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Second personText · Narrative · 126 songs
CategoriesTextNarrativeSecond person
Text · Narrative

Second person

Addressed to 'you' – the singer speaking directly to someone

126
songs
See alsoNarrative:First personNarrative:ConversationalNarrative:ImperativeRecurring words:youLyric shape:you [VERB]Bass guitar:Paul McCartneyLyric shape:[VERB] youSections:Has outro
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Top narrative stances by writer – Lennon: First person (64), Conversational (59), Second person (48); McCartney: First person (57), Conversational (47), Second person (37); Harrison: Conversational (21), First person (19), Second person (17).

John LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonFirst personConversationalNarrative

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

By Era

Early30 · 27%
Mid-period39 · 35%
Late41 · 37%

By Album

The Beatles (The White Album)21
Past Masters20
Rubber Soul10
A Hard Day's Night8
Magical Mystery Tour8
With The Beatles7
Revolver7
Abbey Road7
Help!6
Please Please Me5
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band5
Yellow Submarine3
Let It Be3
Beatles For Sale2
Reunion singles1

Songs(111 of 126)

Year
Album
Writer
Lead vocal(s)
#TitleYearAlbumLead Vocal(s)Notes
1Love Me Do1962Please Please MePaul, John10 pronouns (33%)
2P.S. I Love You1962Please Please MePaul28 pronouns (65%)
3Please Please Me1963Please Please MeJohn, Paul11 pronouns (33%)
4Do You Want to Know a Secret1963Please Please MeGeorge16 pronouns (73%)
5There's a Place1963Please Please MeJohn, Paul6 pronouns (33%)
6From Me to You1963Past MastersJohn, Paul21 pronouns (51%)
7Thank You Girl1963Past MastersJohn, Paul14 pronouns (56%)
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8I'll Get You1963Past MastersJohn, Paul20 pronouns (61%)
9She Loves You1963Past MastersPaul, JohnAddresses the wronged boyfriend
10All My Loving1963With The BeatlesPaulAddresses absent lover
11All I've Got to Do1963With The BeatlesJohn17 pronouns (45%)
12Not a Second Time1963With The BeatlesJohn10 pronouns (38%)
13Little Child1963With The BeatlesJohn, Paul7 pronouns (33%)
14I Wanna Be Your Man1963With The BeatlesRingo35 pronouns (51%)
15It Won't Be Long1963With The BeatlesJohn7 pronouns (30%)
16Hold Me Tight1963With The BeatlesPaul25 pronouns (64%)
17This Boy1963Past MastersJohn, Paul, George7 pronouns (70%)
18I Want to Hold Your Hand1963Past MastersJohn, Paul19 pronouns (38%)
19Sie Liebt Dich1964Past MastersJohn, PaulAddresses 'du' throughout
20Can't Buy Me Love1964A Hard Day's NightPaul12 pronouns (32%)
21I Call Your Name1964Past MastersJohn8 pronouns (31%)
22You Can't Do That1964A Hard Day's NightJohn26 pronouns (52%)
23Tell Me Why1964A Hard Day's NightJohn22 pronouns (41%)
24Any Time at All1964A Hard Day's NightJohn10 pronouns (63%)
25I'll Be Back1964A Hard Day's NightJohn16 pronouns (50%)
26A Hard Day's Night1964A Hard Day's NightJohn, Paul18 pronouns (43%)
27I'm Happy Just to Dance with You1964A Hard Day's NightGeorge16 pronouns (44%)
28I Should Have Known Better1964A Hard Day's NightJohn19 pronouns (41%)
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29No Reply1964Beatles For SaleJohn17 pronouns (40%)
30What You're Doing1964Beatles For SalePaul13 pronouns (54%)
31I'm Down1965Past MastersPaul15 pronouns (88%)
32I Need You1965Help!George23 pronouns (46%)
33The Night Before1965Help!Paul21 pronouns (47%)
34It's Only Love1965Help!John9 pronouns (41%)
35You're Going to Lose That Girl1965Help!JohnSpeaker addresses 'you'
36Tell Me What You See1965Help!John, Paul25 pronouns (58%)
37You Like Me Too Much1965Help!George28 pronouns (44%)
38Run for Your Life1965Rubber SoulJohn30 pronouns (81%)
39Wait1965Rubber SoulJohn, Paul16 pronouns (53%)
40If I Needed Someone1965Rubber SoulGeorge–
41Drive My Car1965Rubber SoulPaul, John15 pronouns (41%)
42Nowhere Man1965Rubber SoulJohnBridge addresses 'nowhere man' directly
43Think for Yourself1965Rubber SoulGeorgeAddressed entirely to 'you'
44You Won't See Me1965Rubber SoulPaul16 pronouns (36%)
45What Goes On1965Rubber SoulRingo24 pronouns (52%)
46I'm Looking Through You1965Rubber SoulPaul27 pronouns (68%)
47Michelle1965Rubber SoulPaul13 pronouns (35%)
48Rain1966Past MastersJohn6 pronouns (32%)
49Paperback Writer1966Past MastersPaul8 pronouns (40%)
50Doctor Robert1966RevolverJohn'You're a new and better man'
51Taxman1966RevolverGeorge6 pronouns (46%)
52Love You To1966RevolverGeorge6 pronouns (50%)
53Tomorrow Never Knows1966RevolverJohnAddressed to 'you' – instructional
54For No One1966RevolverPaulEntire song addresses 'you' as protagonist
55Got to Get You into My Life1966RevolverPaul22 pronouns (39%)
56And Your Bird Can Sing1966RevolverJohnDirect address: 'you don't get me'
57Strawberry Fields Forever1967Magical Mystery TourJohn8 pronouns (33%)
58Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandJohnAddresses listener as 'you'
59Within You Without You1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandGeorgeAddresses listener: 'Try to realise', 'are you one of them?'
60When I'm Sixty-Four1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandPaul16 pronouns (48%)
61Good Morning Good Morning1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandJohnShifts to 'you' through verses
62Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band1967Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandPaul7 pronouns (50%)
63All You Need Is Love1967Magical Mystery TourJohnAddressed to 'you' – universal/everyperson, not a specific lover
64Baby, You're a Rich Man1967Magical Mystery TourJohn–
65I Am the Walrus1967Magical Mystery TourJohn13 pronouns (30%)
66Hello, Goodbye1967Magical Mystery TourPaul20 pronouns (41%)
67Magical Mystery Tour1967Magical Mystery TourPaulAddresses listener: 'take you away'
68Blue Jay Way1967Magical Mystery TourGeorge6 pronouns (38%)
69Your Mother Should Know1967Magical Mystery TourPaulAddresses 'you' and 'your mother' directly
70Lady Madonna1968Past MastersPaulAddresses Lady Madonna directly
71The Inner Light1968Past MastersGeorgeVerse 2 'your door / your window'
72Revolution1968Past MastersJohn–
73Hey Jude1968Past MastersPaulDirect address to Jude throughout
74Blackbird1968The Beatles (The White Album)PaulAddresses the blackbird directly
75Don't Pass Me By1968The Beatles (The White Album)Ringo23 pronouns (39%)
76Martha My Dear1968The Beatles (The White Album)PaulDirect address to Martha throughout
77Long, Long, Long1968The Beatles (The White Album)George12 pronouns (50%)
78Piggies1968The Beatles (The White Album)George4 pronouns (31%)
79I Will1968The Beatles (The White Album)Paul17 pronouns (57%)
80Honey Pie1968The Beatles (The White Album)Paul9 pronouns (33%)
81Cry Baby Cry1968The Beatles (The White Album)John14 pronouns (58%)
82Good Night1968The Beatles (The White Album)Ringo–
83Back in the U.S.S.R.1968The Beatles (The White Album)Paul13 pronouns (42%)
84Birthday1968The Beatles (The White Album)Paul, John12 pronouns (55%)
85Sexy Sadie1968The Beatles (The White Album)JohnDirectly addresses Sadie
86Glass Onion1968The Beatles (The White Album)John9 pronouns (60%)
87Dear Prudence1968The Beatles (The White Album)JohnDirect address to Prudence
88Revolution 11968The Beatles (The White Album)John'You say...', 'You tell me...'
89The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill1968The Beatles (The White Album)John14 pronouns (56%)
90I'm So Tired1968The Beatles (The White Album)John15 pronouns (44%)
91While My Guitar Gently Weeps1968The Beatles (The White Album)George11 pronouns (38%)
92Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey1968The Beatles (The White Album)John8 pronouns (57%)
93Helter Skelter1968The Beatles (The White Album)PaulAddressed to "you" – "do you want me", "tell me the answer"
94Savoy Truffle1968The Beatles (The White Album)GeorgeAddresses Clapton: 'you'll have to have them all pulled out'
95Hey Bulldog1969Yellow SubmarineJohnDirect address to 'you'
96It's All Too Much1969Yellow SubmarineGeorge12 pronouns (40%)
97Only a Northern Song1969Yellow SubmarineGeorge4 pronouns (31%)
98Get Back1969Let It BePaul9 pronouns (39%)
99Old Brown Shoe1969Past MastersGeorge21 pronouns (60%)
100The Ballad of John and Yoko1969Past MastersJohn21 pronouns (60%)
101Carry That Weight1969Abbey RoadPaul, John, George, RingoChorus addresses 'Boy, you're gonna...'
102Golden Slumbers1969Abbey RoadPaul3 pronouns (50%)
103Polythene Pam1969Abbey RoadJohn'You should see Polythene Pam'
104Oh! Darling1969Abbey RoadPaul23 pronouns (48%)
105I Want You (She's So Heavy)1969Abbey RoadJohn26 pronouns (42%)
106The End1969Abbey RoadPaul27 pronouns (96%)
107You Never Give Me Your Money1969Abbey RoadPaul7 pronouns (50%)
108You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)1970Past MastersJohn, Paul53 pronouns (61%)
109For You Blue1970Let It BeGeorge13 pronouns (48%)
110Dig a Pony1970Let It BeJohn34 pronouns (74%)
111Now and Then2023Reunion singlesJohn11 pronouns (41%)

Love Me Do

1962·Please Please Me·Paul

10 pronouns (33%)

P.S. I Love You

1962·Please Please Me·Paul

28 pronouns (65%)

Please Please Me

1963·Please Please Me·John

11 pronouns (33%)

Do You Want to Know a Secret

1963·Please Please Me·George

16 pronouns (73%)

There's a Place

1963·Please Please Me·John

6 pronouns (33%)

From Me to You

1963·Past Masters·John

21 pronouns (51%)

Thank You Girl

1963·Past Masters·John

14 pronouns (56%)

I'll Get You

1963·Past Masters·John

20 pronouns (61%)

She Loves You

1963·Past Masters·Paul

Addresses the wronged boyfriend

All My Loving

1963·With The Beatles·Paul

Addresses absent lover

All I've Got to Do

1963·With The Beatles·John

17 pronouns (45%)

Not a Second Time

1963·With The Beatles·John

10 pronouns (38%)

Little Child

1963·With The Beatles·John

7 pronouns (33%)

I Wanna Be Your Man

1963·With The Beatles·Ringo

35 pronouns (51%)

It Won't Be Long

1963·With The Beatles·John

7 pronouns (30%)

Hold Me Tight

1963·With The Beatles·Paul

25 pronouns (64%)

This Boy

1963·Past Masters·John

7 pronouns (70%)

I Want to Hold Your Hand

1963·Past Masters·John

19 pronouns (38%)

Sie Liebt Dich

1964·Past Masters·John

Addresses 'du' throughout

Can't Buy Me Love

1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul

12 pronouns (32%)

I Call Your Name

1964·Past Masters·John

8 pronouns (31%)

You Can't Do That

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

26 pronouns (52%)

Tell Me Why

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

22 pronouns (41%)

Any Time at All

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

10 pronouns (63%)

I'll Be Back

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

16 pronouns (50%)

A Hard Day's Night

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

18 pronouns (43%)

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

1964·A Hard Day's Night·George

16 pronouns (44%)

I Should Have Known Better

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

19 pronouns (41%)

No Reply

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

17 pronouns (40%)

What You're Doing

1964·Beatles For Sale·Paul

13 pronouns (54%)

I'm Down

1965·Past Masters·Paul

15 pronouns (88%)

I Need You

1965·Help!·George

23 pronouns (46%)

The Night Before

1965·Help!·Paul

21 pronouns (47%)

It's Only Love

1965·Help!·John

9 pronouns (41%)

You're Going to Lose That Girl

1965·Help!·John

Speaker addresses 'you'

Tell Me What You See

1965·Help!·John

25 pronouns (58%)

You Like Me Too Much

1965·Help!·George

28 pronouns (44%)

Run for Your Life

1965·Rubber Soul·John

30 pronouns (81%)

Wait

1965·Rubber Soul·John

16 pronouns (53%)

If I Needed Someone

1965·Rubber Soul·George

Drive My Car

1965·Rubber Soul·Paul

15 pronouns (41%)

Nowhere Man

1965·Rubber Soul·John

Bridge addresses 'nowhere man' directly

Think for Yourself

1965·Rubber Soul·George

Addressed entirely to 'you'

You Won't See Me

1965·Rubber Soul·Paul

16 pronouns (36%)

What Goes On

1965·Rubber Soul·Ringo

24 pronouns (52%)

I'm Looking Through You

1965·Rubber Soul·Paul

27 pronouns (68%)

Michelle

1965·Rubber Soul·Paul

13 pronouns (35%)

Rain

1966·Past Masters·John

6 pronouns (32%)

Paperback Writer

1966·Past Masters·Paul

8 pronouns (40%)

Doctor Robert

1966·Revolver·John

'You're a new and better man'

Taxman

1966·Revolver·George

6 pronouns (46%)

Love You To

1966·Revolver·George

6 pronouns (50%)

Tomorrow Never Knows

1966·Revolver·John

Addressed to 'you' – instructional

For No One

1966·Revolver·Paul

Entire song addresses 'you' as protagonist

Got to Get You into My Life

1966·Revolver·Paul

22 pronouns (39%)

And Your Bird Can Sing

1966·Revolver·John

Direct address: 'you don't get me'

Strawberry Fields Forever

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

8 pronouns (33%)

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

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

Addresses listener as 'you'

Within You Without You

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

Addresses listener: 'Try to realise', 'are you one of them?'

When I'm Sixty-Four

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

16 pronouns (48%)

Good Morning Good Morning

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

Shifts to 'you' through verses

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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

7 pronouns (50%)

All You Need Is Love

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

Addressed to 'you' – universal/everyperson, not a specific lover

Baby, You're a Rich Man

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

I Am the Walrus

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

13 pronouns (30%)

Hello, Goodbye

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

20 pronouns (41%)

Magical Mystery Tour

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

Addresses listener: 'take you away'

Blue Jay Way

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·George

6 pronouns (38%)

Your Mother Should Know

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

Addresses 'you' and 'your mother' directly

Lady Madonna

1968·Past Masters·Paul

Addresses Lady Madonna directly

The Inner Light

1968·Past Masters·George

Verse 2 'your door / your window'

Revolution

1968·Past Masters·John

Hey Jude

1968·Past Masters·Paul

Direct address to Jude throughout

Blackbird

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Addresses the blackbird directly

Don't Pass Me By

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Ringo

23 pronouns (39%)

Martha My Dear

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Direct address to Martha throughout

Long, Long, Long

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

12 pronouns (50%)

Piggies

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

4 pronouns (31%)

I Will

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

17 pronouns (57%)

Honey Pie

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

9 pronouns (33%)

Cry Baby Cry

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

14 pronouns (58%)

Good Night

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Ringo

Back in the U.S.S.R.

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

13 pronouns (42%)

Birthday

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

12 pronouns (55%)

Sexy Sadie

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

Directly addresses Sadie

Glass Onion

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

9 pronouns (60%)

Dear Prudence

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

Direct address to Prudence

Revolution 1

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

'You say...', 'You tell me...'

The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

14 pronouns (56%)

I'm So Tired

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

15 pronouns (44%)

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

11 pronouns (38%)

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

8 pronouns (57%)

Helter Skelter

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Addressed to "you" – "do you want me", "tell me the answer"

Savoy Truffle

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

Addresses Clapton: 'you'll have to have them all pulled out'

Hey Bulldog

1969·Yellow Submarine·John

Direct address to 'you'

It's All Too Much

1969·Yellow Submarine·George

12 pronouns (40%)

Only a Northern Song

1969·Yellow Submarine·George

4 pronouns (31%)

Get Back

1969·Let It Be·Paul

9 pronouns (39%)

Old Brown Shoe

1969·Past Masters·George

21 pronouns (60%)

The Ballad of John and Yoko

1969·Past Masters·John

21 pronouns (60%)

Carry That Weight

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

Chorus addresses 'Boy, you're gonna...'

Golden Slumbers

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

3 pronouns (50%)

Polythene Pam

1969·Abbey Road·John

'You should see Polythene Pam'

Oh! Darling

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

23 pronouns (48%)

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

1969·Abbey Road·John

26 pronouns (42%)

The End

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

27 pronouns (96%)

You Never Give Me Your Money

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

7 pronouns (50%)

You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

1970·Past Masters·John

53 pronouns (61%)

For You Blue

1970·Let It Be·George

13 pronouns (48%)

Dig a Pony

1970·Let It Be·John

34 pronouns (74%)

Now and Then

2023·Reunion singles·John

11 pronouns (41%)

Updated 2026-09-02

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