The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool who recorded hundreds of songs during their career. The group's "main catalogue"—songs released between 1962 and 1970—consists of 213 songs (four of which exist in different versions): 188 originals and 25 covers. Since their break-up, over 100 more songs by the group have been officially released, including live songs the group never recorded in the studio and numerous outtakes. The band also recorded several songs that remain unreleased. Often considered the most influential band of the rock era,[1] the group's music pioneered new recording techniques and was primarily responsible for pop music's evolution into an art form. The majority of their recordings were produced by George Martin, who also played and composed string arrangements on multiple songs; his influence on the group led him to be referred to as the "Fifth Beatle". Between 1962 and 1968, the Beatles released their songs in both mono and stereo versions;[2] Abbey Road and Let It Be were mixed and released only in stereo.[3] Their songs often featured differences between the mixes and the group put the most effort into making the mono mixes. All mono mixes were remastered and released on The Beatles in Mono box set in 2009, along with the remastering of the band's entire catalogue in stereo.[4]
Following their signing with EMI in 1962, each member of the Beatles contributed to songwriting. Their primary songwriters were the partnership of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, who composed most of the group's songs; lead guitarist George Harrison wrote 22 songs, including "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun", while drummer Ringo Starr wrote two songs ("Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden"), and was credited as co-writer for four others. While songs written by Lennon or McCartney were always credited to "Lennon–McCartney", the pair wrote many songs completely separately. These include "Come Together", "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Nowhere Man" (Lennon)[5] and "Hey Jude", "Let It Be" and "Yesterday" (McCartney), the last of which is one of the most covered songs of all time.[6] Artists the band covered while together included Chuck Berry ("Roll Over Beethoven", "Rock and Roll Music"), Carl Perkins ("Matchbox", "Honey Don't"), Larry Williams ("Slow Down", "Dizzy Miss Lizzy") and Little Richard ("Long Tall Sally"). Cover songs were included on five of the band's core albums: Please Please Me and With the Beatles (both 1963), Beatles for Sale (1964), Help! (1965) and Let It Be (1970). Lead vocals were also shared by the group, with Starr usually contributing vocals to one song per album. The group were known for their harmonies, mostly two-part, but sang intricate three-part harmonies on "This Boy", "Yes It Is" and "Because".
Originally rooted in skiffle and 1950s rock and roll music, the group embraced pop music in their early years ("She Loves You", "I Want to Hold Your Hand"), but began to branch out into different genres, including folk rock (Help!, Rubber Soul),[7] country ("Act Naturally", "Don't Pass Me By") and psychedelia (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour). Their 1968 self-titled album (also known as the "White Album") in particular featured a wide range of styles, including ska ("Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"), blues ("Yer Blues"), hard rock ("Helter Skelter" and the single version of "Revolution"), and a musique concrète sound collage ("Revolution 9").[8] The group also composed numerous ballads, including "Michelle" and "The Long and Winding Road".[9] [10] During their career, the Beatles introduced more innovations into popular music than any other rock band of the 20th century. Some of these include one of the first uses of guitar feedback in music ("I Feel Fine"), the first use of a fade-in in a pop song ("Eight Days a Week"), use of tape loops ("Tomorrow Never Knows"), using the recording studio as an instrument (Revolver and Sgt. Pepper) and popularising the Indian sitar in pop music ("Norwegian Wood"); Harrison further embraced Indian music on songs such as "Love You To", "Within You Without You" and "The Inner Light". Abbey Road (1969) featured prominent use of the Moog synthesiser and the Leslie speaker, along with a medley of song fragments edited together to form a single piece.[11]
Along with their main catalogue, over 100 previously unreleased songs have been released on numerous live albums, compilations, and deluxe editions. These include demos, outtakes, songs the group only recorded live and not in the studio and, for The Beatles Anthology in the 1990s, two reunion songs: "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love". A final reunion song, "Now and Then", was released in 2023.[12] The Beatles remain one of the most acclaimed and influential artists in popular music history.[13] Their songs have been covered thousands of times by a wide range of artists and continue to be celebrated throughout the world.
Between 1963 and 1966, the Beatles' songs were released on different albums in the United Kingdom and the United States. In the UK, 30 songs were released as non-album singles, while appearing on numerous albums in the US. Since the remastering of the band's catalogue on CDs in the 1980s, the Beatles have a primary "core catalogue" of 14 albums:
The catalogue also includes the 1988 compilation album Past Masters, which collected 25 of the Beatles' 30 non-album singles, along with the 1964 EP Long Tall Sally and other rarities that were commercially available in the 1960s.
| Indicates song not written by the members of the Beatles | |
| Indicates song originally released as a non-album single in the UK | |
| Core catalogue release(s) | Songwriter(s) | Lead vocal(s) | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Across the Universe" | Let It Be Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1969 | [14] | |
| "Act Naturally" | Help! | Voni Morrison | Starr | 1965 | [15] | |
| "All I've Got to Do" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1963 | [16] | |
| "All My Loving" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1963 | ||
| "All Together Now" | Yellow Submarine | Lennon McCartney | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1969 | [17] | |
| "All You Need Is Love" | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1967 | [18] | |
| "And I Love Her" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1964 | [19] | ||
| "And Your Bird Can Sing" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1966 | ||
| "Anna (Go to Him)" | Please Please Me | Lennon | 1963 | [20] | ||
| "Another Girl" | Help! | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1965 | ||
| "Any Time at All" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1964 | |||
| "Ask Me Why" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1963 | ||
| "Baby It's You" | Please Please Me | Lennon | 1963 | |||
| "Baby, You're a Rich Man" | Magical Mystery Tour (B-side of "All You Need Is Love") | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1967 | ||
| "Baby's in Black" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney | Lennon McCartney | 1964 | [21] | |
| "Back in the U.S.S.R." | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | [22] | ||
| "Bad Boy" | Past Masters | Lennon | 1965 | |||
| "" | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1969 | [23] [24] | |
| "Because" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney and Harrison) | 1969 | [25] | |
| "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1967 | [26] | |
| "Birthday" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1968 | |||
| "Blackbird" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | |||
| "Blue Jay Way" | Magical Mystery Tour | Harrison | Harrison | 1967 | [27] | |
| "Boys" | Please Please Me | Starr | 1963 | |||
| "Can't Buy Me Love" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1964 | |||
| "Carry That Weight" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | McCartney (with Lennon, Harrison, and Starr) | 1969 | ||
| "Chains" | Please Please Me | Harrison (with Lennon and McCartney) | 1963 | |||
| "Come Together" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1969 | ||
| "" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with Yoko Ono) | 1968 | |||
| "Cry Baby Cry" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1968 | |||
| "" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1967 | ||
| "Day Tripper" | Past Masters (Double A-side with "We Can Work It Out") | Lennon McCartney | Lennon McCartney | 1965 | [28] | |
| "Dear Prudence" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1968 | |||
| "Devil in Her Heart" | With the Beatles | Harrison | 1963 | |||
| "Dig a Pony" | Let It Be | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1970 | ||
| "Dig It" | Let It Be | Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey | Lennon | 1970 | ||
| "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" | Help! | Lennon | 1965 | |||
| "Do You Want to Know a Secret" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney | Harrison | 1963 | ||
| "Doctor Robert" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1966 | [29] | |
| "Don't Bother Me" | With the Beatles | Harrison | Harrison | 1963 | ||
| "Don't Let Me Down" | Past Masters (B-side of "Get Back") | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1969 | [30] | |
| "Don't Pass Me By" | Starkey | Starr | 1968 | |||
| "Drive My Car" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1965 | [31] | |
| "Eight Days a Week" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1964 | ||
| "Eleanor Rigby" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1966 | ||
| "" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1969 | ||
| "Every Little Thing" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1964 | ||
| "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1968 | |||
| "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" | Beatles for Sale | Harrison | 1964 | |||
| "Fixing a Hole" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1967 | ||
| "Flying" | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey | 1967 | |||
| "" | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1967 | ||
| "For No One" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1966 | ||
| "For You Blue" | Let It Be | Harrison | Harrison | 1970 | ||
| "From Me to You" | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1963 | [32] | |
| "Get Back" | Let It Be Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1969 | ||
| "Getting Better" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1967 | ||
| "Girl" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1965 | ||
| "Glass Onion" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1968 | |||
| "Golden Slumbers" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1969 | ||
| "Good Day Sunshine" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1966 | ||
| "Good Morning Good Morning" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1967 | ||
| "Good Night" | Lennon McCartney | Starr | 1968 | |||
| "Got to Get You into My Life" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1966 | ||
| "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1968 | |||
| "" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1964 | |||
| "Hello, Goodbye" | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1967 | [33] | |
| "Help!" | Help! | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1965 | ||
| "Helter Skelter" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | |||
| "Her Majesty" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1969 | ||
| "Here Comes the Sun" | Abbey Road | Harrison | Harrison | 1969 | ||
| "Here, There and Everywhere" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1966 | ||
| "Hey Bulldog" | Yellow Submarine | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1969 | ||
| "Hey Jude" | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | [34] | |
| "Hold Me Tight" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1963 | ||
| "Honey Don't" | Beatles for Sale | Starr | 1964 | |||
| "Honey Pie" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | |||
| "I Am the Walrus" | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1967 | ||
| "I Call Your Name" | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1964 | ||
| "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1964 | ||
| "I Feel Fine" | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1964 | [35] | |
| "I Me Mine" | Let It Be | Harrison | Harrison | 1970 | ||
| "I Need You" | Help! | Harrison | Harrison | 1965 | ||
| "I Saw Her Standing There" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1963 | ||
| "I Should Have Known Better" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1964 | |||
| "I Wanna Be Your Man" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney | Starr | 1963 | ||
| "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1963 | [36] | |
| "I Want to Tell You" | Revolver | Harrison | Harrison | 1966 | ||
| "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1969 | ||
| "I Will" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | |||
| "If I Fell" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1964 | |||
| "If I Needed Someone" | Rubber Soul | Harrison | Harrison | 1965 | ||
| "I'll Be Back" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1964 | |||
| "I'll Cry Instead" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1964 | |||
| "I'll Follow the Sun" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1964 | ||
| "I'll Get You" | Past Masters (B-side of "She Loves You") | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1963 | [37] | |
| "I'm a Loser" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1964 | ||
| "I'm Down" | Past Masters (B-side of "Help!") | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1965 | [38] | |
| "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" | Lennon McCartney | Harrison | 1964 | |||
| "I'm Looking Through You" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1965 | ||
| "I'm Only Sleeping" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1966 | ||
| "I'm So Tired" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1968 | |||
| "I've Got a Feeling" | Let It Be | Lennon McCartney | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1970 | ||
| "I've Just Seen a Face" | Help! | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1965 | ||
| "In My Life" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1965 | ||
| "" | Past Masters (B-side of "Lady Madonna") | Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | [39] | |
| "It Won't Be Long" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1963 | ||
| "It's All Too Much" | Yellow Submarine | Harrison | Harrison | 1969 | ||
| "It's Only Love" | Help! | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1965 | ||
| "Julia" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1968 | |||
| "Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" | Beatles for Sale | McCartney | 1964 | |||
| "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" (German version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand") | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney Jean Nicolas Heinz Hellmer | Lennon McCartney | 1964 | [40] | |
| "Lady Madonna" | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | ||
| "Let It Be" | Let It Be Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1970 | ||
| "Little Child" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1963 | ||
| "" | Let It Be | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1970 | ||
| "Long Tall Sally" | Past Masters | McCartney | 1964 | |||
| "Long, Long, Long" | Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | |||
| "Love Me Do" | Please Please Me Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1962 | ||
| "Love You To" | Revolver | Harrison | Harrison | 1966 | ||
| "Lovely Rita" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1967 | ||
| "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1967 | ||
| "Maggie Mae" | Let It Be | Traditional, Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1970 | ||
| "Magical Mystery Tour" | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1967 | ||
| "Martha My Dear" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | |||
| "Matchbox" | Past Masters | Starr | 1964 | |||
| "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1969 | ||
| "Mean Mr. Mustard" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1969 | ||
| "Michelle" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1965 | ||
| "Misery" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1963 | ||
| "Money (That's What I Want)" | With the Beatles | Lennon | 1963 | |||
| "Mother Nature's Son" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | |||
| "Mr. Moonlight" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon | 1964 | |||
| "" | Help! | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1965 | ||
| "No Reply" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1964 | ||
| "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1965 | ||
| "Not a Second Time" | With the Beatles | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1963 | ||
| "Nowhere Man" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1965 | ||
| "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | |||
| "Octopus's Garden" | Abbey Road | Starkey | Starr | 1969 | ||
| "Oh! Darling" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1969 | ||
| "Old Brown Shoe" | Past Masters (B-side of "The Ballad of John and Yoko") | Harrison | Harrison | 1969 | ||
| "One After 909" | Let It Be | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1970 | ||
| "Only a Northern Song" | Yellow Submarine | Harrison | Harrison | 1969 | ||
| "Paperback Writer" | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1966 | [41] | |
| "Penny Lane" | Magical Mystery Tour (Double A-side with "Strawberry Fields Forever") | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1967 | [42] | |
| "Piggies" | Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | |||
| "Please Mr. Postman" | With the Beatles | Lennon | 1963 | |||
| "Please Please Me" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1963 | ||
| "Polythene Pam" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1969 | ||
| "P.S. I Love You" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1962 | ||
| "Rain" | Past Masters (B-side of "Paperback Writer") | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1966 | ||
| "Revolution" | Past Masters (B-side of "Hey Jude") | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1968 | ||
| "Revolution 1" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1968 | |||
| "Revolution 9" | Lennon McCartney | 1968 | ||||
| "Rock and Roll Music" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon | 1964 | |||
| "Rocky Raccoon" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | |||
| "Roll Over Beethoven" | With the Beatles | Harrison | 1963 | |||
| "Run for Your Life" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1965 | ||
| "Savoy Truffle" | Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | |||
| "Sexy Sadie" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1968 | |||
| "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1967 | ||
| "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney | McCartney Lennon Harrison | 1967 | ||
| "She Came In Through the Bathroom Window" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1969 | ||
| "She Loves You" | Past Masters | Lennon McCartney | Lennon McCartney | 1963 | ||
| "She Said She Said" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1966 | ||
| "She's a Woman" | Past Masters (B-side of "I Feel Fine") | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1964 | ||
| "She's Leaving Home" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1967 | ||
| "Sie liebt dich" (German version of "She Loves You") | Past Masters (B-side of "Komm, gib mir deine Hand") | Lennon McCartney Jean Nicolas Lee Montogue | Lennon McCartney | 1964 | ||
| "Slow Down" | Past Masters | Lennon | 1964 | |||
| "Something" | Abbey Road | Harrison | Harrison | 1969 | ||
| "Strawberry Fields Forever" | Magical Mystery Tour (Double A-side with "Penny Lane") | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1967 | ||
| "Sun King" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney and Harrison) | 1969 | ||
| "" | Please Please Me | McCartney | 1963 | |||
| "Taxman" | Revolver | Harrison | Harrison | 1966 | ||
| "Tell Me What You See" | Help! | Lennon McCartney | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1965 | ||
| "Tell Me Why" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1964 | |||
| "Thank You Girl" | Past Masters (B-side of "From Me to You") | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1963 | ||
| "There's a Place" | Please Please Me | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1963 | ||
| "Things We Said Today" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1964 | |||
| "Think for Yourself" | Rubber Soul | Harrison | Harrison | 1965 | ||
| "This Boy" | Past Masters (B-side of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (UK)) | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney and Harrison) | 1963 | ||
| "Ticket to Ride" | Help! | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1965 | ||
| "Till There Was You" | With the Beatles | McCartney | 1963 | |||
| "Tomorrow Never Knows" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1966 | ||
| "Twist and Shout" | Please Please Me | Lennon | 1963 | |||
| "Two of Us" | Let It Be | Lennon McCartney | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1970 | ||
| "Wait" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney | McCartney (with Lennon) | 1965 | ||
| "We Can Work It Out" | Past Masters (Double A-side with "Day Tripper") | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1965 | ||
| "What Goes On" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney Starkey | Starr | 1965 | ||
| "What You're Doing" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1964 | ||
| "When I Get Home" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1964 | |||
| "When I'm Sixty-Four" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1967 | ||
| "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" | Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | |||
| "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | |||
| "Wild Honey Pie" | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | |||
| "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Lennon McCartney | Starr | 1967 | ||
| "Within You Without You" | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Harrison | Harrison | 1967 | ||
| "" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1965 | ||
| "Words of Love" | Beatles for Sale | Lennon McCartney | 1964 | |||
| "Yellow Submarine" | Revolver | Lennon McCartney | Starr | 1966 | ||
| "Yer Blues" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1968 | |||
| "Yes It Is" | Past Masters (B-side of "Ticket to Ride") | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney and Harrison) | 1965 | [43] | |
| "Yesterday" | Help! | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1965 | ||
| "You Can't Do That" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1964 | |||
| "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" | Past Masters (B-side of "Let It Be") | Lennon McCartney | Lennon McCartney | 1970 | [44] | |
| "You Like Me Too Much" | Help! | Harrison | Harrison | 1965 | ||
| "You Never Give Me Your Money" | Abbey Road | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1969 | ||
| "You Really Got a Hold on Me" | With the Beatles | Lennon (with Harrison) | 1963 | |||
| "You Won't See Me" | Rubber Soul | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1965 | ||
| "Your Mother Should Know" | Magical Mystery Tour | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1967 | ||
| "You're Going to Lose That Girl" | Help! | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1965 | ||
| "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" | Help! | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1965 |
In addition to their main catalogue, over 100 songs that were recorded by the group have been released. Four songs have only appeared in two of the groups' films: one in Magical Mystery Tour (1967) and three in Let It Be (1970). The first release of new recordings was Live at the BBC in 1994, which features live performances of mostly cover songs that were recorded on various BBC Light Programme radio shows between 1963 and 1965. Further recordings from these shows were released on On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 in 2013.[45] The Beatles Anthology project in the 1990s featured rarities, outtakes and live performances across their entire career, along with the reunion songs "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love", which were recorded as demos by Lennon before his death in 1980 and completed by the surviving Beatles. Another demo, "Now and Then", was attempted during the Anthology project before being completed in 2023 using AI technology developed by Peter Jackson for .[46] Further recordings have been released on various compilation albums and deluxe editions.
| Indicates song not written by the members of the Beatles | |
| Indicates live recording | |
| Release(s) | Songwriter(s) | Lead vocal(s) | Year recorded | Year released | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "12-Bar Original" | Anthology 2 | Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey | Instrumental | 1965 | 1996 | [47] | |
| "Ain't She Sweet" | Anthology 1 | Lennon | 1961 | 1995 | [48] | ||
| Anthology 3 | McCartney | 1969 | 1996 | [49] | |||
| "All Things Must Pass" | Anthology 3 | Harrison | Harrison | 1969 | 1996 | ||
| "Bad to Me" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1963 | 2013 | [50] | ||
| "Beautiful Dreamer" | On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 | McCartney | 1963 | 2013 | [51] | ||
| "Bésame Mucho" | Anthology 1 | McCartney | 1962 | 1995 | |||
| "Blue Moon" | (2018 Deluxe Edition) | McCartney | 1968 | 2018 | [52] | ||
| "Can You Take Me Back?" | (2018 Deluxe Edition) | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | 2018 | ||
| "Carol" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | [53] | ||
| "Cayenne" | Anthology 1 | McCartney | Instrumental | 1960 | 1995 | ||
| "Child of Nature" | (2018 Deluxe Edition) | Lennon | Lennon | 1968 | 2018 | ||
| "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" | Non-album single (B-side of "Free as a Bird") | Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey | Lennon McCartney Harrison Starr | 1967 | 1995 | [54] | |
| "Circles" | (2018 Deluxe Edition) | Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | 2018 | ||
| "Clarabella" | Live at the BBC | McCartney | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Come and Get It" | Anthology 3 | McCartney | McCartney | 1969 | 1996 | ||
| "Cry for a Shadow" | Anthology 1 | Lennon Harrison | Instrumental | 1961 | 1995 | ||
| "Crying, Waiting, Hoping" | Live at the BBC | Harrison | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Don't Ever Change" | Live at the BBC | Harrison McCartney | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Free as a Bird" | Anthology 1 | Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey | Lennon McCartney Harrison | 1977 | 1995 | [55] | |
| "Glad All Over" | Live at the BBC | Harrison | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Goodbye" | Abbey Road (2019 Super Deluxe edition) | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1969 | 2019 | [56] [57] [58] | |
| "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" | Anthology 1 | McCartney | 1960 | 1995 | |||
| "Hello Little Girl" | Anthology 1 | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1962 | 1995 | ||
| "" | Live at the BBC | McCartney | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "The Honeymoon Song" | Live at the BBC | Sansom | McCartney | 1963 | 1994 | ||
| "How Do You Do It?" | Anthology 1 | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1962 | 1995 | |||
| "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" | Live at the BBC | Harrison | 1964 | 1994 | |||
| "I Got a Woman" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "I Got to Find My Baby" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "I Just Don't Understand" | Live at the BBC | Kent Westberry | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | ||
| "I'll Be on My Way" | Live at the BBC | Lennon McCartney | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1963 | 1994 | ||
| "I'm in Love" | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1963 | 2013 | |||
| "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "I'm Talking About You" | On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2 | Lennon | 1963 | 2013 | |||
| "If You've Got Trouble" | Anthology 2 | Lennon McCartney | Starr | 1965 | 1996 | ||
| "In Spite of All the Danger" | Anthology 1 | McCartney Harrison | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1958 | 1995 | ||
| "Jazz Piano Song" | Let It Be (film) | McCartney Starkey | McCartney Starr | 1969 | 1970 | ||
| "Jessie's Dream" | Magical Mystery Tour (film) | Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey | Instrumental | 1967 | 1967 | ||
| "Johnny B. Goode" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | 1964 | 1994 | |||
| "Junk" | Anthology 3 | McCartney | McCartney | 1968 | 1996 | ||
| "Keep Your Hands off My Baby" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" | Let It Be (film) | Lennon | 1969 | 1970 | |||
| "Leave My Kitten Alone" | Anthology 1 | Titus Turner James McDougall | Lennon | 1964 | 1995 | ||
| "Lend Me Your Comb" | Anthology 1 | McCartney (with Lennon and Harrison) | 1963 | 1995 | |||
| "Like Dreamers Do" | Anthology 1 | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1962 | 1995 | ||
| "Lonesome Tears in My Eyes" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Lucille" | Live at the BBC | McCartney | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues" | Anthology 3 | Lennon | 1969 | 1996 | |||
| "Memphis, Tennessee" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Moonlight Bay" | Anthology 1 | Lennon McCartney Harrison Eric Morecambe Ernie Wise | 1963 | 1995 | |||
| "My Bonnie" | Anthology 1 | Tony Sheridan | 1961 | 1995 | |||
| "Not Guilty" | Anthology 3 | Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | 1996 | ||
| "Nothin' Shakin'" | Live at the BBC | Cirino Colacrai Diane Lampert John Gluck, Jr. | Harrison | 1963 | 1994 | ||
| "Now and Then" | 1967–1970 (2023 expanded edition) | Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey | Lennon McCartney | 1977 1995 2023 | 2023 | [59] | |
| "Ooh! My Soul" | Live at the BBC | McCartney | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Real Love" | Anthology 2 | Lennon | Lennon | 1979 | 1996 | [60] | |
| "Rip It Up"/"Shake, Rattle and Roll"/"Blue Suede Shoes" | Anthology 3 | Lennon McCartney | 1969 | 1996 | |||
| "Searchin'" | Anthology 1 | McCartney | 1962 | 1995 | |||
| "" | Anthology 1 | Harrison | 1962 | 1995 | |||
| "" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Shout" | Anthology 1 | Lennon McCartney Harrison Starr | 1964 | 1995 | |||
| "So How Come (No One Loves Me)" | Live at the BBC | Harrison | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Soldier of Love" | Live at the BBC | Tony Moon | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | ||
| "Some Other Guy" | Live at the BBC | Lennon (with McCartney) | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Sour Milk Sea" | (2018 Deluxe Edition) | Harrison | Harrison | 1968 | 2018 | ||
| "Step Inside Love/Los Paranoias" | Anthology 3 | Lennon McCartney / Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey | McCartney | 1968 | 1996 | ||
| "St. Louis Blues" | (2018 Deluxe Edition) | McCartney | 1968 | 2018 | |||
| "Sure to Fall (in Love with You)" | Live at the BBC | Quinton Claunch Bill Cantrell | McCartney | 1963 | 1994 | ||
| "Suzy Parker" | Let It Be (film) | Lennon McCartney Harrison Starkey | Lennon | 1969 | 1970 | ||
| "Sweet Little Sixteen" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Teddy Boy" | Anthology 3 | McCartney | McCartney | 1969 | 1996 | ||
| "That Means a Lot" | Anthology 2 | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1965 | 1996 | ||
| "That'll Be the Day" | Anthology 1 | Lennon | 1958 | 1995 | |||
| "That's All Right (Mama)" | Live at the BBC | McCartney | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Three Cool Cats" | Anthology 1 | Harrison | 1962 | 1995 | |||
| "To Know Her Is to Love Her" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "Too Much Monkey Business" | Live at the BBC | Lennon | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "What's the New Mary Jane" | Anthology 3 | Lennon McCartney | Lennon | 1968 | 1996 | ||
| "You Know What to Do" | Anthology 1 | Harrison | Harrison | 1964 | 1995 | ||
| "Young Blood" | Live at the BBC | Harrison | 1963 | 1994 | |||
| "You'll Be Mine" | Anthology 1 | Lennon McCartney | McCartney | 1960 | 1995 | ||
| "" | (2018 Deluxe Edition) | McCartney | 1968 | 2018 |