# Best Beatles Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601 "2009-01-23T06:42:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/61 "2009-01-23T19:12:01Z")
John Lennon: _In My Life_ – Honorable mentions: _A Day in the Life_ + _Norwegian Wood_ Paul McCartney: _Here, There and Everywhere_ – Honorable mentions: _Let It Be_ + _Eleanor Rigby_ George Harrison: _Something_ – Honorable mention: _Here Comes the Sun_ Ringo Starr: _Octopus’ Garden_ ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/62 "2009-01-23T19:33:38Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > There are lots of songs that are similar, but for different reasons. > > For period-sounding songs: Honey Pie, Piggies, When I’m 64, Your Mother Should Know, Martha My Dear, Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite. > > For a more country-music feel: What Goes On, Don’t Pass Me By > > Songs that tell a story: Eleanor Rigby, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, Mean Mr Mustard/Polythene Pam. > > Upbeat songs that don’t fit traditional “rock” molds: Octopus’s Garden, Yellow Submarine, Hey Bulldog, All Together Now. Yeah, I should have been more specific; it was the country sound and story telling that I was looking for. Considering I only recognize one song on those two list, it looks like I’ll be getting some new music this weekend. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/63 "2009-01-23T19:47:45Z")
Amazing and powerful popular song: _Eleanor Rigby_ Amazing idiosyncratic song: _Strawberry Fields Forever_ Stuck in my head for 20 years: _Julia_ Amazing, uh, George Harrison song: _Here Comes the Sun_ Single best: _Strawberry Fields_ (shrug). ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/64 "2009-01-23T19:56:10Z")
I could never pick - it would be a futile exercise. My favorite Beatles’ album, however (which is my favorite album ever, and, objectively ;)😃 the greatest album ever recorded - I swear!), is **Revolver** ---
**Author:** ![Heropsychodreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Heropsychodreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heropsychodreamer)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/65 "2009-01-23T20:07:25Z")
I would vote for Daytripper ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/66 "2009-01-23T20:09:49Z")
‘Things We Said Today’ is as tight of a little song that has ever been. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/67 "2009-01-23T20:23:11Z")
> [@Bootis](#): > > ‘Things We Said Today’ is as tight of a little song that has ever been. I think I’d have to go with that one, too. Honorable mentions to “Ticket to Ride” and “Here Comes the Sun.” ---
**Author:** ![Mojo\_Pin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mojo\_Pin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo_Pin)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/68 "2009-01-23T20:45:11Z")
Well _right now_ it is The End. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/69 "2009-01-23T21:03:03Z")
Nine To The Sky: > [@](#): > > Apart from Ximenean, of course Sounded to me like Ximenean said “I Feel Fine” and just listed “Hey Jude” in a list of other (but lesser) favorites. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/70 "2009-01-23T21:06:07Z")
I grew up listening to the Beatles. Am 56 years old now (sigh). The song that’s the most fun to sing along to is “I saw her standing there” The best song to listen to loudly in a car with the windows down is original “Revolution” The song that means the most personally to me is “In My Life” Don’t know which is their best song. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/71 "2009-01-23T21:28:00Z")
Now I’m wavering between “If I Fell” and “Lady Madonna.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/72 "2009-01-23T21:33:30Z")
Eleanor Rigby. Having the chorus in the background at the end taps into the universal poignancy they already tap by singing in the Emo Key and applies it to the whole of creation. ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/73 "2009-01-23T22:32:50Z")
My vote… You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away from the Help! album. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/74 "2009-01-23T22:45:37Z")
I’d say “In My Life,” or “Elinore Rigby” ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/75 "2009-01-23T23:41:48Z")
We’re all heard it so many times that it’s pretty much become nothing more than audio wallpaper, but “Yesterday” just may be the most perfect song ever written. A flawless match of music and lyrics, with a melody that would have done Mozart proud. McCartney has said the song came to him, fully formed, in a dream, and he figured that it couldn’t possibly be original; he assumed he must have heard it somewhere before. I can understand his concern; it’s hard to imagine that there was a time when that melody _didn’t_ exist! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/76 "2009-01-24T00:15:01Z")
OK, Holy Smokes! I didn’t think that there would be THIS MUCH variety! I’m gonna quit counting now. So far, this is what we’ve got. I tried my best to collate, but some of you cheeky monkeys could not stop at 1, so I did my best. 57 votes counted 40 different songs chosen 1 song with 5 votes: **Day in the life** 2 songs with 3 votes: \*\*Yesterday While my guitar Gently weeps \*\* 9 songs with 2 votes: \*\*I feel fine For no one All you need is love Tomorrow never knows Sexie Sadie Got to Get You Into My Life You’ve got to hide your love away Strawberry fields forever Things we said today \*\* A whole bunch with one vote: \*\*And your bird can sing It’s all too much Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Only a Northern Song I wanna hold your hand Money Daytripper She came in through the Bathroom Window Penny Lane I want you She said she said Paperback writer Revolution In my life Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Hey Bulldog Rocky Raccoon I am the Walrus Hey Jude Nowhere man Eleanor Rigby Across the Universe Here comes the sun She’s leaving home Something Norwegian Wood If I fell Lady Madonna \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/77 "2009-01-24T02:40:15Z")
This is really hard. I’ll have to go with “In My Life”. But I want to give some love to “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, “Let It Be”, “Eleanor Rigby”, “Here Comes The Sun”, “It’s All Too Much” and “Happiness Is A Warm Gun”. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/78 "2009-01-24T02:49:50Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Nitpick (probably not to **Stauderhorse** , though)- I believe **Stauderhorse** is a female. Yup yup. As for the best song so far (this is hard to choose), I’m teetering between “There’s a Place” and “And I Love Her.” Both are completely magnificent. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/79 "2009-01-24T03:01:54Z")
Just because I’ll be the only one to throw these out… I’m torn between “Happiness is a Warm Gun” and “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road”. [sub]But really, **Yer Blues** might be my pick at the moment.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601/80 "2009-01-24T03:10:30Z")
> [@Alan\_Bird](#): > > Another that’ll probably get just this one vote: “Hey Bulldog” > > Kick-ass piano riff to open. John/Paul harmonies. Classic George solo. Ringo perfect as always. I came on here to nominate this one. John barking at the end is priceless. I will also add **Don’t Bother Me** , an early George Harrison contribution. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-beatles-song/482601.md?page=5)