List of The Beatles songs
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a sortable table of all songs by The Beatles:
- The column Title list the song title.
- The column Year lists the year in which the song was recorded.
- The column Album lists the official UK and US studio albums, as well as official post break-up albums.
- The column Author(s) lists which Beatle(s) have written the song. Regarding those credited to "Lennon/McCartney", however, Lennon and McCartney wrote a great deal of these songs alone, or with only a minor input from the other. Those credits are here listed as follows:
-
- Lennon and McCartney: Songs written eyeball to eyeball (as Lennon once put it) e.g. "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
- Lennon, with McCartney or McCartney, with Lennon: Songs with one main composer (the first name listed), but where the other made some noteworthy contribution (for example, cases where one wrote or rewrote some of the lyric or melody or where one wrote the verse and the other wrote the "middle eight" or bridge section or gives the other an unfinished song to merge with an almost complete song.) E. g. "I've Got a Feeling," "Baby, You're a Rich Man," and "A Day in the Life."
- Lennon OR McCartney: Songs that one of them wrote completely his own e.g. "Nowhere Man" or "All My Loving."
- The column Lead vocal(s) lists which Beatle(s) sang lead vocals or 'N/A' in case of instrumentals.
- The columns Chart position list the respective US and UK single chart positions where applicable.
- The column Notes lists other useful information such as the song being a cover, a B-side etc.
- Ringo Starr is credited as a writer by his legal name, Richard Starkey.
There are currently 282 songs on this list.
Contents: | Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T W Y See also |
---|
[edit] Table
Title | Year | Album | Author(s) | Lead vocal(s) | Chart position UK | Chart position US | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
"12-Bar Original" | 1965 | Anthology 2 | Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
"A Beginning" | 1968 | Anthology 3 | Martin | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
"A Day in the Life" | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon, with McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | 63 | N/A | B-side |
"A Hard Day's Night" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon | Lennon and McCartney | 1 | 1 | |
"A Shot of Rhythm and Blues" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | album | N/A | |||
"A Taste of Honey" | 1963 | Please Please Me (UK) | Scott/Marlow | McCartney | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Across the Universe" | 1968 | Let It Be | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Act Naturally" | 1965 | Help! (UK)/Yesterday and Today (US) | Russell / Morrison | Starr | N/A | 47 | Cover, B-side |
"Ain't She Sweet" | 1961 | Anthology 1 | Yellen / Ager | Lennon | N/A | 19 | Cover |
"All I've Got to Do" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles! (US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"All My Loving" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles! (US) | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | 45 | |
"All Things Must Pass" | 1969 | Anthology 3 | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"All Together Now" | 1967 | Yellow Submarine | McCartney, with Lennon | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"All You Need Is Love" | 1967 | Yellow Submarine | Lennon | Lennon | 1 | 1 | |
"And I Love Her" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | McCartney, with Lennon | McCartney | N/A | 12 | |
"And Your Bird Can Sing" | 1966 | Revolver (UK)/ Yesterday and Today (US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Anna (Go to Him)" | 1963 | Please Please Me (UK) | Alexander | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Another Girl" | 1965 | Help! | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Any Time at All" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night (UK)/ Something New (US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Ask Me Why" | 1962 | Please Please Me (UK) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | B-side |
"Baby It's You" | 1963 | Please Please Me (UK) | Bacharach, David, Williams | Lennon | 7 | 67 | Cover |
"Baby You're a Rich Man" | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon, with McCartney | Lennon | 1 | 34 | |
"Baby's in Black" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/ Beatles '65 (US) | Lennon and McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Back in the USSR" | 1968 | The Beatles | McCartney | McCartney | 19 | N/A | |
"Bad Boy" | 1965 | Past Masters, Volume One, Beatles VI (US) | Williams | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Bad to Me" | 1963 | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | ||
"Ballad of John and Yoko" | 1969 | Past Masters, Volume Two, The Beatles 1, Hey Jude (US) | Lennon | Lennon | 1 | 8 | |
"Because" | 1969 | Abbey Road | Lennon | Lennon, McCartney and Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Bésame Mucho" | 1962 | Anthology 1 | Velázquez | McCartney | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Birthday" | 1968 | The Beatles | McCartney | McCartney and Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Blackbird" | 1968 | The Beatles | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Blue Jay Way" | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Boys" | 1963 | Please Please Me (UK) | Dixon/Farrell | Starr (Best) | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Can't Buy Me Love" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | McCartney | McCartney | 1 | 1 | |
"Carol" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |||
"Carry That Weight" | 1969 | Abbey Road | McCartney | McCartney, Harrison, and Starr | N/A | N/A | |
"Cayenne" | 1960 | Anthology 1 | McCartney | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
"Chains" | 1963 | Please Please Me (UK) | Goffin / King | Harrison | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" | 1967 | Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr | Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr | N/A | N/A | ||
"Clarabella" | Live at the BBC | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |||
"Come and Get It" | 1969 | Anthology 3 | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | Recorded by Badfinger |
"Come Together" | 1969 | Abbey Road | Lennon | Lennon | 4 | 1 | |
"Cry Baby Cry" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon, with McCartney | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Cry for a Shadow" | 1961 | Anthology 1 | Harrison and Lennon | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
"Crying, Waiting, Hoping" | Live at the BBC | Buddy Holly | Harrison | N/A | N/A | ||
"Day Tripper" | 1965 | Past Masters, Volume Two, The Beatles 1, Yesterday and Today (US) | Lennon, with McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | 1 | 5 | Double A-side |
"Dear Prudence" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Devil in Her Heart" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/The Beatles' Second Album (US) | Drapkin | Harrison | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Dig a Pony" | 1969 | Let It Be | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Dig It" | 1969 | Let It Be | Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" | 1965 | Help! (UK)/ Beatles VI (US) | Williams | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Do You Want to Know a Secret" | 1963 | Please Please Me (UK) | Lennon | Harrison | N/A | 2 | US single only |
"Doctor Robert" | 1966 | Revolver (UK)/Yesterday and Today (US) | Lennon, with McCartney | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Don't Bother Me" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles (US) | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Don't Ever Change" | Live at the BBC | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |||
"Don't Let Me Down" | 1969 | Past Masters, Volume Two, Hey Jude (US)/Let It Be...Naked | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | 35 | B-side |
"Don't Pass Me By" | 1968 | The Beatles | Starkey | Starr | N/A | N/A | |
"Drive My Car" | 1965 | Rubber Soul (UK)/Yesterday and Today (US) | McCartney, with Lennon | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Eight Days a Week" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles VI (US) | Lennon and McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | 1 | US single only |
"Eleanor Rigby" | 1966 | Revolver | McCartney, with Lennon | McCartney | 1 | 11 | Authorship disputed[1] |
"Every Little Thing" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles VI (US) | Lennon, with McCartney | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/ Beatles '65 (US) | Carl Perkins | Harrison | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Fixing a Hole" | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | Co-authorship claim by Mal Evans |
"Flying" | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Harrison, Lennon, McCartney, Starr | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
"For No One" | 1966 | Revolver | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"For You Blue" | 1969 | Let It Be | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | 1 | Double A-side |
"Free as a Bird" | 1977 (1994) | Anthology 1 | Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Starr | Lennon, McCartney and Harrison | 2 | 6 | |
"From Me to You" | 1963 | Past Masters, Volume One, The Beatles 1 | Lennon and McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | 1 | 41 | |
"Get Back" | 1969 | Let It Be | McCartney | McCartney | 1 | 1 | |
"Getting Better" | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | McCartney, with Lennon | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Girl" | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Glass Onion" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Golden Slumbers" | 1969 | Abbey Road | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Good Day Sunshine" | 1966 | Revolver | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Good Morning Good Morning" | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Good Night" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon | Starr | N/A | N/A | |
"Got To Get You Into My Life" | 1966 | Revolver | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | 7 | |
"Hallelujah, I Love Her So" | Anthology 1 | Charles | McCartney | N/A | N/A | Cover | |
"Happiness Is a Warm Gun" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Hello, Goodbye" | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | McCartney | McCartney | 1 | 1 | |
"Hello Little Girl" | 1962 | Anthology 1 | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Recorded by the Fourmost |
"Help!" | 1965 | Help! | Lennon | Lennon | 1 | 1 | |
"Helter Skelter" | 1968 | The Beatles | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Her Majesty" | 1969 | Abbey Road | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Here Comes the Sun" | 1969 | Abbey Road | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Here, There, and Everywhere" | 1966 | Revolver | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Hey Bulldog" | 1968 | Yellow Submarine | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Hey Jude" | 1968 | Past Masters, Volume Two, The Beatles 1, Hey Jude (US) | McCartney | McCartney | 1 | 1 | |
"Hold Me Tight" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles! (US) | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Honey Don't" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) | Perkins | Starr | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Honey Pie" | 1968 | The Beatles | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"How Do You Do It?" | 1962 | Anthology 1 | Murray | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"I Am the Walrus" | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | 56 | B-side |
"I Call Your Name" | 1964 | Past Masters, Volume One, The Beatles' Second Album (US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | EP release (UK) |
"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles VI (US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | 39 | B-side (US) |
"I Feel Fine" | 1964 | Past Masters, Volume One, The Beatles 1, Beatles '65 (US) | Lennon | Lennon | 1 | 1 | |
"I Forgot to Remember to Forget" | Live at the BBC | Stan Kesler and Charlie Feathers | Harrison | N/A | N/A | ||
"I Got a Woman" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |||
"I Got to Find My Baby" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |||
"I Just Don't Understand" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |||
"I Me Mine" | 1970 | Let It Be | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"I Need You" | 1965 | Help! | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | Authorship disputed[2] |
"I Saw Her Standing There" | 1963 | Please Please Me (UK) | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | 14 | |
"I Should Have Known Better" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon | Lennon | 8 | 53 | B-side (US) |
"I Wanna Be Your Man" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles (US) | McCartney, with Lennon | Starr | N/A | N/A | |
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" | 1963 | Past Masters, Volume One, The Beatles 1, Meet the Beatles (US) | Lennon and McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | 1 | 1 | |
"I Want to Tell You" | 1966 | Revolver | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"I Want You (She's So Heavy)" | 1969 | Abbey Road | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"I Will" | 1968 | The Beatles | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"If I Fell" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | 53 | B-side (US) |
"If I Needed Someone" | 1965 | Rubber Soul (UK)/ Yesterday and Today (US) | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"If You've Got Trouble" | 1965 | Anthology 2 | Lennon and McCartney | Starr | N/A | N/A | Authorship unclear |
"I'll Be Back" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"I'll Be on My Way" | Live at the BBC | Lennon and McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | ||
"I'll Cry Instead" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night (UK)/Something New (US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | 25 | US single only |
"I'll Follow the Sun" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"I'll Get You" | 1963 | Past Masters, Volume One, The Beatles' Second Album (US) | Lennon and McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | B-side |
"I'm a Loser" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"I'm Down" | 1965 | Past Masters, Volume One, Anthology 2 | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | B-side |
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |||
"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon | Harrison | N/A | 95 | B-side (US) |
"I'm Looking Through You" | 1965 | Rubber Soul | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"I'm Only Sleeping" | 1966 | Revolver (UK)/ Yesterday and Today (US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"I'm So Tired" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"In My Life" | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Lennon, with McCartney | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Authorship disputed[1] |
"In Spite of All the Danger" | 1958 | Anthology 1 | McCartney and Harrison | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"It Won't Be Long" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles (US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"It's All Too Much" | 1967 | Yellow Submarine | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"It's Only Love" | 1965 | Help! (UK)/Rubber Soul (US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"I've Got a Feeling" | 1969 | Let It Be | Lennon and McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"I've Just Seen a Face" | 1965 | Help! (UK)/Rubber Soul (US) | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Johnny B. Goode" | Live at the BBC | Berry | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover | |
"Julia" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Junk" | 1968 | Anthology 3 | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Kansas City"/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles VI (US) | Leiber / Stoller / Penniman | McCartney | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Keep Your Hands off My Baby" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |||
"Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand" (German version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand") | 1964 | Past Masters, Volume One, Something New (US) | Lennon and McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | The German translators were credited as co-writers |
"Lady Madonna" | 1968 | Past Masters, Volume Two, The Beatles 1, Hey Jude (US),Anthology 2 | McCartney | McCartney | 1 | 4 | |
"Leave My Kitten Alone" | 1964 | Anthology 1 | Turner / McDougall | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Lend Me Your Comb" | 1963 | Anthology 1 | Twomey / Wise / Weisman | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Let It Be" | 1969 | Let It Be | McCartney | McCartney | 2 | 1 | |
"Like Dreamers Do" | 1962 | Anthology 1 | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | Recorded by The Applejacks |
"Little Child" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles! (US) | Lennon and McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |||
"Long, Long, Long" | 1968 | The Beatles | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Long Tall Sally" | 1964 | Past Masters, Volume One, The Beatles' Second Album (US) | Blackwell / Johnson / Penniman | McCartney | N/A | N/A | Cover; EP release (UK) |
"Love Me Do" | 1962 | Please Please Me | McCartney, with Lennon | Lennon and McCartney | 4 | 1 | |
"Love Me Tender" | Fosdick / Poulton | Sutcliffe[3][4] | N/A | N/A | Cover | ||
"Love of the Loved" | 1962 | McCartney, with Lennon | McCartney | N/A | N/A | ||
"Love You To" | 1966 | Revolver | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Lovely Rita" | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Loving You" | Leiber / Stoller | Sutcliffe[3] | N/A | N/A | Cover | ||
"Lucille" | Live at the BBC | Penniman/Albert Collins | N/A | N/A | |||
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Maggie Mae" | 1969 | Let It Be | (Traditional) arr. Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, Starkey | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Magical Mystery Tour" | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | McCartney, with Lennon | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues" | 1969 | Anthology 3 | Katz / Roberts / Clayton | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Martha My Dear" | 1968 | The Beatles | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Matchbox" | 1964 | Past Masters, Volume One, Something New (US) | Perkins / Jefferson | Starr (Best) | N/A | 17 | Cover; US single only; EP release (UK) |
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer" | 1969 | Abbey Road | McCartney | Paul McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Mean Mr. Mustard" | 1969 | Abbey Road | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Memphis, Tennessee" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |||
"Michelle" | 1965 | Rubber Soul | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Misery" | 1963 | Please Please Me | Lennon | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Money (That's What I Want)" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/The Beatles' Second Album (US) | Gordy & Bradford | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Mother Nature's Son" | 1968 | The Beatles | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Mr. Moonlight" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) | Johnson | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"No Reply" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) | Lennon, with McCartney | Lennon, with McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Not a Second Time" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles! (US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Not Guilty" | 1968 | Anthology 3 | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Nothin' Shakin'" | Live at the BBC | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |||
"Nowhere Man" | 1965 | Rubber Soul (UK)/Yesterday and Today (US) | Lennon | Lennon, McCartney and Harrison | N/A | 3 | US single only |
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" | 1968 | The Beatles | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | 49 | Released as a single in the U.S. in 1976 |
"Octopus's Garden" | 1969 | Abbey Road | Starkey, with Harrison | Starr | N/A | N/A | |
"Oh! Darling" | 1969 | Abbey Road | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Old Brown Shoe" | 1969 | Past Masters, Volume Two, Hey Jude (US) | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | B-side |
"One After 909" | 1969 | Let It Be | Lennon, with McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Only a Northern Song" | 1967 | Yellow Submarine | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Ooh! My Soul" | Live at the BBC | Penniman | McCartney | N/A | N/A | ||
"Paperback Writer" | 1966 | Past Masters, Volume Two, The Beatles 1, Hey Jude (US) | McCartney, with Lennon | McCartney | 1 | 1 | |
"Penny Lane" | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | McCartney | McCartney | 2 | 1 | |
"Piggies" | 1968 | The Beatles | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Please Mr. Postman" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/The Beatles' Second Album (US) | Dobbins/Garrett/Holland/Bateman/Gorman | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Please Please Me" | 1962 | Please Please Me (UK) | Lennon | Lennon | 2 | 3 | |
"Polythene Pam" | 1969 | Abbey Road | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"P.S. I Love You" | 1962 | Please Please Me (UK) | McCartney | McCartney | 4 | 10 | |
"Rain" | 1966 | Past Masters, Volume Two, Hey Jude (US) | Lennon | Lennon | 1 | 23 | B-side |
"Real Love" | 1979 (1995) | Anthology 2 | Lennon, with McCartney, Harrison, Starkey | Lennon | 4 | 11 | |
"Revolution" | 1968 | Past Masters, Volume Two, Hey Jude (US) | Lennon | Lennon | 1 | 12 | B-side |
"Revolution 1" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Revolution 9" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon, with Harrison and Starkey | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
"Rip It Up"/Shake, Rattle, and Roll/Blue Suede Shoes | 1969 | Anthology 3 | Blackwell-Marascalco (Rip It Up) /Calhoun (Shake, Rattle, and Roll) /Perkins (Blue Suede Shoes) | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Rock and Roll Music" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles '65 (US) | Berry | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Rocky Raccoon" | 1968 | The Beatles | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Roll Over Beethoven" | 1964 | With the Beatles (UK)/The Beatles' Second Album (US) | Berry | Harrison | N/A | 68 | Cover |
"Run for Your Life" | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Savoy Truffle" | 1968 | The Beatles | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Searchin'" | 1962 | Anthology 1 | Leiber / Stoller | McCartney | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"September in the Rain" | McCartney | N/A | N/A | ||||
"Sexy Sadie" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | 63 | 71 | Co-authorship claim by Mal Evans |
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" | 1968 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | McCartney | McCartney, Lennon, and Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" | 1969 | Abbey Road | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"She Loves You" | 1963 | Past Masters, Volume One, The Beatles 1, The Beatles' Second Album (US) | Lennon and McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | 1 | 1 | |
"She Said She Said" | 1966 | Revolver | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"She's a Woman" | 1964 | Past Masters, Volume One, Beatles '65 (US) | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | B-side |
"She's Leaving Home" | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | McCartney, with Lennon | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Shout" | 1964 | Anthology 1 | Isley/Isley/Isley | Lennon, McCartney and Harrison | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Sie Liebt Dich" (German version of "She Loves You") | 1964 | Past Masters, Volume One | Lennon and McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | 97 | The German translators were credited as co-writers |
"Slow Down" | 1964 | Past Masters, Volume One, Something New (US) | Williams | Lennon | N/A | 25 | Cover; B-side (US); EP release (UK) |
"So How Come (No One Loves Me)" | Live at the BBC | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |||
"Soldier of Love" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |||
"Some Other Guy" | Live at the BBC | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |||
"Something" | 1969 | Abbey Road | Harrison | Harrison | 4 | 1 | Double A-side |
"Step Inside Love"/Los Paranoias | 1968 | Anthology 3 | McCartney (Step Inside Love) McCartney, Lennon, Harrison and Starkey (Las Paranoias) | McCartney | N/A | N/A | "Step Inside Love" was recorded by Cilla Black |
"Strawberry Fields Forever" | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon | Lennon | 2 | 8 | Double A-side |
"Sun King" | 1969 | Abbey Road | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Sure to Fall (In Love with You)" | Live at the BBC | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |||
"Sweet Little Sixteen" | Live at the BBC | Berry | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover | |
"Take Good Care of My Baby" | Goffin / King | Harrison | N/A | N/A | Cover | ||
"Taxman" | 1966 | Revolver | Harrison, with Lennon | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Teddy Boy" | 1969 | Anthology 3 | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Tell Me What You See" | 1965 | Help! (UK)/Beatles VI (US) | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Tell Me Why" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Thank You Girl" | 1963 | Past Masters, Volume One, The Beatles' Second Album (US) | Lennon and McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | 35 | |
"That Means a Lot" | 1965 | Anthology 2 | Lennon and McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | Authorship unclear; recorded by P. J. Proby |
"That'll Be the Day" | Anthology 1 | Allison/Holly/Petty | Lennon | N/A | N/A | Cover | |
"That's All Right (Mama)" | Live at the BBC | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |||
"The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"The End" | 1969 | Abbey Road | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"The Fool on the Hill" | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"The Hippy Hippy Shake" | Live at the BBC | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |||
"The Honeymoon Song" | Live at the BBC | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |||
"The Inner Light" | 1968 | Past Masters, Volume 2 | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | 96 | B-side |
"The Long and Winding Road" | 1969 | Let It Be | McCartney | McCartney | 1 | ||
"The Night Before" | 1965 | Help! | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"The Sheik of Araby" | 1962 | Anthology 1 | Smith/Wheeler-Snyder | Harrison | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"The Word" | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Lennon | Lennon, McCartney and Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"There's a Place" | 1963 | Please Please Me (UK) | Lennon | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Things We Said Today" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night (UK)/Something New (US) | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Think for Yourself" | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"This Boy" | 1963 | Past Masters, Volume One, Meet the Beatles! (US) | Lennon | Lennon, McCartney and Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Three Cool Cats" | 1962 | Anthology 1 | Leiber / Stoller | Harrison | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Ticket to Ride" | 1965 | Help! | Lennon | Lennon | 1 | 1 | |
"Till There Was You" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/Meet the Beatles! (US) | Willson | McCartney | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"To Know Her is to Love Her" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |||
"Tomorrow Never Knows" | 1966 | Revolver | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Too Much Monkey Business" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |||
"Twist and Shout" | 1963 | Please Please Me (UK) | Medley / Russell | Lennon | 1 | 2 | Cover |
"Two of Us" | 1969 | Let It Be | McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Wait" | 1965 | Rubber Soul | Lennon and McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"We Can Work It Out" | 1965 | Past Masters, Volume Two, The Beatles 1, Yesterday and Today (US) | McCartney, with Lennon | McCartney | 1 | 1 | |
"What Goes On" | 1965 | Rubber Soul (UK)/Yesterday and Today (US) | Lennon, with McCartney and Starkey | Starr | 81 | ||
"What You're Doing" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles VI (US) | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"What's The New Mary Jane" | 1968 | Anthology 3 | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"When I Get Home" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night (UK)/ Something New(US) | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"When I'm Sixty-Four" | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" | 1968 | The Beatles | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" | 1968 | The Beatles | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Wild Honey Pie" | 1968 | The Beatles | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"With a Little Help from My Friends" | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon and McCartney | Starr | 63 | 71 | |
"Within You Without You" | 1967 | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"Words of Love" | 1964 | Beatles for Sale (UK)/Beatles VI (US) | Holly | Lennon and McCartney | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Yellow Submarine" | 1966 | Revolver | McCartney, with Lennon | Starr | 1 | 2 | |
"Yer Blues" | 1968 | The Beatles | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"Yes It Is" | 1965 | Past Masters, Volume One, Beatles VI (US) | Lennon | Harrison, Lennon and McCartney | 1 | 46 | B-side |
"Yesterday" | 1965 | Help! (UK)/Yesterday and Today (US) | McCartney | McCartney | 8 | 1 | |
"You Can't Do That" | 1964 | A Hard Day's Night (UK)/The Beatles' Second Album (US) | Lennon | Lennon | 1 | 48 | B-side |
"You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" | 1969 | Past Masters, Volume 2 | Lennon | Lennon and McCartney | 2 | N/A | B-side |
"You Know What to Do" | 1964 | Anthology 1 | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"You Like Me Too Much" | 1965 | Help! (UK)/Beatles VI (US) | Harrison | Harrison | N/A | N/A | |
"You Never Give Me Your Money" | 1969 | Abbey Road | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"You Really Got a Hold on Me" | 1963 | With the Beatles (UK)/The Beatles' Second Album (US) | Robinson | Lennon and Harrison | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"You Won't See Me" | 1965 | Rubber Soul | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"You'll Be Mine" | 1960 | Anthology 1 | Lennon and McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"Young Blood" | 1963 | Live at the BBC | Leiber / Stoller | Harrison | N/A | N/A | Cover |
"Your Mother Should Know" | 1967 | Magical Mystery Tour | McCartney | McCartney | N/A | N/A | |
"You're Going to Lose That Girl" | 1965 | Help! | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A | |
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" | 1965 | Help! | Lennon | Lennon | N/A | N/A |
[edit] Notes and references
- William J. Dowlding Beatlessongs, ISBN: 9780671682293
- Mark Lewisohn The Complete Beatles Chronicle, ISBN:978-0600600336
- Mark Lewisohn The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years 1962-1970, ISBN: 978-0600612070
- ^ a b Regarding the "Eleanor Rigby"/"In My Life" dispute, this article gives Lennon a co-writer's credit on 'Eleanor Rigby', and McCartney a co-writer's credit on 'In My Life'.
- ^ According to some sources, Lennon may have helped write the song
- ^ a b Stuart Sutcliffe Biography. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.
- ^ Norman, Philip. Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation.