What is your ONE favourite favorite Beatles song ?

Baby You're A Rich Man

 

Revolution.

 

Girl. Every time I hear it, stops me in my tracks with the opening lyric and vocal.

 

Recently I've been really enjoying Norweigan Wood, Your Mother Should Know, and Don't Let Me Down.

 

A truly magical song and yet the arrangement is so straight forward.

 

dear prudence

 

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The singing in that middle 8 gives me goosebumps.

 

I'm So Tired. Or

I Am The Walrus

 

the musical essence of the summer of love - especially coupled with it's A side.

 

Something.

Runners-up:

Blackbird.
Penny Lane.
Strawberry Fields Forever.
Don't Let Me Down.
Here, There And Everywhere.

 

'Got to get you into my life' always spring's to mind for me.

 

Every Little Thing

 

Paperback Writer

 

Tomorrow Never Knows

 

I Am The Walrus

 

"Ticket To Ride." Then and now.

 

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

 

Within You Without You

 

The arrangement might be straight-forward, but it's not the simplest song!

It's in G major, I believe.

In the verse, he goes:

G (the root -- ok, standard) F#7 (7th -- a little unusual) Bm (the 3 chord)
C (4 chord) D (5 chord) G (root) F#7 (7th)
C (4 chord) D (5 chord) G (root) F#7 (7th)
F (7th, but it's actually not in the key, so he's modulating off of G major) D (5 chord) G (root)

So the verse has this unusual chord progression that even includes a brief modulation off of the key.

 

nice description, I agree. my longtime favorite as well. other tracks have threatened its position (Cry Baby Cry etc), but I've never called another song my favorite of theirs.

 

in my top 10! (actually love that 1965 stereo mix on the mono CD set)

 

Great choice.

 

While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

 

Tie: "If I Fell" and "The Things We Said Today"

I can't even put just one of these on repeat. They're on a playlist together!