Long title

An unusually long song title relative to Beatles norms

songs

23 of the 217 Beatles songs have a long title of six or more words (11% of the catalogue).

Analysis

Song count per year

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

Early4 · 19%

Mid-period9 · 43%

Late8 · 38%

Year

Album

Writer

Lead vocal(s)

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	–
2	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	–
3	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	–
4	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	–
5	You're Going to Lose That Girl	1965	Help!	John	6 words
6	You've Got to Hide Your Love Away	1965	Help!	John	–
7	Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)	1965	Rubber Soul	John	–
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8	Got to Get You into My Life	1966	Revolver	Paul	–
9	Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	–
10	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	–
11	With a Little Help from My Friends	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Ringo	–
12	Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	John	6 words
13	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	1967	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul, John, George	–
14	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
15	Why Don't We Do It in the Road?	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	–
16	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	–
17	The Ballad of John and Yoko	1969	Past Masters	John	–
18	She Came in Through the Bathroom Window	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	7 words
19	I Want You (She's So Heavy)	1969	Abbey Road	John	–
20	You Never Give Me Your Money	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	–
21	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	1970	Past Masters	John, Paul	–