Can you guess the Beatles song from isolated vocals?

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0:00 Introduction
0:52 Song 1
1:20 Song 2
1:35 Song 3
1:57 Song 4
2:46 Song 5
3:18 Song 6
3:34 Song 7
3:53 Song 8
4:13 Song 9
4:31 Song 10
5:08 Song 11
5:27 Song 12
5:51 Song 13
6:17 Song 14
6:46 Song 15
7:44 Final score!
8:08 Patreon

[@briancoyne8815]

Somebody said long ago “If you’re not sure which Beatle is singing…it’s George.”

[@LotoTheHero]

That's very true!

[@carolphoenix1957]

I thought I invented that saying!

[@maddiemae73]

And for new Beatles fans it’s prob Paul bc dude has like a billion different voices

[@OrlyYahalom]

I don't get it, it was so clearly George.

[@koyikro]

True

[@allanmargolin]

Maybe you could do a Beatles quiz where you guess the song from the Beatles talking about the song in an interview but not naming it.

[@michaelterry1000]

That would be a good one. Lennon trashed many classic Beatles tunes including the medley at the end of Abby Road.

[@zuzana-buriana]

I'm proud of the fact that my four year old daughter scored six and half on this quiz. She confidently recognized Drive My Car, Norwegian Wood, I Wanna Hold Your Hand (even named her preferred German version "Komm gib mir deine Hand" first! 😅), Taxman, I'm Looking Through You and You've Got to Hide Your Love Away. After "don't need no" she readily supplied "other lover" but then she hesitated and I had to provide her with a bit of the following melody, upon which she caught on and named Something. New generation of Beatlemaniacs in the making! 🎉

[@jonas189]

Sounds like your 4 year old is a fan of Rubber Soul

[@justme7446]

That's amazing

[@magsterz123]

This makes me so happy!

[@analuisaferes359]

I did 14/15!!! This was definitely easier than the instrument ones for me I'm so proud 🥳❤️

[@bobma6342]

Which did you miss?

[@analuisaferes359]

@@bobma6342 Back in the USSR, I couldn't remember it in time 😅

[@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG]

Same, 14/15; Just couldn't quite pull out the words after the played part for #14, You've Got To Hide (etc.)... This was much easier than the previous quizzes where I only got about 75%.

[@TheOddOne2]

Well done! Wow there were some really hard ones there! I'm amazed! Funny I got back in the USSR - but was almost certain it was Helter Skelter at first. Well done again 🙂

[@analuisaferes359]

@@TheOddOne2 thank you! It's funny because Paul is my favorite Beatle, but I couldn't recognize his voice in that part of "Back in the USSR" 😅

[@Nerkin610]

15/15, personally had a much easier time recognising isolated vocal snippets than I had with the instrumentals

[@robertcottam8824]

14/15. I hadn’t thought I was vocals-focused but I suppose we all are really. The one I missed was ‘Dear Prudence’ which should have been one of the easiest.

[@BelRiose2000]

​@@robertcottam8824confess, you didn't remember 'tomorrow never knows'

[@robertcottam8824]

@@BelRiose2000 I’m old and will die soon. 😎 Pip pip😂

[@KenFullman]

I also got a perfect score but I grew up with the Beatles (not literally as neighbours, but remember them first becoming famous and getting every one of their singles and albums as they were released) I can't understand how the youngster in the video knows them so well. He's obviously nowhere near as old as me..

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

@@KenFullman I know right? The kid did better then me and I was literally raised by Beatles music from their 1st album to their last. My mom taught me how to read using the Sgt. Peppers album cover and Beatles illustrated book. My mom actually dated the artist that wrote that book. Alan Aldridge.

[@rome8180]

I did so much better at this than I do on the instrumental quizzes. Those were impossible for me. I guess it shows how focused I am on vocals. I think it also helped that a lot of the examples were from Rubber Soul and later. I'm terrible with their earlier work.

[@tannakaobi1]

Do you play any music? I'm guessing you don't, or maybe just started. It must be much harder for someone that doesn't. I found the bass one the toughest. I do play bass, but only as a filler. When it comes to vocals, we are all singers in our heads unless you are listening to an unknown language so I think most people would find this the easiest out of the series.

[@rome8180]

@@tannakaobi1 I've played music for over 30 years.

[@tannakaobi1]

@@rome8180 Fair enough, of course the biggest component is how much you listen to The Beatles and, or play their music. I stick by what I said though, it's much easier to recognize lyrics in the most part, I think that's true even for musicians. A lot of the time even if you just had the words you could figure the song out without any sound.

[@SeanSMST]

@@tannakaobi1 I play bass and I found that bass one quite hard. Mainly because in a lot of beatles songs, mainly the beatlemania stuff, the bass is lost in the mixes.

[@David-iv6je]

There is far, far more information in a vocal clip than a musical clip, not least of which is the ultimate information content, words. Plus, humans are more oriented to language than tones in the way a dog is more oriented to scent than vision.

[@SteveFBS]

I managed to get them all...but then again I've been listening to them since a month after my birth in 1967, when Sgt Pepper came out. My uncle, who was ten at the time, played it constantly for well over a year. I think it's the first album I remember hearing and knowing who it was by. When I was less than two years old, the bit in "A Day In The Life" where John sings, "he didn't notice that the lights had changed" creeped me out, along with "and of course Henry The Horse dances the waltz" followed by the swirling carnival music made me a little scared. I'm 56 years old, and those memories and songs are seared into my memory, which, to me, shows that either I've been an oddball since birth, or that The Beatles created songs that resonate through the ages...or both. Either way, I'm so lucky to have be able to enjoy them my entire life.

[@magsterz123]

I totally relate! Born in 1965. I’ve heard Beatles music literally my whole life.

[@akg414]

It surprises me that david has a more difficult time guessing the songs with a vocal track than a bass

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

Same with me. Probably because I am a bass and guitar player and not a singer.

[@fiona8081]

My first 100% on one of these! And honestly, they all came to me extremely easily. I think that probably reflects on how I listen to the Beatles (and pop music), I'm very lyrics-focused and I've sung every Beatles song so much, all of these just made my brain fill in the rest of the lyrics immediately. Whereas the ones where it's mostly instrumental elements, often will sound so familiar but I have a hard time fitting to a larger song, whereas David will be like "OH! OBVIOUSLY!"

[@cyeamaculture8486]

Same here.. easiest quiz for me

[@cedric1886]

Same here, my first max score 😎

[@mattmexor2882]

I got them all, too. It was much easier for me than the ones where you hear the rhythm instruments because I've never thought about playing any of these songs and I am not a musician.

[@prufrockster]

Me too !!

[@frankuaku]

Sameee!!

[@damo9997]

This was a fun video - but not as much as I had two weeks ago, seeing many Beatles songs performed live by ... a Beatle! Paul McCartney in concert - unforgettable!

[@alexkrupin4708]

David, it's so interesting how different people hear music. When you did other Beatles testing - I was surprised how you could guess most of it. For this one it was opposite - I was surprised how you couldn't get "Something" for example. I know I'm super focused on melody and intonations and voice expressions, so for me this test was super easy. I guess we all hear music differently..

[@flibber123]

What strikes me is just how different all their songs are from each other. For instance, even if you just listen to clips from their psychedelic songs, those songs don't sound alike. It's almost as if they never used the same technique or effect twice, yet albums like Revolver and Sgt Pepper sound cohesive.

[@robbiepeterh]

Fifty years after they split up, and their music continues to find its way into our lives in so many unusual ways like this ❤️

[@whichgodofthousandsmeansno5306]

Also to think they just released a song and it went viral right away. They are still as popular as ever and rightfully so. It also is amazing that each member can and has fronted successful bands/projects post Beatles. That makes them ultra rare.

[@LiamTalksMotorsport]

15/15 - first time I got all of them right. Glad I’m listening to more of The Beatles. I used to skip “I’m Looking Through You” but now I absolutely adore it!

[@readyfreyaone2377]

I would highly recommend the Anthology version - completely reimagines the song’s genre 🧡

[@coep_leader4898]

That song's a hidden gem, even with the recording anomolies!

[@harrytavitian1864]

Greetings from Sydney, Australia. David, I want to thank you for your videos on KZbin. Your knowledge and insight are valuable and impressive. I am 63 and an ardent Beatles and Wings fan and avid collector of their records.

[@turnleftaticeland]

Just want to say that these videos are the highlight of my day whenever you post them. It’s become a sort of tradition for my mom and me to watch them together and play along - we get so excited whenever there’s a new one! Love the format, keep it up :)

[@westfield90]

I love these Beatles quizzes. I’m proud to say I got all of them quite easily.

[@lesterpittenger5992]

Yeah, a bit too easy for me. I'm 70years old.

[@DonRamiro1]

Best band of all time.

[@spherbert8080]

14/15, only missed "I Want to Hold Your Hand." First time I've ever outperformed David on one of these--made my day!

[@BryTee]

How did you miss that, especially when David gave an extra clue! It was one of the few I got. I don't bother counting, I don't want to know how bad I am at these, but I got about half. However ... Well done with 14 ... awesome!

[@chamel3]

Hey David, love all your Beatles song quizzes, I wanted to suggest that you could do one based off of clips of instrumental solos within Beatles songs!

[@ronphoto7340]

Clean sweep! Loving those. Thank you for all your work. Great channel

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thanks!

[@davidxd2091]

cool Idea!! 15/15 please do more of this

[@gabrielmeiri4724]

I thought this would be my first quiz I got 100% on but I missed the last two! Great video.

[@spongebabe27]

I think this is the first one of your quizzes where I got every single one! Nice video :)

[@A-D-D-F_Toxic]

This turned out to be trickier than I expected. I thought for sure vocals would make it plainly obvious, but there were some good clips of more obscure parts of the song to increase the challenge

[@TurtwigX]

My first 15/15 on one of these quizzes! I sure thought it would've been the bass one, I love Paul's basslines, but those vocals sure are distinct

[@noahfoster935]

Great video as usual

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@BenArlo]

First time I've gotten a 100% on one of your quizzes. Keep it up, your content is amazing!

[@user-lp9yu2qp5b]

As teenagers we used to play many variations of these queries before we fell asleep at night. We used to sing them ourselves. That is the fun of sharing a room with your sisters. That was at least 45 years ago. And yes, we played mostly with Beatles song.

[@davidl5786]

I did 12/15 as you . Some songs trick me , but i definitely had a better score than another "isolated" challenges 😂

[@chrischurchill4978]

Same 12/15 and a lot a better than I usually do on these

[@fannin8583]

Same

[@danieljosephbestguy5990]

14/15. Only confused "Drive My Car" with "Ticket to Ride" like you did. Got all the rest! You should do another Beatles isolated instrument quiz as their songs are so interestingly layered and those are definitely more challenging! Haha

[@FacePomagranate]

I had those two confused for a second too. Had to go through Ticket To Ride in my head to remember that it didn't have that lyric.

[@andrewcarroll7641]

Each & every time you listen to The Beatles you hear & learn something you didn't know preciously. More showmanship in a single 2 second clip them most musicians can muster in a lifetime. These Boys penned the Hymns of 20th Century. Their music is clinically proven to put a smile on your face & have you singing along in under 5 minutes flat.

[@blu3collar949]

I have finally subscribed. Thanx for the trip down memory lane.

[@Schmidthorst69]

Always loved your Beatles quiz series. But I'm wondering who is the guy in the background who prepares the questions for you?

[@DavidBennettPiano]

That’s David Hartley my editor 😊 his channel is linked in the description if you want to see more of his work 😌

[@Schmidthorst69]

@@DavidBennettPiano THX, mate. I will check out his channel. Hats off to him and please keep up your wonderful work!

[@thesuncollective1475]

I got no. 4 easy, It is my fav from that period to be fair and actually the reason I got into The Beatles! You beat me handsomely overall tho,

[@justincalhoun7062]

First ever quiz from your channel I got 100%! Although I will admit your singing for "I Want To Hold Your Hand" helped me where if I hadn't heard that I wouldn't have gotten it. Well done though! Lotta fun.

[@flagcoco69]

13/15. Much better than the other Beatles quizzes you post. Boned it on Dear Prudence and I'm Looking Through You.

[@TheOneWhoKnocks969]

Jimmy fallons used his idea Bennet : lemme show how it's actually done

[@qmaster5546]

Man. 14/15. I’m really upset at myself. I forgot the title of Tomorrow Never Knows, even though I recognized the clip and sang the whole song over and over and couldn’t remember the name haha. Good quiz. A lot easier than the others you’ve done recently.

[@elimcdonald7131]

EXACTLY THE SAME WITH ME I’m going to go all day disappointed with myself 😂 14/15 not bad but not good

[@randygoins6132]

15 out of 15. Looks like living 70 years finally paid off.

[@pech3617]

13/15, best i’ve done on one of these before. got 12 in a row - in my life and looking through you tripped me up but managed to get something at the end

[@mikew1332]

I recognized every one of them but my downfall was just not coming up with the song names, so my score ended up no better than the instrumental quizzes, lol. Also, I don't think Peter Jackson's technology was used for isolating the vocals - a few of the samples sounded really strange to me. Anyway this was really fun as usual!

[@LL-bl8hd]

This was one of the easier quizzes so far! I got most of the first 12 almost immediately. Had some trouble on the last few! I saw that Jimmy Fallon copied your video premise. 😂 I guess imitation is the highest form of flattery. 😁

[@Thalweg]

I severely doubt that Jimmy Fallon copied the video idea. The idea of guessing songs from small snippets of audio isn't exactly a novel idea - I remember having kahoot quizzes back in year 7 with this very idea which was way before David did his first beatles quiz video. Simply putting a beatles skin onto the idea doesn't make it yours.

[@Rickywwx]

​@@Thalwegpoint is it was exactly the same. Not just a *short* clip, but a 2s clip. Exactly the same.

[@90sArchive]

​@@ThalwegRight? Imagine using such an unoriginal idea and thinking you came up with it, then having the gall to think someone copied you 😆

[@blueberrypanquakes]

15/15 for me. This one was much easier for me than the instrumental quizzes. Thanks for doing another one!

[@minminking]

Really enjoyed this, and I redeemed myself from the previous quizzes and got a stonking 15/15! 😀

[@spelunkymonke]

Did you get the idea of the video because of all the recent theories and opinions on John's vocals on Now And Then perhaps?😉

[@gorgolyt]

What theories?

[@spelunkymonke]

@@gorgolyt that it was "made with AI". But in reality this sort of technology has existed for years.

[@MossW268]

@@spelunkymonke Well, those "theories" are completely baseless and disprovable, since if you listen to the demo the vocals are the same. Most people who think it was made with AI just read a headline such as "Beatles make new song with help from AI" and didn't look further into it.

[@spelunkymonke]

@@MossW268 that's what I'm saying😁

[@Rickywwx]

Here's an interesting idea: do another isolated vocals quiz like this one bc it seems to be easier for most ppl, but you have to name the *next* song on the album. Ig for some songs you'd have to specify which album. But so many of us have worn out albums listening over & over that we automatically start singing the next song on the record. Might be really hard for the Gen z kids who only listen to their digital playlists 😅

[@jacquescousteau217]

Problem there . The UK ,and most other countries have 14 songs . Hence the order is much different. I’m referring to songs before Pepper when Capitol records were forced to use the UK track listing sans MMT …

[@MarianJones-eo1sn]

Definitely a PB 15/15. Be assured I’ve done some of your other Beatles quizzes and have fallen off. Loving the challenge.

[@annanikia7949]

I remember your quiz. I am excited by this new one!

[@garanceadrosehn9691]

Cool idea. I'll have to point Mike Portnoy at this. He loves quizzes about Beatles songs! He'd probably want shorter clips. 🙂

[@DavidBennettPiano]

Thanks! Mike Portnoy actually played one of my previous Beatles quizzes 😊

[@buddyneher9359]

I definitely found the 2 sec clip length made it too easy!

[@Charlie_Xplorer]

Wow, a lot of people got full marks on this one, while I only got 8/15! At least I was over 50% 😅 I confess I rarely pay attention to the lyrics in music though, and I was surprised that David dropped a few songs that were really easy for me, considering he knows Beatles lyrics much better than I do!

[@chuckz2934]

Same as you. Love these. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@noahjpeterson69]

14/15 - I thought I was gonna sweep this one but I missed You've Got to Hide Your Love Away which really hurt because it's one of my favorites. Great video!

[@avijatsinharoy8944]

Preventing everyone from saying "first"

[@scottmatznick3140]

You are a hero

[@scottmatznick3140]

I always write "last" when I'm first

[@samsowden]

First

[@avijatsinharoy8944]

@@scottmatznick3140 yes I am the Batman

[@spelunkymonke]

Not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed

[@MAC19523456]

I love your Beatle song quizzes.

[@McGuinty2]

I got all of them, although Dear Prudence took me a solid minute of rolling around in my head to pinpoint it. I think this one was by far the easiest both because we’re so intrinsically in tune with the human voice, and because the list was almost all big hits or highly recognizable album tracks.

[@therightrabbit]

Got them all right for the 1st time! Great quizzez altogether

[@jeffcole2860]

15/15 100%. I love it when you said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah" in response to getting one!

[@clintnichols3030]

13/15! I never thought I'd score better than you! That was fun!

[@ronindebeatrice]

Remarkable I picked up the songs you had issue with immediately, while dropping others hard. Helps i just listened to rubber soul and abbey road today.

[@flobell4264]

12/15 Best Quiz !!! Thanks a lot

[@moviesnob1979]

Absolutely loved that! Thank you! I did bad, but got a good many!

[@sirPUNKsir]

full marks! perhaps because I'm more a singer lyricist, I sailed through these easier than the other quizzes you've done

[@JaxzanProditor]

13/15, way better than I usually do for these!

[@amandabond2807]

Your Beatles quizzes are my favorite part of he Internet, and I finally got a 100! 🎉 For a future idea, could you isolate background vocals?

[@vsmicer]

15/15...to me, that was really easy! Surprised at you dropping 3, David!

[@scottlawson1191]

That was a lot of fun. Thank you for that. Ps your Beatles content is fab

[@vozpit]

This is the first time I scored higher than you did. I only got #14 wrong. I'm a singer & I do sing a lot of Beatles, so I'm actually surprised I got any wrong. Great videos!

[@ZacLavender]

14/15 here. “In my life” got me. Fun video!

[@nuro1966]

I love my progress in these videos, I used to only get one or two right max, but now I can easily get them all!

[@johnduel]

I missed 4, but I did get the 3 you missed and that’s a first on these quizzes. Your knowledge of their songs is amazing.

[@gretchenm47]

This was definitely the easiest of the Beatles quizzes you've done, I had all these immediately, where as other quizzes I had to think a little bit and missed some.

[@RahulPatil0]

15/15 ! Vocals are definitely easier to guess. Love the outro btw, hadn't noticed until now

[@rayl6901]

Nice quiz. 100%. Thanks 🙂

[@ose1998]

Man you were so good but the last one you blew it but still it was Very entertaining to watch and I will certainly subscribe mate.

[@robertgosselin14]

Thank you for another great BeaTles trivia video David. My personal best ever : 15/15 🏆 yeeehhhhh .

[@corneliusbuchholz5044]

Hi! Got them all right straight away, probably because I played/sang most of them often enough... Greetings Coco

[@TheOGRett]

15/15! I was really surprised when you said it was definitely Paul singing on Drive My Car, and then guessed Ticket To Ride😂

[@Cheektowga]

That was fun and harder than I thought.. Thank You!

[@omaid482]

15/15 I FINALLY DID IT. THE YEARS OF BELTING OUT THE LYRICS WHENEVER I LISTEN PAYS OFF. Glory

[@carlosprex]

yes! another 100% here. I´m pretty sure I´m far away of being the biggest Beatle fan out there, but at 17 I knew each Beatle song lyric, I could play most tunes on guitar, I memorized each and every album track order, etc. I´m 59 now but still got It in some way. I have fun with my sons whenever we are listening any Beatles album and at the end of any song I can sing the beginning of the next at any time :)

[@CH4RM1NG_C0Y0T3]

As I’ve been a massive fan for about two years and a casual listener for my whole life 14/15 is pretty good.

[@gerryasmus2]

For the first time ever on one of your quizzes, I go a perfect score! I even have my wife as a witness - rolling her eyes, but a witness none the less.

[@nickrodmusic]

15/15. Yay! Good one, David!

[@mikel6600]

100% for me, great quiz, loved it ❤❤

[@Hazeltunes]

14, probably the best I've done on these quizzes. It's interesting with these vocal clips because even though there was one I didn't get listening to it in real time, I would have done given enough thinking time🙂.

[@johndavey72]

I matched you but l simply couldn't get the last one ! But then l'm only weeks away from my 71st birthday !! So l've had many more years of listening ! Congratulations !

[@GergelyDrCsany]

15/15. :) Was a little bit easy for me, but I really enjoyed - a really nice idea and video! :)

[@Cristian-vm1bg]

for some reason hide your love way got me. i listened to the clip like 30 times and was like 'eff it i give up'.

[@carolineandshaunreilly1353]

Got them all..yay me.. Been a fan since forever !!

[@Malacandra]

This was my first 100% on one of your quizzes, ever.

[@Lessontobe]

100 percent, extremally easy for a die hard Beatles fan! Also I want to add that I saw this idea on your channel first. George was a tenor, Paul and John more Baritone.

[@garyfrieden2140]

Darn -- only got 10 -- I missed the ones that YOU did, plus 2 more. FUN QUIZ!

[@ghouldishanimal]

This and the reversed Beatles clips are the only ones I got 100% on

[@ChrisOwenGuitar]

Same as you 12/15. Love these quizzes.

[@SuperDLemon]

Great fun for the Beatles nerd! I got them all very easily except I froze on "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and guessed (quite appropriately, as it turns out) "I'm A Loser." Like you, I can see the frustration when you still know the song very well and don't get it. Thanks for posting this.

[@gitaaa7740]

Wow the first time I got the same score as you David! I knew the last song Something. My favorite Beatle/George song.

[@karl168]

man im proud that was sooo easy and I haven't even been listing much too beatles lately

[@GuessJess]

I got all of them right the first time listening!! But before I get myself all excited, vocals and lyrics are much easier for me to recognize, I did terrible on the quizzes with drum parts and other isolated instruments because I’m not a musician. 😊

[@KangasKong9944]

15/15! #14 was the only one that I wasn’t 100% on but got the right guess based on the tune

[@joepermenter7228]

Hard to believe anybody wouldn't get all of these except I Want To Hold Your Hand because the lyrics are gibberish, but I got it after playing it in my head when you mentioned it so I guess I got them all.