Top 50 Beatles Songs (2023)

Released the same day of the career change.rubber soulalbum (as part of the double A-side single with "We Can Work It Out"), "Day Tripper" ushered in a new era ofBeatlesVinyl that explored completely new musical frontiers. It was also one of the last songs.John LennonYPablo McCartneythey worked together on it.

Like "Let It Be", "Get Back" was released in two different versions: a 1969 single mix, and a grittier version that appears on the album.let it beAlbum. "Get Back" was the original working title of the LP the Beatles planned to make after the White Album split. The sessions ended disastrously, but this song was a hopeful indication of where things were going before the crash.

"Eight Days a Week" was the first Beatles song composed in the studio. Before recording in late 1964, the group always had complete songs ready to play; Starting with "Eight Days a Week", they began to come up with basic song ideas while recording. John Lennon reportedly hated the final version.

Released as the flip side of Hello Goodbye, I Am the Walrus reflected the growing distance between John Lennon and Paul McCartney as songwriters. While the A-side was basically a pop song tinged with a few tones of "Summer of Love," "I Am the Walrus" is utter insanity, with rambling dialogue, sparse wobbly string sections, and heavily distorted vocals. Lennon.

The Beatles have always absorbed the music around them, whether it was the ballads of their youth, groundbreaking rock 'n' roll, or the R&B coming out of America. The trumpet flavor of "Got to Get You Into My Life" was hugely influenced and shaped by Motown.Revolverone of the group's most deafening and revealing albums.

The Beatles covered quite a few songs on their early albums, and because they were pretty good songs to begin with, the band's covers rarely surpassed the originals (although they were solid). Their fiery rendition of the Isley Brothers' "Twist and Shout," recorded at one of their early sessions, is one of the times they owned a song in its entirety that didn't carry Lennon-McCartney songwriting credit.

Like the single it promotes ("Paperback Writer"), the Beatles' best B-side came from the productive side.Revolversessions. But "Rain" is more than just a handicap; Replete with reversed tape loops, massive overdubs and a studio-like playground ethos that would consume the Beatles in the future, "Rain" is a masterpiece of controlled chaos.

Sergeant. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandShe was just over a month old when the Beatles released this song, originally commissioned by the BBC for the world's first live satellite TV special. It couldn't have come at a better time, as the summer of love rolled on in all its paisley and patchouli-scented splendor.

The second half of one of the most famous album intros ever recorded,With a little help from my friendsif i give themRingo Starrby John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who envisioned it as the drummer's signature number on the LP. And with his down-to-earth vocals and random playing from him, it's one of Starr's most enduring tracks.

In mid-1964, just as Beatlemania was raging, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were thriving as songwriters. No longer satisfied with singing other people's songs, they began writing their own songs at a feverish pace. "Can't Buy Me Love" was the culmination of a marathon period that generated muchA hard day's NightAlbum.

The opening track from The Beatles' latest album, Come Together, serves as the perfect introduction.Abbey Road.With its slippery beat and slightly menacing, sinister atmosphere, the song leaves a burning scar on some of the album's more upbeat songs. It reached number 1, the last Beatles chart hit written by John Lennon.

Recorded at one of the Beatles' early sessions, 'Why Please Me' was released as their second single and proved that their debut 'Love Me Do' was no fluke. The song reached the top of the UK Singles Chart and then number 3 in the US. The band liked the song so much that they named their first album after it.

A Hard Day's Night was more than just the title of the Beatles' first film and third album; It was the first time they showed muscles. Written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, based on something Ringo Starr said, "A Hard Day's Night" is the sound of a band heading towards their inevitable immortality.

In a way, I Saw Her Standing There helped start Beatlemania in America. Although released in the UK in 1963, it appeared on the B-side of the Beatles' groundbreaking US single "I Want to Hold Your Hand" nearly a year later, sparking a musical revolution that still resonates today.

"Eleanor Rigby" wasn't the first pop song to use only a string section as a musical base, but it was (and still is, by the way) one of the most effective to date. More importantly, Paul McCartney was just 23 years old when he wrote this look at endless loneliness and the resulting hopelessness.

John Lennon wrote "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flyn)" as a confession to cheating on his wife. He helped The Beatles discover a whole new level of songwriting: personal introspection rather than the universal themes of love that had defined their early years.George HarrisonThe use of the sitar was also revolutionary and introduced a completely exotic instrument to pop music.

He"and and and"The choir is legendary, and it was then. But "She She Loves You" has a lot of punch, unlike some songs before or after it. Starting with the chorus (how many songs were there?)He1963?) and featuring the young band's best performances and harmonies, "She Loves You" is the sound of Beatlemania wrapped up in 2:18.

The demands of wealth and fame were a great challenge for the Beatles, particularly John Lennon, while writing and recording.Aid!in 1965. A gateway to more personal songwriting, the song was literally a cry for help from Lennon, who was very uncomfortable with the rapid success of the Beatles.

Paul McCartney wrote "Yesterday" when he was 22 years old. Within a few years it became one of the most recorded songs in pop history, from Frank Sinatra to everyone.Elvis PresleyABob Dylancover it. All these years later, it seems like she's always been with us. It's no wonder she's made it to the top of the charts.

"Hey Jude" was one of the few times the Beatles recovered and worked as a unit during the turbulent sessions for the White Album. Written by Paul McCartney for John Lennon's son, the seven-minute single became the group's biggest hit in the United States. The chorus that dominates the second half of the song amounts to one last rallying cry from the splintered band.