Vulture - All 213 Beatles Songs, Ranked

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213. “Good Day Sunshine,”

212. “Dig It,”

211. “Little Child,”

210. “Tell Me What You See,”

209. “Dig a Pony,”

208.“A Taste of Honey,”

207. “Ask Me Why,”

206. “Free As a Bird,”

205. “Not a Second Time,”

204. “She’s Leaving Home,”

203. “Real Love,”

202.“Thank You Girl,”

201. “I’ll Get You,”

200. “Chains,”

199. “Misery,”

198. “Every Little Thing,”

197. “Hold Me Tight,”

196. “I’m Happy Just to Dance With You,”

195. “Only a Northern Song,”

194. “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da,”

193. “Your Mother Should Know,”

192. “Don’t Pass Me By,”

191. “You Like Me Too Much,” :

190. “Baby It’s You,”

189. “I’ll Be Back,”

188. “Baby’s in Black,”

187. “Roll Over Beethoven,”

186. “It’s Only Love,”

185. “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!,”

184. “When I Get Home,”

183. “For You Blue,”

182. “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,”

181. “Wild Honey Pie,”

180. “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby,”

179. “The Ballad of John and Yoko,”

178. “Oh! Darling,”

177. “Bad Boy,”

176. “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party,”

175. “I Call Your Name,”

174. “What Goes On,”

173. “No Reply,”

172. “Think for Yourself,”

171. “Devil in Her Heart,”

170. “Till There Was You,”

169. “Mother Nature’s Son,”

168. “What You’re Doing,”

167. “Revolution 1,”

166. “Rocky Raccoon,”

165. “Dizzy Miss Lizzy,”

164. “Good Night,”

163. “Honey Don’t,”

162. “Old Brown Shoe,”

161. “Yes It Is,”

160. “All Together Now,”

159. “All I’ve Got to Do,”

158. “Her Majesty,”

157. “She’s a Woman,”

156. “Savoy Truffle,”

155. “Honey Pie,”

154. “Do You Want to Know a Secret,”

153. “Mr. Moonlight,”

152. “Long Tall Sally,”

151. “P.S. I Love You,”

150. “Fixing a Hole,”

149. “The Inner Light,”

148. “Baby, You’re a Rich Man”

147. “Long, Long, Long,”

146. “I’m a Loser,”

145. “Piggies,”

144. “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey,”

143. “Anna (Go to Him),”

142. “Matchbox,”

141. “Love Me Do,”

140. “Because,”

139. “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill,”

138. “Octopus’s Garden,”

137. “The Word,”

136. “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?”

135. “Birthday,”

134. “Yellow Submarine,”

133.“It Won’t Be Long,”

132. “I Want You (She’s So Heavy),”

131. “It’s All Too Much,”

130. “Any Time at All,”

129. “I’ve Got a Feeling,”

128. “Words of Love,”

127. “Tell Me Why,”

126. “Don’t Bother Me,”

125. “You Really Got a Hold on Me,”

124. “Glass Onion,”

123. “Another Girl,”

122. “I’ll Follow the Sun,”

121. “Doctor Robert,”

120. “Martha My Dear,”

119. “Medley: Kansas City / Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey,”

118. “Wait,”

117. “Don’t Let Me Down,”

116. “Blue Jay Way,”

115. “I’ve Just Seen a Face,”

114. “Revolution 9,”

113. “Taxman,”

112. “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number),”

111. “Two of Us,”

110. “Happiness Is a Warm Gun,”

109. “We Can Work It Out,”

108. “Rock and Roll Music,”

107. “The Fool on the Hill,”

106. “Good Morning, Good Morning,”

105. “Get Back,”

104. “I Should Have Known Better,”

103. “When I’m Sixty Four,”

102. “I Need You,”

101. “Helter Skelter,”

100. “From Me to You,”

99. “I Me Mine,”

98. “Flying,”

97. “I’m Looking Through You,”

96. “Getting Better,”

95. “Got to Get You Into My Life,”

94. “Maggie Mae,”

93. “Across the Universe,”

92. “All My Loving,”

92. “I’m Down,”

90. “Slow Down,”

89. “Hey Bulldog,”

88. “Run for Your Life,”

87. “Yer Blues,”

86. “With a Little Help From My Friends,”

85. “This Boy,”

84. “I’m Only Sleeping,”

83. “If I Needed Someone,”

82. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,”

81. “I Wanna Be Your Man,”

80. “Eight Days a Week,”

79. “Cry Baby Cry,”

78. “And I Love Her,”

77. “The Night Before,”

76. “I’m So Tired,”

75. “Magical Mystery Tour,”

74. “Love You To,”

73. “Things We Said Today,”

72. “Act Naturally,”

71. “You Won’t See Me,”

70. “Michelle,”

69. “I Want to Tell You,”

68. “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds,”

67. “Please Mister Postman,”

66. “Hello, Goodbye,”

65. “Boys,”

64. “All You Need Is Love,”

63. “I Feel Fine,”

62. “If I Fell,”

61. “Girl,”

60. “Sexy Sadie,”

59. “One After 909,”

58. “Lady Madonna,”

57. “You’re Going to Lose That Girl,”

56. “Revolution,”

55. “Can’t Buy Me Love,”

54. “I Will,”

53. “You Can’t Do That,”

52. “Within You Without You,”

51. “There’s a Place,”

50. “Julia,”

49. “I Want to Hold Your Hand,”

48. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise),”

47. “Back in the U.S.S.R.,”

46. “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away,”

45. “The Long and Winding Road,”

44. “Come Together,”

43. “Twist and Shout,”

42. “In My Life,”

41. “A Hard Day’s Night,”

40. “Paperback Writer,”

39. “Yesterday,”

38. “Drive My Car,”

37. “I’ll Cry Instead,”

36. “Help!,”

35. “I Am the Walrus,”

34. “For No One,”

33. “And Your Bird Can Sing,”

32. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,”

31. “Blackbird,”

30. “Day Tripper,”

22-29. “You Never Give Me Your Money,” “Sun King,” “Mean Mr. Mustard,” “Polythene Pam,” “She Came in Through the Bathroom Window,” “Golden Slumbers,” “Carry That Weight,” “The End,”

21. “I Saw Her Standing There,”

20. “Hey Jude,”

19. “Lovely Rita,”

18. “Ticket to Ride,”

17. “Nowhere Man,”

16. “Here Comes the Sun,”

15. “Let It Be,”

14. “Money (That’s What I Want),”

13. “Something,”

12. “Tomorrow Never Knows,”

11. “She Said, She Said,”

10. “Rain,”

9. “Eleanor Rigby,”

8. “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown),”

7. “Here, There and Everywhere,”

6. “Dear Prudence,”

5. “Please Please Me,”

4. “She Loves You,”

3. “Penny Lane,”

2. “Strawberry Fields Forever,”

1. “A Day in the Life,”

[Henrik]

Single critic's list, so not eligible.

[Harold]

Single critic's list, so not eligible.

And even if it was eligible, placing "Good Day Sunshine" in last place automatically renders it hopelessly flawed. It's hard to believe Bill Wyman (the veteran rock critic, not the Rolling Stone) hates the song so much that he makes a point of ranking "Dig It" directly above it in next-to-last place. Other songs ranked way too low: "Dig a Pony," "I'll Be Back," "Oh! Darling," "No Reply," "Mother Nature's Son" (all ranked below 150). Meanwhile, "Maggie Mae" (!!!) and "I Wanna Be Your Man" are in the top 100.

Few complaints about the toppermost of the poppermost, although I would remove "I'll Cry Instead" and "Lovely Rita" from the top 40 in favor of "A Hard Day's Night" (#41) and "In My Life" (#42?!?!?).

[StevieFan13]

Revolution 9 doesn't deserve to be that high

[StevieFan13]

And how is their cover of Money (That's What I Want) considered good enough to come ahead of While My Guitar Gently Weeps? I mean, it's good, but not one of their very best (and not better than Barrett Strong's, honestly).