# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/41 "2003-04-08T14:04:36Z")
I love the Beatles. I can listen to just about everything that they did. Except… “Within You, Without You” and “Words of Love” – Buddy Holly Cover. I didn’t like the original, and have never heard a cover worth listening too. Just aweful. I have a very low tolerance for “You Like Me too Much” as well. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/42 "2003-04-08T15:46:21Z")
1. _Eight Days a Week_\* (with a tip of the hat to **Happy** ) 2. _Your Mother Should Go_…erm, _Know_ 3. _Yellow Submarine_ 4. _Honey, Don’t_\*\* 5. _The Long and Winding Road_ \*[sub] **typhoon** , the answer is that I find this song boring as hell. The main melodic line is the one underlying “Ooh I need your love, babe, yes you know it’s true.” It’s uninteresting and uninspired, and it gets repeated seemingly _ad infinitum_ in the course of a 2.5 minute song. The other bits of music that form the building blocks of the song aren’t that interesting either, IMHO. And I’m not asking for creative or avant-garde; I’m just looking for a catchy melody that stays catchy. This one stopped being catchy for me a long time ago, I’m afraid. [/sub] \*\*[sub]Off the _Beatles '65_ album, in America anyway.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/43 "2003-04-08T16:03:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by capacitor \* > \*\*The Phil Spector version of ‘Let it Be’. \*\* Jesus Hell! Thank you! I don’t know which album has the one I like - Past Masters or Let it Be, but the other one, with the sparse guitar part, is comparatively awful, sort of like (big drop here) the synthesizer verion of “Here I Go Again” by Whitesnake… hrh ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/44 "2003-04-08T16:37:07Z")
Clarification, please: Is Revolution#9 the hard driving version, or the laid back one? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/45 "2003-04-08T16:43:51Z")
Revolution #9 is the one that starts off, “Number nine, number nine, number nine…” You’re thinking of the song known as “Revolution” in its 45RPM incarnation, and as “Revolution #1” on the White Album. “Revolution” is the faster-paced one, expecially on the guitar intro. Describing “Revolution #1” as laid-back is putting it mildly. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/46 "2003-04-08T17:08:59Z")
“No Reply” Eeech, it’s like a porcupine on a blackboard to me. “Blue Jay Way” Hey George, don’t be long, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/47 "2003-04-08T19:05:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scumpup \* > \*\*“A Day in the Life” gets on my last nerve every time I hear it. \*\* Please please please be joking. This is my favorite song ever, all categories. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/48 "2003-04-08T19:16:04Z")
_Polythene Pam_. And I’m sure many will disagree with this, even if only for Clapton-related reasons, but I can’t stand _While My Guitar Gently Weeps_. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/49 "2003-04-08T19:23:55Z")
Oh, and although I generally agree with the sentiment, what the hell is _Give Peace A Chance_ anyway? Bag-ism? Drag-ism? It’s godawful. Likewise _All You Need Is Love_. “There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done.” Wow, that’s so true. :rolleyes: I can’t think of a single thing I can do that can’t be done. Nor can I think of anything I can sing that can’t be sung. Did you figure that out all by yourself, John? ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/50 "2003-04-08T20:06:15Z")
> [@](#): > > what the hell is _Give Peace A Chance_ anyway? Not a Beatles song, for one. Solo Lennon, although I think it’s still got the Lennon/McCartney credit. > [@](#): > > Likewise _All You Need Is Love_. I saw a music video/trailer for some upcoming British romantic comedy this weekend that featured a god-awful ethereally-voiced cover version of this song. Now, I like this song, but it’s really Beatles-dependent. Turning into a choir piece brings out the worst of it. (Seriously, though, when I was a messed up adolescent lad, lines like “there’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be” were quite comforting.) I’m telling you, you people citing “The Long and Winding Road” are on the right track, but “Fool on the Hill” is the real menace II Beatlemaniacs. The flute. The falsetto. The nattering chorus. Paul as misunderstood genius. Aggh. ---
**Author:** ![whiteboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@whiteboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiteboy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/51 "2003-04-08T20:31:55Z")
Is Revolution #9 the one thats like: “You say you want a revolution, well you know…” I like that song. ---
**Author:** ![Goodbeem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/958977/32.png) [@Goodbeem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goodbeem)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/52 "2003-04-08T21:56:13Z")
No it is not, that is “Revolution”, “Revolution #9” goes like: number nine, number nine… ::lots of very experimental sounds:: number nine, number nine, number nine… etc etc. truly horrible, but too experimental to count as their worst song for me (as it is not really a song but a sound collage) I wonder why the names of these two tracks are so alike though… it obviously is not the nineth take of “Revolution”. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/53 "2003-04-08T22:23:53Z")
Have to go with _When I’m 64_ and _Michelle_ - what smarmy pop crap. ---
**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/54 "2003-04-08T22:27:09Z")
_Eight Days a Week_??? My god, I consider it one of the catchiest songs of all time. I mean, maybe I just haven’t been alive long enough to get tired of it yet, but I honestly can’t see that happening. In my opinion, I’ve always hated _Glass Onion_. Basically, I can’t stand it when artists refer to their own songs in other songs, even if it’s a passing reference (I make exceptions for using _musical_ elements from previous songs to make a symbolic point, and the “She loves you yeah, yeah, yeah” at the end of _All You Need Is Love_). This song is based on that very idea; therefore, it sucks. It’s just way too self-indulgent. ---
**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, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/55 "2003-04-08T22:29:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Interrobang!? \* > (Seriously, though, when I was a messed up adolescent lad, lines like “there’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be” were quite comforting.) Way back in the day, my father used to enjoy razzing my Aquarian, water-buffalo sandaled sensibilities by changing the lyrics to _All You Need is Loot_.😃 ---
**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:** [April 8, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/56 "2003-04-08T22:32:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Goodbeem \* > \*\* > I wonder why the names of these two tracks are so alike though… it obviously is not the nineth take of “Revolution”. \*\* The number 9 had special significance to John throughout his life. I think he just tacked it on for the hell of it. He also wrote “#9 Dream” (solo song) and “One after 909” (song he wrote while still in high school). He was born on Oct. 9, Sean was born Oct. 9, he secured the Beatles’ first recording contract with EMI on May 9, he met Yoko on Nov. 9. (Info taken from “Beatlesongs,” by William J Dowlding) Happy ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/57 "2003-04-08T22:36:06Z")
“One after 909” incidentally, rocks. It’s about his “baby” catching the train after 9:09, I think. There are a few Beatles songs I dislike, but I’ll go for… “Dr Robert”. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/58 "2003-04-08T22:36:07Z")
BTW, the recording of the man saying “Number 9… Number 9…” was just a soundcheck recording tape that John stumbled across in the studio. Having the affinity for the number nine himself, I guess he was just drawn to putting it in the song…er, “sound collage.” sorry for the hijack Happy ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/59 "2003-04-08T23:02:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Murcielago \* > \*\*“Good Night” off the White album. I don’t know what they were going for there. \*\* Why does everyone here seem to hate “Good Night”-I love that song. It’s so soft and dreamy. I would say, “They Say It’s Your Birthday”. I HATE HATE HATE that song with a passion. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/60 "2003-04-08T23:05:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SNenc \* > **_Eight Days a Week_??? My god, I consider it one of the catchiest songs of all time. I mean, maybe I just haven’t been alive long enough to get tired of it yet, but I honestly can’t see that happening.** I agree. I’ve been alive plenty long enough, and I’m not tired of it. It was the first 45 I ever bought (unfortunately, it was stolen by the mutant offspring of an ex-girlfriend). I’d have to say _Why don’t we do it in the road_ edges out _Rocky Raccoon_ by a narrow margin. It’s a tough call due to the difference in lengths. I’d have to place _Helter Skelter_ in third. I don’t even count _Revolution #9_. **Walloon** - I can’t say I hate _all_ sound collages. I’ve been fortunate enough that I haven’t heard _all_ of them. And, I think what this thread is actually proving, is why the Beatles were so successful. They covered every base, and offered something for everyone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152.md?page=4)