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161
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(139 of 161)

Year
Album
Writer
Lead vocal(s)

P.S. I Love You

1962·Please Please Me·Paul

Love Me Do

1962·Please Please Me·Paul

'Woah', 'Hey', 'Yeah'

Ask Me Why

1963·Please Please Me·John

'cause, you're, I've

Please Please Me

1963·Please Please Me·John

'Come on', 'woah yeah'

There's a Place

1963·Please Please Me·John

'Don't you know', contractions

Do You Want to Know a Secret

1963·Please Please Me·George

'Whoa', 'ooh'

I Saw Her Standing There

1963·Please Please Me·Paul

From Me to You

1963·Past Masters·John

'oh so true', 'ooh'

She Loves You

1963·Past Masters·Paul

'Yeah'; 'ooh'; 'can't be bad'

I'll Get You

1963·Past Masters·John

'Oh yeah'; 'my friend'

All I've Got to Do

1963·With The Beatles·John

'I got to do', 'kissin'', 'runnin''

Don't Bother Me

1963·With The Beatles·George

'Go away', 'don't come near'

All My Loving

1963·With The Beatles·Paul

'Lovin'' contraction

Little Child

1963·With The Beatles·John

'Baby', 'come on', 'woo'

It Won't Be Long

1963·With The Beatles·John

'Yeah', 'ooh'

I Wanna Be Your Man

1963·With The Beatles·Ringo

Not a Second Time

1963·With The Beatles·John

'oh', 'yeah', 'no, no, no'

I Want to Hold Your Hand

1963·Past Masters·John

'wanna', 'yeah', 'oh'

Sie Liebt Dich

1964·Past Masters·John

'yeah, yeah, yeah'; 'woo'

Can't Buy Me Love

1964·A Hard Day's Night·Paul

'my friend', 'Ow!', 'no-no'

I Call Your Name

1964·Past Masters·John

'Oh', 'woo', contractions throughout

You Can't Do That

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

'Well', 'oh', ''Cause'

I Should Have Known Better

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

'Gonna', 'hey, hey, hey'

If I Fell

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

'Oh, please', 'like her'

Tell Me Why

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

'Well', 'oh, so bad', ''Cause'

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

1964·A Hard Day's Night·George

'Cause', 'gonna'-style contractions

Any Time at All

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

'Gotta', direct address

I'll Be Back

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

''Cause', 'oh-oh-oh', 'goodbye'

I'll Cry Instead

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

'Gonna', 'wanna', 'cause'

When I Get Home

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

A Hard Day's Night

1964·A Hard Day's Night·John

'Gonna', ''Cause', 'okay'

She's a Woman

1964·Past Masters·Paul

'don't give', 'fooling'

I Feel Fine

1964·Past Masters·John

'You know', 'mmm'

What You're Doing

1964·Beatles For Sale·Paul

Eight Days a Week

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

'babe', 'girl', 'ain't'

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

'I don't care', 'a drink or two', 'I'll take a walk'

Baby's in Black

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

'Oh, dear', 'baby', 'tell me'

Every Little Thing

1964·Beatles For Sale·John

'yeah', 'ooh', 'lucky guy'

Ticket to Ride

1965·Help!·John

'Gonna', 'don't care', 'do right by me'

I'm Down

1965·Past Masters·Paul

'baby', 'yeah', 'ow'

Help!

1965·Help!·John

'feeling down', 'being 'round'

Another Girl

1965·Help!·Paul

'I ain't no fool', 'quite a few'

I've Just Seen a Face

1965·Help!·Paul

'fallin'', 'callin''

I Need You

1965·Help!·George

'lovin'', 'thing or two'

The Night Before

1965·Help!·Paul

'Wanna cry', 'yeah'

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

1965·Help!·John

'Hey'; ''round'; 'clowns'

Yesterday

1965·Help!·Paul

'Oh', conversational phrasing

Tell Me What You See

1965·Help!·John

Plain, direct phrasing

You Like Me Too Much

1965·Help!·George

'Cause', conversational tone

Run for Your Life

1965·Rubber Soul·John

'Well', 'you better', 'wicked guy'

Wait

1965·Rubber Soul·John

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

1965·Rubber Soul·John

'crawled off', 'bird'

Drive My Car

1965·Rubber Soul·Paul

'Baby', 'yeah', contractions

Nowhere Man

1965·Rubber Soul·John

Think for Yourself

1965·Rubber Soul·George

'Gonna,' ''cause'

You Won't See Me

1965·Rubber Soul·Paul

'Act your age', 'I can't get through'

What Goes On

1965·Rubber Soul·Ringo

'Tearin'', 'so unkind'

Girl

1965·Rubber Soul·John

'Ah', conversational phrasing

We Can Work It Out

1965·Past Masters·Paul

'My friend', 'say good night'

Day Tripper

1965·Past Masters·John

'Got a good reason', 'half the way there'

Rain

1966·Past Masters·John

'Might as well be dead', 'slip into the shade'

Paperback Writer

1966·Past Masters·Paul

'Give or take a few', 'a man named Lear'

Love You To

1966·Revolver·George

'screw you in the ground'

I Want to Tell You

1966·Revolver·George

Plainspoken, conversational

And Your Bird Can Sing

1966·Revolver·John

'You don't get me' colloquial register

Good Day Sunshine

1966·Revolver·Paul

'I feel good', 'she do', 'good day'

She Said She Said

1966·Revolver·John

Conversational 'I said' / 'she said'

Got to Get You into My Life

1966·Revolver·Paul

'Ooh', contractions throughout

Doctor Robert

1966·Revolver·John

'Ring my friend', 'pick you up'

For No One

1966·Revolver·Paul

Plain everyday diction

Taxman

1966·Revolver·George

''Cause' contraction; conversational opening

Yellow Submarine

1966·Revolver·Ringo

'Aye-aye, sir', 'ha-ha'

Penny Lane

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

'Mac', 'four of fish'

Strawberry Fields Forever

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

'er-yes', 'you know'

Lovely Rita

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

'Nearly made it', 'wink'

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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

'Sit back', 'yeah'

With a Little Help from My Friends

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

'Mm', 'Oh', conversational fillers

Fixing a Hole

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

'Ooh-ooh-ooh', 'Hey, hey'

Getting Better

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

'Me used to be', 'Man, I was mean'

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

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

'It's time to go', 'thank you once again'

When I'm Sixty-Four

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

'Doing the garden', 'scrimp and save'

Good Morning Good Morning

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

'How's your boy been', 'it's okay'

A Day in the Life

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

'Oh boy', 'fell out of bed'

Baby, You're a Rich Man

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

'Baby', 'Wow!'

Hello, Goodbye

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

I Am the Walrus

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·John

'stupid bloody'; 'naughty boy'

The Fool on the Hill

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

Plain everyday phrasing throughout

Your Mother Should Know

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

'Let's all get up and dance'

Magical Mystery Tour

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·Paul

'Roll up'

Blue Jay Way

1967·Magical Mystery Tour·George

'Well, it only goes to show'

Revolution

1968·Past Masters·John

'well, you know', 'gonna', 'ain't', 'brother'

Hey Jude

1968·Past Masters·Paul

'Hey', 'don't', 'gonna' phrasing

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

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

'Come on', 'yeah', 'woo'

Rocky Raccoon

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Colloquial cowboy idiom

Back in the U.S.S.R.

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

'Gee', 'honey', 'man'

Martha My Dear

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

'Silly girl', 'a bit of what is all around you'

Revolution 9

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)

British colloquialisms: 'cheeky bitch', 'any road', 'bloody navy'

Honey Pie

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

'Ooh-ah'; 'tee-tee-tee'

Cry Baby Cry

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

'For a lark', 'tea'

Piggies

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·George

'Damn good whacking'

Why Don't We Do It in the Road?

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

'why don't we', 'd-do it'

Don't Pass Me By

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Ringo

'a'ticking', 'darling', 'that's alright'

I Will

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

Simple direct register

Yer Blues

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

"Ain't dead already", "woo"

Birthday

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

'goin'', 'gonna', 'yeah'

Helter Skelter

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

"do you, don't you", "ain't no", "come on"

Sexy Sadie

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

'You'll get yours yet'

Glass Onion

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

'Yeah', 'man', 'you all'

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·Paul

'Brah', 'yeah'

Revolution 1

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

'Well, you know', 'gonna', 'ain't', 'brother'

The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

'mum', 'Eyup'

I'm So Tired

1968·The Beatles (The White Album)·John

'Stupid git', 'on the blink'

All Together Now

1969·Yellow Submarine·Paul

Only a Northern Song

1969·Yellow Submarine·George

It's All Too Much

1969·Yellow Submarine·George

'home for tea'

Hey Bulldog

1969·Yellow Submarine·John

'Boy', 'man', 'woof', 'okay'

Don't Let Me Down

1969·Past Masters·John

'done me good', 'Can you dig it?'

Get Back

1969·Let It Be·Paul

'Jo Jo', 'okay', 'ooh', 'yeah'

Old Brown Shoe

1969·Past Masters·George

'Hey', 'yeah yeah yeah', 'doo-dah'

The Ballad of John and Yoko

1969·Past Masters·John

'ain't', 'gonna', 'okay'

Her Majesty

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

'wanna', 'gonna', 'belly full of wine'

Octopus's Garden

1969·Abbey Road·Ringo

Oh! Darling

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

'Never do you no harm' double negative

I Want You (She's So Heavy)

1969·Abbey Road·John

You Never Give Me Your Money

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

'Got the sack', 'jobber', 'lorry'

Polythene Pam

1969·Abbey Road·John

'Well', 'yeah', 'ah-ah'

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

1969·Abbey Road·Paul

'Oh, yeah'; 'heh, heh'

Mean Mr. Mustard

1969·Abbey Road·John

'go-getter', 'ten-bob note'

Come Together

1969·Abbey Road·John

'He one', 'he just do what he please'

You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

1970·Past Masters·John

'Ha-hey', 'Prrr', 'Huh huh'

For You Blue

1970·Let It Be·George

'Them ol'', 'got nothing on this'

Dig It

1970·Let It Be·John

Dig a Pony

1970·Let It Be·John

'Well, you can…', 'Oh, now'

I've Got a Feeling

1970·Let It Be·Paul

'Yeah', 'oh no', 'woo-hoo'

One After 909

1970·Let It Be·John

'honey', 'baby', 'fooling round'

Two of Us

1970·Let It Be·Paul

Free as a Bird

1995·Reunion singles·John

Real Love

1996·Reunion singles·John

Now and Then

2023·Reunion singles·John

Plain conversational diction

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