What’s your favourite Beatles song?

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It's hard to choose, there's just so many great songs. Maybe it depends on what you're in the mood in.

Right now, it's "In My Life".

Rocky Raccoon.

I can't hear it without smiling.

And your bird can sing! Specifically the recording from Anthology 2 where you can hear John and Paul laughing

Ooof. This is like asking me to pick my favorite child! Probably something off of Rubber Soul.

Eleanor Rigby, by far. Very different, and one I have always enjoyed since I was a kid

Have you heard Zoot’s cover? It’s very different again but I love it.

A Day in the Life. It was the first song I played for my son after he was born.

Eight Days a Week. Generally not a huge fan of the Beatles but that's a banger.

I Saw Her Standing There

It's certainly not one of their many compositional masterpieces, but I really love this song because of how quintessential it is of that very early British pop invasion style with the catchy twangy guitar melody.

Pretty hard to choose, TBH. I'll go with 3:

  1. A Day in the Life
  2. Here Comes the Sun
  3. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Those would probably be my top 3 normally.

The Long and Winding Road. Not sure which version though, I love the strings on the original record, but also really like the cleanness of the restored naked version

Sometimes it's I've Got a Feeling, other times it's Happiness Is a Warm Gun. The medley from Abbey Road as a whole is up there too.

  1. Golden Slumbers
  2. A Day in the Life
  3. The End
  4. Gotta Get You Into My Life
  5. And Your Bird Can Sing
  6. Baby You're A Rich Man
  7. Hide Your Love Away
  8. Dear Prudence
  9. Something
  10. Cry Baby Cry
  11. Rocky Raccoon
  12. I Want You
  13. I've Got a Feeling
  14. Octopus's Garden
  15. In My Life
  16. Across the Universe

That's 15 and I could name another 15! So many options!

  • A Day In The Life - epic, creative and original
  • Hey Jude - such heartfelt brotherly love
  • Tomorrow Never Knows - exotic, strange and otherworldly
  • Norwegian Wood - a small slice of life from a drifter with a great sense of humor
  • I'll Follow The Sun - so sweet and sad, sang it to lullaby my babies

I root for the underated Beatles songs.

For me it is essentially a tie between

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party and I'm Looking Through You

That's tough, but the song that keeps popping into my head is I've Got a Feeling.

Hard to say. "A Day in the Life," probably. The opposite question is easier for me to answer, with "Tomorrow Never Knows" being my least favorite.

Here, there and everywhere is incredibly underrated in my opinion. And since I haven't seen them mentioned, Revolution and Think for Yourself are both great.