs
CategoriesTextMotifLove
Text · Motif

Love

Thematically centered on romantic love – declaration, pursuit, loss, or celebration of it

122
songs
See alsoRecurring words:loveNarrative:First personLyric shape:i [VERB]Narrative:ConversationalRecurring words:meEquipment:Hofner 500/1Vocabulary:Positive toneChord type:minor
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Of the Beatles songs released in 1964, 31 of its 35 lean on the Love motif; by 1967 it is 5 of 24.

19641967

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early42 · 41%
Mid-period31 · 30%
Late30 · 29%

By Album

Past Masters16
A Hard Day's Night13
The Beatles (The White Album)11
Help!10
Rubber Soul9
Abbey Road8
Please Please Me7
Beatles For Sale7
Revolver6
With The Beatles5
Let It Be5
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band3
Magical Mystery Tour2
Yellow Submarine2
Reunion singles2

Songs(105 of 122)

Year
Album
Writer
Lead vocal(s)
#TitleYearAlbumLead Vocal(s)Notes
1Love Me Do1962Please Please MePaul, JohnDirect declaration and plea for love
2P.S. I Love You1962Please Please MePaulDevotion across distance
3Ask Me Why1963Please Please MeJohnDevotion makes him cry with happiness
4Please Please Me1963Please Please MeJohn, PaulLove, heart
5I Saw Her Standing There1963Please Please MePaulFalling in love at first sight
6There's a Place1963Please Please MeJohn, Paul'I love only you' quoted within the refuge
7Do You Want to Know a Secret1963Please Please MeGeorgeWhispered declaration of love
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8From Me to You1963Past MastersJohn, PaulDevoted offering to a sweetheart
9Thank You Girl1963Past MastersJohn, PaulDevotion expressed as gratitude
10She Loves You1963Past MastersPaul, JohnReassuring a friend his girl still loves him
11I'll Get You1963Past MastersJohn, PaulConfident pursuit of a love interest
12I Wanna Be Your Man1963With The BeatlesRingoDeclaration of devotion
13Little Child1963With The BeatlesJohn, PaulBaby
14All My Loving1963With The BeatlesPaulDevotion during separation
15Hold Me Tight1963With The BeatlesPaulPossessive devotion plea
16All I've Got to Do1963With The BeatlesJohnMutual romantic availability
17I Want to Hold Your Hand1963Past MastersJohn, PaulInnocent first-touch romance
18This Boy1963Past MastersJohn, Paul, GeorgeYearning to win back lost lover
19Sie Liebt Dich1964Past MastersJohn, PaulReassuring friend of partner's love
20Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand1964Past MastersJohn, PaulEarnest declaration of devotion
21Can't Buy Me Love1964A Hard Day's NightPaulLove above material wealth
22You Can't Do That1964A Hard Day's NightJohnJealous possessive love
23I'm Happy Just to Dance with You1964A Hard Day's NightGeorgeModest, dance-floor declaration of devotion
24A Hard Day's Night1964A Hard Day's NightJohn, PaulDevotion despite exhaustion
25And I Love Her1964A Hard Day's NightPaulPure devotion declaration
26I Should Have Known Better1964A Hard Day's NightJohnSudden realization of love
27If I Fell1964A Hard Day's NightJohn, PaulConditional vow of devotion
28Tell Me Why1964A Hard Day's NightJohnWounded romantic confusion
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29Things We Said Today1964A Hard Day's NightPaulDevotion across separation
30When I Get Home1964A Hard Day's NightJohnEager devotion to waiting partner
31I'll Cry Instead1964A Hard Day's NightJohnLoving
32I'll Be Back1964A Hard Day's NightJohnReluctant devotion: 'I hate to leave you'
33Any Time at All1964A Hard Day's NightJohnDevotion via unconditional availability
34I Feel Fine1964Past MastersJohnMutual happy devotion
35She's a Woman1964Past MastersPaulDevoted, undemanding partner
36I'll Follow the Sun1964Beatles For SalePaulLove
37What You're Doing1964Beatles For SalePaulLove
38Every Little Thing1964Beatles For SaleJohnDevotion to constant partner
39I'm a Loser1964Beatles For SaleJohnLove
40Baby's in Black1964Beatles For SaleJohn, PaulDear
41I Don't Want to Spoil the Party1964Beatles For SaleJohnLove
42Eight Days a Week1964Beatles For SaleJohnTotal devotion via hyperbolic time
43Ticket to Ride1965Help!JohnBaby
44I'm Down1965Past MastersPaulBaby
45I Need You1965Help!GeorgePleading devotion to absent lover
46Tell Me What You See1965Help!John, PaulDevotion and persuasion to a lover
47You Like Me Too Much1965Help!GeorgeMutual attachment despite friction
48The Night Before1965Help!PaulLover changed her mind overnight
49You've Got to Hide Your Love Away1965Help!JohnLove
50It's Only Love1965Help!JohnDifficulty of loving despite feeling
51Another Girl1965Help!PaulBoast of new lover replacing old
52Yesterday1965Help!PaulLove
53I've Just Seen a Face1965Help!PaulLove at first sight
54If I Needed Someone1965Rubber SoulGeorgeConditional, hedged – 'too much in love' with someone else
55Drive My Car1965Rubber SoulPaul, JohnBaby, love, heart
56What Goes On1965Rubber SoulRingoHeart
57I'm Looking Through You1965Rubber SoulPaulLove, baby
58Girl1965Rubber SoulJohnPainful, ambivalent infatuation
59The Word1965Rubber SoulJohn, PaulUniversal love as gospel/philosophy
60Michelle1965Rubber SoulPaulTender devotion across the language barrier
61Wait1965Rubber SoulJohn, PaulReunion after long absence
62In My Life1965Rubber SoulJohnPresent love outweighs the remembered past
63Got to Get You into My Life1966RevolverPaulOde to a beloved discovered
64For No One1966RevolverPaulLove
65Love You To1966RevolverGeorgeCarpe diem urging mutual lovemaking
66Tomorrow Never Knows1966RevolverJohn'That love is all and love is everyone'
67Here, There and Everywhere1966RevolverPaulDevotional love song
68Good Day Sunshine1966RevolverPaul'I love her and she's loving me'
69Within You Without You1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandGeorge'The love we all could share'
70With a Little Help from My Friends1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandRingoNeed for 'somebody to love'
71When I'm Sixty-Four1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandPaulLifelong devotion projected into old age
72All You Need Is Love1967Magical Mystery TourJohnTitle word repeated as mantra throughout
73Baby, You're a Rich Man1967Magical Mystery TourJohnBaby
74Hey Jude1968Past MastersPaulPursuit of a romantic interest urged on Jude
75Long, Long, Long1968The Beatles (The White Album)GeorgeDevotional reunion after long absence
76Don't Pass Me By1968The Beatles (The White Album)RingoDevotion to absent partner
77I Will1968The Beatles (The White Album)PaulPure devotional love song
78Savoy Truffle1968The Beatles (The White Album)GeorgeHeart
79Honey Pie1968The Beatles (The White Album)PaulLonging for distant beloved
80Julia1968The Beatles (The White Album)JohnSong of love to absent mother and Yoko
81Wild Honey Pie1968The Beatles (The White Album)PaulTerm-of-endearment address; explicit only in outro 'I love you, honey pie'
82Dear Prudence1968The Beatles (The White Album)JohnDear
83Cry Baby Cry1968The Beatles (The White Album)JohnBaby
84Martha My Dear1968The Beatles (The White Album)PaulDear, love
85While My Guitar Gently Weeps1968The Beatles (The White Album)GeorgeLove
86It's All Too Much1969Yellow SubmarineGeorgeUniversal love, not romantic
87All Together Now1969Yellow SubmarinePaul, John'I love you' refrain
88Don't Let Me Down1969Past MastersJohn, PaulAwestruck declaration of true love
89Old Brown Shoe1969Past MastersGeorgeDeclaration to a transforming partner
90Golden Slumbers1969Abbey RoadPaul–
91The End1969Abbey RoadPaulKarmic reciprocity of love
92Something1969Abbey RoadGeorgeDevotional address to a woman
93Here Comes the Sun1969Abbey RoadGeorgeDarling
94Oh! Darling1969Abbey RoadPaulDesperate plea to a leaving lover
95Her Majesty1969Abbey RoadPaulMock-declaration of love for the Queen
96Because1969Abbey RoadJohn, Paul, GeorgeBridge meditates on love's universality
97I Want You (She's So Heavy)1969Abbey RoadJohnObsessive desire for Yoko
98Across the Universe (Wildlife version)1969Past MastersJohn'Limitless undying love' as cosmic
99Dig a Pony1970Let It BeJohnRefrain 'All I want is you' written for Yoko
100I've Got a Feeling1970Let It BePaul, JohnPaul's half: devotion and intuition
101For You Blue1970Let It BeGeorgeDevotion to Pattie Boyd
102One After 9091970Let It BeJohn, PaulBaby
103Across the Universe1970Let It BeJohn'Limitless undying love'
104Real Love1996Reunion singlesJohnRecognition of true love after a wait
105Now and Then2023Reunion singlesJohnDevotion sustained across separation

Love Me Do

1962·Please Please Me·Paul

Direct declaration and plea for love

P.S. I Love You

1962·Please Please Me·Paul

Devotion across distance

Ask Me Why

1963·Please Please Me·John

Devotion makes him cry with happiness

Please Please Me

1963·Please Please Me·John

Love, heart

I Saw Her Standing There

1963·Please Please Me·Paul

Falling in love at first sight

There's a Place

1963·Please Please Me·John

'I love only you' quoted within the refuge

Do You Want to Know a Secret

1963·Please Please Me·George

Whispered declaration of love

From Me to You

1963·Past Masters·John

Devoted offering to a sweetheart

Thank You Girl

1963·Past Masters·John

Devotion expressed as gratitude

She Loves You

1963·Past Masters·Paul

Reassuring a friend his girl still loves him

I'll Get You

1963·Past Masters·John

Confident pursuit of a love interest

I Wanna Be Your Man

1963·With The Beatles·Ringo

Declaration of devotion

Little Child

1963·With The Beatles·John

Baby

All My Loving

1963·With The Beatles·Paul

Devotion during separation

Hold Me Tight

1963·With The Beatles·Paul

Possessive devotion plea

All I've Got to Do

1963·With The Beatles·John

Mutual romantic availability

I Want to Hold Your Hand

1963·Past Masters·John

Innocent first-touch romance

This Boy

1963·Past Masters·John

Yearning to win back lost lover

Sie Liebt Dich

1964·Past Masters·John

Reassuring friend of partner's love

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

1964·Past Masters·John

Earnest declaration of devotion

Can't Buy Me Love

1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul

Love above material wealth

You Can't Do That

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Jealous possessive love

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

1964·A Hard Day's Night·George

Modest, dance-floor declaration of devotion

A Hard Day's Night

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Devotion despite exhaustion

And I Love Her

1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul

Pure devotion declaration

I Should Have Known Better

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Sudden realization of love

If I Fell

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Conditional vow of devotion

Tell Me Why

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Wounded romantic confusion

Things We Said Today

1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul

Devotion across separation

When I Get Home

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Eager devotion to waiting partner

I'll Cry Instead

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Loving

I'll Be Back

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Reluctant devotion: 'I hate to leave you'

Any Time at All

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Devotion via unconditional availability

I Feel Fine

1964·Past Masters·John

Mutual happy devotion

She's a Woman

1964·Past Masters·Paul

Devoted, undemanding partner

I'll Follow the Sun

1964·Beatles For Sale·Paul

Love

What You're Doing

1964·Beatles For Sale·Paul

Love

Every Little Thing

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

Devotion to constant partner

I'm a Loser

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

Love

Baby's in Black

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

Dear

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

Love

Eight Days a Week

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

Total devotion via hyperbolic time

Ticket to Ride

1965·Help!·John

Baby

I'm Down

1965·Past Masters·Paul

Baby

I Need You

1965·Help!·George

Pleading devotion to absent lover

Tell Me What You See

1965·Help!·John

Devotion and persuasion to a lover

You Like Me Too Much

1965·Help!·George

Mutual attachment despite friction

The Night Before

1965·Help!·Paul

Lover changed her mind overnight

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

1965·Help!·John

Love

It's Only Love

1965·Help!·John

Difficulty of loving despite feeling

Another Girl

1965·Help!·Paul

Boast of new lover replacing old

Yesterday

1965·Help!·Paul

Love

I've Just Seen a Face

1965·Help!·Paul

Love at first sight

If I Needed Someone

1965·Rubber Soul·George

Conditional, hedged – 'too much in love' with someone else

Drive My Car

1965·Rubber Soul·Paul

Baby, love, heart

What Goes On

1965·Rubber Soul·Ringo

Heart

I'm Looking Through You

1965·Rubber Soul·Paul

Love, baby

Girl

1965·Rubber Soul·John

Painful, ambivalent infatuation

The Word

1965·Rubber Soul·John

Universal love as gospel/philosophy

Michelle

1965·Rubber Soul·Paul

Tender devotion across the language barrier

Wait

1965·Rubber Soul·John

Reunion after long absence

In My Life

1965·Rubber Soul·John

Present love outweighs the remembered past

Got to Get You into My Life

1966·Revolver·Paul

Ode to a beloved discovered

For No One

1966·Revolver·Paul

Love

Love You To

1966·Revolver·George

Carpe diem urging mutual lovemaking

Tomorrow Never Knows

1966·Revolver·John

'That love is all and love is everyone'

Here, There and Everywhere

1966·Revolver·Paul

Devotional love song

Good Day Sunshine

1966·Revolver·Paul

'I love her and she's loving me'

Within You Without You

1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·George

'The love we all could share'

With a Little Help from My Friends

1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·Ringo

Need for 'somebody to love'

When I'm Sixty-Four

1967·Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band·Paul

Lifelong devotion projected into old age

All You Need Is Love

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

Title word repeated as mantra throughout

Baby, You're a Rich Man

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

Baby

Hey Jude

1968·Past Masters·Paul

Pursuit of a romantic interest urged on Jude

Long, Long, Long

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

Devotional reunion after long absence

Don't Pass Me By

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Ringo

Devotion to absent partner

I Will

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Pure devotional love song

Savoy Truffle

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

Heart

Honey Pie

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Longing for distant beloved

Julia

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

Song of love to absent mother and Yoko

Wild Honey Pie

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Term-of-endearment address; explicit only in outro 'I love you, honey pie'

Dear Prudence

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

Dear

Cry Baby Cry

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

Baby

Martha My Dear

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Dear, love

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

Love

It's All Too Much

1969·Yellow Submarine·George

Universal love, not romantic

All Together Now

1969·Yellow Submarine·Paul

'I love you' refrain

Don't Let Me Down

1969·Past Masters·John

Awestruck declaration of true love

Old Brown Shoe

1969·Past Masters·George

Declaration to a transforming partner

Golden Slumbers

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

The End

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

Karmic reciprocity of love

Something

1969·Abbey Road·George

Devotional address to a woman

Here Comes the Sun

1969·Abbey Road·George

Darling

Oh! Darling

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

Desperate plea to a leaving lover

Her Majesty

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

Mock-declaration of love for the Queen

Because

1969·Abbey Road·John

Bridge meditates on love's universality

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

1969·Abbey Road·John

Obsessive desire for Yoko

Across the Universe (Wildlife version)

1969·Past Masters·John

'Limitless undying love' as cosmic

Dig a Pony

1970·Let It Be·John

Refrain 'All I want is you' written for Yoko

I've Got a Feeling

1970·Let It Be·Paul

Paul's half: devotion and intuition

For You Blue

1970·Let It Be·George

Devotion to Pattie Boyd

One After 909

1970·Let It Be·John

Baby

Across the Universe

1970·Let It Be·John

'Limitless undying love'

Real Love

1996·Reunion singles·John

Recognition of true love after a wait

Now and Then

2023·Reunion singles·John

Devotion sustained across separation

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