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Second person

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

126
songs

Analysis

By Year

Song count per year

By Songwriter

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

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Songs(111 of 126)

Year
Album
Writer
Lead vocal(s)

P.S. I Love You

1962·Please Please Me·Paul

28 pronouns (65%)

Love Me Do

1962·Please Please Me·Paul

10 pronouns (33%)

Please Please Me

1963·Please Please Me·John

11 pronouns (33%)

There's a Place

1963·Please Please Me·John

6 pronouns (33%)

Do You Want to Know a Secret

1963·Please Please Me·George

16 pronouns (73%)

From Me to You

1963·Past Masters·John

21 pronouns (51%)

Thank You Girl

1963·Past Masters·John

14 pronouns (56%)

She Loves You

1963·Past Masters·Paul

Addresses the wronged boyfriend

I'll Get You

1963·Past Masters·John

20 pronouns (61%)

All My Loving

1963·With The Beatles·Paul

Addresses absent lover

Not a Second Time

1963·With The Beatles·John

10 pronouns (38%)

It Won't Be Long

1963·With The Beatles·John

7 pronouns (30%)

I Wanna Be Your Man

1963·With The Beatles·Ringo

35 pronouns (51%)

Little Child

1963·With The Beatles·John

7 pronouns (33%)

All I've Got to Do

1963·With The Beatles·John

17 pronouns (45%)

Hold Me Tight

1963·With The Beatles·Paul

25 pronouns (64%)

I Want to Hold Your Hand

1963·Past Masters·John

19 pronouns (38%)

This Boy

1963·Past Masters·John

7 pronouns (70%)

Sie Liebt Dich

1964·Past Masters·John

Addresses 'du' throughout

I Call Your Name

1964·Past Masters·John

8 pronouns (31%)

Can't Buy Me Love

1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul

12 pronouns (32%)

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%)

A Hard Day's Night

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

18 pronouns (43%)

I Should Have Known Better

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

19 pronouns (41%)

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

1964·A Hard Day's Night·George

16 pronouns (44%)

I'll Be Back

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

16 pronouns (50%)

Any Time at All

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

10 pronouns (63%)

What You're Doing

1964·Beatles For Sale·Paul

13 pronouns (54%)

No Reply

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

17 pronouns (40%)

I'm Down

1965·Past Masters·Paul

15 pronouns (88%)

You Like Me Too Much

1965·Help!·George

28 pronouns (44%)

I Need You

1965·Help!·George

23 pronouns (46%)

Tell Me What You See

1965·Help!·John

25 pronouns (58%)

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'

Wait

1965·Rubber Soul·John

16 pronouns (53%)

If I Needed Someone

1965·Rubber Soul·George

Run for Your Life

1965·Rubber Soul·John

30 pronouns (81%)

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%)

Taxman

1966·Revolver·George

6 pronouns (46%)

Love You To

1966·Revolver·George

6 pronouns (50%)

And Your Bird Can Sing

1966·Revolver·John

Direct address: 'you don't get me'

Got to Get You into My Life

1966·Revolver·Paul

22 pronouns (39%)

For No One

1966·Revolver·Paul

Entire song addresses 'you' as protagonist

Tomorrow Never Knows

1966·Revolver·John

Addressed to 'you' - instructional

Doctor Robert

1966·Revolver·John

'You're a new and better man'

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 the listener directly throughout

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%)

When I'm Sixty-Four

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

16 pronouns (48%)

Baby, You're a Rich Man

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

All You Need Is Love

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

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

Hello, Goodbye

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

20 pronouns (41%)

I Am the Walrus

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

13 pronouns (30%)

Magical Mystery Tour

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

Addresses listener: 'take you away'

Your Mother Should Know

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

Addresses 'you' and 'your mother' directly

Blue Jay Way

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·George

6 pronouns (38%)

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

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

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

Piggies

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

4 pronouns (31%)

Back in the U.S.S.R.

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

13 pronouns (42%)

I Will

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

17 pronouns (57%)

Savoy Truffle

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

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

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"

Long, Long, Long

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

12 pronouns (50%)

Blackbird

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Addresses the blackbird directly

Only a Northern Song

1969·Yellow Submarine·George

4 pronouns (31%)

Hey Bulldog

1969·Yellow Submarine·John

Direct address to 'you'

It's All Too Much

1969·Yellow Submarine·George

12 pronouns (40%)

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%)

Oh! Darling

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

23 pronouns (48%)

The End

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

27 pronouns (96%)

You Never Give Me Your Money

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

7 pronouns (50%)

Polythene Pam

1969·Abbey Road·John

'You should see Polythene Pam'

Golden Slumbers

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

3 pronouns (50%)

Carry That Weight

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

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

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

1969·Abbey Road·John

26 pronouns (42%)

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%)

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