Many people would class some Beatles classics among their favourite songs of all time.
But what did the Fab Four themselves hold as their favourite songs? It is clear from interviews around the time that John Lennon held the tracks penned by his song writing partner Paul McCartney among his favourites by the band.
Among these was Hey Jude, John said this track resonated with him as he felt his fellow Beatle wrote it “for him.”
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He said: “I always heard it as a song to me ‘Hey, John.’
“Subconsciously, he was saying, ‘Go ahead, leave me.’ On a conscious level, he didn’t want me to go ahead.
“The angel in him was saying, ‘Bless you.’ The devil in him didn’t like it at all, because he didn’t want to lose his partner.”
Macca however, said that Revolver track “Here, There and Everywhere” was his top choice, but levelled that “Yesterday” would probably be his favourite Beatles song “if it wasn't so successful”.
Speaking to Ritchie Yorke in a 1969 interview, George Harrison stated that "Because" was possibly his favourite song from "Abbey Road" because it featured lyrics that are so simple. George began life as part of the song writing team of the Beatles, however he would be pushed to the background by the Lennon-McCartney partnership.
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Harrison was less open when speaking on his favourite tracks when compared to Lennon and McCartney. He did, however, once clearly describe his favourite Beatles album, he said: “Rubber Soul was my favourite album, Even at that time, I think that it was the best one we made.”
Ringo revealed that his favourite track was 1966 track Rain. On the creation of the track, he said: "“I feel as though that was someone else playing, I was possessed!"
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