John Lennon’s Beatles Songs Ranked

In this video we rank over 70 John Lennon led Beatles songs from the early days of Twist and Shout of Please Please Me to the later days of Come Together of Abbey Road!
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[@drmusictalk]

AGAIN: I can’t believe I need to say this but don’t take this list personally, if I place a song you like low that doesn’t mean I’m saying it’s bad, I like every song on here just some more than others. We all have our opinions.

[@robbedontuesday]

My only question is why there are covers too...

[@drmusictalk]

@@robbedontuesday Because it’s vocals not writing

[@robbedontuesday]

@@drmusictalk fair enough...

[@drmusictalk]

@@robbedontuesday Sorry for any confusion. I only thought about the performance/vocals, I didn’t really consider the writing aspect, have gotten a lot of “Where’s A Day In The Life?” But I put that in John/Paul because they both have lead vocals on it. If I did writing though it wouldn’t have as many songs for all four of the lads though (mostly George and definitely Ringo lol) so I think it’s better this way personally.

[@robbedontuesday]

@@drmusictalk no worries. At least I DID get it... ;)

[@kotobuki631]

Putting 'Julia' at #66 is a crime.

[@elVILLANOstalgia]

Its honestly one of the most boring songs I've ever heard, I wished I liked it too...

[@giblinfamilyfun9350]

@@elVILLANOstalgiaAre you saying Yesterday sucks

[@jamesbrice6619]

​@@elVILLANOstalgiathr boring one is Don't Let Me Down

[@jaxteller312]

when you have songs like "No reply" at 67!!! John is the absolute best beatles!!

[@CarlosGarcia-ol2mm]

I agree, no reply should be higher

[@johnmc3862]

Missed ‘This Boy’ and ‘A day in the Life’.

[@UncleJams]

John was what made the Beatles. They all worked together, but they saw it in Johns band.

[@jordancadwell6549]

In the early years it was John's band, then it transitioned into Paul's as John began to get lazier.

[@gerhardprasent3358]

John would never ever have achieved all that without Paul - and vice versa!

[@hardnewstakenharder]

Nah, Ringo said if it wasn't for Paul then they'd have only made 2-3 albums.

[@joemasse4568]

Lennons songs for the Beatles, are the best Beatles songs in my opinion, they had a edge most songs don’t, Paul is fantastic too, but it’s these songs and his voice that elevated the Beatles to the greatest band ever!

[@Rowlph8888]

Yes, and a lot of the edge in Paul's Songs, was also from John e.g. "life is vveryy short…" in we can worrk it oout and "can't get no worse…" In I'm fixing a whole. Remembeer that Macca also contributed great ellements to John's work as well, though, e.g. the tape loops in tomorrow never knows, take it from "amazing" to probably the greatest piece of art ever written and the middle Sectionn in a day in the life, takes it from. Alsso "amazing" to again a quirkky, Highly unusual journey of a song, which is probably a rival for the aforementioned tune, in greatest ever song, along with Bohemian Rhapsody from Queen

[@lucashernandez4345]

Ranking from my least favorite to my favorite John Lennon Beatles songs (although I like and love all of them), PD: In some cases it include vocal collaborations where the song actually were written mainly by John and obviously the covers where him had the lead vocals: 90. Dig It 89. Dizzy Miss Lizzy 88. Slow Down 87. Mr Moonlight 86. Revolution 9 [Although it isn't a song as such, there are fragments of John's voice throughout the track, even if it's just a sound college] 85. When I Get Home 84. Thank You Girl[It's Lennon-McCartney but the main vocal is Lennon] 83. I'll Cry Instead 82. I Call Your Name 81. Baby It's You 80. Bad Boy 79. I Get You[It's Lennon-McCartney but the main vocal is Lennon] 78. Ask My Why 77. All I've Got to Do 76. Money (That's What I Want) 75. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) [I know it's a joke, but although it seems that everyone had fun here, it is actually a composition of John where he participates a lot] 74. I Don't Want to Spoil the Party 73. One After 909 [Written in late 50s by John and performed on a album or single until Get Back Project/Let It Be] 72. Good Morning Good Morning 71. Run For Your Life 70. Sun King 69. The Countinuing Story of Bungalow Bill 68. Doctor Robert 67. Now and Then [The demo originally written and sung by John, although touched up by the rest of The Beatles unfortunately] 66. Anna (Go to Him) 65. Mean Mr Mustard 64. Polythene Pam 63. You Really Got a Hold on Me [Lead vocals are by John] 62. It's Only Love 61. Tell Me Why 60. There's a Place [Primarily written and sung by John] 59. Not a Second Time 58. Dig A Pony 57. Please Mr Postman 56. Rock and Roll Music 55. Yes It Is [Although they are harmonies the main-central voice and writing is by John] 54. Any Time At All 53. You Can't Do That 52. It Won't Be Long 51. The Word 50. This Boy [Like Yes It Is, Although it is actually a song of harmonies, the main-central voice and writing is by John] 49. Real Love [Technically a just John song but it should have been here] 48. Glass Onion 47. Free As Bird [The same as Real love, although here the rest of The Beatles did add their things] 46. Baby You're Rich Man 45. Revolution 1 44. I'll Be Back 43. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! 42. No Reply 41. Everbody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey 40. I'm a Loser 39. You're Going to Lose That Girl 38. I Should Have Know Better 37. The Ballad Of John and Yoko 36. Because [Same as Yet It Is and This Boy, Although they are harmonies w/ Paul and George the main or central voice and writing is by John] 35. Cry Baby Cry 34. Yer Blues 33. Twist and Shout 32. Please Please Me [Written and sung primarily by John] 31. If I Fell [Although there were armonies of Paul, the main vocal and writing is John's] 30. Sexy Sadie 29. Julia 28. I'm So Tired 27. Hey Bulldog 26. Girl 25. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away 24. Don't Let Me Down 23. I Feel Fine 22. Day Tripper [Although there were Paul vocals too, the main vocal and writing is John's] 21. All You Need Is Love 20. I Want You (She's So Heavy) 19. She Said She Said 18. And Your Bird Can Sing 17. Nowhere Man 16. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 15/14. Rain 14/15. I'm Only Sleeping 13. Revolution 12. A Hard Day's Night [Mostly written and singing by John, just like I've Got a Feeling by Paul w/ John] 11. Ticket to Ride 10. Come Together 9. Dear Prudence 8. Help! 7. Across The Universe 6. I Am The Walrus 5. Norwegian Wood (This Bird has Flown) 4. Happiness is a Warm Gun 3. In My Life 2. Tomorrow Never Knows 1. Strawberry Fields Forever Now, that was hard, difficult choices😂... Also, John was(is) my favorite Beatle. It's clear that he was the soul of the group.

[@gclip9883]

Your list is much closer to how i would've ranked them than the video.

[@spikemcge3857]

And Your Bird, Nowhere Man, I Feel fine. Just those 3 songs make John a genius. The rest make him timeless...

[@drmusictalk]

You certainly could name a number of his songs that make him a genius!

[@glumonion1454]

I can’t believe I Feel Fine is so low in this list. It was so different to what came before, it changed everything.

[@thebee15]

There are so many songs that John wrote that just prove that he is a genius. He is definitely the best Beatle.

[@drmusictalk]

Three geniuses in one band.

[@kevanbrown7620]

The Beatles are the greatest full stop. I prefer Lennon's songs but i also love what McCartney has done and George aswell, but Lennon is a natural lazy genius and my favourite artist. McCartney is a hard working songwriter who is a different kind of genius, they balance each other out perfectly. George is a spiritual songwriter who put up with the ego's of the 2 greatest songwriters ever and reached their level after some time with the brilliant While My Guitar Gently Weeps, the sublimely Beautiful Something and the golden uplifting Here Comes The Sun, then his amazing All Things Must Pass album.

[@kevhead1525]

@@drmusictalk Four if you count George Martin.

[@drmusictalk]

@@kevhead1525 yeah that’s true, you’re right. I should count him too cause he did a lot. *Four geniuses in one band

[@victorcifuentes2411]

For ever

[@letisia1908]

What a genius the great John Lennon was ! What a voice ! He put his guts, his heart and his soul into it. What a poet, what a melodist... May God bless your soul John 🙏🏻

[@ANDROLOMA]

John didn't believe in God. Do you think God believes in John?

[@bobg6638]

I’m A Loser #66???? Ticket to Ride #33???? Huh?? Both are of his best.

[@murmursmeglos]

To me this is the greatest set of songs anyone has ever written/composed, they're just so fun, creative and experimental. But I give credit to the band dynamics aswell, same for all Beatles songs. It brought out the best in all of them.

[@andrewswift2727]

A Day in the Life? Thanks that was fun.

[@drmusictalk]

Check description 👍✌️

[@RogerPeet]

John was always the leader of HIS group, but I love that in a pivotal time, John wrote 10 songs for the 'A Hard Day's Night' album.

[@rossanalacavalla307]

that was almost his first album

[@Freedom2111]

Before he got heavily into drugs he was a prolific songwriter.

[@Freedom2111]

John wrote about 20 songs in 1964, but only about 6 in 1967. Drugs made him less prolific. Paul became the leader of the Beatles by 1966, writing most of the singles like Paperback Writer, Penny Lane, Hello Goodbye and Hey Jude, but in the early days John was the leader and main songwriter with songs like A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine, Ticket to Ride and Help.

[@akieokuma8868]

Sem dúvida nenhuma!!!

[@JoaoNeto-fw8im]

Em Rubber Soul ele também estava inspirado, compôs MUITAS MÚSICAS, dentre elas In My Life, Nowhere Man, Girl e Norwegian Wood

[@luisjeremyramossotil5650]

My Top would be totally different, also just as others mention there should be Day Tripper and A Hard Day's Night songs, essentially by Lennon. And if A Day In The Life isn't a John song I don't know what it is, yes of course it has a contribution from Paul, but it is also like that for Paul songs like She's Leaving Home, Getting Better, etc...

[@miltiadisathanasiou4058]

my top 30: 1. Strawberry Fields Forever 2. In My Life 3. Tomorrow Never Knows 4. I Am the Walrus 5. I'm Only Sleeping 6. I Want You (She's So Heavy) 7. Happiness Is A Warm Gun 8. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 9. Dear Prudence 10. Nowhere Man 11. Come Together 12. She Said, She Said 13. Help! 14. Rain 15. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds 16. Sexy Sadie 17. And Your Bird Can Sing 18. Across the Universe 19. Ticket to Ride 20. I'm So Tired 21. Hey Bulldog 22. Don't Let Me Down 23. Julia 24. Revolution 25. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away 26. All You Need Is Love 27. Cry Baby Cry 28. Baby You're A Rich Man 29. Polythene Pam 30. Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite

[@davidfrederickgrant7770]

It's ridiculous, to compare song writing within a group, the dynamic was the chemistry that in turn produced incredible song writing...! Just enjoy the greatest song writers that ever lived..

[@juancarlosromobejar3795]

Indudablemente la aportación de John Lennon no solo a la música de los Beatles sino también a la música contemporánea es verdaderamente rica y vasta, su espíritu se refleja en la complejidad de estilos que manejó, pero sin la aportación instrumental de sus compañeros y las complejas técnicas experimentales de George Martin dudo que hubiese llegado a esos niveles. Por ejemplo, Tomorrow Never Knows es un claro ejemplo de una colaboración increíble de los boops de Paul McCartney, el solo al revés magistralmente ejecutado por Harrison, la batería hipnotizada de Harrison, la influencia de la India de Harrison y el magistral trabajo de Geoff Emerick y George Martin en el proceso de grabación y producción. Dudo que con todos estos elementos esta pieza hubiera tenido el impacto tan profundo que causó en la música psicodélica. Como observación, faltó en la lista la canción que desde mi punto de vista es la obra maestra de Lennon y los Beatles “ A Day In The Life “. Saludos desde León, Guanajuato. México.

[@drmusictalk]

Great comment. Love the depth of it. As for A Day In The Life I put that in my John/Paul video, it’s linked in the description ☮️

[@akieokuma8868]

Sem dúvida nenhuma, concordo com seu comentário plenamente

[@megatronusXZ]

Across the Universe is really underrated, it was John's Yesterday but doesnt get the love it deserves

[@dolier2802]

Absolutely agreed

[@CaptainAmerica-jw2xh]

My Top 20 Lennon songs; 1)In My Life 2)Strawberry Fields Forever 3)Across The Universe 4)Nowhere Man 5)Tomorrow Never Knows 6)Norwegian Wood 7)Help! 8)I'm Only Sleeping 9)And Your Bird Can Sing 10)You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 11)I'll Be Back 12)Happiness Is A Warm Gun 13)I Am The Walrus 14)Ticket To Ride 15)Dear Prudence 16)Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 17)Revolution 18)Girl 19)Don't Let Me Down 20)I Should Have Known Better

[@ANDROLOMA]

Ha ha! You forgot A Day In The Life too, maybe his very best tune! Love Is All You Need conspicuously absent as well.

[@alekje11]

It's funny that the greatest rock riff ever is not even on the list : Day Tripper. I'm a bit shocked actually...it was not only a great (superb!) riff but the whole chord progression was experimental and the choir vocals during the guitar solo was unprecedented. I know you have to make selections and not all songs could be on...but since ELO, Tommy Emmanuel and many others did cover it indicates that Day Tripper cannot be left out.. To my ears the most genial rock lick ever...

[@drmusictalk]

It’s actually in my John/Paul video, cause I was doing it based on vocals, it’s linked in the description. If you watch that you’ll see that I entirely agree with you ;)

[@manny4552]

Yeah strawberry fields is his best song.. it's stunning

[@JoaoGabriel-lk9cv]

Good Morning Good Morning is marvelous!

[@waynej2608]

I love that tune. I thought it would be higher. And Dr. Robert, too!! Then again, I think ALL of John's songs are golden! Some, more than others, but he was so versatile and engaging. Timeless. Eternal. Lennon.😎👍

[@manny4552]

​@@waynej2608 yes indeed

[@Freedom2111]

Two of my favorite Lennon songs are not on the list - This Boy and Yes it Is.

[@olavirannisto3552]

1. Strawberry Fields Forever 2. Tomorrow Never Knows 3. Lucy in the Sky with the Diamonds 4. Across the Universe 5. Dear Prudence 6. Ticket To Ride 7. Come Together 8. Happiness Is a Warm Gun 9. Revolution 10. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

[@ANDROLOMA]

I never liked I Want You. Rather sludgy.

[@jerryeberts3726]

Arthur Alexander wrote Anna. John sang lead on the version used on their debut LP.

[@Alexandredartigudes34]

John Lennon Lead Vocals on song beatles

[@akieokuma8868]

Sem dúvida nenhuma

[@kevhead1525]

Nowhere Man for me. A simple yet advanced song. And Paul walking the bass was cool.

[@drmusictalk]

Aw man the harmonies too, and the lyrics. It’s a perfect song

[@kevhead1525]

@@drmusictalk I agree. Perfect.

[@joseflores-wo6um]

A DAY IN THE LIFE ? IS THE BEST LENNON'S SONG

[@alexdredge655]

Seeing “It’s Only Love” at 51 was painful but each to their own 😅

[@bobg6638]

1. Come Together 2. Ticket to Ride 3. Strawberry Fields 4. Help! 5. I’m A Loser 6. Revolution I 7. Hey Bulldog 8. In My Life 9. Happiness is a Warm Gun 10. Rain

[@drmusictalk]

Any top 10 that’s made for John will always look pretty good. All great picks.

[@certifiedWeird0]

Rain is FIRE👺👺

[@Eric-xq1so]

Beatles Lennon's band

[@kevanbrown7620]

I Feel Fine, Ticket To Ride, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, Norwegian Wood, Nowhere Man, Girl, In My Life, Rain, I'm Only Sleeping, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing, Tomorrow Never Knows, Strawberry Field's Forever, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite, A Day In The Life ( With McCartney), All You Need Is Love, I Am The Walrus, Revolution, Dear Prudence, Happiness Is A Warm Gun, Julia, Yer Blues, Sexy Sadie, Don't Let Me Down, Come Together, Across The Universe. A natural born genius who admitted he was lazy, I'm Only Sleeping, and McCartney was the perfect opposite to balance out the greatest songwriting partnership ever. McCartney pushed Lennon and the band to write and record. Sometimes maybe a bit too much, but maybe Lennon especially needed a bit of cajoling into writing.

[@drmusictalk]

The greatest band ever!

[@kevanbrown7620]

@@drmusictalk Definitely 💯✌️

[@waynej2608]

And McCartney needed John's edge.

[@kevanbrown7620]

@@waynej2608 Definitely. That's what i'm saying. I am a Lennon fan but that doesn't mean i don't like McCartney i love how they balanced each other out perfectly, it seems a bit like fate to me, that it was meant to happen, the world needs the Beatles. I can't 'Imagine' a world were the Beatles didn't happen. They were a british band that totally conquered america with their music, their charm and wit, their funny haircuts, they had all the top 5 in the US singles chart. All of this helped a lot of other british artists being successful in america like the Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Them, Donovan, Procul Harum, Manfred Mann and others. Lennon and McCartney had different styles of songwriting but when they collaborated or helped the other with a middle eight or a few lines something magical happened. They became the greatest songwriting partnership ever. I love Lennon's type of music like Nowhere Man, Girl, Rain, I'm Only Sleeping, She Said She Said, Tomorrow Never Knows, Strawberry Field's Forever, I Am The Walrus and lots more, but i also love McCartney's songs And I Love Her, Things We Said Today, I've Just Seen A Face, I'm Looking Through You, Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby, Here, There And Everywhere, For No One, Penny Lane, Fixing A Hole, Fool On The Hill and a lot more. When you put them together and John comes up with the verses and McCartney the middle eight and they work on it you get A Day In The Life which is the greatest track ever in my opinion and i know it's regarded with lots of Beatles fans and music press as their greatest song.

[@waynej2608]

@@kevanbrown7620 Fair enough. 😎👍

[@MrBirdie22]

Some Lennon songs are missing. Thank You, Girl, Little Child and Eight Days a Week come to mind. Unless I missed them. Songs like I Want to Hold Your Hand and Please Please Me had Lennon as the more dominating vocalist. And while Paul sang the middle section of A Day in the Life, it is mainly a John song.

[@drmusictalk]

Those will be on a John/Paul list. That middle section is a big part of A Day in the Life, I couldn’t imagine the song without it.

[@MrBirdie22]

Sure, A Day in the Life should be in the John/Paul list. But the first three are definitely John songs. As the primary vocalist.

[@drmusictalk]

@@MrBirdie22 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKbPkH2CabSjb6c My inspiration was from these guys. They had those three on this list, as I will too. Only one I disagreed with them is Cry Baby Cry, Paul was at the end but I could imagine that song with that part. Thank You Girl and Little Child idk, it is what it is. I think Eight Days A Week we can let slide, it was Paul’s idea anyways. This is all in good fun at the end of the day. Thank you for commenting, let me know your top 10 John songs perhaps? Or even just your favorite?

[@braemtes23]

Eight Days a Week was written by Paul. Listen to the vocals on the song deconstructed, Paul and John sing the whole song together. Paul not only wrote and sang the middle eight, he created the whole orchestral part, contributed the lyric "I'd love to turn you on" as well as one or two other lyrical contributions to John's part. Paul could imitate John's voice and on many songs in which they both sang lead, he did just that until he went into his high voice.

[@Rowlph8888]

@@drmusictalk Do you hhonestly think that if that section wasn't there, it would be a masterpiece. John often said that he wasn't The cup sure if the over sophistication took some of the songs, actually detracted from the original beauty. Just something to think about. Imagine "Strawberry Fields forever", a day in the life, Help, Lucy in thhe sky, et cetera with a biit more stripped down, less production - I think if nothing else, they are still maasterpieces. In fact, Most of John's Work, is lyrically so interesting that it would stand alone as poetry, without any of the music And the dreeamy delivery also makes me think how amazing it might have been without the overproduction

[@jesmardepaula1141]

Lennon❤❤❤❤

[@teeeeeveeeee314]

You nailed #1 on the head! SFF my #1 FOREVER!!!

[@michaeltrokmar7663]

All the songs are good but the ranking is individual- I was 13 when I heard their first album.I especially love the songs from that album as well as from Revolver, With the Beatles, A Hard Days Night and Rubber Soul.

[@Pylardu]

The Beatles..!!!! GENIOS..!!!! De la Mùsica de TODOS Los TIEMPOS..!!!! 🌎🎵🎶💓❤🧡💛💚💖💗👏👏👏👏😘😘😘😘

[@Rowlph8888]

Interesting list - hey Bulldog, across the universe, Norwegian Wood, happiness is a warm gun, don't let me down, I want you (she's so heavy) much higher in my opinion. Where is "a Day in the life", that is predominantly wriitten by Lennon and if you take Pcauls section out, it is still in the top 3 out of all the Beatle songs, In my opinion.It's John dreamy, cynical and morbid/Nihilisti lyrics and deliivery off them, which makes the song great and Paul's midsection tweaks It,but making it only a little more unusual

[@jerryeberts3726]

Q: When did Paul write Silly Love Songs? A: He started in the late 1950s & still hasn’t stopped.

[@AmericaFirst1963]

See above post. You’re an idiot.

[@freeguy77]

Is that a cute joke on P's lower quality? I agree, which is why John had the higher quality and range (voice better too), while P had the quantity!

[@AmericaFirst1963]

@@freeguy77 Paul BLEW John away the last two years of the band. And equaled him from 66-67. Lennon was better early on. And from ‘70-‘80, McCartney had more commercial success than Lennon. Lemon also was not able to touch McCarney’s Band on the Run album. You can lick Lennon’s top 25 Beatles songs. Paul’s too 25 equals them. And ma h they wrote jointly as well.

[@freeguy77]

@@AmericaFirst1963 You forgot something important: John took 5 years off to rear Sean 1975-80, before his very sad, short comeback in his last 3 months. Paul has the quantity, John has the overall quality, plus the leader. Paul was never the leader, except after the breakup when he led Wings, then his solo output for these past 30+ years.

[@AmericaFirst1963]

@@freeguy77 wrong again. Paul was the clear leader of the band the last two years. John was early on. You can give me John’s top 10 songs from ‘70-‘80 and Paul’s are as good or better. In the first five years (1970-1975), it was Paul who had the best album, Band on the Run. And Lennon had as many mediocre songs as McCartney during that stretch. And as many less than average songs. You have a bias against McCartney and it’s ridiculous.

[@omegajrz1269]

Tomorrow Never Knows is my favorite

[@joemasse4568]

Lennon’s songs were just more interesting than Paul’s, he was great but John was so creative and off the wall, they weren’t trite, and still sound fresh.

[@CarlosGarcia-ol2mm]

No reply is really underrated!!!!!!

[@joemagarac405]

John didn’t write “Money”, “Twist and Shout,” “Please Mr. Postman,” etc. if this is just songs John sang on, okay - but then those should be ranked higher as the first two are perhaps his two greatest vocal performances.

[@javierherrera1010]

In my life is my favorite, you put it in the second place after Strawberry fields forever, ok it's valid.

[@andrerodriguesrodrigues8984]

Both Lennon's credits, of course...

[@jimcoleman598]

BRUTAL !! Help at #19, I Feel Fine #47, Im a Loser #66 - ridiculous! If I Fell, not even on the list, but I'll Cry Instead is ???

[@drmusictalk]

Opinions Jim, it’s called an opinion. I put If I Fell in my John/Paul duo vid. Not sure why you’re complaining about I’ll Cry Instead being on here as the lead vocals = Lennon.

[@ANDROLOMA]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but did you miss A Day In The Life? And Revolution #9?

[@pic8817]

Glad to see Dear Prudence and Happiness is a Warm Gun in the top 10 👏👏 You have understood everything

[@UncleJams]

I dislike many of Pauls songs. But he ws great too. But John wrote songs that got to me in a wonderful way. Paul has greatness, but George was second then Paul

[@neonh161]

Wheres "A Hard Days Night" and "Day Tripoer" My top 10 John Lennon Beatles songs are: (10) Come Together, (9) All You Need Is Love, (8) Help, (7) I Am The Walrus, (6) Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, (5) I Feel Fine, (4) Nowhere Man, (3) In My Life, (2) Day Tripper, (1) Ticket To Ride,

[@DavidinMiami]

As far as songwriting and overall contribution to recorded songs go, when it comes to Paul and John, I give Paul the edge, definitely. I mean, come on: Let It Be, Hey Jude, Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, Here There & Everywhere, We Can Work It Out, Blackbird, Penny Lane, And I Love Her, Things We Said Today, You Won't See Me, I Saw Her Standing There, The Long and Winding Road, I've Just Seen a Face, and Back in the USSR!

[@rossanalacavalla307]

Lennon wrote Imagine, that's enough

[@carmelovillena6174]

all of that is falling short ang nonsense imagine mother isolation thats more weigth that all of songs you are saying

[@murmursmeglos]

Hmm, if there's something I wouldn't give Paul, it's the edge. Alot of those tracks are a little boring for me, maybe because he was so fixed in his ideas that the group dynamic was kind of missing, unlike with John who would ask what suggestions the others had. But each Beatle had their strengths and weaknesses and the others were great at compensating for them.

[@freeguy77]

​@@rossanalacavalla307 Too much hatred of religion, etc. Enough said!

[@carmelovillena6174]

@@freeguy77 y?

[@jimcoleman598]

Help Rain I Feel Fine Day Tripper Strawberry Fields In My Life Nowhere Man Hey Bulldog And Your Bird Can Sing Happiness Is a Warm Gun Dont Let Me Down Baby you're a Rich Man Good Morning, Good Morning Eight Days a Week Norwegian Wood A Hard Days Night Dear Prudence Im a Loser Across The Universe Yer Blues

[@bobdavis2128]

They worked together it was a mutual arrangement.

[@1rush1212]

How can you forget a day in the life?

[@johangaudissabois8668]

The best Beatle? Probably, but never underestimate good old Paul. Judging by the solo records McCARTNEY is the greatest BEATLE with masterpieces like BAND ON THE RUN, RAM, TUG OF WAR, CHAOS AND CREATION in the BACKYARD, McCARTNEY 1 and 3, EGYPT STATION and last but not least FLAMING PIE. Lennon only has LENNON/PLASTIC ONO BAND (probably the greatest of the Beatle solo records) and IMAGINE. But the discussion is pointless : both are arguably the greatest composters of modern song of the 20th century.

[@drmusictalk]

Both wonderful artists. For me when the Beatles were a band I’d rank them 1 John Paul 3 George But for solo careers 1 George Paul 3 John Paul was really consistent for me, on both sides. George blossomed into an amazing artist and made my favorite album of all time, All Things Must Pass. John made some good stuff solo wise but I think his best was during the Beatles.

[@Rowlph8888]

John only had 5 years oTof a solo career, bringinng Sean up without writing anything for 5 years supporting Yoko's creative endevours. Also, John's work after the Beatles was focused on introspection and Catharsis to underrstand himself better and improve his relations.This as well as social commentary to effect meaningful change and comment deeply on the human condition. Love Macca's solo stuf also, but ultimmately, it's a continuation of his beatles stuff,beautifullly varying and playing around with song structures and covering superficial themes touchinng the surface level. Unlike Paul, John always wanted to leave Previous styles behind him and move forwards a diifferent way, hence not writing even a single Sentimental ballad (Except the cathartic Julia) after rubber soul, having written plenty of beautiful ones before, whereas Paul continued to write similar ballads, throughout the entire backend of The Beatles catalogue, amongst some original sounding and funky stuff. You have to ask yourself what you are in musc for the end at the end of the day *It's quite telling that upon the Beattles termination, Lou Reed was asked what he thought of the Beatles and called their music inauthentic "garbage", just like he called the vast majority of the rest of popular music "garbage". By the 1980s, Lou had completely changed his mind on John, but not the other 2. Ultimately he felt that John became a True artist in properly laying his entire heart out there, understanding himself and providing music that commentated on the human condition, as well as progress real societal issues. Lou made a point of playing a renditioon of "jealous Guy" that John's commemoration and called "Mother" 1 of tthe greatest songs ever written.He didn't play at Paul and George tributes, or comment on their material, other than his garbage comment

[@rossanalacavalla307]

@@drmusictalk both great but john is a little better than paul for me...i could listen to john's songs for hours and never get tired to listen to his voice....it's pure magic to me

[@andrerodriguesrodrigues8984]

Lennon had only 5 five years of solo carreer... Macca, 53 years of solo career. It is not justice and fair !!!

[@freeguy77]

​@@andrerodriguesrodrigues8984 True, as I've always thought and said publicly, P had the (obvious) quantity with benefit of 42+ more years, but J had the higher overall quality!

[@josemontenegrovargas7067]

My ranking 59. Dig It 58. Run For Your Life 57. When I Get Home 56. I'll Cry Instead 57. I Call Your Name 56. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill 55. You Can't Do That 54. Good Morning Good Morning 53. Doctor Robert 52. All I've Got To Do 51. Tell Me Why 50. It Won't Be Long 49. Any Time At All 48. Ask Me Why 47. The Word 46. Not A Second Time 45. Mean Mr. Mustard 44. Polythene Pam 43. I'll Be Back 42. You're Going To Lose That Girl 41. Revolution 1 40. I'm A Loser 39. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey 38. No Reply 37. Sun King 36. Dig A Pony 35. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite 34. Baby You're A Rich Man 33. Glass Onion 32. I Should Have Known Better 31. Yer Blues 30. Cry Baby Cry 29. Sexy Sadie 28. The Ballad Of John And Yoko 27. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 26. Julia 25. She Said She Said 24. I Feel Fine 23. Ticket To Ride 22. Hey Bulldog 21. I Want You (She's So Heavy) 20. I Am The Walrus 19. Girl 18. Don't Let Me Down 17. I'm Only Sleeping 16. Revolution 15. Rain 14. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 13. I'm So Tired And Your Bird Can Sing 11. Help 10. All You Need Is Love 9. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 8. Across The Universe 7. Tomorrow Never Knows 6. Dear Prudence 5. Happiness Is A Warm Gun 4. Nowhere Man 3. Come Together 2. In My Life 1. Strawberry Fields Forever You incluided too many covers

[@lucashernandez4345]

And where do you leave "It's Only Love" and "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"? They aren't covers.

[@adolforodolfo6929]

Interesting - thank you. But I don't know why you have included the early covers in this list, or in the "Paul list" either; you can't call them Paul or John songs just on the basis of who sings the lead vocal.

[@drmusictalk]

Mine are based on Vocals/Performance ☮️

[@wealthymind1180]

how is sunking down there??

[@stevstevstevrich]

I really like run for your life and good morning good morning, I would have put them much higher.

[@chuckecoop4082]

the single revolution at 30 hurt me

[@drmusictalk]

Haha, don’t worry I love all of these!

[@chuckecoop4082]

@@drmusictalk I kinda get it tho. When there is 2 revolutions it kinda gets stale. Wait what do you mean I’m missing one?

[@swirtrollszarman106]

Number 9.

[@Dejayel2024]

How can any song not written be called a "Lennon" song? Or are you ranking his singing ability?

[@zenbeatlezen2084]

The Beatles are the greatest agents of joy in human history. You need them all. Interesting list, but Mr. Moonlight is the only Beatles' song I skip!

[@kyronguthrie5500]

Baby It's you is a crime to be that low

[@macharper8214]

I can't find "A Day in The Life" on this list anywhere. "It's Only Love" is on this list though. I think John called that one the worst song he ever wrote.

[@user-ep4jt9yc1g]

A DAY IN THE LIFE ❓

[@chrisst8922]

Where's You Can't Do That?

[@jackzaccardi1896]

It's kind of like picking the most beautiful flower.

[@drmusictalk]

It really is.

[@richardrichardson515]

The best Lennon song or Beatles song is the one thats playing in full at the time (my opinion)

[@Moviebytobbea2003]

Hey Bulldog at #30 isn't right, it should be atleast in the top 10

[@crackasmilezenpyre7901]

One gripe. Why is “Julia” so low on this list?

[@drmusictalk]

Well, it’s a beautiful song, just not one of my favorites. I can understand why many people would have it higher though.

[@yaretplay7749]

day tripper is john’s song to

[@brianpattishall774]

Where is a hard day's night

[@leno__jeno]

I would put Good Morning Good Morning much higher.

[@glenn7152]

Lennon as we know didn't Write Twist&Shout" A cover song that he really didn't like,then why did he Recorded?

[@Jacobde13e]

These are not all Lennon songs, Twist & Shout, isn't a Beatles song, like more songs in this list... 😎

[@huylong71]

Day tripper

[@drmusictalk]

That would be on my recent video, it’s in the description ✌️

[@benschulz2166]

Norweigian wood 36 !!!! egad. Tough critics

[@gerhardprasent3358]

Quite rudiculous list - covers mixed in - some criminal rankings 🥶

[@toastass8634]

Cannot agree with the top 5 but, pretty much

[@lengilmore]

???? This Boy

[@jeremybrysoncordova2418]

Where´s A day in the life?

[@drmusictalk]

That’ll be in a John/Paul that I plan to make at some point since they both sang on it. I wouldn’t forget that song haha

[@josuemacielribeiro2376]

Faltou A Day in The Life

[@Eric-xq1so]

NOOO WAAAY, GIRL SHOULD BE HIGHER

[@nunne9939]

and where is A day in the life?

[@cr-zblackwood2394]

A Day In The Life???

[@pickettmandi]

Dig it at 72? That song kicks ass however short.

[@joseguadalupecarbajal8758]

No escuché A day in the life " no está en la lista? Creo es de las mejores de John Lennon en the Beatles

[@abruce1]

A day in the life??!

[@johangaudissabois8668]

Michael, I agree. I think McCartney solo is one of the most undervalued artists ever. He got far too much criticism and praise was only there for his Beatle work. However great that was and still is. Concerning Lou : one should never forget he produced masterpieces such as VU + NICO produced by Andy Warhol, LOADED, VU, BERLIN, TRANSFORMER....

[@drmusictalk]

You forgot to hit reply on Michaels message, so he doesn’t see this. Just letting you know lol

[@MDE128]

John is basically the leader.

[@akieokuma8868]

Com toda certeza!!!

[@jeffreycabel9270]

A day in the life... Help A hard days night

[@todd3563]

A day in the life.

[@agneschapon9320]

This is me but you forgot a day in a life ?

[@harrykemma]

It must be a day in the life or strawberry fields forever. Lemme check. 🤨

[@kiwimurray2244]

No!! Doctor Robert is my fav Lennon song…

[@kavalere]

Top 10 pretty close to my top 10.

[@drmusictalk]

Awesome! What’s different between ours?

[@kavalere]

@@drmusictalk Switch Warm gun with LSD I like your pick for Tomorrow Never Knows.....not my top ten but appreciate that one!

[@drmusictalk]

Ah yeah fair enough, I had Lucy just barely out of the top 10 haha

[@user-gs3dj5un6t]

Where are "Day Tripper", "This Boy" and "A Day in the Life"?

[@drmusictalk]

Check description

[@PvzPlush]

Here's songs I think that should of been ranked lower, so I think there better than where they were placed. Baby it's you Dig a pony Twist and shout Girl Mean Mr. Mustard Revolution Hey bulldog Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite I'm only sleeping Help! All you need is love. This is my personal opinion I just think these songs are better then some of the others

[@DylanHernandezRamirez]

60 for Paul n 72 for John? Why?

[@luisjeremyramossotil5650]

John wrote a few more songs for The Beatles than Paul.

[@rossanalacavalla307]

in my opinion Lennon is much better than Paul....his voice...

[@cjsm1006]

I agree. Lennon has overall more soul in his voice than McCartney. McCartney is a genius, as was Lennon, but I think he is somewhat overrated as a singer. Let me explain why I think this. One example is Oh Darling!, a song I never particular cared for, but is liked by many people. Lennon said he could have sung it better than McCartney, because it was more his style, and I agree. Why do I think this? Paul prepped for the song by singing his voice out for a week to make it raw. Lennon could have achieved a similar result naturally. But the real point is when Lennon sings a hard rocker with raw emotion, it sounds genuine, like its coming from the gut. When Paul does a hard rocker like Oh Darling! or Long Tall Sally, or Helter Skelter, to me it sounds more like an actor imitating a hard rocker, not like someone singing from the gut. Just my opinion, others may have different and equally valid opinions.

[@rossanalacavalla307]

@@cjsm1006 i agree....you are right...

[@freeguy77]

​@@cjsm1006 Nailed it! "Twist and Shout", "Money", "Ask Me Why", "I Am The Walrus", It's Only Love", You've Got To Hide Your Love Away", Rock and Roll Music", etc. shows his versatility, range, timbre, emotion, and voice quality far better than P's.