# Favorite Beatles song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468 "2017-08-12T21:47:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Graymalkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@Graymalkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Graymalkin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/21 "2017-08-13T02:38:28Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > I Saw Her Standing There. I agree. Hands down! ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/22 "2017-08-13T02:44:03Z")
Changes from month to month, but “Something” and “Long and Winding Road” are two of the most frequent. ETA: and I read somewhere that LAWR was the final straw that broke the Beatles up, when Paul hated the arrangement with the added strings and choir. I like strings and choir. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/23 "2017-08-13T03:26:40Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > If I had to pick one, it’s be “Hey, Bulldog.” > > Or the Abbey Road Medley, if you consider that one song. I love Hey, Bulldog. My favorite, though, is probably For No One. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/24 "2017-08-13T03:32:20Z")
Bart: Wow… Mr. Flanders is really into The Beatles Milhouse: What are the Beatles?? Bart: They wrote all the songs on Maggie’s baby records… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/25 "2017-08-13T03:40:40Z")
“Something.” My answer may change depending on the day you ask me, but that’s probably the one I would answer more days than others. “Tomorrow Never Knows” is another one that’s up there. Oh, and “Things We Said Today.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/26 "2017-08-13T03:43:23Z")
For me, it’s _The Long and Winding Road_. I know it’s been criticized for being over-produced, but the French horn is lovely (I played French horn in school). I like it because it’s the last song on the Blue album, which to me signals the end of the band’s era. I can say pretty much the same about _Across the Universe_, the last full song on the _Let It Be_ album. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/27 "2017-08-13T04:26:33Z")
Ok, since people are giving more than one: Sexie Sadie I Saw Her Standing There Hey Jude Here Comes the Sun Strawberry Fields Forever ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/28 "2017-08-13T04:41:33Z")
It’s often mentioned as their worst, but I love it: She’s leaving home. Runners up would be A day in the life, Blackbird, The ballad of John and Yoko, Eleanor Rigby and so many others. And I love to do Back in the USSR at Karaoke nights. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/29 "2017-08-13T05:16:10Z")
_I’ll Cry Instead_ is kind of fun. But probably not my all-time favorite. Maybe _In My Life_, I love the harmonizing; and _Help!_ is a great one. Tough question. Like the old Lays Potato Chips commercial went, noone can have just one! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/30 "2017-08-13T05:22:23Z")
1. A Day in the Life 2. Eleanor Rigby 3. Norwegian Wood 4. Here Comes the Sun Most overrated: Come Together ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/31 "2017-08-13T05:24:26Z")
And what about… _And I Love Her_. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/32 "2017-08-13T05:25:37Z")
Dear Prudence ---
**Author:** ![Enlightening\_Meditation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@Enlightening\_Meditation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enlightening_Meditation)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/33 "2017-08-13T05:52:05Z")
“The Inner Light” ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/34 "2017-08-13T05:58:28Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > For me, it’s _The Long and Winding Road_. I know it’s been criticized for being over-produced, but the French horn is lovely (I played French horn in school). I like it because it’s the last song on the Blue album, which to me signals the end of the band’s era. I can say pretty much the same about _Across the Universe_, the last full song on the _Let It Be_ album. Playing it in in my head now, I’m pretty sure “Dig It” follows, followed by “Let it Be”, and then “Maggie Mae”. Granted, two of those might be called not full but there is Let It Be. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/35 "2017-08-13T06:16:38Z")
Early: I Call Your Name Long and Winding Road Helter Skelter Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/36 "2017-08-13T06:43:13Z")
Hey Jude number 1 All you Need is Love number 2 Hide Your Love Away number 3 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/37 "2017-08-13T09:49:09Z")
Changes regularly. So much to enjoy. I tend to focus more on the songs in and around Revolver - She Said She Said, Rain, I’m Only Sleeping. It was Hide Your Love Away for years. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/38 "2017-08-13T12:18:05Z")
Another vote for _You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away_. (Ahem.) Also visually the best song in _Help!_. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/39 "2017-08-13T13:07:27Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > … > Or the Abbey Road Medley, if you consider that one song. Actually I think of the whole album Abbey Road as one song, so that’s my (cheatin’) answer. I hope everyone has seen the Beatles movie on Hulu. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468/40 "2017-08-13T13:18:47Z")
Rain. I mean, I could pick 10, or 20, or 50… but if I had to pick _one_, that’s the one that leapt to my mind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-beatles-song/793468.md?page=3)