Rolling Stone magazine recently unleashed a special collector’s edition detailing what they consider to be the Beatles’ 100 finest tracks, in order. The magazine (on sale here) features the list of the fab four’s greatest songs, as well as quotes from the band on each track and an introduction by Elvis Costello. Looking over the list really drives home just how deep their catalog is, any band that can claim to have 59 songs better than “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” surely did something right. Check out the full list below.
| 1. A Day in the Life |
| 2. I Want to Hold Your Hand |
| 3. Strawberry Fields Forever |
| 4. Yesterday |
| 5. In My Life |
| 6. Something |
| 7. Hey Jude |
| 8. Let it Be |
| 9. Come Together |
| 10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps |
| 11. A Hard Day’s Night |
| 12. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) |
| 13. Revolution |
| 14. She Loves You |
| 15. Help! |
| 16. I Saw Her Standing There |
| 17. Ticket to Ride |
| 18. Tomorrow Never Knows |
| 19. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds |
| 20. Please Please Me |
| 21. All You Need is Love |
| 22. Eleanor Rigby |
| 23. Abbey Road Medley |
| 24. Happiness is a Warm Gun |
| 25. Here, There, and Everywhere |
| 26. If I Fell |
| 27. You’re Going to Lose That Girl |
| 28. Here Comes the Sun |
| 29. Can’t Buy Me Love |
| 30. We Can Work it Out |
| 31. You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away |
| 32. Penny Lane |
| 33. I Am the Walrus |
| 34. Eight Days a Week |
| 35. Paperback Writer |
| 36. I Should Have Known Better |
| 37. She Said She Said (yayyy!!!!!) |
| 38. Blackbird |
| 39. Day Tripper |
| 40. For No One |
| 41. Get Back |
| 42. I Feel Fine |
| 43. Drive My Car |
| 44. All My Loving |
| 45. No Reply |
| 46. Don’t Let Me Down |
| 47. Things We Said Today |
| 48. The Ballad of John and Yoko |
| 49. The Night Before |
| 50. Got to Get You Into My Life |
| 51. If I Needed Someone |
| 52. Helter Skelter |
| 53. It Won’t Be Long |
| 54. Two of Us |
| 55. Taxman |
| 56. I’m Down |
| 57. I’m Only Sleeping |
| 58. I’ve Just Seen a Face |
| 59. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) |
| 60. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band |
| 61. With a Little Help From My Friends |
| 62. Girl (Lennon) |
| 63. Dear Prudence |
| 64. I’ve Got a Feeling |
| 65. And I Love Her |
| 66. Nowhere Man |
| 67. Oh! Darling |
| 68. Baby, You’re a Rich Man |
| 69. Julia |
| 70. You Can’t Do That |
| 71. I’m a Loser |
| 72. From Me to You |
| 73. Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey |
| 74. Yellow Submarine |
| 75. Think for Yourself |
| 76. Yer Blues |
| 77. Because |
| 78. And Your Bird Can Sing |
| 79. I’ll Follow the Sun |
| 80. Mother Nature’s Son |
| 81. Hey Bulldog |
| 82. She’s Leaving Home |
| 83. I’m So Tired |
| 84. Across the Universe |
| 85. Back in the USSR |
| 86. Lady Madonna |
| 87. Love Me Do |
| 88. Rain |
| 89. Good Day Sunshine |
| 90. The Long and Winding Road |
| 91. Every Little Thing |
| 92. Dig a Pony |
| 93. Sexy Sadie |
| 94. You Won’t See Me |
| 95. Any Time at All |
| 96. Within You Without You ( |
| 97. All I’ve Got to Do |
| 98. Long, Long, Long |
| 99. Yes It Is |
| 100. Hello, Goodbye |
- Stevesy
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“California Dreaming” and “Imagine all the People”
“Free as a Bird” is remastered, made in 1994 but an
original demo song from Lennon – awesome song
What’s With Long, Long, Long On That List? Honestly Am I The Only On Who Thinks Thats Weird?
My top 20
1. A Day In The Life
2. Hey Jude
3. In My Life
4. Yesterday
5. Strawberry Fields Forever
6. Eleanor Rigby
7. Golden Slubmers/Carry That Weight/The End
8. Let It Be
9. Something
10. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
11. Tomorrow Never Knows
12. I’ve Just Seen a Face
13. Across The Universe
14. All My Loving (Best pre Help! song)
15. I am The Walrus
16. Blackbird
17. Help!
18. Rain
19. We Can Work It Out
20. With a Little Help From my Friends
Finalllly someone see’s how great All My Loving really is. Pretty stout list for the most part…nailed the top 15 could argue with some of the songs after that
I’t my favourite song from With the Beatles!
While Hello Goodbye isn’t spectacular, I do believe it deserves to be in the top 60
why isn’t the fool on the hill there???
I reckon!! I love it!
thats what i tought too!
ringo will come to mexico,DF in nov 21 2011
yes, thank you, george was my favorite beatle. I;m glad that 2 of his songs made the top ten. If only they had stayed together longer, or George started writing songs earlier.
He’s mine too!
alright so how is hey jude #7, when the rolling stone magazine ranked it as #7 in the top 500 greatest songs in front of all the other beatles songs. it makes no sense
Thats a good point
I guess it was more commercially successful than the others that made the top ten.
All the beatles songz r great except 4 one two of them i shud sayAll the beatles songz r great except 4 one two of them i shud say
I fel proud 2 u knw say tat the beatles wer one of the greatest band of all tym n hope 2 rock tere name tll dead….Peace ya’ll;)
My favo beatles sngz top 2o countdown….. 1. In my life 2.nowerigian wood 3.get back 4. I need u 5.lovely rita 6.i want u (shez so heavy) 7.real love 8.something 9.hey jude 10. With a little help from my friend 11. She came in thru the bathroom window 12.strawberry fields 4evr 13.the ballat of john and yoko 14.oh!darlin 15.come together 16.hello goodbye 17.lucy n da sky with diamonds 18.all u need s love 19.for u blue 2o.itz only love i can go on n on…… but my fingerz r tired so tatz al 4 da top 2o of ma favourite beatlez sngz hope 2 reply me:D
Finally I find someone who likes the unusual songs that I like, such as She Came In Throught The Bathroom Window, With a Little Help From My Friends and For You Blue
The Beatles were the greatest pop band of all time. No other group (of any era) can touch them. They were the greatest songwriters ever, incredible musicians (ask any musician), gifted vocalists, and electrifying on stage. It’s tough making a best of list because so much of their music was phenomenal when released and remains so today. I’m particularly fond of their earlier music because of the energy and joy that comes through in the music. Their later music was certainly more sophisticated, but hey, that’s just me. I still think their first big hit, Please Please Me, is among the greatest they ever did.
Also, why is Dig a Pony on there??? I think Ticket to Ride should be in the top 5 – it’s my ringtone
I agree, dig a pony is one of the worse songs of theirs
Why isn’t Old Brown Shoe on there???
My top 20 Beatle Songs:
Strawberry Fields Forever
A Day In The Life
Sexy Sadie
Cry Baby Cry
Tomorrow Never Knows
Eleanor Rigby
I’m Only Sleeping
Dear Prudence
I’m So Tired
Revolution 1
Don’t Let Me Down
Come Together
Baby You’re A Rich Man
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
For No One
And Your Bird Can Sing
Hey Jude
Revolution
get back
Nowhere Man
Some of my faves are on this list!
Strawberry Fields Forever
A Day in the Life
Sexy Sadie
Cry Baby Cry
Eleanor Rigby
I’m Only Sleeping (I reckon the lyrics are my life in words)
Dear Prudence
Revolution 1
Come Together
Happiness is a Warm Gun
And Your Bird Can Sing
Get Back
Nowhere Man
btw, Revolution 1 and Revolution are the same song, Revolution is just the Past Masters version
good morning good morning and for you blue seem to be mysteriously missing. a typo perhaps?
I think that eleanor Rigby and she’s leaving home, and Norwegian wood are the best songs, but they’re all good, those r just my personal favorites
It’s a digrace to not have Michelle on this list!
Yep, Michelle is another!
I have way too much time on my hands and have compiled my own personal list of top 50 original Beatles songs. Some choices may not be popular:
1.A Day in the Life
2.I Am The Walrus
3.Michelle
4.Everybody’s Got Something To Hide Except Me and My Monkey
5.Glass Onion
6.Oh!Darling
7.Hey Jude
8.Strawberry Fields Forever
9.Come Together
10.Girl
11.Ticket To Ride
12.Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
13.I’m a Loser
14.Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
15.Yes It Is
16.Cry Baby Cry
17.Get Back
18.You Can’t Do That
19.Here Comes The Sun
20.Hey Bulldog
21.In My Life
22.Please Please Me
23.Dig a Pony
24.If I Fell
25.All My Loving
26.I Should Have Known Better
27.You’re Going To Lose That Girl
28.Happiness Is a Warm Gun
29.Drive My Car
30.Eleanor Rigby
31.Baby’s In Black
32.Can’t Buy Me Love
33.Dear Prudence
34.Good Day Sunshine
35.Help!
36.We Can Work It Out
37.I’ll Get You
38.Eight Days a Week
39.Don’t Let Me Down
40.Yesterday -(Great song but I just prefer 39 others)
41.Rain
42.Birthday
43.Sexy Sadie
44.I Want You (She’s so Heavy)
45.Old Brown Shoe
46.When I’m Sixty-Four
47.Your Mother Should Know
48.She’s a Woman
49.Baby, You’re a Rich Man
50.Day Tripper
I see many of my favorites when I look at your list. My top 10 are probably:
1. Hello, Goodbye
2. I am the Walrus
3. Dear Prudence
4. All my Loving
5. Sexy Sadie
6.Norwegian Wood
7.We can work it out
8. Come together
9. Michelle
10. I’m so tired
Choosing ten was hard, theres so many more that I love! I saw a license plate frame today that said “Baby you can drive my car”. That made me laugh.
Oh my gosh! How could I forget A Day in the life, Blackbird, Hey Jude, and in my life?
I should have put Sexy Sadie way higher
For the most part I like this list. That said, there are a few issues I have.
1.Hey Jude should at the very least be in the top 5 and imo the number one song.
2. So few Sgt. Pepper songs are on this list. Just a few that should be on it: Fixing A Hole, When I’m Sixty-Four, and maybe Good Morning Good Morning.
3. On the subject of Sgt. Pepper, how the heck did “With A Little Help From My Friends” only make number 61? Should be waaaaaaaaaay higher.
4. There were no Ringo songs on the list. At least Octopus’s Garden should be here.
5. Eleanor Rigby should probably be in the top 10.
Other than that, a very good list.
what about golden slumbers its not even on the list
It is as part of the Abbey Road medley
Some of my friends claimed to be Beatle haters. I didn’t know it was possible to hate the Beatles! They are my favorite band ever and their songs make up the majority of my ipod. I played some Beatles songs when those friends were around and they were like “wow, I like that song, who’s it by?”
That’s EXACTLY like me with my friends!!!
Helpful information. Lucky me I discovered your web site accidentally, and I am shocked why this twist of fate didn’t happened in advance! I bookmarked it.
Rocky Racoon? Don’t pass me by? Martha my dear?
Hello Goodbye #100?
Top 5 songs I consider to be the best:
1.Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight
2.I Am the Walrus
3.When I’m Sixty-Four
4.Helter Skelter
5.Strawberry Fields Forever
My favourites:
1.Here Comes the Sun
2.Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
3.Penny Lane
4.With A Little Help From My Friends
5.Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
Best songs not on this list:
1.Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
2.Rocky Racoon
3.Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
4.Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5.Lovely Rita
6.Michelle
they are one of the best band i ever heared thanks for sharing top 100 beatless songs of rolling stones
i’ve just been set the task of naming my top 52 (one per week)
if did it now and again next week 20 songs would probably be different..
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Magical Mystery Tour and Fool on the Hill nowhere in top 100? Rolling Stone has always had a bit of a bias towards Lennon.
Everyone I know, when they think of The Beatles, they think “Here Comes the Sun” Not saying “a Day in the Life” isn’t a masterpiece, but EVERYONE knows “Here Comes the Sun”
They all should be #1 on the list
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My list: (covers can be too)
1. In My Life
2. Across the Universe
3. Hey Jude
4. I Need You
5. I Saw Her Standing There
6. Lady Madonna
7. Yes It Is
8. Oh Darling
9. Strawberry Fields Forever
10. Little Child
11. And Your Bird Can Sing
12. Please Mr Postman
13. A Day In the Life
14. I’ve Just Seen a Face
15. From Me to You
16. Nowhere Man
17. For No One
18. P.S. I Love You
19. Get Back
20. Real Love
21. I Should Have Known Her Better
22. I’ll Get You
23. All I’ve Got to Do
24. Free As a Bird
25. Misery
26. Obladi Oblada
27. Birthday
28. All My Loving
29. Let It Be
30. Don’t Let Me Down
31. Back In the USSR
32. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
33. Julia
34. I’m Looking Through You
35. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
36. Revolution
37. We can Work It Out
38. Your Mother Should Know
39. Hold Me Tight
40. I’ll Be Back
41. Yesterday
42. Anna (Go to Him)
43. Eleanor Rigby
44. Rock and Roll Music
45. Baby It’s You
46. Hello Goodbye
47. Something
48. Twist and Shout
49. Not a Second Time
50. Fixing a Hole
51. Hey Bulldog
52. Rain
53. Eight Days a Week
54. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
55. Michelle
56. Got to Get You Into My Life
57. All You Need Is Love
58. You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
59. There’s a place
60. For You Blue
61. Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite
62. The Ballad of John and Yoko
63. Love Me Do
64. Golden Slumbers
65. Baby You’re a Rich Man
66. She’s Living Home
67. When I’m Sixty Four
68. Savoy Truffle
69. I’m So Tired
70. What You’re Doing
71. Yellow Submarine
72. The Fool on the Hill
73. Sexy Sadie
74. It’s Only Love
75. Happiness is a Warm Gun
76. I Call Your Nme
77. Every Little Thing
78. Act Naturally
79. I want to Tell You
80. Can’t Buy Me Love
81. Mr Moonlight
82. The Word
83. One After 909
84. Getting Better
85. If I fell
86. Dig a Pony
87. Here Comes the Sun
88. Martha My Dear
89. Two of Us
90. Words of Love
91. I Am the Walrus
92. A Hard Day’s Night
93. Penny Lane
94. I Want to Hold Your Hand
95. No Reply
96. You Won’t See Me
97. With a Little Help fom My Friends
98. Rocky Raccoon
99. Don’t Pass Me Buy
100. She Loves You
Too many Lennon songs. This is John Lennon and the rest of the Beatles. I mean Helter Skelter not in top 20, or Fool on the Hill? Really stupid list. Putting Yesterday in the top 10 is a back handed compliment to Paul. But that’s Jan f*&^ing Wenner for you.
The omission of When I’m 64, Fool on the Hill, Michelle as well as Ob-la-di and demotion of McCartney songs, like Hello Goodbye to no. 100 sickens me. Disgracefully biased list.