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Numbers

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

47
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The Numbers motif is on 2 of the 33 songs the Beatles released in 1965, and 5 of 12 by 1970.

19651970

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
A Hard Day's Night5
Past Masters5
Please Please Me3
Beatles For Sale3
Abbey Road3
Let It Be3
Magical Mystery Tour2
With The Beatles1
Help!1
Revolver1
Yellow Submarine1

Songs(41 of 47)

Year
Album
Writer
Lead vocal(s)
#TitleYearAlbumLead Vocal(s)Notes
1Do You Want to Know a Secret1963Please Please MeGeorgeTwo
2I Saw Her Standing There1963Please Please MePaul'Just seventeen'
3Misery1963Please Please MeJohn, PaulOne
4Hold Me Tight1963With The BeatlesPaulOne
5You Can't Do That1964A Hard Day's NightJohnOne
6I'll Be Back1964A Hard Day's NightJohnOne
7If I Fell1964A Hard Day's NightJohn, PaulTwo
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8Things We Said Today1964A Hard Day's NightPaulOne
9I'll Cry Instead1964A Hard Day's NightJohnTwo
10I'll Follow the Sun1964Beatles For SalePaulOne
11I Don't Want to Spoil the Party1964Beatles For SaleJohnTwo
12Eight Days a Week1964Beatles For SaleJohnEight
13Tell Me What You See1965Help!John, PaulOne
14Day Tripper1965Past MastersJohn, PaulOne
15Taxman1966RevolverGeorgeOne, two, three, four one, nineteen
16She's Leaving Home1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandPaul, John5, 9
17Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandJohn'ten somersets'
18A Day in the Life1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandJohn, Paul4,000 holes
19Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandPaulTwenty years
20Within You Without You1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandGeorgeOne
21Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandPaul, John, GeorgeOne, two, three, four
22When I'm Sixty-Four1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandPaulSixty-four, quarter to three
23Baby, You're a Rich Man1967Magical Mystery TourJohnOne
24I Am the Walrus1967Magical Mystery TourJohnOne
25The Inner Light1968Past MastersGeorgeOne
26Birthday1968The Beatles (The White Album)Paul, JohnOne through eight counted
27Revolution 91968The Beatles (The White Album)–Nine (the title number)
28Yer Blues1968The Beatles (The White Album)JohnTwo, three
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29Don't Pass Me By1968The Beatles (The White Album)Ringo'About an hour or two'
30I'm So Tired1968The Beatles (The White Album)JohnThree
31Rocky Raccoon1968The Beatles (The White Album)PaulOne
32All Together Now1969Yellow SubmarinePaul, JohnOne through ten
33The Ballad of John and Yoko1969Past MastersJohn'Fifty acorns'
34Maxwell's Silver Hammer1969Abbey RoadPaulFifty; P.C. 31
35You Never Give Me Your Money1969Abbey RoadPaulOne through seven in outro
36Come Together1969Abbey RoadJohn'One and one and one is three'
37Across the Universe (Wildlife version)1969Past MastersJohn'Million eyes', 'million suns'
38You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)1970Past MastersJohn, PaulTwo, three, four
39One After 9091970Let It BeJohn, Paul909, 9-0-9, 9-0
40Two of Us1970Let It BePaul, JohnOne, two
41Dig a Pony1970Let It BeJohnOne, two, three

Do You Want to Know a Secret

1963·Please Please Me·George

Two

I Saw Her Standing There

1963·Please Please Me·Paul

'Just seventeen'

Misery

1963·Please Please Me·John

One

Hold Me Tight

1963·With The Beatles·Paul

One

You Can't Do That

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

One

I'll Be Back

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

One

If I Fell

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Two

Things We Said Today

1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul

One

I'll Cry Instead

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Two

I'll Follow the Sun

1964·Beatles For Sale·Paul

One

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

Two

Eight Days a Week

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

Eight

Tell Me What You See

1965·Help!·John

One

Day Tripper

1965·Past Masters·John

One

Taxman

1966·Revolver·George

One, two, three, four one, nineteen

She's Leaving Home

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

5, 9

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

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

'ten somersets'

A Day in the Life

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

4,000 holes

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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

Twenty years

Within You Without You

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

One

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

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

One, two, three, four

When I'm Sixty-Four

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

Sixty-four, quarter to three

Baby, You're a Rich Man

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

One

I Am the Walrus

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

One

The Inner Light

1968·Past Masters·George

One

Birthday

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

One through eight counted

Revolution 9

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)

Nine (the title number)

Yer Blues

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

Two, three

Don't Pass Me By

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Ringo

'About an hour or two'

I'm So Tired

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

Three

Rocky Raccoon

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

One

All Together Now

1969·Yellow Submarine·Paul

One through ten

The Ballad of John and Yoko

1969·Past Masters·John

'Fifty acorns'

Maxwell's Silver Hammer

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

Fifty; P.C. 31

You Never Give Me Your Money

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

One through seven in outro

Come Together

1969·Abbey Road·John

'One and one and one is three'

Across the Universe (Wildlife version)

1969·Past Masters·John

'Million eyes', 'million suns'

You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

1970·Past Masters·John

Two, three, four

One After 909

1970·Let It Be·John

909, 9-0-9, 9-0

Two of Us

1970·Let It Be·Paul

One, two

Dig a Pony

1970·Let It Be·John

One, two, three

Updated 2026-09-02

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