Text · Repetition

Recurring verse

103
songs
It is in the words of 103 songs, about half of everything they recorded, right through their years together. The first is 'Love Me Do' and the last 'I Me Mine', with the Please Please Me album leaning on it hardest, thirteen of its fourteen tracks. More of them come from 1965 or earlier than from 1967 on, 73 against 23. It runs through 52% of McCartney's songs, such as 'The Long and Winding Road' and 'P.S. I Love You', and 44% of Harrison's.
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Top repetition devices by writer - Lennon: Recurring line (68), Consecutive line (49), Consecutive verses (34); McCartney: Recurring line (60), Consecutive verses (35), Recurring verse (33); Harrison: Recurring line (18), Consecutive verses (13), Recurring verse (11).

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(90 of 103)

Year
Album
Writer
Lead vocal(s)

Love Me Do

1962·Please Please Me·Paul

Verses 1, 2, 3 share identical lyrics

P.S. I Love You

1962·Please Please Me·Paul

Verse 1 as 3

Ask Me Why

1963·Please Please Me·John

Verse 1 repeats as verse 3

Please Please Me

1963·Please Please Me·John

Verse 3 echoes verse 1

I Saw Her Standing There

1963·Please Please Me·Paul

Verse 3 repeats after solo

There's a Place

1963·Please Please Me·John

Verse 1 repeats as verse 3

Do You Want to Know a Secret

1963·Please Please Me·George

Verse 2 lyric repeats as verse 3

Misery

1963·Please Please Me·John

Verse 3 lyrics repeat as verse 4

From Me to You

1963·Past Masters·John

Verse 1 returns as verses 3 & 5

Thank You Girl

1963·Past Masters·John

Verse 1 repeats as verse 3

I'll Get You

1963·Past Masters·John

Verse 1 repeats as verse 3

She Loves You

1963·Past Masters·Paul

Same form across all verses

Little Child

1963·With The Beatles·John

Verse 1 lyrics return as verses 2, 3 & 4

Not a Second Time

1963·With The Beatles·John

Verses 1 & 3 and 2 & 4 identical

I Wanna Be Your Man

1963·With The Beatles·Ringo

Verse 1 returns as verse 3

Hold Me Tight

1963·With The Beatles·Paul

Verses 1 & 3 identical; verses 2 & 4 identical

All I've Got to Do

1963·With The Beatles·John

Verse 3 reuses verse 1's 'call you on the phone' couplet

Don't Bother Me

1963·With The Beatles·George

Verse 3 repeats as verse 4

All My Loving

1963·With The Beatles·Paul

Verse 1 lyric returns as Verse 3

I Want to Hold Your Hand

1963·Past Masters·John

Verses 3 & 4 share opening phrasing

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

1964·Past Masters·John

Verses 1 & 2 return verbatim

I Call Your Name

1964·Past Masters·John

Verse 3 repeats as verse 4

Can't Buy Me Love

1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul

Verse 3 returns after solo

You Can't Do That

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Verse 4 repeats verse 3 lyrics

If I Fell

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Verse 3 repeats after second bridge

And I Love Her

1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul

Verse 3 repeats as final verse after solo

I Should Have Known Better

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Verse 2 returns after solo; bridge repeats verbatim

A Hard Day's Night

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Verse 1 returns as verses 4 & 6

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

1964·A Hard Day's Night·George

Verse 3 returns as final section

Things We Said Today

1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul

Verse 3 lyrics repeat as verse 4

I'll Cry Instead

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Verse 3 returns as verse 4

I'll Be Back

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

Verse 2 lyrics repeat after second bridge

I Feel Fine

1964·Past Masters·John

Verses 2 & 3 repeat after solo

She's a Woman

1964·Past Masters·Paul

Verse 1 repeats as verses 3 & 4

I'll Follow the Sun

1964·Beatles For Sale·Paul

Verse 3 repeats as verse 4

What You're Doing

1964·Beatles For Sale·Paul

Verse 3 repeats as verse 4

No Reply

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

Verse 2 repeats as verse 3

Baby's in Black

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

Verse 1 returns as verse 3

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

Verse 1 returns as verse 3; verse 2 returns as verse 4

Eight Days a Week

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

Verses 1 & 2 each repeat later

Ticket to Ride

1965·Help!·John

Verses 1 & 2 return as verses 3 & 4

Yes It Is

1965·Past Masters·John

Verse 3 repeats as verse 4

Help!

1965·Help!·John

Verse 3 lyric repeats Verse 1

The Night Before

1965·Help!·Paul

Verse 1 returns as verse 3

You're Going to Lose That Girl

1965·Help!·John

Verse 1 repeats as verse 3

Another Girl

1965·Help!·Paul

Verse 3 lyric repeats as verse 4

I've Just Seen a Face

1965·Help!·Paul

Verse 1 returns as verse 4

Yesterday

1965·Help!·Paul

Verse 3 as 4

I Need You

1965·Help!·George

Verse 3 repeats as verse 4

Tell Me What You See

1965·Help!·John

Verse 3 repeats as verse 4

You Like Me Too Much

1965·Help!·George

Verse 3 repeats as verse 4

I'm Looking Through You

1965·Rubber Soul·Paul

Chorus 1 returns as final chorus

Michelle

1965·Rubber Soul·Paul

Verse 2 (French) repeats three times

We Can Work It Out

1965·Past Masters·Paul

Verse 3 lyrics return as final verse

Wait

1965·Rubber Soul·John

Verse 1 returns as outro

Run for Your Life

1965·Rubber Soul·John

Verse 1 returns as verse 4

If I Needed Someone

1965·Rubber Soul·George

Verses 2 & 3 repeat as verses 4 & 5

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

1965·Rubber Soul·John

Verse 3 echoes verse 1's 'Isn't it good, Norwegian wood?'

Nowhere Man

1965·Rubber Soul·John

Verse 2 & Verse 1 repeat as later verses

You Won't See Me

1965·Rubber Soul·Paul

Verse 3 repeats as verse 4

I Want to Tell You

1966·Revolver·George

Verse 3 lyrics return as verse 4

Doctor Robert

1966·Revolver·John

Verse 1 opening returns in outro

Love You To

1966·Revolver·George

Three verses share same form

I'm Only Sleeping

1966·Revolver·John

Verse 4 returns to verse 1 lyrics

Got to Get You into My Life

1966·Revolver·Paul

Verse 1 returns as outro material

She Said She Said

1966·Revolver·John

Verse 3 as 4

Fixing a Hole

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

Verse 1 returns as outro

Within You Without You

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

Three verses share form

A Day in the Life

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

Verse 4 reopens 'I read the news today oh boy'

Hello, Goodbye

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

Verse 3 reopens with verse 1's yes/no/stop/go

Your Mother Should Know

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

Verses 1 & 2 share identical lyrics

Lady Madonna

1968·Past Masters·Paul

Verse 4 repeats verse 1

Hey Jude

1968·Past Masters·Paul

Verse 4 reprises verse 1 lyrics

Dear Prudence

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

Verse 1 returns as verse 4

Helter Skelter

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

Verse 3 reprises Verse 1 opening lines

Good Night

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Ringo

Verse 1 lines return in verse 3

Why Don't We Do It in the Road?

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Verses 1-3 share the same couplet

Savoy Truffle

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

Verse 1 repeats as verse 3

Honey Pie

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Verse 4 reprises verse 1 lyric

Blackbird

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Verse 1 as 3

Birthday

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Chorus 1 returns as final

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

1969·Abbey Road·John

Verse 1 as 3

Golden Slumbers

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

Verse 1 returns as verse 2

For You Blue

1970·Let It Be·George

Verse 1 returns as verse 4

The Long and Winding Road

1970·Let It Be·Paul

Verse 4 nearly repeats verse 3

I Me Mine

1970·Let It Be·George

Verse 2 repeats as verse 3

One After 909

1970·Let It Be·John

Verse 4 lyrics return to Verse 1/3 content

Two of Us

1970·Let It Be·Paul

Verse 3 repeats as verse 4

Free as a Bird

1995·Reunion singles·John

Verse 1 as 5

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