Your preferences may vary, but these are undeniably the work of legends at the top of their game. But you’ll also find the best of the world’s most influential band. As such, you’ll definitely find some favourites missing here (no songs about the sun made the cut, and poor Ringo got left out entirely). In polling the biggest Beatlemaniacs on our roster, we discovered, unsurprisingly, love for every era of Beatledom, from the gruffer Hamburg days to the Ravi Shankar era. Which makes ranking the 50 best Beatles songs particularly difficult. Still, even the most basic Beatles number is worth a listen. There are also many, many songs about dessert foods, sea creatures and whatever popped into Paul’s brain during his afternoon doobie.
There are genuine masterpieces in their discography. John, Paul, George and Ringo penned some of the greatest songs in modern music during their eight years together, but let’s be honest – not all Beatles tunes are equal. Now – 60 years past the British Invasion – Beatlemania is once again percolating thanks to Peter Jackson’s buzzy six-part Disney+ documentary, Get Back. They went from boy band to experimental musicians, fads to film stars. Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969 by Apple Records.Named after the location of EMI Studios in London, the cover features the group walking across the streets zebra crossing, an image that became one of the most famous and imitated in popular music.
They introduced the mainstream to cheeky Britishisms, shaggy hair and psychedelia. The Fab Four altered the very DNA of pop music. The Beatles parted ways way back in 1969, but the band never for a second left the pop-culture conversation, their legacy cemented by a catalogue of timeless hits and a neverending debate about which are the best Beatles songs.