# Single Favorite Beatles Song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146 "2003-03-21T16:53:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kspharm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ebca7d/32.png) [@kspharm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kspharm)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/61 "2003-03-22T06:16:17Z")
Across the Universe While My Guitar Gently Weeps Octopus Garden Does this thread allow any Beatles’ solo efforts? Then I would have to say Nobody Told Me by John and What is Life by George to be my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/62 "2003-03-22T07:12:00Z")
Tough to name just one, so I’ll have to go with my current favorite: “Cry Baby Cry”- I love the melody, the changes in speed, and the whimsical lyrics about the King and Queen of Marigold. It just gives me the warm fuzzies when I hear it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/63 "2003-03-22T16:52:30Z")
_Don’t Let Me Down_, at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![dahempfaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@dahempfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dahempfaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/64 "2003-03-22T17:38:51Z")
Happiness Is A Warm Gun I like the beginning…“She’s not a girl, who misses much…doo doo do doo doo dooooo…oh, yeah…” ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/65 "2003-03-22T22:38:01Z")
Another one of those - ‘well, it changes from time to time’ votes, but I have to go with **I am the Walrus** and **Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite**. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/66 "2003-03-22T23:22:59Z")
I can’t even pick a favorite Beatles album. Too much stellar work. The glare makes deciding on a single “best” work impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Regina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@Regina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regina)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/67 "2003-03-23T01:09:18Z")
Don’t Pass Me By, White Album. Love to belt it out really loud. ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/68 "2003-03-23T01:24:35Z")
I just went out and bought the CD of Abbey Road because of this thread, listening to it full blast right now…only had it on vinyl up 'til now, and the turntable is kaput…damn, now I think I need to go get the White Album…and Revolver…and Rubber Soul…ah f\*\*\*, might as well go get the lot of them. For the record, my fave Beatles song changes with my mood, with the weather, etc. But with a gun to my head? _I’m Only Sleeping_. No body has mentioned this one, have they? Great harmonies, nice little ditty, great for belting out on the subway platfrom in Roppongi waiting for the first train in the early AM…ahhh, good times. ---
**Author:** ![Merseybeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Merseybeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merseybeat)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/69 "2003-03-23T04:00:27Z")
I made my own vote “In My Life” earlier, but I can’t fault any of the other faves, so the old albums have been coming out - as leafrog says’…good times! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmundex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Sigmundex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmundex)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/70 "2003-03-23T08:05:19Z")
It’s got to be… well, one of two anyways… wait, make that three… it’s Tomorrow Never Knows, or Hey, Bulldog, or I Am the Walrus. That’s a good trifecta, but I could keep going on and on. Wait, what about Helter Skelter? It’s pointless to try to whittle them all down to one or two or something. ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/71 "2003-03-23T09:09:50Z")
I want to hold your hand- I hear it and I scream just like the girls in the audience did She’s leaving home- started a downpour of tears while in bed with guy I lost my virginity to. Talk about guilt ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/72 "2003-03-23T16:17:04Z")
Can someone tell me how “hey bulldog” goes? I am ashamed to admit I don’t know the song. Or I don’t know it by the title, and it has been mentioned here a lot. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![benson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@benson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benson)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/73 "2003-03-23T21:03:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by djf750 \* > \*\*Can someone tell me how “hey bulldog” goes? > > I am ashamed to admit I don’t know the song. > > Or I don’t know it by the title, and it has been mentioned here a lot. > > Thanks \*\* It starts out: Sheep dog standing in the rain Bull grog doing it again This is the chorus: You can talk to me You can talk to me You can talk to me If you’re lonely, you can talk to me Full lyrics can be found [here](http://www.stevesbeatles.com/songs/hey_bulldog.asp). ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/74 "2003-03-23T21:07:46Z")
Just to annoy you, [Here](http://home.zonnet.nl/bulldogs-Almere/sound/bulldog.htm) is a cheesy karaoke version for Hey Bulldog. ---
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/75 "2003-03-23T21:15:47Z")
_The End_. Why? _“And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make.”_ Can’t get better then that. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/76 "2003-03-23T21:34:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Murcielago \* > \*\*Just to annoy you, [Here](http://home.zonnet.nl/bulldogs-Almere/sound/bulldog.htm) is a cheesy karaoke version for Hey Bulldog. \*\* thanks, and i got the real thing from morpheus… great song ---
**Author:** ![yawndave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/43a26b/32.png) [@yawndave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawndave)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/77 "2003-03-23T22:00:34Z")
How can you pick just one? Jeez, you should at least allow us 4–one from each of the gang. Only one, huh…“I Will”. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/78 "2003-03-24T00:57:19Z")
“Lady Madonna”. VERY underrated. The piano kicks ass. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/79 "2003-03-24T01:02:35Z")
If someone were holding a gun to my head, I’d be dead right now, unless he had endless patience. Can’t pick just one! If I had to pick an album, though, it’d be the \*White Album, \*\* narrowly edging out _Abbey Road_, but only because it’s longer. ---
**Author:** ![benson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@benson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benson)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/80 "2003-03-24T02:17:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yawndave \* > \*\*How can you pick just one? Jeez, you should at least allow us 4–one from each of the gang. Only one, huh…“I Will”. \*\* I’m changing my vote. I don’t know how I forgot about I Will. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146.md?page=5)