Sunshine

Sun, warmth, or bright daylight as central imagery.

songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early3 · 10%

Mid-period10 · 34%

Late16 · 55%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)8

Abbey Road4

Magical Mystery Tour3

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1

Past Masters1

Songs(28 of 30)

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	And I Love Her	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	Bright
2	Any Time at All	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	Sun
3	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	Sun as destination/freedom
4	It's Only Love	1965	Help!	John	Bright
5	Tell Me What You See	1965	Help!	John, Paul	Bright
6	The Word	1965	Rubber Soul	John, Paul	'It's so fine, it's sunshine'
7	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	–
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8	Good Day Sunshine	1966	Revolver	Paul	'Good day sunshine'
9	Yellow Submarine	1966	Revolver	Ringo	Sun
10	Penny Lane	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	'Blue suburban skies'
11	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	Sun
12	I Am the Walrus	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	John	Sun
13	The Fool on the Hill	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Sun
14	Good Night	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Ringo	Sun
15	Mother Nature's Son	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	'Beneath the sun'
16	Julia	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Sun
17	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Warm
18	Sexy Sadie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Sunny
19	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	'The sun is up'
20	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	Golden
21	Happiness Is a Warm Gun	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	Warm
22	It's All Too Much	1969	Yellow Submarine	George	Sun
23	Sun King	1969	Abbey Road	John	The 'sun king' arrives
24	Octopus's Garden	1969	Abbey Road	Ringo	Warm
25	Golden Slumbers	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	Golden
26	Here Comes the Sun	1969	Abbey Road	George	'Here comes the sun'
27	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	Sunshine
28	Two of Us	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	Sun