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Beatles forums => Songs => Topic started by: Doug on January 22, 2010, 06:32:44 AM
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Penny Lane suggest I just make a thread about this so here I am. Sorry if I step on any toes... ;sorry
I'm currently in the process of running a fan-run ranking of The Beatles best songs through the internet using a bunch of websites, Facebook, forums, et cetera. Why? Mostly just for fun and to make it a truly fan-run thing instead of these Entertainment Weekly things made by someone who also gave a Thumbs Up to Miley Cyrus' new album.
What I'm looking for now is just people and their ballots. When I say ballots, this is exactly what I am looking for:
A list of your top 25 Beatles songs in order (meaning #1 is your favorite/best Beatles song).
That's all I really need from people who want to participate. If you want to help out more, just let people know and get people to vote. The more voters/ballots, the more varied the list gets and the more definitive it gets.
But for right now, I'm really just looking for people who would be interested and their votes.
As per when I need them, I would like them as soon as possible just so I can add them to the rolling list and see how many people I have so I can see what else I need to do to get more.
Thank you guys so much for your time; I greatly appreciate it!
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Here you go...
1. Let It Be
2. Here Comes The Sun
3. Penny Lane
4. Girl
5. Michelle
6. For No One
7. The Long And Winding Road
8. In My Life
9. I Want To Hold Your Hand
10. Strawberry Fields Forever
11. Things We Said Today
12. If I Fell
13. All My Loving
14. Eleanor Rigby
15. And I Love Her
16. Magical Mystery Tour
17. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
18. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (acoustic)
19. I'll Follow The Sun
20. The Fool On The Hill
21. We Can Work It Out
22. With A Little Help From My Friends
23. Golden Slumbers
24. Revolution (single version)
25. She's Leaving Home
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I already PMed my info over, but I thought I'd post my list here as well. And, of course, my choices are subject to change according to my mood.
1. Let It Be
2. Hey Jude
3. Something
4. Here, There and Everywhere
5. Long Tall Sally (cover)
6. In My Life
7. Penny Lane
8. Across the Universe
9. If I Fell
10. I Saw Her Standing There
11. And Your Bird Can Sing
12. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (mono version)
13. Day Tripper
14. Strawberry Fields Forever
15. Taxman
16. The Night Before
17. What You're Doing
18. I'll Follow the Sun
19. Hold Me Tight
20. Happiness is a Warm Gun
21. Here Comes the Sun
22. Mother Nature's Son
23. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
24. She Loves You
25. All My Loving
Joost, you and I have the same #1 song!
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Here goes...
1. Something
2. Here Comes the Sun
3. Across the Universe
4. In My Life
5. Octopus's Garden
6. I Want to Hold Your Hand
7. She Loves You
8. Strawberry Fields Forever
9. Rain
10. I Need You
11. A Hard Days Night
12. And I love her
13. I Should Have Known Better
14. Another Girl
15. I'll Follow the Sun
16. Can't Buy Me Love
17. Let it Be
18. Two of Us
19. I Me Mine
20. Ticket to Ride
21. I Am the Walrus
22. Paperback Writer
23. All My Loving
24. And Your Bird Can Sing
25. The Night Before
Like Penny mine changes frequently also.
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Mine:
1. Something
2. Here Comes the Sun
3. A Day in the Life
4. Hey Jude
5. Let it Be
6. Across The Universe
7. And I Love Her
8. In My Life
10. Michelle
11. Strawberry Fields Forever
12. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
13. I Need You
14. Taxman
15. And Your Bird Can Sing
16. Rain
17. Two of Us
18. I'm Down
19. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
20. I am the Walrus
21. Nowhere Man
22. Day Tripper
23. What You're Doing
24. All My Loving
25. Hold Me Tight
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Joost, you and I have the same #1 song!
We have good taste. :)
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I already emailed mine too but I kinda felt like posting mine also. :P
1. Something
2. Across the Universe
3. Hey Jude
4. In My Life
5. Strawberry Fields Forever
6. Eleanor Rigby
7. Here Comes The Sun
8. Yesterday
9. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End
10. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
11. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
12. A Day in the Life
13. Penny Lane
14. Nowhere Man
15. Happiness Is a Warm Gun
16. Here, There, and Everywhere
17. Help!
18. Rain
19. Revolution
20. All You Need Is Love
21. Paperback Writer
22. Two Of Us
23. Blackbird
24. I Feel Fine
25. I Am The Walrus
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We have good taste. :)
I guess so. ;D
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Thank you guys so much for participating here! georgeharrisonlover, I actually need number 9 from you as you seemed to skip it...
Here's my list in case you were wondering:
01. Sgt. Pepper's Lonley Hearts Club Band
02. Something
03. Abbey Road Medley
04. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
05. Hey Jude
06. A Day In The Life
07. I Am The Walrus
08. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
09. I've Got A Feeling
10. Dear Prudence
11. Here Comes The Sun
12. Across The Universe
13. Get Back
14. Come Together
15. Strawberry Fields Forever
16. Don't Let Me Down
17. I Me Mine
18. Dig A Pony
19. Lovely Rita
20. Oh! Darling
21. Eleanor Rigby
22. Got To Get You Into My Life
23. When I'm Sixty-Four
24. Rocky Racoon
25. I've Just Seen A Face
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What a coinky-dink! I had just written down my favorite songs from each album. Now all I have to do is narrow it down a bit more. ha2ha
1. Carry That Weight
2. I Me Mine
3. Oh! Darling
4. Eleanor Rigby
5. Taxman
6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
7. The Fool on the Hill
8. Paperback Writer
9. Something
10. Piggies
11. A Day in the Life
12. Hello Goodbye
13. Roll Over Beethoven
14. I Am the Walrus
15. Run For Your Life
16. Hey Bulldog
17. Golden Slumbers
18. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
19. Ticket to Ride
20. The Night Before
21. All You Need Is Love
22. Do You Want To Know a Secret
23. Martha My Dear
24. She's Leaving Home
25. If I Needed Someone
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I don't think the Abbey Road medley is actually one song, and anyway "Here Comes The Sun" is part of it.
My list may or may not follow in the near future, but my favorite Beatles songs change with my mood, so it may not be very accurate for long after I post it.
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I don't think the Abbey Road medley is actually one song, and anyway "Here Comes The Sun" is part of it.
It's not. You Never Give Me Your Money is the first song of the medley.
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I always considered the entire second side of the album linked, since "Here Comes The Sun" ties into "Sun King" thematically and lyrically, even if the first two songs don't actually fade into the next. (Although because of the thick layer of hiss on the 1987 CDs, I thought they did until you pointed it out just now and I listened to the stereo remasters to check! :P )
Anyway, the entire album when listened to straight through, part of the medley or not, is great for certain "romantic activities", if you catch my drift! (http://www.venganza.org/forum/images/smilies/th_FSMLeching-1.gif) In fact, I'd wager that they had that in mind when creating the album as a whole. "Come Together" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" certainly, at least.
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These change probably daily, but here they are, at least for today:
1. Yesterday (call me cliche, but I still love this song)
2. Abbey Road Medley (I'll cheat and call it one song)
3. Martha My Dear
4. We Can Work It Out
5. What You're Doing
6. You Won't See Me
7. Here, There, And Everywhere
8. For No One
9. Good Day Sunshine
10. Got To Get You Into My Life
11. Sgt. Pepper's Lonley Hearts Club Band (not including With A Little Help From My Friends)
12. Fixing A Hole
13. The Fool On The Hill
14. Lady Madonna
15. Hey Bulldog
16. Hey Jude
17. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
18. Blackbird
19. Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
20. Two Of Us
21. Oh! Darling
22. Eleanor Rigby
23. She's A Woman
24. Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (cover)
25. I'm Down
You can probably tell this pretty much ended up being somewhat chronological, this is because I was just looking through albums/singles and couldn't put them in order, so don't take the actual rankings too seriously, just what songs are included.
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1. She Said She Said
2. You Never Give Me Your Money
3. Rain
4. She Loves You
5. Penny Lane
6. Paperback Writer
7. Something
8. And Your Bird Can Sing
9. Hey Bulldog
10. You're Gonna Lose That Girl
11. Here Comes The Sun
12. Lovely Rita
13. A Day In The Life
14. There's A Place
15. No Reply
16. I Am The Walrus
17. Because
18. I Wanna Hold Your Hand
19. Strawberry Fields Forever
20. Norwegian Wood
21. Think for Yourself
22. Sexy Sadie
23. Savoy Truffle
24. Hey Jude
25. Taxman
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Thank you guys so much for all the votes! I appreciate it so much.
Only like 30 ballots to go! TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS1
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Just so you know, this is the hardest thing I've EVER had to decide. :o ;D
1. Across The Universe
2. Julia
3. Ask Me Why
4. Within You, Without You
5. Because
6. I'm Down
7. This Boy
8. Paperback Writer
9. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
10. Yes It Is
11. Taxman
12. I Saw Her Standing There
13. I Will
14. Mother Nature's Son
15. Fool On The Hill
16. Two Of Us
17. I Wanna Be Your Man
18. I've Got A Feeling
19. Nowhere Man
20. Don't Let Me Down
21. When I Get Home
22. Dig A Pony
23. I'm Only Sleeping
24. Strawberry Fields Forever
25. And Your Bird Can Sing
I couldn't tell you how difficult that was! I got through the first three and then my mind just blanked! :P
xxx
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1. A Day In The Life
2. I've Got A Feeling [Naked]
3. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
4. I Am The Walrus
5. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
6. I Need You
7. I Saw Her Standing There
8. Octopus's Garden
9. Wild Honey Pie
10. Strawberry Fields Forever
11. Penny Lane
12. Rain
13. Hey Jude
14. Eleanor Rigby
15. I'm Only Sleeping
16. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
17. Within You Without You
18. When I'm Sixty-Four
19. Only A Northern Song
20. Come Together
21. Oh! Darling
22. Old Brown Shoe
23. Don't Bother Me
24. Kansas City ~ Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!
25. This Boy
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Uh… A Day in the Life only appearing after 4 posts, and gaining its first place after 11. Did I said I am not impressed? 4ac ;sorry 2ch
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As for the medley, I've always considered You Never Give Me Your Money through The End the medley (I mean, the verse of that first song shows up in the Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight part too...). Every place I've looked has considered it too...
I'm counting votes though as anyone who puts down ONE song part of it as a vote for the whole thing. If people voted for TWO songs though from it, I just ask them to re-do their vote to add one more.
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Uh… A Day in the Life only appearing after 4 posts, and gaining its first place after 11. Did I said I am not impressed? 4ac ;sorry 2ch
Geez. Not everyone has the same tastes.
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Geez. Not everyone has the same tastes.
Here’s how Rolling Stone magazine ranks the Beatles’, within their own top 500 best songs (by order of appearance). There is (only) 23 of the Beatles’ in that top 500 ranking. Did I said again that I am not impressed? 4ac
Hey Jude
Yesterday
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Let It Be
In My Life
A Day in the Life
Help!
She Loves You
Strawberry Fields Forever
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Eleanor Rigby
I Saw Her Standing There
A Hard Day's Night
Please Please Me
Come Together
Something
Can't Buy Me Love
With a Little Help From My Friends
All You Need Is Love
Ticket to Ride
Penny Lane
Rain
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The only thing RS is good for when ranking stuff is FINDING new music. I downloaded the top 500 and found a bunch of new songs and bands. But when it comes to their opinion in ranking stuff, it's off....a lot....
And just FYI, I need about 30 more ballots and I hope to get them by the end of the month so if you guys could help out and get the word out, it would be incredibly helpful!
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In fact, I'd wager that they had that in mind when creating the album as a whole. "Come Together" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" certainly, at least.
Despite the fact that in the mountains of words written and spoken by all those involved in Abbey Road, not one person mentions, even hints at this. You'd loose your money. Come Together was concieved (bom bom) as a political sloganaring song.
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That's how it was conceived, yes. That's the official story. I don't think that's the whole story.
"I'm Only Sleeping" was conceived as a song about drugs. The final song, however, is clearly about sleeping in in the morning. How a work of art was conceived and how it finally ended up are often very different. Why does everyone trust what the Beatles and their associates say so much? They've been known to lie, so why always assume they're telling the truth at all, let alone the whole truth?
I've never subscribed to the belief that the artist's original intentions are the most important thing in determining the meaning of a work of art. I don't think intentions matter at all. What matters to me is the actual content of the final work. If it's not in the work, it doesn't count. That's why I like making fun of Pete Townshend's compositional skills, even though I respect him musically. He changes his mind after he finishes a work and tries to convince people the info was there all along.
I think "Come Together" is about a kinky stoned threesome, and that's what I'm sticking with.
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I think "Come Together" is about a kinky stoned threesome, and that's what I'm sticking with.
Well, that's a great way to pop into a new thread.
I will try my hardest to rank well!
1: Let It Be
2: Something
3: Hey Jude
4: In My Life
5: All My Loving
6: We Can Work It Out
7: Norwegian Wood
8: I Saw Her Standing There
9: Here Comes The Sun
10: I Wanna Hold Your Hand
11: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
12: Across The Universe
13: For No One
14: Yesterday
15: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
16: Eleanor Rigby
17: Blackbird
18: A Hard Days Night
19: Julia
20: No Reply
21: What Your Doing
22: I've Just Seen A Face
23: I've Got A Feeling
24: I'm Down
25: Rain
Ahhh! I forgot SFF And PL!! Oh well...
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It's interesting to me, how many people rank "Let It Be" as number one. Is it bad that I just really don't LOVE that song?
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It's interesting to me, how many people rank "Let It Be" as number one. Is it bad that I just really don't LOVE that song?
Nah. It's just a classic and trademark Beatles song which is favorited by many Beatles fans. You don't have to like it lol
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I really like the song, but was it on my ballot? No. They had a ton of better songs, but I can understand the love for it.
Thanks for the vote emmi!
We're getting close to the end!!!!!
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I think "Come Together" is about a kinky stoned threesome, and that's what I'm sticking with.
From the beginning, Come Together was kind of a made to order song. It is well documented that Timothy Leary, running for governor of California in 1969, met John Lennon in Montreal: he than asked John to write something for his own gubernatorial campaign (Leary’s slogan being Come Together, Join the Party). Lennon immediately taped a demo and gave it to Leary. Eventually, Leary was arrested, then imprisoned and forgot about it. After he’d escaped, Leary says – in his autobiography – that he called Lennon and half-jockingly asked him why he’d enclosed Come together, the song, on Abbey Road. Always according to Leary – John replied that he had acted as a tailor: since Leary gave him no news about the demo and stuff, he felt entitled to sell it to somebody else.
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It's interesting to me, how many people rank "Let It Be" as number one. Is it bad that I just really don't LOVE that song?
Nope, you have a right to like whatever songs you like. "Think For Yourself" and pick what makes YOU happy. :)
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I think "Come Together" is about a kinky stoned threesome, and that's what I'm sticking with.
If Come Together is about a threesome, Norwegian Wood is about a ::::Censored::::
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^^Man Emmi, I wanted to know what you said but it's censored! Does the word start with an O?
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^^Man Emmi, I wanted to know what you said but it's censored! Does the word start with an O?
LOL!! If you want I can PM it to you ha2ha ha2ha I rather like it here and I don't wanna be banned :P
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*shakes head* Will you girls ever learn? LOL
My favorites?
1. In My Life
2. Nowhere Man
3. Blackbird
4. Penny Lane
5. Love You To
6. Taxman
7. Here Comes The Sun
8. Something
9. I Am The Walrus
10. Yesterday
11. Helter Skelter
12. You Can't Do That
13. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
14. The End
15. Dear Prudence [my YouTube namesake! ha2ha]
16. Think For Youself
17. If I Needed Someone
18. I'm Down
19. And I Love Her
20. Things We Said Today
21. Octopus' Garden
22. Becuase
23. Get Back
24. Revolution 9 (yes, really! Not so much to just listen to on a daily basis, just caus it's such a freak of a song)
25. She Said She Said
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I always thought Norwegian Wood was about a jilted lover burning down a house. 4ac
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This is an incredibly tough question. My top songs switch around a bit depending my mood and how often I've played a song recently(sometimes you play something so much, you don't want to hear it for a while:)) (ETA: I started this off in order but it ended up just being as I came up with the song titles:))
1. Let It Be
2. Hey Jude
3. Helter Skelter
4. Yesterday
5. Blackbird
6. Sgt. Pepper
7. Lovely Rita
8. A Day In The Life
9. Paperback Writer
10. Rain
11. Get Back
12. Back in the USSR
13. We Can Work it Out
14. I've Just Seen a Face
15. For No One
16. Eleanor Rigby
17. I've Got a Feeling
18. Abbey Road Medley(from You Never Give Me Your Money)
19. Taxman
20. I Saw Her Standing There
21. It's All Too Much(mainly for the guitar)
22. I Want to Hold Your Hand
23. Martha My Dear
24. Got to Get You Into My Life
25. Fixing a Hole
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Thanks guys!
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I really hate to bump this, but I'm getting down to the wire here. I want to be down by the end of the week and I only need a few more votes! If you haven't voted yet, please send in one!
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A friend of mine did one, so I hope this helps you out!
1. Hey Jude
2. Something
3. In My Life
4. Yesterday
5. Let It Be
6. Here Comes the Sun
7. All You Need Is Love
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
9. Golden Slumbers/Carry that Weight/The End
11. Across the Universe
12. Revolution
13. Blackbird
14. Penny Lane
15. A Day in the Life
16. Here, There, and Everywhere
17. Lucy in the Sky with Diamond
18. I Feel Fine
19. Help!
20. Norwegian Wood
21. Strawberry Fields Forever
22. I Am the Walrus
23. Paperback Writer
24. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
25. And I Love Her
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1. Nowhere Man
2. I'm Only Sleeping
3. We Can Work It Out
4. I Feel Fine
5. Strawberry Fields Forever
6. Martha My Dear
7. Getting Better
8. A Day In the Life
9. Magical Mystery Tour
10. Across The Universe
11. Get Back
12. Tell Me What You See
13. She's A Woman
14. It Won't Be Long
15. Anytime At All
16. I Should Have Known Better
17. For No One
18. She Said She Said
19. Back In the USSR
20. Eleanor Rigby
21. Got To Get You Into My Life
22. You Won't See Me
23. Lovely Rita
24. All My Loving
25. Here Comes the Sun
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Thanks so much!
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Thanks for your patience! I have finally completed the list and we are starting the countdown of the Top 100 Songs By The Beatles over at my website http://balaramamusic.com (http://balaramamusic.com). I really hope I can count on you to check it out as there will be information, videos, download links, and more on each song that's in the top 100. 99 and 100 are already up and 98 should be by the end of the day.
Again though, I have to thank you for participating in this. I know it wasn't easy, but hopefully the payoff will be that great.
Thanks again!
Doug
PS - If you could shoot me back your e-mail, it'd be great as I'm trying to get something put together for all who voted, but I haven't decided what yet. When I do though, I'll e-mail all of you and let you know1
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Not my list of favourite songs, but those which I consider are the 25 most essential tracks:
1. Hey Jude
2. Yesterday
3. Let It Be
4. Strawberry Fields Forever
5. I Want To Hold Your Hand
6. Help!
7. In My Life
8. Eleanor Rigby
9. Norwegian Wood
10. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
11. Penny Lane
12. I Am The Walrus
13. A Hard Day's Night
14. All You Need Is Love
15. Ticket To Ride
16. Can't Buy Me Love
17. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
18. Come Together
19. Something
20. Get Back
21. Nowhere Man
22. Here Comes The Sun
23. She Loves You
24. Revolution
25. Yellow Submarine
Note: I didn't include my favourite song of all time: "Tomorrow Never Knows"
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1- GIRL
2-AND I LOVE HER-
3-WE CAN WORK IT OUT
4-A DAY IN THE LIFE
5- ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
6- STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER
7- HERE COMES THE SUN
8- SOMETHING
9- WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS
10- TWO OF US
11- I'M THE WALRUS
12- THE SUN KING
13- ELEANOR RIGBY
14- YESTERDAY
15- GET BACK
16- LADY MADONNA
17- DRIVE MY CAR
18- I'M A LOSER
19- SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW
20- MEAN MR. MUSTARD
21- TWIST AND SHOUT
22- OH DARLING
23- SHOUT
24-PLEASE MR. POSTMAN
25- GOLDEN SLUMBERS