Category: The Beatles

The Beatles

September 26, 2023

 by Amanda London · Published September 26, 2023

What is The Beatles’ most popular song?

Question: What is The Beatles’ most popular song? Answer: “Hey Jude,” released on August 26, 1968, is arguably one of The Beatles’ most popular songs. Written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon-McCartney...

The Beatles

September 3, 2023

 by Amanda London · Published September 3, 2023

Meaning of “Twist and Shout” by The Beatles

“Twist and Shout” is an American classic, one that first became a hit via a rendition released by The Isley Brothers in 1962. The Beatles’ version came out shortly thereafter, on 22 March 1963. It was...

The Beatles

September 1, 2023

 by Amanda London · Published September 1, 2023

Meaning of “Let It Be” by The Beatles

Even now, some five decades after their dissolution, The Beatles are arguably the most-recognizable band in Western pop music history. And it’s also debatable that “Let It Be” is their signature song. For instance, when this track...

The Beatles

March 21, 2023

 by SMF · Published March 21, 2023

“Yellow Submarine” by The Beatles

“Yellow Submarine” is a song that was released on 5 August 1966, through Parlophone (and Capitol), as part of The Beatles’ album that came out that same day called “Revolver”. This project, as with virtually every...

The Beatles

January 7, 2023

 by SMF · Published January 7, 2023

“Glass Onion” by The Beatles

These days it’s somewhat common for songs to be overanalyzed, especially if it’s one with obscure lyrics that comes to us via an artist who is undeniably an A-lister. That’s sorta understandable considering that...

The Beatles

December 1, 2022

 by Amanda London · Published December 1, 2022

“You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” by The Beatles

Those of us who have some type of in depth knowledge of The Beatles know that this act proved prominent enough to have even attracted their own conspiracy theories. Indeed, even individuals who worked with...

The Beatles

May 30, 2022

 by Amanda London · Published May 30, 2022

“Tomorrow Never Knows” by The Beatles

The Beatles’ “Tomorrow Never Knows” sounds a lot like a rock song you might hear on the radio even today. But music scholars have concluded that such is not only an acoustic quality of this song....

The Beatles

March 16, 2022

 by George Spencer · Published March 16, 2022

“Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by The Beatles 

Believe it or not but The Beatles – that lovable, clean-cut quartet from the 1960s – may have been the ones, via the dropping of “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”, who began the trend of mainstream musicians making songs...

The Beatles

December 3, 2021

 by Amanda London · Published December 3, 2021

“Across the Universe” by The Beatles

Readers who are familiar with The Beatles – or perhaps have read our analyses of some of the other songs they dropped circa the late 1960s – would know that around that time the...

Billy Preston / The Beatles

November 30, 2021

 by Amanda London · Published November 30, 2021

“Get Back” by The Beatles

Some have described The Beatles’ “Get Back” a song that is pretty incomprehensible from a lyrical standpoint. And actually that appears to be just about spot on. That is to say that the song doesn’t seem...