Top Ten Songs by the Beatles

No other band has influenced contemporary pop music quite like the Beatles, below are in my opinion, the top ten Beatles songs:

10.Good Day Sunshine: Released on the Revolver album in August, 1966, written by Paul McCartney (although credited to the team of John Lennon and Paul McCartney). This is one of the few songs to feature only Paul and Ringo on the song instrumentally, John and George do vocals during the choruses, Sir George Martin is featured playing solo piano on the track as well. This song was played as wake up music for the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery prior to there return flight home in July of 2005.

9.Penny Lane: Released on the Magical Mystery Tour album in November, 1967, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. This McCartney penned song was recorded during the Sgt. Pepper sessions and released as a single on November 1967. It was the flip side to the Lennon penned “Strawberry Fields Forever”. George Martin has been quoted as saying he feels the paring of these two songs made for the greatest single released by the group.

8.I’ve Just Seen A Face: Released on the Rubber Soul album in December, 1965, written by Paul McCartney (although credited to the team of John Lennon and Paul McCartney). This is a fun early Beatles song that captures all the excitement and youthfulness of the band at this stage of their career. McCartney often played this song at family get-togethers. This has remained a favorite song of McCartney’s, who still often plays it live in concert.

7.Yesterday: Released on the Help! album in August, 1965, written by Paul McCartney (although credited to the team of John Lennon and Paul McCartney). This song, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, has had the most cover versions of any song ever written, reportedly more than 3000 versions to date. McCartney has said that the entire song came to him in a dream. When he woke up, he quickly hurried to a piano and turned on his tape recorder to capture the song before it slipped his mind. Prior to deciding on a title, Paul and the other members of the band referred to the song as “Scrambled Eggs”