"Who Wrote That?" |
Being that the Beatles were a four-piece band, and eventually ALL of the members wrote the songs, it can be confusing for some listeners to know which Beatle's songwriting is preferred. I have compiled a list to the best of my knowledge of who wrote what song, but there are a few disputes, which I'll note. Also, if a song is not included, then it is not written by a Beatle, and you can find out who wrote that song by viewing the albums page, finding the album the song is on, view the track listing and see who wrote it. Collaboration songs will be noted here as well, but only the ones that were a "true" collaboration. Most of the songs have input from more than one member at some point, but I'll list who the dominant writer was. |
John Lennon |
Paul McCartney |
Misery Please Please Me Do You Want to Know A Secret? There's A Place It Won't Be Long All I've Got to Do Little Child Not A Second Time A Hard Day's Night I Should Have Known Better If I Fell I'm Happy Just to Dance With You Tell Me Why Any Time At All I'll Cry Instead When I Get Home You Can't Do That I'll Be Back No Reply I'm A Loser I Don't Want to Spoil the Party Help! You've Got to Hide Your Love Away You're Gonna Lose that Girl Ticket to Ride It's Only Love Norwegian Wood Nowhere Man The Word Girl In My Life* Wait Run For Your Life I'm Only Sleeping She Said, She Said And Your Bird Can Sing Dr. Robert Tomorrow Never Knows Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite Good Morning, Good Morning I Am the Walrus Strawberry Fields Forever All You Need is Love Hey Bulldog Dear Prudence Glass Onion Wild Honey Pie The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill Happiness is a Warm Gun I'm So Tired Julia Yer Blues Everybody's Got Something to Hide.... Sexy Sadie Revolution 1 Cry Baby Cry Revolution 9 Goodnight Dig A Pony Across the Universe One After 909 Come Together I Want You (She's So Heavy) Because Sun King Mean Mr. Mustard Polythene Pam I'll Get You This Boy I Call Your Name I Feel Fine Yes It Is Day Tripper Rain Don't Let Me Down The Ballad of John and Yoko |
I Saw Her Standing There Ask Me Why Love Me Do P.S. I Love You All My Loving Hold Me Tight And I Love Her Can't Buy Me Love Things We Said Today I'll Follow The Sun Eight Days A Week Every Little Thing What You're Doing The Night Before Another Girl Tell Me What You See I've Just Seen A Face Yesterday Drive My Car You Won't See Me Michele I'm Looking Through You Eleanor Rigby Here, There and Everywhere Yellow Submarine Good Day Sunshine For No One Got To Get You Into My Life Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Getting Better Fixing A Hole She's Leaving Home When I'm 64 Lovely Rita Sgt. Pepper (Reprise) Magical Mystery Tour Fool On the Hill Your Mother Should Know Hello Goodbye Penny Lane All Together Now Back in the USSR Ob-La-Di Ob-La-da Martha My Dear Blackbird Rocky Raccoon Why Don't We Do It In the Road? I Will Mother Nature's Son Helter Skelter Honey Pie Let It Be The Long and Winding Road Get Back Maxwell's Silver Hammer Oh Darling! You Never Give Me Your Money She Came In Through the Bathroom Window Golden Slumbers Carry That Weight The End Her Majesty She's A Woman I'm Down Paperback Writer Lady Madonna Hey Jude |
Lennon-McCartney Collaborations |
I Wanna Be Your Man Baby's In Black With A Little Help From My Friends A Day In the Life Birthday Two Of Us I've Got A Feeling From Me To You Thank You Girl She Loves You I Want to Hold Your Hand We Can Work It Out You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) |
George Harrison |
Don't Bother Me I Need You You Like Me Too Much Think For Yourself If I Needed Someone Taxman Love You Too I Want to Tell You Within You, Without You Blue Jay Way It's Only A Northern Song It's All Too Much While My Guitar Gently Weeps Piggies Long Long Long Savoy Truffle I Me Mine For You Blue Something Here Comes the Sun The Inner Light Old Brown Shoe |
Ringo Starr (Starkey) |
What Goes On (Lennon-McCartney-Starkey) Don't Pass Me By Octopus's Garden |
All |
Flying Maggie May (trad. arr. by all) |