Beatles Article: Ranking every song

[dwinn]

I'm sure this took some time. It's a pretty good read:
http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2009/01/05/ ... countdown/

[brammy]

Interesting..... I know that everyone will disagree with that list in one way or another.
As for me, I cant argue with "Revolution #9" being last, but putting “Ask Me Why” at #180 is a total abomination.
And "And I Love Her" at 167???? Gimme a break. On the other end of the list, “All You Need Is Love” should be no where
near that highly rated, and “I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party” is a good song but putting it at 22 is just silly, and saying that
“Octopus’s Garden” (#36) is much better than “Let It Be” or “I Should Have Known Better” ????? And why is “Her Majesty”
not right at the bottom? It's can hardly count as an actual song! Jeeeezzzz, the more I look at this list the more perturbed I get!

But, as it says, the list is just by "one intrepid fan" and he deserves credit for the effort and for the analysis he did for each
and every song. We would ALL come up with different lists, that's the only thing that is for sure.

To make life easy, here's the list:

185. “Revolution 9”
184. “Honey Pie”
183. “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”
182. “Yer Blues”
181. “Good Day Sunshine”
180. “Ask Me Why”
179. “Long, Long, Long”
178. “Little Child”
177. “Old Brown Shoe”
176. “You Know My Name (Look Up My Number)”
175. “I Wanna Be Your Man”
174. “Love You To”
173. “Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?”
172. “Magical Mystery Tour”
171. “Wild Honey Pie”
170. “For You Blue”
169. “Don’t Pass Me By”
168. “Doctor Robert”
167. “And I Love Her”
166. “The Word”
165. “You Like Me Too Much”
164. “Maggie Mae”
163. “Tell Me What You See”
162. “Thank You Girl”
161. “I’ll Cry Instead”
160. “Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey”
159. “One After 909”
158. “I Want To Tell You”
157. “Don’t Bother Me”
156. “Sun King”
155. “What Goes On”
154. “Flying”
153. “There’s A Place”
152. “Her Majesty”
151. “Do You Want To Know A Secret”
150. “Dig It”
149. “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”
148. “Julia”
147. “Day Tripper”
146. “Blue Jay Way”
145. “Birthday”
144. “Baby You’re A Rich Man”
143. “Cry Baby Cry”
142. “Only A Northern Song”
141. “Penny Lane”
140. “Every Little Thing”
139. “When I Get Home”
138. “Run For Your Life”
137. “I’m Happy Just To Dance With You”
136. “Misery”
135. “I Call Your Name”
134. “It’s Only Love”
133. “If I Needed Someone”
132. “Another Girl”
131. “Dig A Pony”
130. “Love Me Do”
129. “The Night Before”
128. “Mean Mr. Mustard”
127. “Get Back”
126. “Michelle”
125. “The Inner Light”
124. “Baby’s In Black”
123. “Think For Yourself”
122. “I’ll Be Back”
121. “I Me Mine”
120. “All I’ve Got To Do”
119. “Polythene Pam”
118. “Hold Me Tight”
117. “Got To Get You Into My Life”
116. “Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds”
115. “Can’t Buy Me Love”
114. “I Want To Hold Your Hand”
113. “Savoy Truffle”
112. “The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill”
111. “With A Little Help From My Friends”
110. “Good Night”
109. “All Together Now”
108. “Paperback Writer”
107. “I’ll Get You”
106. “I’ll Follow The Sun”
105. “From Me To You”
104. “Martha My Dear”
103. “Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite”
102. “Revolution 1”
101. “Ballad Of John And Yoko”
100. “Girl”
99. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”
98. “She Said She Said”
97. “Tell Me Why”
96. “Because”
95. “Yellow Submarine”
94. “I Should Have Known Better”
93. “I’m A Loser”
92. “All My Loving”
91. “Any Time At All”
90. “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da”
89. “What You’re Doing”
88. “I Need You”
87. “You Can’t Do That”
86. “I Will”
85. “Eight Days A Week”
84. “Drive My Car”
83. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)”
82. “Wait”
81. “She’s A Woman”
80. “I’m Only Sleeping”
79. “You’re Going To Lose That Girl”
78. “Oh! Darling”
77. “She Came In Through The Bathroom Window”
76. “It’s All Too Much”
75. “P.S. I Love You”
74. “Don’t Let Me Down”
73. “Rocky Raccoon”
72. “Your Mother Should Know”
71. “Piggies”
70. “I’ve Just Seen A Face”
69. “It Won’t Be Long”
68. “I’ve Got A Feeling”
67. “When I’m Sixty-Four”
66. “The Long And Winding Road”
65. “Fixing A Hole”
64. “I’m So Tired”
63. “Let It Be”
62. “Happiness Is A Warm Gun”
61. “Lovely Rita”
60. “I’m Down”
59. “Glass Onion”
58. “Hello Goodbye”
57. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
56. “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)”
55. “Come Together”
54. “Help!”
53. “Helter Skelter”
52. “I Feel Fine”
51. “Yesterday”
50. “A Hard Day’s Night”
49. “Blackbird”
48. “Revolution”
47. “Getting Better”
46. “Hey Bulldog”
45. “Good Morning Good Morning”
44. “Back In The U.S.S.R.”
43. “Mother Nature’s Son”
42. “You Never Give Me Your Money”
41. “Sexy Sadie”
40. “I’m Looking Through You”
39. “Things We Said Today”
38. “This Boy”
37. “Across The Universe”
36. “Octopus’s Garden”
35. “Not A Second Time”
34. “And Your Bird Can Sing”
33. “I Saw Her Standing There”
32. “Taxman”
31. “The Fool On The Hill”
30. “Two Of Us”
29. “Here Comes The Sun”
28. “You Won’t See Me”
27. “Within You Without You”
26. “No Reply”
25. “Ticket To Ride”
24. “She Loves You”
23. “Rain”
22. “I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party”
21. “Yes It Is”
20. “Here, There, And Everywhere”
19. “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away”
18. “Tomorrow Never Knows”
17. “Lady Madonna”
16. “Please Please Me”
15. “Nowhere Man”
14. “If I Fell”
13. “For No One”
12. “We Can Work It Out”
11. “Dear Prudence”
10. “Eleanor Rigby”
9. “Something”
8. “Strawberry Fields Forever”
7. “In My Life”
6. “All You Need Is Love”
5. “Hey Jude”
4. “Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End”
3. “She’s Leaving Home”
2. “I Am The Walrus”
1. “A Day in the Life”

[kiramdear]

The reviews were OK in part, but I'm not buying the order at all.

[scotty]

This is such a personal thing and never going to be agreed upon.Good read tho although it will take me weeks to get through.

[Scastles]

Yep, it's all subjective. However, I do agree with #185, but the rest...???

[winston]

Yep, it's all subjective. However, I do agree with #185, but the rest...???

Stan you and I are on the same wave length on the order of this list.

[8mileshigher]

A very subjective ranking --- but it is an interesting concept.

I don't think I would subscribe to "Within You Without You" ranking thirty positions higher than "Guitar Gently Weeps". I guess I prefer Clapton's leslied guitar solo over the unknown Indian studio musician doing the sitar --- but that's me.

Another point, not to be nit-picky, but I don't think I saw separate listing for multi-released tunes such as

Let It Be Apple 45 rpm single produced by George Martin
Let It Be Original LP long version reproduced for disc by Phil Spector (with George's 1970 over dubs)
Let It Be "Naked" version
And wasn't there a Let It Be Anthology version too ?

Anyway this probably will be a topic that generates a multitude of views and responses.
Regards
Rich F.

[dwinn]

Kent, did you really list all those songs yourself? Wow that alone must have taken an hour!

[brammy]

HA!... no way...
the list is on the last page of that site.

[libratune]

HA!... no way...
the list is on the last page of that site.

. . . and the reason I went there was to see what was number one!

I'm afraid the last 5 and the first 5 are all I can handle. Scrolling through a 20-page online article covering 185 cuts -- not my idea of a good time!

But a worthy effort and an interesting personal take nonetheless.

[JakeK]

"A Day in the Life" is where it should be...always has been, always will be my favorite Beatles song. My #2, however, is "Day Tripper"

[apollo11]

She's Leaving Home at #3---I've never seen such high marks for this one. Needless to say, I disagree.

[Backpages66]

She's Leaving Home at #3---I've never seen such high marks for this one. Needless to say, I disagree.

Toatally agree too high on the list for "She's Leaving Home". Also "Good Day Sunshine" at number 181 is way too low for any song off Revolver.

[antipodean]

This whole ranking business is a total waste of time, unless you want to start a heated argument.....

[kiramdear]

Good way for an ambitious rock critic to get attention too