# What's The Worst Beatles' Song Of All Time ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 28, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660 "2001-04-28T18:38:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jonathan43](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@Jonathan43](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan43)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/1 "2001-04-28T18:38:00Z")
Yes I know that The Beatles were the greatest group any of us are likely to experience but, let’s face it, the Fabs wrote a few real clunkers. My vote for their all time worst track is Harrison’s “Piggies” which has a horribly ornate arrangement, a childish sing-song tune and a lyric that sets a new low in misanthropy. To think that this toe-curling satire on “straight” society was included on The White Album instead of George’s infinitely superior “Not Guilty”. C’mon Fabs Fans - can you think of a worse Beatles’ track ? ---
**Author:** ![ThisYearsGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@ThisYearsGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisYearsGirl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/2 "2001-04-28T18:46:15Z")
“Why Don’t We Do It In The Road” ---
**Author:** ![PatrickM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@PatrickM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickM)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/3 "2001-04-28T19:20:06Z")
“The Long and Winding Song”, er, I mean, “The Long and Winding Road.” ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/4 "2001-04-28T19:22:12Z")
“Michelle” just sets my teeth on edge. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/5 "2001-04-28T19:24:55Z")
“The Inner Light” (flip side of “Let It Be” or something of that vintage). I personally like “Piggies”, and while I’d rather listen to “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road” a lot less often than most of the “White Album” songs, I don’t mind it every now and then. Beats the hell out of “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” on _Abbey Road_. Of course, that might be another good nominee. Here’s a question along the same lines: of the Beatles’ _singles_ (not counting B-sides this time, where there was a clear B-side), which was the worst? My vote in this category is for “Eight Days a Week” - I find both the music and lyrics rather monotonous. ---
**Author:** ![Folkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@Folkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folkie)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/6 "2001-04-28T19:27:48Z")
“Mr Moonlight” has been rumored to cause seizures in goats. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/7 "2001-04-28T19:30:41Z")
Beatle’s songs are like orgasms–“Even the worst one I ever had was right on the money,” with respect to Woody Allen. That said, “Baby, You’re a Rich Man,” is a song I only had to hear once. ---
**Author:** ![tourbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@tourbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tourbot)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/8 "2001-04-28T19:34:45Z")
I’m not really a huge Beatles fan, though I do respect their influence on rock music, in which they really have no peer. The one song I absolutely can’t stomach is “Come Together”. ---
**Author:** ![upperdeckfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/65b543/32.png) [@upperdeckfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/upperdeckfan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/9 "2001-04-28T20:07:18Z")
I could easily make an enjoyable cd for myself from all the songs listed above. The one, ok, two Beatles songs that I always skip over are “Run for Your Life” and “Revolution #9”. The first one just plain bothers me. The second one induces sleep - I’ve never made it through the whole song. ---
**Author:** ![Nimue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/10 "2001-04-28T20:10:44Z")
It has to be “Revolution 9”. _Number 9… Number 9… Number 9…_ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/11 "2001-04-28T20:15:54Z")
“Octopus’ Garden” has the distinction for me of either being childishly cute and amusing or shutthefrickenradiooff annoying, depending on my mood. ---
**Author:** ![heembo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@heembo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heembo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/12 "2001-04-28T20:17:05Z")
I love the beatles, but I really don’t care for the “Baby you can drive my car” song all that much. Beep beep, my ass… ---
**Author:** ![Nimue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/13 "2001-04-28T20:19:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PatrickM \* > \*\*“The Long and Winding Song”, er, I mean, “The Long and Winding Road.” \*\* This was actually an okay song before Phil Spector had his wicked way with it. (He was the one who added lashings of orchestral arrangements, and IIRC Paul was none-too-pleased.) I dunno if the original version has been released on cd, but it can be seen on the _Let It Be_ video. I agree that the one released on the LP is nauseating. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/14 "2001-04-28T20:20:24Z")
Add me to the the “People Who Like the Beatles but Can’t Stand Revolution #9” list. What the _hell_ is that supposed to be? Beside the evil influence of Yoko Ono, of course. ---
**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 28, 2001, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/15 "2001-04-28T20:26:32Z")
I agree with the haters of several of the above choices, particularly “Michelle,” “Octopus’s Garden,” “Long & Winding Road,” “Come Together,” and “Mr. Moonlight” (do non-Lennon/McCartney/Harrison songs count?). On the other hand, I enjoy “Piggies,” “The Inner Light,” and “Drive My Car.” “Drive My Car” I actually enjoy a LOT. I’ll be a little more controversial and choose one that has loads of fans…I really dislike **“And I Love Her.”** I consider it to be McCartney Schmaltz at its absolute worst, and want to whack him over the head with his bass every time it comes around on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/16 "2001-04-28T21:02:38Z")
This isn’t the Pit, so I can’t write how I really feel about “Yellow Submarine”. ---
**Author:** ![Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ben)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/17 "2001-04-28T21:16:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cornflakes \* > \*\*This isn’t the Pit, so I can’t write how I really feel about “Yellow Submarine”. \*\* Once I asked on an online forum whether people thought that while the Beatles’ later work was very accomplished, the Beatles’ early work, as a whole, was oftentimes just kind of… annoying. I was specifically thinking of “She loves YOU, yeah yeah” and “I wanna hold your haaaaaa-aaaaa-aaaand” and other songs based on the algorithm of “Express an adolescent sentiment, stretch out the vowels, and repeat it over and over again in a faintly whiny, nasal tone.” (But I love Yellow Submarine- different algorithm, you see.) One person responded with a long, heartfelt, tearful statement about how she talked it over with her husband, and how they decided that these days young people like me are just too cynical to enjoy the Beatles, what with the economic downturn and the specter of nuclear war, but she’d like to share something with me and she hoped it would reach my heart through my Ecstasy-hardened, extreme-sports Gen-X exterior. She then quoted the lyrics of “Imagine.” Hello? Correct me if I’m wrong, but “Imagine” not only isn’t part of the Beatles’ early work, it’s not even a fricken Beatles song! It was written after they broke up! Anyway, I think the moral of this thread is that the Beatles are like Madonna, minus the toplessness. Every person has at least one Beatles song they love, and at least one they hate, but there is no consensus on which song belongs in which category. -Ben ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/18 "2001-04-28T21:45:34Z")
I don’t think the Beatles ever did a truly bad song. However, their weakest is probably “You Know My Name, Look Up the Number.” I still like it, but it’s certainly bizarre. “Revolution #9” is also pretty weak. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/19 "2001-04-28T22:17:08Z")
I love all the songs. Except the George Harrison song on “Yellow Submarine”. It’s so bad, I’ve blocked it out of my mind. It’s not “Only A Northern Song”, it’s the other one. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2001, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-beatles-song-of-all-time/63660/20 "2001-04-28T22:18:31Z")
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