# 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:** 5
**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:** [April 13, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/81 "2003-04-13T20:09:41Z")
Early: _PS I Love You_; Late: _Penny Lane_. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/82 "2003-04-13T21:39:27Z")
“Don’t Let Me Down from Past Masters”-Vol. 2. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/83 "2003-04-13T21:58:29Z")
MacArthur Park. Argggghhhhhh. ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/84 "2003-04-13T23:49:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by edwino \* > \*\*I’d personally cast an unpopular vote for “Hey Jude” \*\* It may not be their “worst song,” but I absolutely _loathe_ **Hey Jude**! Gah! It’s foul and insipid. I never want to hear it again. ---
**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 14, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/85 "2003-04-14T00:25:46Z")
> [@](#): > > MacArthur Park I don’t think the Beatles ever did this. I GOT BLISTERS ON MA FINGERS ---
**Author:** ![Goodbeem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/958977/32.png) [@Goodbeem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goodbeem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/86 "2003-04-14T03:00:19Z")
Hayyy and Chris W; thanks for the info om Revolution #9 ---
**Author:** ![Goodbeem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/958977/32.png) [@Goodbeem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goodbeem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/87 "2003-04-14T03:19:46Z")
Darn, never post witout previewing. That should be: **Happy** and **Chris W** ;l thanks for the info on Revolution #9. Never knew. And the variation in titles is getting bigger, now that even gems like Penny Lane are mentioned as worst song. Is What is this world going to? ---
**Author:** ![Goodbeem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/958977/32.png) [@Goodbeem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Goodbeem)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/88 "2003-04-14T03:28:39Z")
I give up, please mentally remove error(s) in previous post. ---
**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/89 "2003-04-14T05:38:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by starman \* > \*\*Has no-one mentioned obla-dee obla-dah? > Surely that would be down there with the worst of them! > -Oli \*\* They haven’t mentioned it because it’s a damn good song! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Vote\_Bakunin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ce7236/32.png) [@Vote\_Bakunin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vote_Bakunin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/90 "2003-04-14T13:27:59Z")
I’d probably just go with _Honey Pie_ though these lyrics of Ringo’s from _Don’t Pass Me By_ are worth mentioning: “I’m sorry that I doubted you, I was so unfair/You were in a car crash and you lost your hair” ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/91 "2003-04-14T13:40:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Happy Lendervedder \* > **That song is fantastic. Where else can you find 9-part harmony and Beethoven in pop music?** Eh, maybe I haven’t given it enough of a chance. It just failed to get its hooks into me so far. ---
**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 14, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/92 "2003-04-14T14:08:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Vote Bakunin \* > \*\*I’d probably just go with _Honey Pie_ though these lyrics of Ringo’s from _Don’t Pass Me By_ are worth mentioning: “I’m sorry that I doubted you, I was so unfair/You were in a car crash and you lost your hair” \*\* Paul is dead, man! You didn’t know he was in a car crash and was decrapitated? THIS PROVES IT!! ---
**Author:** ![tarfu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tarfu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarfu)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/93 "2003-04-14T18:41:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shadez \* > \*\*Paperback writer. \*\* Now, don’t make me go medieval on your hiney! I love that song. Worst song is the repetitious Yellow Submarine… ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/94 "2003-04-14T19:34:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Interrobang!? \* > \*\*“Fool on the Hill” is the real menace II Beatlemaniacs. The flute. The falsetto. The nattering chorus. Paul as misunderstood genius. Aggh. \*\* Paul’s envisioning _himself_ as the fool on the hill!? Thank you for ruining that song for me forever. I’d like to give “Dr. Robert” a positive vote to negate all the negative votes it’s received here. Worst Beatles song? I’ll be boring an go with “Mr. Moonlight.” ---
**Author:** ![Qwertyasdfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/95 "2003-04-14T21:22:48Z")
Let It Be. How many times can you say the same (IMO stupid) thing? Runners up: Revolution 9, Across the Universe, I Want You (She’s So Heavy) FTR, I love Led Zeppelin’s “The Crunge” more than some of their more popular songs (such as Thank You, Gallows Pole, Dazed and Confused.) And I’m a huge LZ and Beatles fan. ---
**Author:** ![PVenkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@PVenkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PVenkman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/96 "2003-04-14T21:42:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SnugTheJoiner \* > \*\*“Devil in Her Heart.” Dreadful, DREADFUL lyric that starts off with a halfhearted rhyme scheme and gives up halfway. Deserves special mention for this awful turn of phrase: > > She’s got the devil in her heart. > No, no, no, this I can’t believe. > She’s gonna tear your heart apart. > No, no, nay, will she deceive. > > (Gag.) \*\* It’s not very good. On the other hand, the Beatles didn’t write it so they can’t take all the blame. The story I’ve heard is they let George pick a cover to sing on ‘With the Beatles’, and for whatever reason this is the one he wanted to do. ---
**Author:** ![PVenkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@PVenkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PVenkman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2003, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/97 "2003-04-14T21:43:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by big\_yellow\_kingswood \* > \*\*The entire Yellow Submarine ALBUM should be recalled and destroyed… Especially the second half. OK, I know it’s not strictly Beatles, but honestly! God it’s terrible. Even on drugs. \*\* But it’s got ‘Hey, Bulldog’ on it! A truly underappreciated (and underplayed, if that’s possible) Beatles song. ---
**Author:** ![look\_ninjas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@look\_ninjas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/look_ninjas)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/98 "2003-04-15T00:47:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cuauhtemoc \* > \*\*_Because_ > > Can’t believe nobody’s mentioned it yet. \*\* **Alias** and I were talking about this thread the other day, and I mentioned _Because_ as a song that I would hate to see listed. However, as someone has already listed one of my absolute favorites, _A Day in the Life_, I can’t say I’m too surprised. I am sort of surprised that no one’s mentioned _Baby’s in Black_ yet. Okay, she’s in black, I get it! Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/99 "2003-04-15T03:09:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cuauhtemoc \* > \*\*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? \*\* That is cold man. Real cold. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152/100 "2003-04-15T05:51:47Z")
“Looking Through a Glass Onion” and any number of the songs that were on the B side of Abbey road. (Anybody here remember what the B side was?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-worst-beatles-song/167152.md?page=6)