Here, There and Everywhere - The 100 Best Beatles Songs

[loopydate]

I was at a Virgin Megastore last week and found this fantastic book titled Here, There and Everywhere - The 100 Best Beatles Songs by Stephen J. Spignesi and Michael Lewis. I know I'm not the only Fab Four mark on these boards, so I thought I'd post their list to see if it might spark some interesting discussion. The book inspired me to work on my own list, which I'll post when (if) I ever get around to finishing it.

100) Helter Skelter
99) Birthday
98) Love Me Do
97) Within You Without You
96) The Ballad Of John And Yoko
95) It's All Too Much
94) Another Girl
93) Rain
92) It Won't Be Long
91) Good Day Sunshine
90) Long, Long, Long
89) I Want You (She's So Heavy)
88) Get Back
87) I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
86) I'm So Tired
85) Savoy Truffle
84) I Saw Her Standing There
83) Don't Let Me Down
82) Dear Prudence
81) Back In The USSR
80) Girl
79) She's Leaving Home
78) Can't Buy Me Love
77) Michelle
76) Hello, Goodbye
75) It's Only Love
74) Real Love
73) Doctor Robert
72) Hey Bulldog
71) Please Please Me
70) Lovely Rita
69) Fixing A Hole
68) No Reply
67) You're Going To Lose That Girl
66) I'm A Loser
65) Good Morning, Good Morning
64) Drive My Car
63) Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
62) Mother Nature's Son
61) Baby You're A Rich Man
60) All My Loving
59) She Said She Said
58) With A Little Help From My Friends
57) I'm Only Sleeping
56) Glass Onion
55) I Should Have Known Better
54) If I Needed Someone
53) For No One
52) Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
51) Julia
50) You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
49) A Hard Day's Night
48) And I Love Her
47) I Need You
46) If I Fell
45) Taxman
44) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
43) This Boy
42) Norwegian Wood
41) Lady Madonna
40) Across The Universe
39) Tomorrow Never Knows
38) We Can Work It Out
37) Sexy Sadie
36) The Abbey Road Medley
35) Getting Better
34) I'll Be Back
33) Come Together
32) Day Tripper
31) Eight Days A Week
30) I Will
29) Ticket To Ride
28) Something
27) Eleanor Rigby
26) Help!
25) Free As A Bird
24) Happiness Is A Warm Gun
23) Paperback Writer
22) And Your Bird Can Sing
21) The Long And Winding Road
20) I Want To Hold Your Hand
19) I Feel Fine
18) Martha My Dear
17) Blackbird
16) Here, There And Everywhere
15) She Loves You
14) Here Comes The Sun
13) Nowhere Man
12) Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
11) I Am The Walrus
10) While My Guitar Gently Weeps
9) Revolution
8) Penny Lane
7) In My Life
6) Hey Jude
5) All You Need Is Love
4) Yesterday
3) Let It Be
2) Strawberry Fields Forever
1) A Day In The Life

The back of the book has an index of all 206 original Beatles recordings, and looking at it, I realized I wasn't as close to having the whole collection as I thought I was. I have all twelve of the original Beatles albums plus the red and blue albums, but there's a ton of stuff that I still don't have. So, now I'm trying to find friends of mine who have the Anthology or the soundtrack to Yellow Submarine (I already "borrowed" Past Masters from my parents last time I was at their place).

I'm still probably about 15-20 songs shy. Stupid prolific geniuses...

So, let the debate begin!

[el fregadero]

206 recordings eh? I have...157. No idea where to even find the rest of those tbh.

[el fregadero]

I could never make a top Beatles songs list in order, let alone a top 100 list.

[el fregadero]

Sorry for another post, but no Got To Get You Into My Life or I Want To Tell You or Run For Your Life? Come on.

[FakeLaser]

Pretty respectable list.

[FakeLaser]

Let It Be definitely should not be #3 though. I'd switch it with Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Where's Fool on the Hill?

fuck that list

[Skippord]

I didnt know the Beatles did that many songs

[JH]

come together is my favorite

[FakeLaser]

Didn't notice Fool On The Hill wasn't on it. Definitely better than a lot of those songs.

[loopydate]

I just counted, and I have 180 of the 206 songs. I'm just lacking:

All Things Must Pass, All Together Now, Cayenne, Come And Get It, Cry For A Shadow, Free As A Bird, Hello Little Girl, Hey Bulldog, If You've Got Trouble, I'll Be On My Way, In Spite Of All The Danger, It's All Too Much, Junk, Like Dreamers Do, Los Paranoias, Love Of The Loved, Not Guilty, Only A Northern Song, Real Love, Step Inside Love, Teddy Boy, That Means A Lot, 12-Bar Original, What's The New Mary Jane, You Know What To Do, and You'll Be Mine.

And I have no idea where to find most of those. I know a few are on Anthology, and a few more are on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack, but a bunch of the rest I'd never even heard of before I got the book. Guess I get to do some digging.

[FakeLaser]

I have all of them I am pretty sure. I would check but I'm at work.

[Loose Cannon]

There's no way I could make this list or even argue with it. Way to many good songs. I mean everyone's got there personal fav's. Mine that are a little lower on that list are

With a Little Help from your friends and We Can Work it Out. Elenor Rigby would be in my top 3.

[el fregadero]

As much as I love "With A Little Help From My Friends" I still have to say I like Joe Cocker's version (aka the Wonder Years theme) more.

[Funky Fly]

Boooooooo

No Mr. Moonlight.

[Loose Cannon]

As much as I love "With A Little Help From My Friends" I still have to say I like Joe Cocker's version (aka the Wonder Years theme) more.

yea, it's better. I could be biased because Wonder Years is my fav show ever, but still an awesome cover.

[Bad Company]

Eleanor Rigby and Paperback writer are their best songs.

[loopydate]

Boooooooo

No Mr. Moonlight.

Mr. Moonlight isn't a Beatles song. It's a cover. That's why there's also no "Twist & Shout," "Please Mister Postman," or "Money (That's What I Want)."

They only used songs that were Beatles originals.

[loopydate]

Eleanor Rigby and Paperback writer are their best songs.

Both are in my top five. Without putting too much thought into it, my top five would probably be:

1) Eleanor Rigby
2) In My Life
3) All My Loving
4) While My Guitar Gently Weeps
5) Paperback Writer

Once I get those last 26 songs, I'll do something more in-depth, but those are my five faves atm.

[Funky Fly]

Mr. Moonlight isn't a Beatles song. It's a cover. That's why there's also no "Twist & Shout," "Please Mister Postman," or "Money (That's What I Want)."

They only used songs that were Beatles originals.
Still, it's an awesome cover then.

[loopydate]

It is. You could put together a killer compilation CD of just their covers.

[Loose Cannon]

My top 5

Let It Be
Eleanor Rigby
In my Life
Yesterday
We can Work It Out

[Supreme Olajuwon]

Man, no When I'm Sixty-Four or Yellow Submarine either. These authors and I would not get along. :(

[Loose Cannon]

oh yea, Yellow Submarine. Come on.

[el fregadero]

Yellow Submarine is not a very good song, really.

[FakeLaser]

I was gonna try and do a top 5 but I think it would be impossible.

[Nervous Ferret]

Hello, Goodbye

[loopydate]

Okay, just borrowed a copy of Anthology and ripped a bunch more songs. So, now I only need five songs to have the complete collection:

All Together Now
Hey Bulldog
I'll Be On My Way
It's All Too Much
Love Of The Loved

Some of those are on the Yellow Submarine "songtrack." Not sure about the others. Although, I think I have enough now where I can start to work on my list. If I can track those songs down and it turns out they warrant a ranking, I'll work them in later.

[DaveWadding]

Okay, just borrowed a copy of Anthology and ripped a bunch more songs. So, now I only need five songs to have the complete collection:

All Together Now
Hey Bulldog
I'll Be On My Way
It's All Too Much
Love Of The Loved

Some of those are on the Yellow Submarine "songtrack." Not sure about the others. Although, I think I have enough now where I can start to work on my list. If I can track those songs down and it turns out they warrant a ranking, I'll work them in later.

I can hook you up with Hey Bulldog if you like :naughty:

[loopydate]

:naughty:

[Bad Company]

:love:

[loopydate]

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[Azriel]

Dude, Eleanor Rigby needs to be at a much higher spot than that

[Triple A]

What FakeRazor said. Decent list but I don't really like Let It Be, tbh.

[MVP]

Yeah Eleanor Rigby deserves to be higher, and switch Let it Be and In My Life. Other than that it's a pretty sweet list.

[The Mask]

eleanor rigby is shite. a day in the life is number one, which is exactly where it should be. i'd have put i am the walrus in second though. she said she said and i'm only sleeping should be lots higher too

[Triple A]

Yeah just tried to do my own top 10 but it is impossible. Like 92375 songs I want to put in it.

A Day in the Life was my fav song forever though, but I also was in love with Eleanor Rigby too for a while. I would prolly put those top 2. Either I am the Walrus or Strawberry Fields Forever @ #3 I guess.

She Said She Said :love:

[Triple A]

Okay, just borrowed a copy of Anthology and ripped a bunch more songs. So, now I only need five songs to have the complete collection:

All Together Now
Hey Bulldog
I'll Be On My Way
It's All Too Much
Love Of The Loved
All Together Now is like the best song. LOVE IT.

[Triple A]

God, A Day In The Life is so ridiculously good I can't even believe it. It is like one of those times again, when something fits so perfectly with my taste that it just makes me mad happy that things like it actually exist. Like finding your soul mate or something, but with a song.

[weather vane]

Eleanor Rigby is my favorite Beatles song by far. I don't see how you can make a list of the best Beatles songs in order though. It's pretty much opinion.

[packt up]

Pretty solid list. Obviously everyone has their own personal taste and mine is different but Day in the Life is amazing. In conclusion the Beatles are fantastic.