The Best of The Beatles
Continuing with Beatles Week here at My Life In Technicolor, lets delve into the best songs by the best band of all-time. Right from their first hit ‘Love Me Do’ to their last ‘Let It Be’, the Beatles just made hit after hit after hit. Even songs that were never released as singles probably would have easily took number 1 if it weren’t for other Beatles songs. Its that depth of their catalog that sets them apart from almost other artists.
In the scant 8 years they made music together, the Beatles changed not only the face of music but the world at large. So here are my favorite 25 songs of theirs. You may be surprised by some of the songs on the list and some that didn’t make it, and really your list probably looks completely different and almost likely is totally valid. I thought of about 75 songs that could easily be on here, and cutting it down to 25 was pretty hard. If you would be so inclined, put your list in the comments below.
Enjoy.
In chronological order, by album.
She Loves You - Single (1963)
- She Loves You
I Want To Hold Your Hand - Single (1963)
- I Want To Hold Your Hand
Please, Please Me (1963)
- Please, Please Me
- I Saw Her Standing There
With The Beatles (1963)
- All My Loving
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
- A Hard Day’s Night
- I Should Have Known Better
- I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
- And I Love Her
Beatles for Sale (1964)
- I’ll Follow The Sun
- Eight Days A Week
Help! (1965)
- Help!
- I’ve Just Seen A Face
- Yesterday
Rubber Soul (1965)
- Michelle
- In My Life
Revolver (1966)
- Eleanor Rigby
- For No One
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
- When I’m Sixty-Four
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
- All You Need Is Love
The Beatles [The White Album] (1968)
- Blackbird
Hey Jude - Single (1969)
- Hey Jude
Abbey Road (1969)
- Something
- Here Comes The Sun
Let It Be (1969)
- Let It Be
Looking at it, the list is a tad poppy, early Beatles heavy. Thats just my tastes though. The albums got much better as time went on and maybe didn’t have the hits from before but were just much deeper.
Check back tomorrow for some more Beatles goodness!