BEST BEATLE SONGS 1

Beatle songs ranked

Up to 10 points were given for

Melody, Lyrics, Arrangement, Originality and Impact

(Beatle teamwork was arbitrarily used as a tie-breaker, with 0 -10 points added)

This system favors high-visibility songs (“Yellow Submarine”) and disadvantages the less well-known songs (“Things We Said Today,” “Hey Bulldog”) due to their lesser impact. It also slightly favors Lennon songs (often subject to more teamwork). DISAGREEMENT INVITED ! (See Facebook page)

NOTE THAT THIS LIST IS CONTINUOUSLY BEING TWEAKED (depending on my mood!) JAN 4th 2014: THIS LIST WILL SOON BE CHANGED. I’VE COME TO (RE) APPRECIATE “HEY JUDE” + “HEY BULLDOG” NEEDS TO MOVE UP. “Abbey Road Medley” may be cheating...

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1)I Want to Hold Your Hand
2)Eleanor Rigby
3)Let It Be
4)Yesterday
5)A Day in the Life

6) Lucy in the Sky

7)I am the walrus

8) Strawberry Fields

9) She Loves You

10) Abbey Road Medley (final)

10) We Can Work It Out

12) With a Little Help From My Friends

13) Penny Lane

14) Hey Jude 45.49

15) Ticket to Ride                                      44.48
16) Blackbird                                             44.45
17) While my Guitar Gently Weeps       43.52
18) In My Life                                     43.51

18) Lady Madonna 43.51

18) Nowhere Man 43.51

21) Yellow Submarine 42.52 (enormous impact factor)

22) Revolution 42.50

23) I Saw Her Standing There 42. 45
24) For no one 42.42

25) Help                                        41.50
26) All you need is love                 41. 50
27) Here, There and Everywhere     41. 46
28) Across the Universe                 41.45
29 )Because         40.50

30)Helter skelter 40. 50

31) Fool On the Hill
31) Girl 40.47

32) She’s Leaving Home 40.47

32) Back in the USSR. 40.45

33) Something 39.48

33) Please Please Me 39.48

35) Drive my car 39.47

35) If I fell 39.47

35) A Hard Days’ Night 39. 47

38) Get back. 39. 46

39) Can't Buy Me Love 39. 44
40) Sgt. Pepper.

41) Taxman

42) Birthday 38.47

42) Come together 38. 47

44) Day tripper 38. 46

44) Michelle 38.46

44) Lovely Rita 38.46

47) Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da 38.45

48) Tomorrow Never Knows 38.44

48) Good day sunshine 38. 44

50) You Never Give Me Your Money 38.43

51) Got To Get You Into My Life 38. 42
52) Here comes the sun 37. 45

53) You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away 37.42
54) Happiness is a Warm Gun 37. 46

55) Rocky Raccoon 37.42

56) Octopus’ Garden 36.45
57) Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite 36.44
57) Rain 36.44

59) All my loving 36.43

59) The Word 36.43

61) Fixing a hole 36. 42

62) She Came in Through the Bathroom Window 36.39

63) Oh Darling!                            36.37
64) I Will                                      36. 36
65) Julia
66) Not a Second Time        35.40

67) Martha my Dear 35.39

68) P.S. I Love You

68) I Want You (she’s so heavy) 34. 44

70) Eight Days a Week 34. 41

71) I’m a Loser 34. 40

72) It’s only Love 34.39

73) Maxwell’s Silver Hammer 34.39
74) I'm so Tired 34. 39

75) She’s a Woman 34.38
76) From Me to You 33. 40

77) Long and winding road 33.34

78) Getting Better 33. 40
79) I'll be Back 33. 40

80) Hey Bulldog 32. 41

81) And Your Bird Can Sing 32. 40

81) Think for Yourself 32.40

83) I'm Looking Through You 32. 39

83) She Said She Said 32.39

85) Two of Us 32.38
85) I Should Have Known Better 32. 38

85) Sun King 32.38

88) Within You Without You 32.37

89) I've Just Seen a Face 32. 35

90) Mother Nature’s Son 32.32

92) Continuing story of Bungalow Bill 31. 38

92) Do you want to know a secret? 31. 38

92) Hold me tight. 31. 38

92) There’s a Place 31.38
92) It won't be long. 31.38

92) Yer Blues 31.38

98) Piggies 31.37
98) Dig a Pony 31. 37

99) I'm Down 30. 37

100) Sexy Sadie 30.36

100)You Won’t See Me 30.36

101) Paperback Writer 30.34

101) Hello goodbye 30. 34

102) Misery 29.36

103) Love me do 29.36

104) Wait 29.35

105) No Reply 29.32
105) And I Love her 29. 32

105) Your Mother Should Know 29.32

108) I've got a Feeling                     28. 36
109) Ballad of John & Yoko            28. 35
109) Baby You're a Rich Man          28. 35
109) Baby's in Black                         28. 35
109) I Don't Want to Spoil the Party 28. 35

109) Tell Me Why 28.35

109) Yes It Is 28.35

115) I’m only Sleeping 28.34

116) Things We Said Today 28.30

117) Dear Prudence 27. 33

117) Good morning 27. 33
119) For You Blue 27. 32

119) I Want to Tell You 27. 32
121) Cry Baby Cry 27.31

121) I’ll follow the Sun 27.31

123) I'm Happy Just to Dance with You 26. 33

123) Thank You Girl 26.33

125) If I needed someone 26.32

126) I Wanna be Your Man 26. 31

126) I'll cry instead 26. 31

127) I call your name 26 .31
127) Another girl 26.31

127) I need you 26. 31

127)One After 909 26.31

131) Magical Mystery Tour 26.30

132) This Boy 25.33

133) Mean Mr. Mustard 25.32

133) You Can’t Do That 25.32

135) Tell Me What You See 25.31

136) You’re Gonna Lose That Girl 25.30

137) Glass Onion 25.29

137) I Me Mine 25.29

Honorable mention: Twist and Shout, Long Tall Sally, Rock’n’Roll Music, Please Mr. Postman

(not written by the Beatles)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I Get Home 24.30

Every little thing. 24. 30

Why Don’t we Do it in the Road? 24.24

Doctor Robert 23. 26

Inner Light 23 23
Good night 23. 4

I'll get you. 22. 27

Little Child 22.27

What You’re Doing 22.27

Love you too 22 24

All together now. 21. 26

Only a Northern Song 21.25

Old Brown Shoe 21.22

Don't pass me by. 20. 26
Anytime at all. 20. 25

Run For Your Life 19.23
Don't let me down. 19. 23

Don't bother me 19.19

You Like Me Too Much 18.23

Polythene Pam 18.22

Long, long, long 18 21

Savoy Truffle 18.19

You Know My Name 17.24

What Goes On? 17.23

It's all too much 16. 22

Ask me why 16.20

Blue Jay Way 15.18

Revolution #9 15.15

Wild Honey Pie 14.16

Dig it 12. 16

(Not listed: “Flying” [no lyrics])