Prior to that, the people in show business from the north of England had all been comedians. Inspired storytelling. While the pacifist motto may not chime with actual world events, we’re all allowed to indulge our utopian dreams for 3 mins and 57 seconds. Marketing-wise, a bad move – but in hindsight it just added to the individual allure of what continues to be a genuinely magical mystery of a song. Opinions vary among Beatles fans, save for in regard to “Hey Jude." James Manning, No one knits together the grandiose and the mundane like The Beatles. A hip-hop variant of the song that paradoxically remains true to both hip-hop and the original Beatles song. Some fans might reckon this song has been a tad overexposed over the years (it’s been covered by everyone from Bananarama to Deep Purple), but the band’s ability to spin personal anguish into folk-pop gold remains genius-level. It sees Macca use his pen to send shots at the actress whom he believed had let him down by refusing to stay at home and going out on a theatre tour. It’s stunning. My experience — seizing on every picture, saving money for singles and EPs, catching them on a local news show — was repeated over and over again around the world. Now that's how you start a blues song. Bizarrely, serial killer Charles Manson built an entire warped world theory around the lyrics. Paul McCartney’s best Beatles songs: 20. I love the music on this song, and the George/Paul harmonies are gorgeous, but the lyrics are banal and it shouldn’t have made the top 20. ‘You Never Give Me Your Money’ is the pinnacle, an aching four-part drama built on images of abandonment and departure, the work of a man preparing for the next phase of his life. 39 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' From: 'Sgt. John Lennon’s best Beatles songs: 10. Written on the way to the airport, it prickles with pique, and Lennon’s voice is strangely seductive while he practically croons with scorn and derision at a fallen idol. That’s where our list of the 50 best Beatles songs comes in: it's solid pop gold from start to finish. One of the last songs the Beatles ever recorded is also one of the most nakedly emotional, as Lennon lays himself bare and delivers a gut-wrenchingly intense vocal. Kicking off in the middle of a red-eyed conversation about human isolation, this spiritual ‘Sgt Pepper’ cut then dives into a humming variation on a theme by Ravi Shankar. Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! Nick Levine, It starts with a growl, a ‘Goon Show’ voice counting in, then George smacks you in the face and we’re away. Amy Smith, By 1965, everything the Beatles tried pretty much came off. So, if you are looking to show off your playing skills and have people sing along, this is a good song … Yeah, yeah, yeah. Best Beatles songs to dance to. They can be heard in all sorts of one-off wonders from the Knickerbockers’ “Lies” and the Flamin’ Groovies’ “Shake Some Action.” The scope and license of the White Album has permitted everyone from OutKast to Radiohead to Green Day to Joanna Newsom to roll their picture out on a broader, bolder canvas. The music that John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr wrote and recorded between 1960 and 1970 has surely become the most beloved songbook of all time. Inspired by the slogans of the Summer of Love and the growing peace movement, John and Paul threw everything at this track: trumpets, a double bass, a bit of ‘Greensleeves’, a rare one-note chorus, plus a touch of Bach and banjo. It was very thrilling, but also disconcerting. Amy Smith, It’s been described as ground zero for psychedelic rock, which may not be entirely accurate – The Kinks had done the drone thing on ‘See My Friends’ by then, while the phased jangle was pure Byrds. In 1999, a little time after Linda McCartney’s passing, Paul performed at the Concert for Linda, organized by Chrissie Hynde. Listen to the first take, on ‘Anthology’, for John and Paul’s fit of giggling when they get the lyrics mixed up. "Something" is the biggest hit Beatles song written by George Harrison and is considered by many to be one of the greatest love songs of all time. The way he fills every part of every note with a glorious fury is so satisfying. You can hear that Kurt Cobain listened to the Beatles and mixed their ideas with punk and metal. Originally written by Paul McCartney to console John Lennon's son Julian over his parents' impending divorce, 'Hey Jude' is a huge-hearted, super-emotional epic that climaxes with one of pop's most legendary hooks. Unbelievably, they only played it live once – for an episode of ‘Top Gear’ (not that one, it was a radio show) in 1964. Sure, like most Lennon songs it’s supposedly about love, but it’s not hard to hear a touch of the divine in lines like ‘In the beginning I misunderstood / but now I’ve got it, the word is good’. Staring down a series of dismal attempts at provocation from the press corps, they look exhausted and disenchanted. Pepper Knew My Father (1988) and This Bird Has Flown (2005). With that said, narrowing down their songs to just the best 10 is a tall order. Question. . Tom Huddleston, So much is made of the rivalry between John and Paul that it is heartening to know they shared mics on this track, a loose, metallic-string twanging jaunt about Paul and his future wife, Linda. The Beatles are one of the best musical groups of all time. The squiggly tape loops, George’s backwards guitar, Ringo’s endless backbeat, Paul’s ‘om’ of a bassline and John’s whacked-out Tibetan pronouncements on life, death and oblivion still sound totally electrifying in 2017. What are the best Beatles songs of all time? Nick Levine, The Beatles try their hand at contemporary folk in this mournful ode to a secret or unrequited love – the inspiration is still the subject of endless speculation. The stripped immediacy of this 'White Album' classic came from the band squeezing into a closet within Abbey Road studios, a throwback to the intimacy of their early Hamburg days, and you can hear the excitement from Paul, George and Ringo as they holler and yelp in the background. ’s where our list of the 50 best Beatles songs comes in: it's solid pop gold from start to finish. They belonged to everybody. Lyrically, ‘A Day in the Life’ is pure poetic banality: John goes to the pictures and worries about holes in the road while Paul gets startled by his alarm clock and smokes a joint on the bus. That’s pure bulldog balls – because it’s right here. Personally, I think it sounds like impending heartbreak – only with George Harrison standing nearby, clacking on the claves. Year in Review: So, How Was Your 2020, Maluma. Once again, the Fab Four position themselves as the lovestruck victims, this time of an errant lover who just doesn’t feel the same way after some eye-watering sexual adventures. The songs weren’t theirs anymore. It’s a brilliant headache of LSD-drenched acid-rock from George. . Matt Breen, For all his youthful goofiness, Macca never had a problem imagining old age. The Beatles even recorded for Parlophone, which was a comedy label, as if they believed they might be a passing novelty act. It’s actually a relief to know there was a bite behind his doe-like good looks and a boon to have that post-break-up sullen period documented so well. "Something" was part of the Beatles last recording sessions when they put together the album Abbey Road. Tomorrow I’ll miss you We whittle down the entire output of the Fab Four down to a fab fifty. Ringo Starr played the drums with an incredibly unique feel that nobody can really copy, although many fine drummers have tried and failed. Tucked away on side one of the ‘Yellow Submarine’ cartoon soundtrack, ‘Hey Bulldog’ is a towering booty-shaker, a grinding nonsensical love song driven by a killer riff, Paul’s fretless bass swoops and Ringo at his chunkiest. Every record was a shock. But with its lurching off-beat and stabbing rhythm guitar, ‘She’s a Woman’ definitely has a touch of ska in its rattling skeleton. And funnily enough, he was. I need to put together a song list for a dance party. ‘Day Tripper’ is a naked attack on the charts with an unforgettable riff in what seems to be a 12-bar blues that then veers way off course. When EW ranked the 50 best Beatles songs ever in 2009, there was yelling. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Someone recently gave me an assembly of newsreel footage, which illustrates how swiftly the band was drained of the bright and joyful wit presented as a public face. But musically it’s an apocalypse: from the concrete opening piano chords to the queasy orchestral climax, this song feels like the end of, well, everything. ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ Perhaps one of Lennon’s most passionate deliveries came on the band’s Let It Be track, ‘Don’t Let Me Down’. This is an updated version of an essay that appeared in RS 946. I suppose ambition and human frailty creeps into every group, but they delivered some incredible performances. ‘Norwegian Wood’, with its dreamlike, disparate elements (Greenwich Village folk, sitar, lyric about interior decoration) is an exercise in celebrity existentialism, the mental breakdown of fame. Paul McCartney flings off any twee tendencies for climbing, prog riffs, whirling slide guitar and fierce rock-heavy vocals. Or indeed at the single-day session that saw this and nine other tracks recorded for their debut album, ‘Please Please Me’. James Manning, It’s been claimed that The Beatles weren’t funky – that they never delivered a loose, ‘Sympathy For the Devil’-style dancefloor filler. Amy Smith, John Lennon was famously dismissive of religion’s influence on culture, but this Motown-infused boogie classic has more than a hint of old-time gospel. It’s the best of the Beatles in just over two minutes. Tom Huddleston, The Beatles do reggae? Heck, they are wearing sunglasses indoors in the picture on the back of the cover and not even looking at the camera . They wrote some astounding love songs, too, and here are some of the best. Tom Huddleston. Amy Smith, For all the alchemy of the Lennon-McCartney creative partnership, it was ultimately hobbled by the clashing of two enormous egos. Wanna die’. The majority of titles on this Top Ten Beatles Songs list are pre-‘Sgt. In 1966 it must have sounded like the end of the world, or the start of a new one. Chris Waywell, John Lennon would often cite this song as his first subjective track and the first to draw on childhood memories. Elvis Costello, George Harrison, John Lennon, Magical Mystery Tour, Paul McCartney, Revolver, Ringo Starr, Rubber Soul, Sgt. The stock theme of boy-wants-girl is thrown out to expose the potential loneliness of old age. © 2021 Time Out England Limited and affiliated companies owned by Time Out Group Plc. Amy Smith, Early Beatles or late Beatles? . Lennon reveals his perspective of watching anti-war protests from an Indian ashram and the result is the most snarling and ferocious version of saying ‘let’s all calm down, now, shall we?’ Amy Smith, This bluesy rocker was actually conceived as a kind of protest song: Macca set out to satirise the Enoch Powell-stoked controversy over immigration in 1969. 2. It was the first Beatles track to not include guitars, instead using four channels of stabbing violins to stalk McCartney’s soft, winsome storytelling. John, Paul, George, and Ringo changed music forever. The 10 best Beatles songs as chosen by A Nameless Ghoul from Ghost; The Thursday Death Match: The Beatles vs The Stones; Helter Skelter. Revolution 9- No need to explain, seeing as everyone loves it so much. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles, The White Album. Written from the perspective of a young man imagining himself as an old man looking back on himself as a young man (it’s complicated, but it works), ‘Things We Said Today’ pulls off the almost inconceivable trick of being nostalgic for the present. Tom Huddleston, Joyous Hammond organ ushers in a messy, psychedelic wig-out (an intro that is extremely similar to Michael Jackson’s ‘Black or White’) with Ringo’s slap-happy drumming and Lennon’s twisted, off-kilter vocals sitting centre-stage. Well, with ‘I Feel Fine’ you’ve got a bit of both, what with the opening hum of feedback (anticipating the boys’ sitar phase) and a proto-‘Rubber Soul’ circular melody, the rattling energy of ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ and the stoned haze of ‘Come Together’. I'll follow the sun- A very calm love song. All rights reserved. When the piano kicks in with sped-up baroque trills, it’s the sonic equivalent of taking a warm bath in nostalgia. McCartney never claimed that the irresistibly bounce "Hello, Goodbye" was his most profound... 'Yes It Is'. The songs, stories, influences and legacy of the Beatles – 24/8! This means that no one born after Christmas Eve 2015 will ever live in a world where The Beatles’ music wasn’t available for … 2. The lyrics may be meaningless – the chorus aside, it’s all just random shouts of exhortation – but the music rockets like a speeding fire truck, driven by a clanging cowbell and some of Macca’s most monstrous bass playing. ‘The Word’ was the first song the band worked up while smoking weed in the studio, which might explain its groovy drone-like simplicity. 5. Compared to rabid R&B evangelists like the Rolling Stones, the Beatles arrived sounding like nothing else. Pepper’ when they were a tight-knit live band, prior to the fragmentation of their ‘studio years’. Imagine releasing a song like “Ask Me Why” or “Things We Said Today” as a B side. We want to hear from you! Piggies- The loadspeaker part is fun and the references are everywhere. Now, I’ll admit that I’ve stolen my share of Beatles licks, but around the turn of the Nineties, I got to co-write 12 songs with Paul McCartney and even dared to propose that he too reference some of the Beatles’ harmonic signatures — as, astonishingly, he had made up another musical vocabulary for Wings and during his solo career. Tom Huddleston, The grand finale to the band’s entire career, ‘The End’ isn’t so much a song as a series of monster breaks capped with a slogan. But on this eight-minute ‘Abbey Road’ wig-out they went even further, laying the foundations for stoner rock with the relentlessly spiralling outro. Ringo’s slip-and-slide drumwork staggers alongside Lennon’s hazy voice and, just as the wonky beauty of George’s guitar recorded-in-reverse creeps in, it slowly fades out. That tasty distortion was created by plugging the guitar signal directly into the mixing console. Off the preposterously mixed bag that is ‘Magical Mystery Tour’, ‘Blue Jay Way’ is an eerie lucid dream of a song held together by the ceaseless, one-chord drone of a rotary organ. Amy Smith, It was such an awesome decision of Lennon and McCartney to portray a runaway’s tale from the point of view of the parents; through their protestations of ‘we gave her most of our lives, we gave her everything money could buy’, you can unpick what was a yawning generational gap. While they bickered, the quietly reliable George Harrison opened a book, found the words ‘gently weeps’ at random, and fashioned this piece of high-class melancholia. Pepper’s,’ ranking of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison’s output. We Created This List Of Our Top 15 Favorites For You To Add To Your Romantic Music … When probed by one blowhard to respond to a Time magazine critique that “Day Tripper” was about a prostitute and “Norwegian Wood” about a lesbian, McCartney responds, “We were just trying to write songs about prostitutes and lesbians.” In the laughter that follows, he mutters, “Cut.” They were giving the impression that the game was up, but in truth, they were just getting started. Time Out is a registered trademark of Time Out Digital Limited. Such is the raw, rock ’n’ roll energy behind the song, in fact, that when Macca belts out ‘I’m Down, I’m really down’, you can’t help thinking that this kid’s gonna be a-ok in the end. During the rehearsal, I was singing harmony on a Ricky Nelson song with him, and Paul called out the next tune: “All My Loving.”. The Top Ten Beatles Songs of All Time "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" "A Day in the Life" "I Want to Hold Your Hand" "Strawberry Fields Forever" "Yesterday" "In My Life" "Something" "Hey Jude" "Let It Be" "Come Together" Chris Waywell, ‘The whole Beatles thing was just beyond comprehension. I didn’t really understand ‘The White Album’, but the eight-year-old me loved the simplicity of Paul’s opening rocker with its anachronistic Beach Boys circa 1964 inflections. Good night, boys. The song is as indebted to country music as to an English country ramble, with its rain-splattered, guitar-smacking romance and camaraderie. Most of all, John and Paul were fantastic singers. Like the rest of the LP, it could be seen as a bit of a conceptual mess, but that’s why I go back to it more than any of their other records. The Beatles influenced the course of popular music history, inspired countless rock and pop artists, and stole the hearts and minds of music fans all over the world. ‘The whole Beatles thing was just beyond comprehension. Tom Huddleston, A beautiful, slumbering dedication to sleep, the delicate backing vocals coax like the best lullaby. The Beatles’ most popular song has a rather endearing origin story, one that centers on grief, coping, and hope — particularly for John Lennon’s son, Julian. And who are we to argue? Best Beatles Songs 1. James Manning, Don't allow yourself to overlook this song because of its sheer ubiquity (these days, it feels as though Macca is wheeled out to perform it at every major national event). When a one-night stand doesn’t end well. Fourteen words, some throaty screams and one monstrous, endlessly stymied riff, and you’ve got a nail-biting musical portrait of pent-up horniness. In one early sequence, McCartney tells reporters that they will soon appear on The Ed Sullivan Show and then points into the camera: “There he is, hi, Ed, and Mrs. Ed” — “and Mr. Ed,” chimes Ringo. These records were events, and not just advance notice of an album. Amy Smith, Why is John Lennon’s madcap oddity so often written off as the naff byproduct of an acid trip? Tom Huddleston, This is the first song on the first Beatles album I bought. Yeah, yeah, yeah. From ‘Helter Skelter’ to ‘Sgt. Adding to the barnstorming energy of the track, you can’t help but snigger at it’s materialistic sentiment – one completely at odds with so many later Beatles songs. It’s a beautiful song in itself, but also suggests that if you were the most famous band in the world, psychedelia was a perfectly logical place to go. 5. Well not exactly, partly because the form wasn’t quite invented yet in 1964 and partly because that’d be bloody horrible. and so on, and so on. They made such fantastic records as “Paperback Writer” b/w “Rain” or “Penny Lane” b/w “Strawberry Fields Forever” and only put them out as singles. It was originally published September 2011. . Then it’s over to Paul to bring it on home with a slice of honest hippy wisdom backed by strings and celestial harmonies. This is a top-five track from the Fab Four regardless of which era or style you prefer. The poor kid must have felt a long way from Merseyside. I also like the fact that it goes into a funny waltz-time bit when every single fucking guitar band since would have stuck a feedback-y guitar solo or something all over it. Amy Smith, The melody, flecked with a Western twang, moves at a gallop pace, while a frosty George Harrison has a good ol’ strop on what was his first song for The Beatles. Sign up for our newsletter. The songs of the British rock group the Beatles are known for their vitality and variety, covering all genres of the day from pop ballads to hard rock to acid rock to Indian ragas to basic rock'n'roll. Probably not, and there probably never will be. It’s difficult to limit such a list to a particular number as there are so many beautiful Beatle love lyrics. . They were the first group to mess with the aural perspective of their recordings and have it be more than just a gimmick. Most important, they always fit right into the arrangement. Chris Waywell, It’s often said that The Beatles (circa ‘The White Album’) invented heavy metal with ‘Helter Skelter’ and ‘Revolution’. Ringo’s scream of ‘I’ve got blisters on my fingers!’ is the final flourish to an absolute belter. Tristan Parker, Eternally imitated and never matched, this song changed music – no question. Try another? 3. Lennon wrote this corker after being blown away by Smokey Robinson’s ‘I’ve Been Good To You’ and borrowed the doo-wop stylings and flush harmonies. There’s a softer, slower take (Revolution 1) but ‘revolution’ is not a topic for soft or ‘shooby-doo-wop’. The Beatles Wrote Some Of The Best Love Songs Of All Time. The band were all massive fans of the Motown sound and, along with manager Brian Epstein, would raid vinyl stores for new US releases. Matt Breen, Dow dow dow-dow dow dowwww… ‘She said / I know what it’s like to be dead’. “I Wanna Be Your Man” by The Rolling Stones, 1963. Still, ‘Rain’ remains a mind-mangling milestone: the first use of backwards guitar on a mainstream pop track, vocals that sound like a Gregorian monk with a head cold, bass so fluid it practically drips, and all held together with a martial drum part that Ringo regards as the pinnacle of his career. 14. This is the track to headbang to, a song to get hyped to and is widely recognised as one of the precursors to heavy metal. It wasn’t the first time anything like this had happened, but the Beatles achieved a level of fame and recognition known previously only to Charlie Chaplin, Brigitte Bardot and Elvis Presley, along with a little of the airless exclusivity of astronauts, former presidents and other heavyweight champions. Perhaps overshadowed by the fact it was the B-side to ‘Help!’ in 1965, the song remains one of The Beatles' liveliest numbers – despite lyrics about being used, abused and scored by your gal. Now it’s time to get serious. Everyone has a favorite song by The Beatles… I said, “Do you want me to take the harmony line the second time round?” And he said, “Yeah, give it a try.” I’d only had 35 years to learn the part. Chris Waywell, With their films and carefully tended media personas, the Beatles were one of the first bands to explore the meta dimensions of superstardom. While this isn’t strictly a Beatles song, it is one of the most popular songs and will have people singing along in no time. Thanks for subscribing! The best love song the Beatles ever wrote … and it was written by Harrison. The group's "main catalogue" – songs released between 1962 and 1970 – consists of 213 songs (four of which exist in different versions): 188 originals and 25 covers. Moptops or maharishis? The photo was badly lit, and they didn’t quite have their look down; Ringo had his hair slightly swept back, as if he wasn’t quite sold on the Beatles haircut yet. The word “Beatlesque” has been in the dictionary for quite a while now. Tom Huddleston, Unashamedly saluting Little Richard with its half-shrieked chorus and Lennon’s wild electric piano runs, ‘I’m Down’ is a short, sharp, simple burst of jump-up blues. My absolute favorite albums are Rubber Soul and Revolver. The White Album track that influenced hard rock and heavy metal to come. You can tell it was recorded quickly (in just two takes, in fact) from the way the song literally bounces across the score, buoyed by John on the electric piano and Paul’s impassioned, almost breathless, vocals. If I had to pick a favorite song from those albums, it would be “And Your Bird Can Sing” . If there’s any cause for weeping, it’s that this was released as a B-side to, of all things, Macca’s ‘Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da’, which Lennon described as ‘Paul’s granny shit’. It’s all kind of cobbled together. Halsey Cancels Manic World Tour: 'Safety Is the Priority', Sen. 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Over time he siphoned off the specifics relating to Liverpool resulting in his wistful softened double-tracked vocals and Paul and George’s closer-than-close harmonies. . . Amy Smith, Paul McCartney describes this song as a ‘genuine plea’ from John to Yoko, and it’s easy to see what he means. However, our idea of the top 10 best Beatles songs of all time discussed above is a great place to start on a listening tour of this iconic rock and roll band. If ‘When I’m 64’ is a little too oompah for your tastes, try this intimate early ballad. We already have this email. It's another George Harrison joint, named after a mist-wreathed LA street just off the Sunset Strip where he stayed in 1967. Fact: this is the UK’s best-selling single of the ’60s, bar none. I was exactly the right age to be hit by them full-on. 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