# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Kivick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/65b543/32.png) [@Kivick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kivick)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/81 "2003-03-24T02:55:34Z")
Rocky Racoon… for its story telling prose but then again I am an Elvis fan… (a la the movie Pulp Fiction) ---
**Author:** ![j\_kat\_251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/82 "2003-03-24T03:17:13Z")
Flying & Baby You’re A Rich Man - Magical Mystery Tour. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/83 "2003-03-24T03:22:03Z")
“Help!” ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/84 "2003-03-24T03:26:55Z")
While my guitar gently weeps ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/85 "2003-03-24T03:32:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*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 \*\* You probably don’t know it because it can only be found on the \*\* Yellow Submarine \*\* soundtrack. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmundex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Sigmundex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmundex)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/86 "2003-03-24T05:24:20Z")
I was able to download a video of the band recording Hey Bulldog. It was really cool but the file was huge, so I deleted it. You can probably find it using Limewire or Direct Connect or something like that, though. ---
**Author:** ![Fingolfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Fingolfin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fingolfin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/87 "2003-03-24T13:32:29Z")
**Dear Prudence** ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/88 "2003-03-24T18:44:26Z")
**Blackbird**. **Norwegian Wood** is second. ---
**Author:** ![Mith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mith)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/89 "2003-03-24T20:07:37Z")
Dear Prudence Norweigen Wood ---
**Author:** ![HazyBaby33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@HazyBaby33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazyBaby33)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/90 "2003-03-24T20:48:22Z")
It changes depending on how I feel… usually it’s either Let it Be, Here Comes the Sun, Lady Madonna, or Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da… But right now, I’d have to say Lady Madonna ---
**Author:** ![FabioClone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@FabioClone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FabioClone)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/91 "2003-03-25T02:06:20Z")
Man, I can’t believe no one has said _Maxwell’s Silver Hammer_. Come on, how can you not like it? It’s got an catchy tune and a refreshing social message. ---
**Author:** ![kka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@kka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kka)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/92 "2003-04-07T05:47:45Z")
Eleanor Rigby and Strawberry Fields Forever ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/93 "2003-04-07T06:12:45Z")
_Daydream Believer_. What? ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/94 "2003-04-07T06:52:43Z")
My favorite–_And I Love her_. My father’s (the biggest Beatles fan in my general area) favorite–_Eleanor Rigby_. I always tear up when I hear _Eleanor Rigby_. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/95 "2003-04-07T19:04:14Z")
I don’t want to recall all the hours I spent playing “I Should Have Known Better” teaching myself to play guitar. It was the second song I learned, the first one I taught myself. Varies with my mood, but In My Life, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and If I Fell are all up there. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/96 "2003-04-07T19:09:30Z")
Um, in summer camp before 9th grade, one of my fellow campers (of the female persuation) was doing the pouty thing. I took my trusty guitar out and began to serenade her with “If I Fell” not unlike John did to Ringo in the film. She slapped me. Backstage during a school talent show in my Senior year, I tried the same thing with a cute redheaded cheerleader but before I started the song, I said Lennon’s line “Oh, give us a kiss.” She gave me a smooch. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/97 "2003-04-08T01:04:23Z")
Too hard to pin down one choice, how about _We Can Work It Out_, since no one has mentioned it. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/98 "2003-04-08T01:15:21Z")
I wasn’t going to post to this thread because I figgered the first dozen posts would all name mine. But it didn’t even turn up at ALL, including in the weaselly multiple-pick posts, until near the very end. **Norwegian Wood**. Great mordant tune, brilliant elliptical lyrics, excellent mouth-feel with a strong finish, and _sitar_ to boot. ---
**Author:** ![AchimbaProphet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@AchimbaProphet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AchimbaProphet)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/99 "2003-04-08T01:20:57Z")
In my life. To be played at my funeral. ---
**Author:** ![Swagman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Swagman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swagman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146/100 "2003-04-08T05:25:38Z")
I ssem to be in a minority but my pick is "Get Back’ - mainly because of the guitar riff. It just appeals to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-favorite-beatles-song/163146.md?page=6)