Top repetition devices by writer – Lennon: Recurring line (67), Consecutive line (50), Consecutive verses (35); McCartney: Recurring line (65), Consecutive verses (38), Consecutive line (35); Harrison: Recurring line (18), Consecutive verses (13), Recurring verse (11).
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% of each member's catalogue with this tag (by writing credit)
'Someone to love' repeats in bridge
Come on (Come on), come on ... ×2 (chorus); Me, woah, yeah, like I plea... ×2 (outro)
There's a place ×4 (outro)
Da-da-da, da-da-dum-dum-da ×2 (intro)
'Thank you, girl' repeats
Oh yeah, oh yeah ×2 (intro)
She loves you, yeah, yeah, ... ×2 (intro & chorus)
'It won't be long, yeah'
Outro repeats 'Don't bother me' x4
Verse refrain repeats verbatim
'Baby, take a chance with me'
Not a second time ×2 (outro)
This boy ×3 (outro)
'I can't hide' x3 in chorus
Sie liebt dich, yeah, yeah,... ×2 (chorus)
'Einmal so' x3 in bridge
'I call your name' repeated in outro
(You can't do that) ×5 (solo)
Any time at all ×2 (chorus)
You know I feel alright ×2 (outro)
'And I do, hey, hey, hey, and I do'; 'Give me more, hey, hey, hey, give me more'
Chorus couplet repeated back-to-back
'I'm the one who wants you' twice
She's a woman ×5 (outro)
Hold me, love me ×2 (chorus); Eight days a week ×2 (outro)
What you're doing to me? ×2 (outro)
Every little thing ×3 (outro)
'I saw the light, I saw the light'
I'm a loser ×2 (intro)
'My baby don't care' repeats in outro
Yes, it is, it's true ×2 (verse)
(How can you laugh) When yo... ×2 (chorus)
Hey, you've got to hide you... ×2 (chorus)
You're gonna lose that girl... ×3 (chorus); You're gonna lose that girl ×2 (bridge)
'Another girl / Another girl' back-to-back
I need you ×2 (outro)
Making all his nowhere plan... ×2 (outro)
Na, na, na ×4 (outro)
Ooh, la, la-la ×2 (outro)
Each verse repeats its opening couplet
Beep-beep'm-beep-beep, yeah ×5 (outro)
'We can work it out' repeats within each refrain
Say the word, love ×4 (outro)
If the rain comes ×2 (verse)
Paperback writer, paperback... ×4 (outro)
Ah, look at all the lonely ... ×2 (chorus)
'Yellow submarine, yellow submarine'
I've got time ×2 (outro)
Good day sunshine ×7 (chorus)
'You don't get me, you don't get me'
Of the beginning, of the be... ×2 (outro)
Strawberry Fields forever ×2 (outro)
Lucy in the sky with diamonds ×3 (chorus)
Title phrase repeats every two bars
Lovely Rita, meter maid ×2 (intro)
Good morning, good morning,... ×4 (outro); Guten Morgen, guten Morgen,... ×3 (outro) + more
Baby, you're a rich man ×2 (chorus); Baby, you're a rich man, wow! ×2 (chorus)
Love is all you need (Love ... ×11 (outro); Love, love, love ×3 (intro & bridge) + more
Joob! Joob! ×2 (bridge)
Hela, heba helloa (Cha, cha) ×3 (outro)
'Roll up, roll up' hook
'Please, don't be long' repeated back-to-back
Title hook repeats six times in the final chorus
Alright, alright! ×7 (outro); Alright ×3 (chorus)
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na... ×4 (outro)
'I'm so tired' opens consecutive lines
'Right! Right!', 'Hold that line!' back-to-back
Back in the U.S. ×2 (verse)
Come on, come on, come on, ... ×3 (outro); Take it easy ×2 (chorus) + more
Dan, dan, dan, dan-dan ×3 (bridge)
'Mother Superior jumped the gun' x6
Title line back-to-back within each verse
You were only waiting for t... ×2 (outro)
Do-do-do-do ×2 (chorus)
Yes, we're goin' to a party... ×3 (bridge)
"Helter skelter" line repeats throughout chorus
Honey pie ×4 (chorus)
'You made a fool of everyone'
(Round, round, round, round... ×2 (bridge)
'Don't you know it's gonna be all right' three times consecutively
'You can talk to me' three times
'With your long blonde hair...' twice in bridge
(All together now) All toge... ×12 (chorus)
Refrain repeats back-to-back within chorus
Title line repeated within each chorus
Doo-daw, doo-doo-doo ×5 (outro); Doo-dah, doo-doo-doo ×4 (outro)
Came true today ×2 (verse)
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes ×5 (bridge); Here comes the sun ×2 (chorus) + more
In an octopus's garden with... ×2 (outro)
'I want you, I want you so bad'
Love you, love you ×12 (bridge)
Such a mean old man ×2 (verse)
'Carry that weight a long time' repeated
Each verse repeats its 'Because' line
Come together, yeah ×7 (outro); Shoot me ×4 (intro & interlude)
Chorus line repeats 4x consecutively
'Let it be, let it be'
Title line repeated back-to-back
'Move over once, move over twice'
Chorus repeats line four times consecutively
We're on our way home ×2 (chorus)
I-I-me-me-mine ×4 (chorus)
I've got a feeling (Oh yeah) ×2 (outro)
Like a rolling stone ×3 (verse)
Free as a bird ×3 (verse)
No need to be alone ×2 (pre-chorus); No need to be afraid ×2 (pre-chorus) + more
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Revolution in the Head
Ian MacDonald
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Alan Aldridge
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Yellow Submarine Turntable Slipmat
Crosley
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