The Beatles got their first #1 hit with "Love Me Do" 60 years ago. Sounds like a good excuse to make a Beatles list.
I decided to keep this list to 100. This is hard, because I listed my favorite Beatles songs, and I came up with 117 songs. I won't share the honorable mentions, but if feel free to ask about them. Spoiler: The song that inspired this list--"Love Me Do"--somehow did not make my actual top 100.I made this list while listening to music. But not The Beatles. So I really went out of my way to not think about this too hard.
Are these my favorite Beatles songs? Or me trying to think of them from a universally-critical perspective? It's a mix of both.
I heard that focusing on numbers keeps your frontal cortex busy instead of staying stuck inside the reptilian side of your brain. So I guess I make lists because it's good for my brain.
Let's not do real blurbs or links for these. Just look at the song titles and the numbers next to them. And I'll add a cool little picture to kick things off.
Here's the list.
100 It Won't Be Long
99 Blue Jay Way
98 Hey Bulldog
97 Dig A Pony
96 Because
95 Baby, You're A Rich Man
94 Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!
93 Eight Days A Week
92 From Me To You
91 Fixing A Hole
Are these songs really better than "Love Me Do"?
90 Paperback Writer
89 We Can Work It Out
88 Day Tripper
87 Can't Buy Me Love
86 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
85 Birthday
84 Sexy Sadie
83 I Will
82 Things We Said Today
81 Do You Want To Know A Secret
Still 80 tracks left, and I already know how to play some of these songs on guitar.
80 The Long And Winding Road
79 Hello, Goodbye
78 Old Brown Shoe
77 Rocky Raccoon
76 Octopus's Garden
75 Oh! Darling
74 I've Just Seen A Face
73 For No One
72 The Fool On The Hill
71 Magical Mystery Tour
Animal song title count: 5. Blue jay, Bulldog, Pony, Raccoon, Octopus. Spoiler: My honorable mentions include song titles with Piggies and a Monkey.
70 I Feel Fine
69 She's Leaving Home
68 Back In The U.S.S.R.
67 Revolution 9
66 Yer Blues
65 Taxman
64 Get Back
63 Twist And Shout
62 All My Loving
61 Don't Let Me Down
"Twist And Shout" is simply a pleasant cover, and y'all need to get over it.
60 Drive My Car
59 The Ballad Of John And Yoko
58 Girl
57 Good Day Sunshine
56 Love You To
55 Within You Without You
54 Julia
53 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
52 Michelle
51 I'm Looking Through You
I love that even the Beatles are too lazy to write the whole word "sergeant."
50 And Your Bird Can Sing
49 Got To Get You Into My Life
48 I'm Only Sleeping
47 Mother Nature's Son
46 Long, Long, Long
45 You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
44 Please Please Me
43 You Won't See Me
42 I'll Follow The Sun
41 All You Need Is Love
We're getting into the "that's ranked way too high" vs "that's ranked way too low" debate territory.
40 She Said She Said
39 Rain
38 I Want You (She's So Heavy)
37 Nowhere Man
36 Blackbird
35 I Saw Her Standing There
34 With A Little Help From My Friends
33 Getting Better
32 And I Love Her
31 If I Fell
"Rain" is the only real "deep cut" on this list. Never released on an album, but a B-side to "Paperback Writer" that's obviously from the Revolver sessions, and I highly recommend it.
30 Help!
29 Across The Universe
28 If I Needed Someone
27 Revolution
26 Penny Lane
25 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
24 A Hard Day's Night
23 Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
22 Here, There And Everywhere
21 Let It Be
We're getting into the "greatest songs of all time" territory.
20 She Loves You
19 Two Of Us
18 Ticket To Ride
17 Come Together
16 Helter Skelter
15 Hey Jude
14 Here Comes The Sun
13 Happiness Is A Warm Gun
12 Dear Prudence
11 I Am The Walrus
Yes, I like "I Am The Walrus" more than "Hey Jude." Put on a good pair of headphones. "Walrus" sounds way cooler.
10 While My Guitar Gently Weeps
9 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
8 Eleanor Rigby
7 In My Life
6 Strawberry Fields Forever
5 I Want To Hold Your Hand
4 Something
3 Tomorrow Never Knows
2 Yesterday
1 A Day In The Life
Not a lot of surprises in this top 10, in my opinion.
That's it. That's the list.
The Beatles are the greatest band of all time because they delivered quality music on a consistent level. Hard for me to think of songs on an "all-time" spectrum without comparing them to my favorite Beatles tracks.
Have a nice day.
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