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—Hey JudeSingle, 1968. Paul wrote it for Julian Lennon while his parents were splitting up, starting from “Hey Jules”— win— match wins
—Let It BeLet It Be, 1970. Paul's mother Mary, who died when he was fourteen, came to him in a dream— win— match wins
—YesterdayHelp!, 1965. Paul woke with the melody and sang “scrambled eggs” over it until real words arrived— win— match wins
—Come TogetherAbbey Road, 1969. Began life as a campaign song for Timothy Leary's run at governor of California— win— match wins
—SomethingAbbey Road, 1969. Harrison's first A-side; Sinatra kept introducing it as a Lennon–McCartney song— win— match wins
—Here Comes the SunAbbey Road, 1969. Written in Eric Clapton's garden on a day Harrison skipped a meeting at Apple— win— match wins
—A Day in the LifeSgt. Pepper, 1967. Two unfinished songs joined by an orchestra told to climb from its lowest note to its highest— win— match wins
—Strawberry Fields ForeverSingle, 1967. Two takes in different keys and tempos, spliced into one record— win— match wins
—Penny LaneSingle, 1967. Paul asked for the piccolo trumpet after hearing one in a Bach broadcast— win— match wins
—In My LifeRubber Soul, 1965. The harpsichord solo is George Martin's piano, recorded slow and played back fast— win— match wins
—BlackbirdThe White Album, 1968. A Bach lute piece reworked; Paul has said the bird was the civil rights movement— win— match wins
—While My Guitar Gently WeepsThe White Album, 1968. Clapton played the solo as a guest and went uncredited on the sleeve— win— match wins
—Eleanor RigbyRevolver, 1966. No Beatle plays an instrument on it, only a double string quartet— win— match wins
—Norwegian WoodRubber Soul, 1965. The first Beatles record with a sitar on it— win— match wins
—Help!Help!, 1965. Lennon said later it was a real cry for help that got sped up into a single— win— match wins
—Ticket to RideHelp!, 1965. Ringo's lurching drum pattern, which Lennon called one of the first heavy records— win— match wins
—I Want to Hold Your HandSingle, 1963. Written on a basement piano in Wimpole Street, and the record that took America— win— match wins
—She Loves YouSingle, 1963. Paul's father asked them to sing “yes, yes, yes” instead of “yeah”— win— match wins
—Twist and ShoutPlease Please Me, 1963. Cut last in the session, in one take, with Lennon's voice already gone— win— match wins
—A Hard Day's NightA Hard Day's Night, 1964. People are still arguing about what is in the opening chord— win— match wins
—Can't Buy Me LoveA Hard Day's Night, 1964. Recorded in Paris between residency shows— win— match wins
—I Saw Her Standing TherePlease Please Me, 1963. Paul's count-in stayed on the record and became the album's first sound— win— match wins
—All You Need Is LoveSingle, 1967. Played live into the first worldwide satellite broadcast, to a few hundred million people— win— match wins
—Lucy in the Sky with DiamondsSgt. Pepper, 1967. Named after a drawing Julian Lennon brought home from school— win— match wins
—With a Little Help from My FriendsSgt. Pepper, 1967. Ringo sang it after refusing the original line about ripe tomatoes— win— match wins
—Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandSgt. Pepper, 1967. The invented band that let them stop being the Beatles for one record— win— match wins
—RevolutionSingle, 1968. The B-side to Hey Jude, with the guitars overloaded straight into the mixing desk— win— match wins
—Back in the U.S.S.R.The White Album, 1968. Ringo had walked out of the sessions, so Paul played the drums— win— match wins
—Dear PrudenceThe White Album, 1968. Written in India for Mia Farrow's sister, who would not come out of her hut— win— match wins
—Helter SkelterThe White Album, 1968. Paul's try at making the loudest, dirtiest record anyone had made— win— match wins
—Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-DaThe White Album, 1968. The takes ran so long the rest of the band came to hate it— win— match wins
—I Am the WalrusSingle, 1967. Lennon heard a schoolteacher was having pupils analyse his lyrics and wrote this at them— win— match wins
—Tomorrow Never KnowsRevolver, 1966. Tape loops, a vocal put through a rotating speaker, and one chord for the whole song— win— match wins
—RainSingle, 1966. Lennon said he found the backwards vocal by threading the tape into the machine the wrong way— win— match wins
—Paperback WriterSingle, 1966. Written as a letter to a publisher, on purpose, to get away from love songs— win— match wins
—Day TripperSingle, 1965. The riff came first and the song was built backwards from it— win— match wins
—Drive My CarRubber Soul, 1965. Paul took the bass line from Otis Redding's Respect— win— match wins
—MichelleRubber Soul, 1965. A party joke in fake French that Lennon told him to finish properly— win— match wins
—Nowhere ManRubber Soul, 1965. Lennon wrote it about himself after five hours of getting nowhere— win— match wins
—Yellow SubmarineRevolver, 1966. Written for Ringo, then buried under the studio's sound effects cupboard— win— match wins
—Across the UniverseLet It Be, 1970. Lennon rated the words among the best he wrote and the recording among the worst— win— match wins
—Get BackSingle, 1969. Played on the Apple roof in Savile Row until the police came up the stairs— win— match wins
—Don't Let Me DownSingle, 1969. The B-side to Get Back, written for Yoko Ono— win— match wins
—The Long and Winding RoadLet It Be, 1970. Phil Spector added the orchestra and choir without asking, and Paul never let it go— win— match wins
—Oh! DarlingAbbey Road, 1969. Paul came in early for days to shred his voice into the right shape— win— match wins
—TaxmanRevolver, 1966. Harrison's complaint about the top tax rate, with Paul playing the solo— win— match wins
—Got to Get You into My LifeRevolver, 1966. A Motown-style horn record that Paul later said was about pot— win— match wins
—JuliaThe White Album, 1968. The only Beatles track Lennon recorded alone, for the mother he lost at seventeen— win— match wins
—Hey BulldogYellow Submarine, 1969. Cut almost by accident on a day booked for filming a promo— win— match wins
—Here, There and EverywhereRevolver, 1966. Written by the pool at Lennon's house while waiting for him to wake up— win— match wins
—Please Please MeSingle, 1963. George Martin leaned into the talkback and told them they had just made their first number one— win— match wins
—And I Love HerA Hard Day's Night, 1964. Acoustic guitars and bongos instead of the band's usual setup— win— match wins
—Now and ThenSingle, 2023. A Lennon cassette demo finished fifty years later, his voice pulled off the tape by machine— win— match wins

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