List Of Songs Recorded By The Beatles
Following their signing with EMI in 1962, each member of the Beatles contributed to songwriting. Their primary songwriters were the partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who composed most of the group's songs; lead guitarist George Harrison wrote 22 songs, including "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun", while drummer Ringo Starr wrote two songs ("Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden"), and was credited as co-writer for four others. While songs written by Lennon or McCartney were always credited to "Lennon–McCartney", the pair wrote many songs completely separately. These include "Come Together", "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Nowhere Man" (Lennon) and "Hey Jude", "Let It Be" and "Yesterday" (McCartney), the last of which is one of the most covered songs of all time. Artists the band covered while together included Chuck Berry ("Roll Over Beethoven", "Rock and Roll Music"), Carl Perkins ("Matchbox", "Honey Don't"), Larry Williams ("Slow Down", "Dizzy Miss Lizzy") and Little Richard ("Long Tall Sally"). Cover songs were included on five of the band's core albums: Please Please Me and With the Beatles (both 1963), Beatles for Sale (1964), Help! (1965) and Let It Be (1970). Lead vocals were also shared by the group, with Starr usually contributing vocals to one song per album. The group were known for their harmonies, mostly two-part, but sang intricate three-part harmonies on "This Boy", "Yes It Is" and "Because".
Originally rooted in skiffle and 1950s rock and roll music, the group embraced pop music in their early years ("She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand"), but began to branch out into different genres, including folk rock (Help!, Rubber Soul), country ("Act Naturally", "Don't Pass Me By") and psychedelia (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour). Their 1968 self-titled album (also known as the "White Album") in particular featured a wide range of styles, including ska ("Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"), blues ("Yer Blues"), hard rock ("Helter Skelter" and the single version of "Revolution"), and a musique concrète sound collage ("Revolution 9"). The group also composed numerous ballads, including "Michelle" and "The Long and Winding Road". During their career, the Beatles introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century. Some of these include one of the first uses of guitar feedback in music ("I Feel Fine"), the first use of a fade-in in a pop song ("Eight Days a Week"), use of tape loops ("Tomorrow Never Knows"), using the recording studio as an instrument (Revolver and Sgt. Pepper) and popularising the Indian sitar in pop music ("Norwegian Wood"); Harrison further embraced Indian music on songs such as "Love You To", "Within You Without You" and "The Inner Light". Abbey Road (1969) featured prominent use of the Moog synthesiser and the Leslie speaker, along with a medley of song fragments edited together to form a single piece.
Along with their main catalogue, over 100 previously unreleased songs have been released on numerous live albums, compilations, and deluxe editions. These include demos, outtakes, songs the group only recorded live and not in the studio and, for The Beatles Anthology in the 1990s, two reunion songs: "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love". A final reunion song, "Now and Then", was released in 2023. The Beatles remain one of the most acclaimed and influential artists in popular music history. Their songs have been covered thousands of times by a wide range of artists and continue to be celebrated throughout the world.
Main songs
Between 1963 and 1966, the Beatles' songs were released on different albums in the United Kingdom and the United States. In the UK, 30 songs were released as non-album singles, while appearing on numerous albums in the US. Since the remastering of the band's catalogue on CDs in the 1980s, the Beatles have a primary "core catalogue" of 14 albums:
- Please Please Me (1963)
- With the Beatles (1963)
- A Hard Day's Night (1964)
- Beatles for Sale (1964)
- Help! (1965)
- Rubber Soul (1965)
- Revolver (1966)
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
- Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
- The Beatles ("The White Album", 1968)
- Yellow Submarine (1969)
- Abbey Road (1969)
- Let It Be (1970)
The catalogue also includes the 1988 compilation album Past Masters, which collected 25 of the Beatles' 30 non-album singles, along with the 1964 EP Long Tall Sally and other rarities that were commercially available in the 1960s.
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| Song | Core catalogue release(s) | Songwriter(s) | Lead vocal(s) | Year | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Across the Universe" | Let It Be Past Masters |
Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1969 | |
| "Act Naturally" | Help! | Johnny Russell Voni Morrison † |
Starr | 1965 | |
| "All I've Got to Do" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1963 | |
| "All My Loving" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1963 | |
| "All Together Now" | Yellow Submarine | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney (with Lennon) |
1969 | |
| "All You Need Is Love" # | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1967 | |
| "And I Love Her" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1964 | |
| "And Your Bird Can Sing" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1966 | |
| "Anna (Go to Him)" | Please Please Me | Arthur Alexander † | Lennon | 1963 | |
| "Another Girl" | Help! | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1965 | |
| "Any Time at All" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1964 | |
| "Ask Me Why" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1963 | |
| "Baby It's You" | Please Please Me | Burt Bacharach Mack David Luther Dixon † |
Lennon | 1963 | |
| "Baby, You're a Rich Man" # | Magical Mystery Tour (B-side of "All You Need Is Love") |
Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1967 | |
| "Baby's in Black" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon McCartney |
1964 | |
| "Back in the U.S.S.R." | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "Bad Boy" | Past Masters | Larry Williams † | Lennon | 1965 | |
| "The Ballad of John and Yoko" # | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1969 | |
| "Because" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney and Harrison) |
1969 | |
| "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1967 | |
| "Birthday" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney (with Lennon) |
1968 | |
| "Blackbird" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "Blue Jay Way" | Magical Mystery Tour | Harrison | Harrison | 1967 | |
| "Boys" | Please Please Me | Luther Dixon Wes Farrell † |
Starr | 1963 | |
| "Can't Buy Me Love" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1964 | |
| "Carry That Weight" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney (with Lennon, Harrison, and Starr) |
1969 | |
| "Chains" | Please Please Me | Gerry Goffin Carole King † |
Harrison (with Lennon and McCartney) |
1963 | |
| "Come Together" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1969 | |
| "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with Yoko Ono) |
1968 | |
| "Cry Baby Cry" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1968 | |
| "A Day in the Life" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1967 | |
| "Day Tripper" # | Past Masters (Double A-side with "We Can Work It Out") |
Lennon McCartney |
Lennon McCartney |
1965 | |
| "Dear Prudence" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1968 | |
| "Devil in Her Heart" | With the Beatles | Richard Drapkin † | Harrison | 1963 | |
| "Dig a Pony" | Let It Be | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1970 | |
| "Dig It" | Let It Be | Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey |
Lennon | 1970 | |
| "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" | Help! | Larry Williams † | Lennon | 1965 | |
| "Do You Want to Know a Secret" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney |
Harrison | 1963 | |
| "Doctor Robert" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1966 | |
| "Don't Bother Me" | With the Beatles | Harrison | Harrison | 1963 | |
| "Don't Let Me Down" # | Past Masters (B-side of "Get Back") |
Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1969 | |
| "Don't Pass Me By" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Starkey | Starr | 1968 | |
| "Drive My Car" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney (with Lennon) |
1965 | |
| "Eight Days a Week" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1964 | |
| "Eleanor Rigby" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1966 | |
| "The End" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1969 | |
| "Every Little Thing" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1964 | |
| "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1968 | |
| "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" | Beatles for Sale | Carl Perkins † | Harrison | 1964 | |
| "Fixing a Hole" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1967 | |
| "Flying" | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey |
Instrumental | 1967 | |
| "The Fool on the Hill" | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1967 | |
| "For No One" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1966 | |
| "For You Blue" | Let It Be | Harrison | Harrison | 1970 | |
| "From Me to You" # | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1963 | |
| "Get Back" # | Let It Be Past Masters |
Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1969 | |
| "Getting Better" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1967 | |
| "Girl" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1965 | |
| "Glass Onion" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1968 | |
| "Golden Slumbers" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1969 | |
| "Good Day Sunshine" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1966 | |
| "Good Morning Good Morning" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1967 | |
| "Good Night" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Starr | 1968 | |
| "Got to Get You into My Life" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1966 | |
| "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1968 | |
| "A Hard Day's Night" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1964 | |
| "Hello, Goodbye" # | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1967 | |
| "Help!" | Help! | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1965 | |
| "Helter Skelter" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "Her Majesty" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1969 | |
| "Here Comes the Sun" | Abbey Road | Harrison | Harrison | 1969 | |
| "Here, There and Everywhere" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1966 | |
| "Hey Bulldog" | Yellow Submarine | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1969 | |
| "Hey Jude" # | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "Hold Me Tight" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1963 | |
| "Honey Don't" | Beatles for Sale | Carl Perkins † | Starr | 1964 | |
| "Honey Pie" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "I Am the Walrus" | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1967 | |
| "I Call Your Name" | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1964 | |
| "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1964 | |
| "I Feel Fine" # | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1964 | |
| "I Me Mine" | Let It Be | Harrison | Harrison | 1970 | |
| "I Need You" | Help! | Harrison | Harrison | 1965 | |
| "I Saw Her Standing There" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1963 | |
| "I Should Have Known Better" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1964 | |
| "I Wanna Be Your Man" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney |
Starr | 1963 | |
| "I Want to Hold Your Hand" # | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1963 | |
| "I Want to Tell You" | Revolver | Harrison | Harrison | 1966 | |
| "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1969 | |
| "I Will" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "If I Fell" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1964 | |
| "If I Needed Someone" | Rubber Soul | Harrison | Harrison | 1965 | |
| "I'll Be Back" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1964 | |
| "I'll Cry Instead" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1964 | |
| "I'll Follow the Sun" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1964 | |
| "I'll Get You" # | Past Masters (B-side of "She Loves You") |
Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1963 | |
| "I'm a Loser" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1964 | |
| "I'm Down" # | Past Masters (B-side of "Help!") |
Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1965 | |
| "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
Harrison | 1964 | |
| "I'm Looking Through You" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1965 | |
| "I'm Only Sleeping" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1966 | |
| "I'm So Tired" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1968 | |
| "I've Got a Feeling" | Let It Be | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney (with Lennon) |
1970 | |
| "I've Just Seen a Face" | Help! | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1965 | |
| "In My Life" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1965 | |
| "The Inner Light" # | Past Masters (B-side of "Lady Madonna") |
Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | |
| "It Won't Be Long" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1963 | |
| "It's All Too Much" | Yellow Submarine | Harrison | Harrison | 1969 | |
| "It's Only Love" | Help! | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1965 | |
| "Julia" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1968 | |
| "Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" | Beatles for Sale | Jerry Leiber Mike Stoller / Richard Penniman † |
McCartney | 1964 | |
| "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" # (German version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand") |
Past Masters | Lennon McCartney Jean Nicolas Heinz Hellmer |
Lennon McCartney |
1964 | |
| "Lady Madonna" # | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "Let It Be" | Let It Be Past Masters |
Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1970 | |
| "Little Child" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1963 | |
| "The Long and Winding Road" | Let It Be | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1970 | |
| "Long Tall Sally" | Past Masters | Robert Blackwell Enotris Johnson Richard Penniman † |
McCartney | 1964 | |
| "Long, Long, Long" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | |
| "Love Me Do" | Please Please Me Past Masters |
Lennon McCartney |
McCartney (with Lennon) |
1962 | |
| "Love You To" | Revolver | Harrison | Harrison | 1966 | |
| "Lovely Rita" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1967 | |
| "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1967 | |
| "Maggie Mae" | Let It Be | Traditional, arr. Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey † |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1970 | |
| "Magical Mystery Tour" | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney (with Lennon) |
1967 | |
| "Martha My Dear" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "Matchbox" | Past Masters | Carl Perkins † | Starr | 1964 | |
| "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1969 | |
| "Mean Mr. Mustard" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1969 | |
| "Michelle" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1965 | |
| "Misery" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1963 | |
| "Money (That's What I Want)" | With the Beatles | Berry Gordy Janie Bradford † |
Lennon | 1963 | |
| "Mother Nature's Son" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "Mr. Moonlight" | Beatles for Sale | Roy Lee Johnson † | Lennon | 1964 | |
| "The Night Before" | Help! | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1965 | |
| "No Reply" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1964 | |
| "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1965 | |
| "Not a Second Time" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1963 | |
| "Nowhere Man" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1965 | |
| "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "Octopus's Garden" | Abbey Road | Starkey | Starr | 1969 | |
| "Oh! Darling" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1969 | |
| "Old Brown Shoe" # | Past Masters (B-side of "The Ballad of John and Yoko") |
Harrison | Harrison | 1969 | |
| "One After 909" | Let It Be | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1970 | |
| "Only a Northern Song" | Yellow Submarine | Harrison | Harrison | 1969 | |
| "Paperback Writer" # | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1966 | |
| "Penny Lane" # | Magical Mystery Tour (Double A-side with "Strawberry Fields Forever") |
Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1967 | |
| "Piggies" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | |
| "Please Mr. Postman" | With the Beatles | Georgia Dobbins William Garrett Brian Holland Robert Bateman Freddie Gorman † |
Lennon | 1963 | |
| "Please Please Me" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1963 | |
| "Polythene Pam" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1969 | |
| "P.S. I Love You" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1962 | |
| "Rain" # | Past Masters (B-side of "Paperback Writer") |
Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1966 | |
| "Revolution" # | Past Masters (B-side of "Hey Jude") |
Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1968 | |
| "Revolution 1" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1968 | |
| "Revolution 9" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Sound Collage | 1968 | |
| "Rock and Roll Music" | Beatles for Sale | Chuck Berry † | Lennon | 1964 | |
| "Rocky Raccoon" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "Roll Over Beethoven" | With the Beatles | Chuck Berry † | Harrison | 1963 | |
| "Run for Your Life" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1965 | |
| "Savoy Truffle" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | |
| "Sexy Sadie" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1968 | |
| "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1967 | |
| "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney Lennon Harrison |
1967 | |
| "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1969 | |
| "She Loves You" # | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon McCartney |
1963 | |
| "She Said She Said" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1966 | |
| "She's a Woman" # | Past Masters (B-side of "I Feel Fine") |
Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1964 | |
| "She's Leaving Home" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney (with Lennon) |
1967 | |
| "Sie liebt dich" # (German version of "She Loves You") |
Past Masters (B-side of "Komm, gib mir deine Hand") |
Lennon McCartney Jean Nicolas Lee Montogue |
Lennon McCartney |
1964 | |
| "Slow Down" | Past Masters | Larry Williams † | Lennon | 1964 | |
| "Something" | Abbey Road | Harrison | Harrison | 1969 | |
| "Strawberry Fields Forever" # | Magical Mystery Tour (Double A-side with "Penny Lane") |
Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1967 | |
| "Sun King" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney and Harrison) |
1969 | |
| "A Taste of Honey" | Please Please Me | Bobby Scott Ric Marlow † |
McCartney | 1963 | |
| "Taxman" | Revolver | Harrison | Harrison | 1966 | |
| "Tell Me What You See" | Help! | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney (with Lennon) |
1965 | |
| "Tell Me Why" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1964 | |
| "Thank You Girl" # | Past Masters (B-side of "From Me to You") |
Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1963 | |
| "There's a Place" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney) |
1963 | |
| "Things We Said Today" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1964 | |
| "Think for Yourself" | Rubber Soul | Harrison | Harrison | 1965 | |
| "This Boy" # | Past Masters (B-side of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (UK)) |
Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney and Harrison) |
1963 | |
| "Ticket to Ride" | Help! | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1965 | |
| "Till There Was You" | With the Beatles | Meredith Willson † | McCartney | 1963 | |
| "Tomorrow Never Knows" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1966 | |
| "Twist and Shout" | Please Please Me | Phil Medley Bert Berns † |
Lennon | 1963 | |
| "Two of Us" | Let It Be | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney (with Lennon) |
1970 | |
| "Wait" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney (with Lennon) |
1965 | |
| "We Can Work It Out" # | Past Masters (Double A-side with "Day Tripper") |
Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1965 | |
| "What Goes On" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney Starkey |
Starr | 1965 | |
| "What You're Doing" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1964 | |
| "When I Get Home" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1964 | |
| "When I'm Sixty-Four" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1967 | |
| "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | |
| "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "Wild Honey Pie" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1968 | |
| "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney |
Starr | 1967 | |
| "Within You Without You" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Harrison | Harrison | 1967 | |
| "The Word" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1965 | |
| "Words of Love" | Beatles for Sale | Buddy Holly † | Lennon McCartney |
1964 | |
| "Yellow Submarine" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney |
Starr | 1966 | |
| "Yer Blues" | The Beatles ("White Album") | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1968 | |
| "Yes It Is" # | Past Masters (B-side of "Ticket to Ride") |
Lennon McCartney |
Lennon (with McCartney and Harrison) |
1965 | |
| "Yesterday" | Help! | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1965 | |
| "You Can't Do That" | A Hard Day's Night | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1964 | |
| "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" # | Past Masters (B-side of "Let It Be") |
Lennon McCartney |
Lennon McCartney |
1970 | |
| "You Like Me Too Much" | Help! | Harrison | Harrison | 1965 | |
| "You Never Give Me Your Money" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1969 | |
| "You Really Got a Hold on Me" | With the Beatles | Smokey Robinson † | Lennon (with Harrison) |
1963 | |
| "You Won't See Me" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1965 | |
| "Your Mother Should Know" | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney |
McCartney | 1967 | |
| "You're Going to Lose That Girl" | Help! | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1965 | |
| "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" | Help! | Lennon McCartney |
Lennon | 1965 |
Other released songs
In addition to their main catalogue, over 100 songs that were recorded by the group have been released. Four songs have only appeared in two of the groups' films: one in Magical Mystery Tour (1967) and three in Let It Be (1970). The first release of new recordings was Live at the BBC in 1994, which features live performances of mostly cover songs that were recorded on various BBC Light Programme radio shows between 1963 and 1965. Further recordings from these shows were released on On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 in 2013. The Beatles Anthology project in the 1990s featured rarities, outtakes and live performances across their entire career, along with the reunion songs "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love", which were recorded as demos by Lennon before his death in 1980 and completed by the surviving Beatles. Another demo, "Now and Then", was attempted during the Anthology project before being completed in 2023 using AI technology developed by Peter Jackson for The Beatles: Get Back. Further recordings have been released on various compilation albums and deluxe editions.
| † | Indicates song not written by the members of the Beatles |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Indicates live recording |