List of songs recorded by the Beatles


were an English rock band from Liverpool who recorded hundreds of songs during their career. The group's "main catalogue" – songs released between 1962 and 1970 – consists of 213 songs : 188 originals and 25 covers. Since their break-up, over 100 more songs by the group have been officially released, which include live songs the group never recorded in the studio and numerous outtakes. The band also recorded several songs that remain unreleased. Often considered the most influential band of the rock era, the group's music pioneered new recording techniques and was primarily responsible for pop music's evolution into an art form. The majority of their recordings were produced by George Martin, who also played and composed string arrangements on multiple songs; his influence on the group led him to be referred to as the "Fifth Beatle". Between 1962 and 1968, the Beatles released their songs in both mono and stereo versions; Abbey Road and Let It Be were mixed and released only in stereo. Their songs often featured differences between the mixes and the group put the most effort into making the mono mixes. All mono mixes were remastered and released on The Beatles in Mono box set in 2009, along with the remastering of the band's entire catalogue in stereo.
Following their signing with EMI in 1962, each member of the "Fab Four" contributed to songwriting. Their primary songwriters were the partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who composed most of the group's songs; lead guitarist George Harrison wrote 22 songs, including "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun", while drummer Ringo Starr wrote two songs, and was credited as co-writer for four others. While songs written by Lennon or McCartney were always credited to "Lennon–McCartney", the pair wrote many songs completely separately. These include "Come Together", "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Nowhere Man" and "Hey Jude", "Let It Be" and "Yesterday", the last of which is one of the most covered songs of all time. Artists the band covered while together included Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Larry Williams and Little Richard. Cover songs were included on five of the band's core albums: Please Please Me, With the Beatles, Beatles for Sale, Help! and Let It Be. Lead vocals were also shared by the group, with Starr usually contributing vocals to one song per album. The group were known for their harmonies, mostly two-part, but sang intricate three-part harmonies on "This Boy", "Yes It Is" and "Because".
Originally rooted in skiffle and 1950s rock and roll music, the group embraced pop music in their early years, but began to branch out into different genres, including folk rock, country and psychedelia. Their 1968 self-titled album in particular featured a wide range of styles, including ska, blues, hard rock, and a musique concrète sound collage. The group also composed numerous ballads, including "Michelle" and "The Long and Winding Road". During their career, the Beatles introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century. Some of these include one of the first uses of guitar feedback in music, the first use of a fade-in in a pop song, use of tape loops, using the recording studio as an instrument and popularising the Indian sitar in pop music ; Harrison further embraced Indian music on songs such as "Love You To", "Within You Without You" and "The Inner Light". Abbey Road featured prominent use of the Moog synthesiser and the Leslie speaker, along with a medley of song fragments edited together to form a single piece.
Along with their main catalogue, over 100 previously unreleased songs have been released on numerous live albums, compilations, and deluxe editions. These include demos, outtakes, songs the group only recorded live and not in the studio and, for The Beatles Anthology in the 1990s, two reunion songs: "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love". The Beatles remain one of the most acclaimed and influential artists in popular music history. Their songs have been covered thousands of times by a wide range of artists and continue to be celebrated throughout the world.

Main songs

Between 1963 and 1966, the Beatles' songs were released on different albums in the United Kingdom and the United States. In the UK, 30 songs were released as non-album singles, despite appearing on numerous albums in the US. Since the remastering of the band's catalogue on CDs in the 1980s, the Beatles have a primary "core catalogue" of 14 albums:
The catalogue also includes the 1988 compilation album Past Masters, which collected 25 of the Beatles' 30 non-album singles, along with the 1964 EP Long Tall Sally and other rarities that were commercially available in the 1960s.
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SongCore catalogue releaseSongwriterLead vocalYear
"Across the Universe"Let It Be
Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
1969
"Act Naturally"Help!
Voni Morrison
1965
"All I've Got to Do"With the BeatlesLennon
McCartney
Lennon1963
"All My Loving"With the BeatlesLennon
McCartney
1963
"All Together Now"Yellow SubmarineLennon
McCartney
McCartney
1969
"All You Need Is Love" Magical Mystery TourLennon
McCartney
Lennon1967
"And [|I] Love Her"'Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1964
"And Your Bird Can Sing"RevolverLennon
McCartney
Lennon1966
"Anna "Please Please Me Lennon1963
"Another Girl"Help!Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1965
"Any Time at All"'Lennon
McCartney
Lennon
1964
"Ask Me Why"Please Please MeLennon
McCartney
Lennon1963
"Baby It's You"Please Please Me
Hal David
Luther Dixon
Lennon1963
"Baby, You're a Rich Man" Magical Mystery Tour
Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1967
"Baby's in Black"Beatles for SaleLennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
1964
"Back in the U.S.S.R."Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"Bad Boy"Past Masters Lennon1966
"" Past MastersLennon
McCartney
Lennon1969
"Because"Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
Harrison
1969
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLennon
McCartney
Lennon1967
"Birthday"Lennon
McCartney
McCartney
1968
"Blackbird"Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"Blue Jay Way"Magical Mystery TourHarrison1967
"Boys"Please Please Me
Wes Farrell
Starr1963
"Can't Buy Me Love"'Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1964
"Carry That Weight"Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
McCartney
1969
"Chains"Please Please Me
Carole King
Harrison1963
"Come Together"Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
Lennon1969
""Lennon
McCartney
Lennon
1968
"Cry Baby Cry"Lennon
McCartney
Lennon
1968
""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
1967
"Day Tripper" Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
1965
"Dear Prudence"Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1968
"Devil in Her Heart"With the Beatles Harrison1963
"Dig a Pony"Let It BeLennon
McCartney
Lennon1970
"Dig It"Let It BeLennon
McCartney
Harrison
Starkey
Lennon1970
"Dizzy, Miss Lizzy"Help! Lennon1965
"Do You Want to Know a Secret"Please Please MeLennon
McCartney
Harrison1963
"Doctor Robert"RevolverLennon
McCartney
Lennon1966
"Don't Bother Me"With the BeatlesHarrisonHarrison1963
"Don't Let Me Down" Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1969
"Don't Pass Me By"StarkeyStarr1968
"Drive My Car"Rubber SoulLennon
McCartney
McCartney
1965
"Eight Days a Week"Beatles for SaleLennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
1964
"Eleanor Rigby"RevolverLennon
McCartney
McCartney1966
""Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
McCartney1969
"Every Little Thing"Beatles for SaleLennon
McCartney
Lennon
1964
"Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey"Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1968
"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"Beatles for Sale Harrison1964
"Fixing a Hole"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLennon
McCartney
McCartney1967
"Flying"Magical Mystery TourLennon
McCartney
Harrison
Starkey
1967
""Magical Mystery TourLennon
McCartney
McCartney1967
"For No One"RevolverLennon
McCartney
McCartney1966
"For You Blue"Let It BeHarrisonHarrison1970
"From Me to You" Past MastersLennon
McCartney
Lennon
1963
"Get Back" Let It Be
Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1969

"Getting Better"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLennon
McCartney
McCartney1967
"Girl"Rubber SoulLennon
McCartney
Lennon1965
"Glass Onion"Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1968
"Golden Slumbers"Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
McCartney1969
"Good Day Sunshine"RevolverLennon
McCartney
McCartney1966
"Good Morning Good Morning"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLennon
McCartney
Lennon1967
"Good Night"Lennon
McCartney
Starr1968
"Got to Get You into My Life"RevolverLennon
McCartney
McCartney1966
"Happiness Is a Warm Gun"Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1968
""'Lennon
McCartney
Lennon
1964
"Hello, Goodbye" Magical Mystery TourLennon
McCartney
McCartney1967
"Help!"Help!Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1965
"Helter Skelter"Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"Her Majesty"Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
McCartney1969
"Here Comes the Sun"Abbey RoadHarrisonHarrison1969
"Here, There and Everywhere"RevolverLennon
McCartney
McCartney1966
"Hey Bulldog"Yellow SubmarineLennon
McCartney
Lennon1969
"Hey Jude" Past MastersLennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"Hold Me Tight"With the BeatlesLennon
McCartney
McCartney1963
"Honey Don't"Beatles for Sale Starr1964
"Honey Pie"Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"I Am the Walrus"Magical Mystery TourLennon
McCartney
Lennon1967
"I Call Your Name"Past MastersLennon
McCartney
Lennon1964
"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"Beatles for SaleLennon
McCartney
Lennon
1964
"I Feel Fine" Past MastersLennon
McCartney
Lennon1964
"I Me Mine"Let It BeHarrisonHarrison1970
"I Need You"Help!HarrisonHarrison1965
"I Saw Her Standing There"Please Please MeLennon
McCartney
McCartney1963
"I Should Have Known Better"'Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1964
"I Wanna Be Your Man"With the BeatlesLennon
McCartney
Starr1963
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" Past MastersLennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
1963
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"I Want to Tell You"RevolverHarrisonHarrison1966
"I Want You "Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
Lennon1969
"I Will"Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"If I Fell"'Lennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
1964
"If I Needed Someone"Rubber SoulHarrisonHarrison1965
"I'll Be Back"'Lennon
McCartney
Lennon
1964
"I'll Cry Instead"'Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1964
"I'll Follow the Sun"Beatles for SaleLennon
McCartney
McCartney1964
"I'll Get You" Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
Lennon
1963
"I'm a Loser"Beatles for SaleLennon
McCartney
Lennon1964
"I'm Down" Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1965
"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"'Lennon
McCartney
Harrison1964
"I'm Looking Through You"Rubber SoulLennon
McCartney
McCartney1965
"I'm Only Sleeping"RevolverLennon
McCartney
Lennon1966
"I'm So Tired"Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1968
"I've Got a Feeling"Let It BeLennon
McCartney
McCartney
1970
"I've Just Seen a Face"Help!Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1965
"In My Life"Rubber SoulLennon
McCartney
Lennon1965
"" Past Masters
HarrisonHarrison1968
"It Won't Be Long"With the BeatlesLennon
McCartney
Lennon1963
"It's All Too Much"Yellow SubmarineHarrisonHarrison1969
"It's Only Love"Help!Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1965
"Julia"Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1968
"Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!"Beatles for Sale /
Richard Penniman
McCartney1964
"Komm, gib mir deine Hand"
Past MastersLennon
McCartney
Jean Nicolas
Heinz Hellmer
Lennon
McCartney
1964
"Lady Madonna" Past MastersLennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"Let It Be"Let It Be
Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1970
"Little Child"With the BeatlesLennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
1963
""Let It BeLennon
McCartney
McCartney1970
"Long Tall Sally"Past Masters
Enotris Johnson
Richard Penniman
McCartney1964
"Long, Long, Long"HarrisonHarrison1968
"Love Me Do"Please Please Me
Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
McCartney
1962
"Love You To"RevolverHarrisonHarrison1966
"Lovely Rita"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLennon
McCartney
McCartney1967
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLennon
McCartney
Lennon1967
"Maggie Mae"Let It BeTraditional,
Lennon
McCartney
Harrison
Starkey
Lennon
1970
"Magical Mystery Tour"Magical Mystery TourLennon
McCartney
McCartney
1967
"Martha My Dear"Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"Matchbox"Past Masters Starr1964
"Maxwell's Silver Hammer"Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
McCartney1969
"Mean Mr. Mustard"Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
Lennon1969
"Michelle"Rubber SoulLennon
McCartney
McCartney1965
"Misery"Please Please MeLennon
McCartney
Lennon
1963
"Money "With the Beatles
Janie Bradford
Lennon1963
"Mother Nature's Son"Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"Mr. Moonlight"Beatles for Sale Lennon1964
""Help!Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1965
"No Reply"Beatles for SaleLennon
McCartney
Lennon1964
"Norwegian Wood "Rubber SoulLennon
McCartney
Lennon1965
"Not a Second Time"With the BeatlesLennon
McCartney
Lennon1963
"Nowhere Man"Rubber SoulLennon
McCartney
Lennon1965
"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"Octopus's Garden"Abbey RoadStarkeyStarr1969
"Oh! Darling"Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
McCartney1969
"Old Brown Shoe" Past Masters
HarrisonHarrison1969
"One After 909"Let It BeLennon
McCartney
Lennon
1970
"Only a Northern Song"Yellow SubmarineHarrisonHarrison1969
"Paperback Writer" Past MastersLennon
McCartney
McCartney1966
"Penny Lane" Magical Mystery Tour
Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1967
"Piggies"HarrisonHarrison1968
"Please Mr. Postman"With the Beatles
William Garrett
Brian Holland
Robert Bateman
Freddie Gorman
Lennon1963
"Please Please Me"Please Please MeLennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
1963
"Polythene Pam"Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
Lennon1969
"P.S. I Love You"Please Please MeLennon
McCartney
McCartney1962
"Rain" Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1966
"Revolution" Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1968
"Revolution 1"Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1968
"Revolution 9"Lennon
McCartney
1968
"Rock and Roll Music"Beatles for Sale Lennon1964
"Rocky Raccoon"Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"Roll Over Beethoven"With the Beatles Harrison1963
"Run for Your Life"Rubber SoulLennon
McCartney
Lennon1965
"Savoy Truffle"HarrisonHarrison1968
"Sexy Sadie"Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1968
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLennon
McCartney
McCartney1967
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLennon
McCartney
McCartney
Lennon
Harrison
1967
"She Came In Through the Bathroom Window"Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
McCartney1969
"She Loves You" Past MastersLennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
1963
"She Said She Said"RevolverLennon
McCartney
Lennon1966
"She's a Woman" Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1964
"She's Leaving Home"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLennon
McCartney
McCartney
1967
"Sie liebt dich"
Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
Jean Nicolas
Lee Montogue
Lennon
McCartney
1964
"Slow Down"Past Masters Lennon1964
"Something"Abbey RoadHarrisonHarrison1969
"Strawberry Fields Forever" Magical Mystery Tour
Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1967
"Sun King"Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
Lennon
1969
""Please Please Me
Ric Marlow
McCartney1963
"Taxman"RevolverHarrisonHarrison1966
"Tell Me What You See"Help!Lennon
McCartney
McCartney
1965
"Tell Me Why"'Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1964
"Thank You Girl" Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
Lennon
1963
"There's a Place"Please Please MeLennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
1963
"Things We Said Today"'Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1964
"Think for Yourself"Rubber SoulHarrisonHarrison1965
"This Boy" Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
Lennon
1963
"Ticket to Ride"Help!Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1965
"Till There Was You"With the Beatles McCartney1963
"Tomorrow Never Knows"RevolverLennon
McCartney
Lennon1966
"Twist and Shout"Please Please Me
Bert Berns
Lennon1963
"Two of Us"Let It BeLennon
McCartney
McCartney
1970
"Wait"Rubber SoulLennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
1965
"We Can Work It Out" Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1965
"What Goes On"Rubber SoulLennon
McCartney
Starkey
Starr1965
"What You're Doing"Beatles for SaleLennon
McCartney
McCartney1964
"When I Get Home"'Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1964
"When I'm Sixty-Four"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLennon
McCartney
McCartney1967
"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"HarrisonHarrison1968
"Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"Wild Honey Pie"Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1968
"With a Little Help from My Friends"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandLennon
McCartney
Starr1967
"Within You Without You"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandHarrisonHarrison1967
""Rubber SoulLennon
McCartney
Lennon1965
"Words of Love"Beatles for Sale Lennon
McCartney
1964
"Yellow Submarine"RevolverLennon
McCartney
Starr1966
"Yer Blues"Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1968
"Yes It Is" Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
Lennon
1965
"Yesterday"Help!Lennon
McCartney
McCartney1965
"You Can't Do That"Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1964
"You Know My Name " Past Masters
Lennon
McCartney
Lennon
McCartney
1970
"You Like Me Too Much"Help!HarrisonHarrison1965
"You Never Give Me Your Money"Abbey RoadLennon
McCartney
McCartney1969
"You Won't See Me"Rubber SoulLennon
McCartney
McCartney1965
"Your Mother Should Know"Magical Mystery TourLennon
McCartney
McCartney1967
"You're Going to Lose That Girl"Help!Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1965
"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"Help!Lennon
McCartney
Lennon1965
"You Really Got a Hold on Me"With the Beatles Lennon
Harrison
1963

Other released songs

In addition to their main catalogue, over 100 songs that were recorded by the group have been released. Four songs have only appeared in two of the groups' films: one in Magical Mystery Tour and three in Let It Be. The first release of new recordings was Live at the BBC in 1994, which features live performances of mostly cover songs that were recorded on various BBC Light Programme radio shows between 1963 and 1965. Further recordings from these shows were released on On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 in 2013. The Beatles Anthology project in the 1990s featured rarities, outtakes and live performances across their entire career, along with the reunion songs "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love", which were recorded as demos by Lennon before his death in 1980 and completed by the surviving Beatles. Further recordings have been released on various compilation albums and deluxe editions.
Indicates song not written by the members of the Beatles
Indicates live recording