# Single worst Beatles song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152 "2003-04-07T19:46:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/21 "2003-04-08T01:19:21Z")
Matchbox ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/22 "2003-04-08T01:28:11Z")
Nooooooo!!! Not “Good Night!” That’s the most perfect lullaby ever. Both of the little Furthurs have grown up listening to their daddy sing it to them before bed every night. It’s wonderful. Another vote for “Mr. Moonlight” as the worst song. It’s that over-the-top organ music that does it, I think. Iew. “Brrrr brrr brrr… brrr brrr brrr brrr…” ick. Mrs. Furthur ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/23 "2003-04-08T01:56:25Z")
I guess I would pick Revolution 9, but if that doesn’t count I might choose Rocky Raccoon or Bungalow Bill. I never much liked Fixing A Hole or Getting Better either. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/24 "2003-04-08T02:34:41Z")
Sorry, John & Yoko. Experimentation is fine and all, but sometimes it just doesn’t work. Revolution #9 just sucked. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/25 "2003-04-08T03:11:55Z")
Queen Elizabeth ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/26 "2003-04-08T03:15:43Z")
Guys, _Revolution #9_ isn’t a song; it’s a sound collage created by John and Yoko as part of their experimental art collaborations. You can’t really judge it by the same standards as you would a regular song, and it should therefore be left out of discussions about the worst Beatle song. . . . . . which is “Baby, You’re a Rich Man.” ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/27 "2003-04-08T03:16:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr\_Paprika \* > \*\*Queen Elizabeth \*\* FYI, it’s called “Her Majesty.” ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/28 "2003-04-08T03:28:37Z")
I’ve always hated “Mean Mr Mustard”. Actually, I don’t like a lot of their later stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/29 "2003-04-08T03:56:24Z")
I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/30 "2003-04-08T04:38:27Z")
“She’s Leaving Home.” The rest of it is pretty solid. I’ve probably listened to “Revolution 9” all the way through more times than that one. In fact, I love most of the songs mentioned in this thread. How anyone can listen to “Eight Days A Week” without grinning is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/31 "2003-04-08T05:10:30Z")
It’s definitely “Hold Me Tight”. Awful from start to finish. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/32 "2003-04-08T05:11:17Z")
WHAT THE JEBUS? “She’s Leaving Home”? “Within You Without You”? “Flying”? ARE YOU PEOPLE MAD? This is some sort of comedy joke, right? It’s not like you’re saying “Run For Your Life” or anything. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/33 "2003-04-08T05:15:17Z")
I agree with **typhoon** , I like just about every song mentioned here too, except _Revolution #9_. I love _Within You and Without You_, _Her Majesty, Blue Jay Way_ and _I Dig a Pony_. My vote is for _Run for Your Life_. I admit I liked it when it came out. Can’t listen to it anymore, though - despite the catchy tune. ---
**Author:** ![gazpacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6f9a4e/32.png) [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/34 "2003-04-08T05:15:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by look!ninjas \* > \*\*“Long and Winding Road.” I thought that the ANTHOLOGY version without the choir of angels and the random Phil Spector-isms would be much better, but it was still too… _fussy_. \*\* When I was but a sprout we called this the “long and boring song”. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/35 "2003-04-08T05:35:20Z")
I’m here to defend poor _Revolution #9_, which I often sing from memory in the shower. When you vote against it, are you saying you hate all sound collages? Or that sound collages may be OK, but they don’t belong on a Beatles album? Or that, sure, a _good_ sound collage could be on a Beatles album, but this isn’t it? If you are of the third opinion above, then what criteria separate a good sound collage from a bad sound collage? ---
**Author:** ![capacitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capacitor)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/36 "2003-04-08T06:11:06Z")
The Phil Spector version of ‘Let it Be’. ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/37 "2003-04-08T12:23:48Z")
While I love the Beatles, here are the songs I skip past, by album. _Please Please Me_ “A Taste of Honey” _With The Beatles_"Roll Over Beethoven" _A Hard Day’s Night_ “I’ll Cry Instead” _Beatles For Sale_ “Mr. Moonlight” _Help!_ “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” _Rubber Soul_ “Michele”. _Revolver_ “Dr. Robert” _Sgt. Pepper’s…_ "none…but it could have used another Lennon song because there’s so much Paul here. _Magical Mystery Tour_ “Your Mother Should Know” _The Beatles_ “Revolution #9”, “Good Night”, “Honey Pie” and so on may seem rather useless, but I think the Beatles were trying to prove they could do anything they wanted too. That doesn’t mean I must listen to them and devote an entire afternoon to their album. _Abbey Road_ I used to think “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”, though it has some very neat production if you listen closely. _Let it Be_ “Across The Universe”…I do like the other version - even if this one is the more natural of the two. _Past Masters Vol. 1_ The German songs. These are the absolute worst. \*Past Masters Vol. 2 \* I don’t know if I’ve actually listened to “You Know My Name…” more than once. ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/38 "2003-04-08T12:38:10Z")
I agree with syncrolecyne, the German songs are the absolute worstest thing they did, EVER. ugh! ---
**Author:** ![starman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@starman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starman)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/39 "2003-04-08T12:55:26Z")
Has no-one mentioned obla-dee obla-dah? Surely that would be down there with the worst of them! -Oli ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/40 "2003-04-08T13:25:25Z")
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