# Poll: The Beatles' Worst Song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176 "2010-03-20T22:10:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/41 "2010-03-21T00:58:28Z")
The worst Beatles song is probably Wild Honey Pie. Old Brown Shoe is, in my humblest opinion, among the best Beatles songs. I’ll put You Know My Name for my poll answer though, since while it has novelty appeal, it’s not enjoyable in a musical sense. Or maybe I’ll change my mind between this post and voting. I love every Beatles song. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/42 "2010-03-21T01:06:56Z")
I say that _Mr. Moonlight_ DOES qualify because Roy Lee Johnson was sometimes referred to as “The Fifth Beatle”. …not really, but I don’t want to change my vote, dammit! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/43 "2010-03-21T01:07:22Z")
Michelle. I hates it. It’s slow, it’s boring, it’s in mostly French. It’s repetitive. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/44 "2010-03-21T01:11:19Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > My vote? “Blue Jay Way.” You can use more than one chord, George! Like this - To paraphrase a criticism of that song that I read years ago, “… George hadn’t yet grasped the concept of using words in the most appropriate manner, hence the phrase ‘don’t be long’ being repeated 42 times.” 😛 ---
**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:** [March 21, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/45 "2010-03-21T01:23:02Z")
_She’s Leaving Home_. Ruins an other wise awesome album. ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/46 "2010-03-21T01:29:38Z")
Glass onion (shudder) ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/47 "2010-03-21T01:59:49Z")
Dayum, I didn’t think it was physically possible to _hate_ “She’s Leaving Home” and “Here Comes the Sun.” I consider them two of the most beautiful songs ever written. And not like “Taxman”? With the kickass guitar work and drumming and funny if not-very-easy-to-sympathize-with lyrics? And I’ll defend “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” forever. It’s a Monty Python sketch set to music, can’t be bad! Ah well, that’s taste for ya! Lucky there’s plenty of great stuff suitable for every palate … more than any other group, without a doubt. Of the ones listed, I went with “You Know My Name,” for sheer boredom and goofiness. It’s basically one interminable in-joke. Though I can imagine others liking it for the random, bizarre quality, plus it is kinda nice to think of the guys having a blast with it. Otherwise it’s “Revolution No. 9.” An easy target, true, but I just find it execrable indulgence on John’s part. Another song I dislike: “Goodnight,” which I’m surprised isn’t on the list above. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/48 "2010-03-21T02:01:53Z")
How can you hate Long and Winding Road???:eek: I plan to have it played at my funeral. I’m serious! ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/49 "2010-03-21T02:08:08Z")
None of them. Not a single one of them. I love all the ones mentioned; especially _Blue Jay Way_ and _Within You and Without You_. Wait a minute, …_Help_? _I Want You (She’s So Heavy)_? _Michelle_? _A Day in the Life_? Y’all are crazy. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/50 "2010-03-21T02:08:15Z")
I voted for “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)” It’s the song that made me realize they must had done _a lot_ of drugs. It’s awful. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/51 "2010-03-21T02:35:27Z")
“Dizzy Miss Lizzy” I defy anyone to listen to it twice through. It isn’t the song so much, and John gives it his usual best effort… it’s that relentless guitar riff that never gives up and never goes anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/52 "2010-03-21T02:43:31Z")
For those of you clamoring for Revolution #9, read the OP; it’s not under consideration as worst song because, well, it ain’t no song. I knew I’d raise some hackles with these options. For the record, I don’t think Here Comes the Sun is their worst song, but, yeah, I do think it’s pretty lame. I’m surprised at the hatred for ‘She’s Leaving Home’; I’ve only recently started really liking it. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/53 "2010-03-21T02:44:53Z")
> [@K364](#): > > “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” I defy anyone to listen to it twice through. It isn’t the song so much, and John gives it his usual best effort… it’s that relentless guitar riff that never gives up and never goes anywhere. Ineligible. It was written by Larry Williams (who ain’t even the _fifteenth_ Beatle). ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/54 "2010-03-21T02:47:42Z")
One more point: I agree, there are some damn good songs on the list; I never claimed I was listing their 20 worst from which to choose. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/55 "2010-03-21T02:57:27Z")
Other- When I’m Sixty-four. I have an unnatural hatred for that song, tho admittedly, I am not the world’s biggest Beatles fan. ---
**Author:** ![Pray\_for\_peace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pray\_for\_peace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pray_for_peace)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/56 "2010-03-21T03:08:41Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’m surprised at the hatred for ‘She’s Leaving Home’; I’ve only recently started really liking it. The verse melody is OK, but that chorus … SCREECH (sad drone - we gave her most of our lives)… (SCREECH) is leaving…HOME. I’m a Beatles fan and own many of their albums, but the lyrics on this song are just maudlin. I’m prepared to hear about why I’m wrong on this one, though. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/57 "2010-03-21T03:30:19Z")
Another for Bungalow Bill. But why is ‘Why Don’t We Do It In The Road’ on the list? It’s a perfect tribute to the Blues. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/58 "2010-03-21T03:46:35Z")
Come crappy Beatles songs IMO: Because Her Majesty Maxwell’s Silver Hammer Baby’s In Black Old Brown Shoe There’s A Place ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/59 "2010-03-21T04:07:30Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Her Majesty You beat me to it. Other. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176/60 "2010-03-21T04:20:38Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > But why is ‘Why Don’t We Do It In The Road’ on the list? It’s a perfect tribute to the Blues. LOL When I was 15 – this would’ve been in '96 – my two-years-younger brother and I bought The White Album and played it over and over on the family stereo in the living room. My mom always made us skip over ‘Why Don’t We Do It in the Road’ because she thought we were too young to listen to such an “obscene” song. Sheesh, thank God she’s mellowed since then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-the-beatles-worst-song/533176.md?page=4)