Numbers

Numbers, counting, or numerical references woven through the lyric.

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early12 · 29%

Mid-period12 · 29%

Late17 · 41%

By Album

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band7

The Beatles (The White Album)6

Magical Mystery Tour2

Book

Revolution in the Head

Ian MacDonald

Book

The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics

Alan Aldridge

Album

Revolver

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Songs(41 of 47)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Misery	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	One
2	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	Two
3	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	'Just seventeen'
4	Hold Me Tight	1963	With The Beatles	Paul	One
5	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	One
6	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Two
7	If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	Two

8	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	One
9	I'll Be Back	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	One
10	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	One
11	Eight Days a Week	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Eight
12	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	Two
13	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	One
14	Day Tripper	1965	Past Masters	John, Paul	One
15	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	One, two, three, four one, nineteen
16	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	One, two, three, four
17	She's Leaving Home	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John	5, 9
18	Within You Without You	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	George	One
19	When I'm Sixty-Four	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Sixty-four, quarter to three
20	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	'ten somersets'
21	A Day in the Life	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John, Paul	4,000 holes
22	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Twenty years
23	Baby, You're a Rich Man	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	One
24	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	One
25	The Inner Light	1968	Past Masters	George	One
26	Revolution 9	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	-	Nine (the title number)
27	Rocky Raccoon	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	One
28	Don't Pass Me By	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	'About an hour or two'

29	Yer Blues	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Two, three
30	Birthday	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul, John	One through eight counted
31	I'm So Tired	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Three
32	All Together Now	1969	Yellow Submarine	Paul, John	One through ten
33	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	'Fifty acorns'
34	Maxwell's Silver Hammer	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Fifty; P.C. 31
35	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	One through seven in outro
36	Come Together	1969	Abbey Road	John	'One and one and one is three'
37	Across the Universe (Wildlife version)	1969	Past Masters	John	'Million eyes', 'million suns'
38	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	Two, three, four
39	Dig a Pony	1970	Let It Be	John	One, two, three
40	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	909, 9-0-9, 9-0
41	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	One, two