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[@EricSchultz-zs8hz]

Personally, I always liked "Love You To" and "Honey Pie." The reason I think that a lot of people don't like those songs is because they want the Beatles' music to remain within the definition of rock n roll and pop. Some people automatically reject songs like that because they don't sound "right." Many think that Indian music is just weird and foreign-sounding, and many resist anything that sounds old-fashioned, so Love You To is "foreign" and Honey Pie is "granny music," not for cool people. About "Little Child," I think the phrase sounds kind of condescending and the way we hear those two words being repeatedly sung staccato is kind of irritating. I do like the harmonica solo, so I still think of it as a good song. I don't consider "Revolution 9" a song, but rather an interesting sound collage.

[@juanvaldez7633]

"When I Get Home" shouldn't be anywhere near this list - let alone #14. Great early Lennon rocker, and one of their most harmonically innovative tracks from that period.

[@erniericardo8140]

Its a favorite of mine👍

[@tmcb_]

"It was great. it sold. It's the bloody Beatles' White Album, shut up" - Paul McCartney

[@mjanovec]

I was a little surprised that covers were integrated into the final list when they were considered separately in your original video (and within the survey). If I was picking the worst songs with covers included, my responses would have been significantly different. Personally, I don’t feel covers qualify as Beatles “songs,” but are instead Beatles recordings… so I liked that you originally kept them separate.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

I had them separate in the survey, but people just can't follow directions.

[@MKeller4033]

@@popgoesthe60s52 LOL!

[@papalaz4444244]

Let's be clear on this one. The Beatles' "worst" songs are still better than anything in the Top 100 nowadays lol

[@jdw.karasu]

We can put over our beloved Beatles without being myopic that their poor songs didn't stink. I have no love for Billie English, but this totally random song off her new album got to #18 on the charts and is a solid song that is better than the worst of Beatles clunkers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omGbi6pjh76SlbM

[@ricardo_miguel13]

@@jdw.karasubut songs like Ballad, Obladi, Oh Darling,.. come on, they are classics. By far better than most of the stuff and I listen to a lot of new music.

[@jdw.karasu]

@@ricardo_miguel13 I was commenting on "worst" in general. I don't agree with the 30 that the Voters picked. Just some dumb choices in there. But come up with your own list of your 10 worst Beatles Songs, and they are going to be worse than any number of songs in the Top 100 when I looked a few days ago. We really can't be so myopic in our own Beatles Fandom to think that their shit ever doesn't stink. One can think the Beatles are the GoaT Band while also thinking they had a not-slight number of clunkers.

[@ricardo_miguel13]

@@jdw.karasu Yes, songs like Mr Moonlight or Honey Don’t, but for Ballad Of John And Yoko I think you can’t say that. Deserved hit. I even heard it as a social democratic party election song in Austria a few months ago.

[@jdw.karasu]

@@ricardo_miguel13 Ballad of John & Yoko isn't one of the Beatles worst songs. It was silly to be at #20 via Matt's fans, but what are you going to do. My point: set aside the silly list that Matt's fans came up with. Come up with your own. I think you would agree that your Worst 10 are all worse than that Billie English song that I linked to, which is a perfectly decent song. I could come up with my Worst 10. I would think they are all worse than that Billie song. I'm not sure how deep into the Beatles songbook we'd have to go where we finally hit a filler song that we think is at that same level. Beats me... not a game I want to play. My game: to get past the myopia of the original poster that the Beatles Worst is ALL better than anything in the Top 100. That's just stupid talk. 🙂

[@shyman99]

What saves the "White Album" are the good tracks, which are among the Beatles very best. It reminds me of how the Eagles' "Hotel California" album is so popular. The album cut and a couple of other tracks are among their very best work. But half of the album is just mediocre. Yet it is one of the best-selling albums of all-time.

[@EnglishStrippedBare]

I"m not sure I totally agree with that. There is something about the way the 'white album' flows that makes it work as a single piece of art. Yes, on their own there are amazing tracks and some weaker tracks, but those weaker songs work when you go cover to cover.

[@smolderingtitan]

​@@EnglishStrippedBare I agree. It's a masterpiece as it is. The contrast between the songs worked. It's also the album I've listened to more than any. The sound throughout is amazing.

[@CraigCholar]

"Love You To" ranked worst on Revolver? Sigh. It's been one of my all-time Beatles favorites ever since it first blew my 9-year old mind in 1966. A few weeks later I saw an actual sitar in a music store window in L.A. and begged my parents to buy it... Nothing doing. Nope. Nada. Oh well. Funny how I still remember that from all those years ago.

[@christopher9152]

None of the Indian-inflected songs of Harrison rank high, but I have always loved them.

[@TTFMjock]

Dr. Robert is my Revolver Skip

[@joerobxy]

Love you to is great, I agree.

[@robgronotte1]

Easily the worst on Revolver. He should have gotten two songs like on the previous albums.

[@greg19561]

By the way, love your KZbin channel! The amount of information and the level of detail that you pack into your histories of various bands is amazing. As a younger.Boomer, I didn’t attend concerts, but I listened to the radio all the time. 1964 to 1980 remains my favorite period of Pop and Rock music. Light My Fire by The Doors, Somebody To Love by Jefferson Airplane, and My Back Pages by The Byrds remain my best-loved songs of all time.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Hey Greg, thank you for the kind words and support. I fell in love with 60s music at a young age and it only gets stronger as I get older. Which I am!

[@barringtonbing393]

You know my name (look up the number) is a masterpiece

[@roxorange6022]

Totally! 😀

[@CraigCholar]

I don't seek out YKMN(LUTN) very often for a play, but I always end up grinning like an idiot when I do. It's their musical version of a ramshackle Monty Python skit.

[@barringtonbing393]

@@CraigCholar That's Brian Jones'finger to the Stones for kicking him out of the band. None of them got to play on a Beatle's record except for background singing on All you need is love

[@cajunqueen5125]

YUP

[@cajunqueen5125]

@@CraigCholar exactly so

[@DocDoccus]

What I learned about this survey: *"What a cute little doggie!"*

[@greggildersleeve3484]

You were totally videobombed, Matt.

[@radducku]

interesting results for sure but I always like to listen to your insights regarding this rather sensitive topic so thanks again for that Matt! As for "surprises" there will be some - as expected- and I understand and agree with your point of you on each and every single one of them (except maybe for "Little Child" that I voted for to be honest) but I draw a line at Revolver: this IS my favourite album in its entirety and consider it 100% filler free...LOL i will stick to this to the bitter end. Thanks again for your work and content!...never stop!

[@davidmicalizio824]

Love You To is a great song!

[@CraigCholar]

Thank you! Yes it is, it's true.

[@jonvought700]

Agree!

[@johnyarusso4953]

Interesting perspective of the White Album Matt. I had a friend who insisted it should have been a single album and asked a bunch of us to pick our version of a single album version. The results were extremely varied. I guess thats what makes that album so interesting.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Yes, it certainly is special as a whole.

[@frednerk8366]

I can't believe that The Inner Light and Only a Northern Song are disliked so much. They are amongst my favourites.

[@CraigCholar]

Ageed. Unfortunately it seems it's just the two of us dying on that hill, mate.

[@user-gz9dv9oh9o]

@@CraigCholarwell, only a northern song has always been a favorite of mine. The Inner Light, sorry, but you’re on your own with that one!

[@spyderlogan4992]

Thanks Matt for all your work on this survey. This channel deserves 100k subscribers. Always great content. All the best from Round Rock, Texas.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

I'm getting closer to 100K each day. Thanks for watching, Spyder.

[@CraigCholar]

Agreed! I'm grateful this channel exists.

[@maurice8607]

Little Child,Hold me tight and Only a Northern Song ? You're kidding. I've always loved those. Id even say that the latter should have been included on Pepper.

[@MKeller4033]

To this day I don't get the knock on "Only a Northern Song." I prefer it far above "It's All Too Much," which is nonetheless a great cut.

[@ZackfromNoHo]

The Beatles song Hold Me Tight is much livelier than the Wings song of the same name. Paul wrote so many songs he had to start reusing names? lol...

[@maurice8607]

​@@MKeller4033 totally agree

[@grahampratchett8207]

Hi Matt. Being a Beatles Fanatic I enjoy theirs albums. But, I did take part in your survey. Selecting songs to place in your survey was difficult for me. Revolution 9 sounds better in 5.1. But that no excuse to leave it out of your survey. Which I did place at No.1. But saying that. You could do that to any groups albums. For instance The Beach Boys. Etc etc. Thanks for your question though. Very hard for a true Beatle Nut.

[@jackybluj]

I was surprised that the White Album had that many songs chosen. I am also surprised I didn't think of Wild Honey Pie. I was more forgiving of Ringo, probably because I loved him as a kid, and I just saw him in concert. I felt like the songs created after John and George's passing weren't 'fair game'. I can't tell you how much 'A Taste Of Honey' makes me cringe. I see 'Rocky Racoon' and 'Bungalow Bill' as novelty songs but they are amusing. Thanks for this survey and video Matt. It allowed me to reminisce and really think about what I disliked from a band I will always love!

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Thank you for the feedback, Jacky!

[@CraigCholar]

George Martin thought the White Album was bloated with filler and should have been a single LP. The survey says... he was onto something. Thanks for putting in the effort to make the survey!

[@popgoesthe60s52]

My pleasure, Craig.

[@stuartwray6175]

Interesting, I didn't know that. I agree with him.

[@threeofakindbygeneraldean3007]

It's their best album despite abbey road getting more critical/fan praise and rubber soul a real group highlight. They were simply on fire in second half of 1968!

[@delmofritz3964]

The White Album is my favourite album. How about what % of the White is considered among their best?

[@threeofakindbygeneraldean3007]

@@delmofritz3964 There are potentially ten classic songs that are in top 40, especially while my guitar/blackbird/helter skelter. Obviously lot of well-known tracks most people familiar with Beatles love. Good choice for #1 album!

[@murmursmeglos]

The White Album is a bit of an anomaly. The length, diversity and experimentation is both its biggest strength and biggest weakness. There's probably at least 2 or 3 tracks we all loathe, even if it's our fave album. I enjoy experimentation, it's the more boring tracks I struggle with.

[@cajunqueen5125]

"There's probably at least 2 or 3 tracks we all loathe" Nope, not me, luv it ALL :)

[@mjanovec]

If you drop off the ten White Album songs voted for, then you end up with roughly a 60-minute album. While that is still a little long for a single album, it is starting to approach the single album stage. One could easily lose Revolution 1, as that’s arguably inferior to the version released on the Hey Jude single. That puts you within a stone’s throw of a single disc.

[@cajunqueen5125]

@@mjanovec "One could easily lose Revolution 1, as that’s arguably inferior to the version released on the Hey Jude single." Nope, not ~arguably~ at all. We all like different things: diff beer, diff jeans, diff favourite color, diff favourite movie. And preference in songs, too. Just the way it is: it's all personal. Here, that album version of Revolution 1 happens to be #my# favourite version. No arguing. :)

[@antoniodalfonso]

Interesting survey, Matt. I really find the list of 'not so good' songs strange, but I guess that is the goal of the exercise. Pity about Revolution No. 9. I really find that tract quite amazing, and enjoy listening to it. Harrison Indian songs remain so vital, decades later. Thank you for these videos. Bravo.

[@cajunqueen5125]

hahaha, very interesting discussion. "You Know My Name" probably my favourite #1 track. (And I know some others feel the same) It's the good-time vibe: If the beatles were in my basement, chilling and jamming, having some scotch, I feel pretty sure this is what I could expect to hear: buncha goofing around. lol, which I am ALL in favour of. Several sections in that song, i just burst out laughing. Luv it.

[@SAK1855]

The biggest surprise for me is the absence of "Run for Your Life." Several viewers mentioned it in the comments of the video where you gave your own list. I'm also surprised "Yellow Submarine" only got 18 votes; I didn't vote for it, but then, I didn't vote for silly songs generally; others did.

[@catsofsherman1316]

A few surprises here. I wouldn't have included Honey Pie or Ob la di. I think they are delightful. I'm not too surprised the White Album had so many picks. While it is probably my favorite album by anyone, it is a disjointed, rambling mess of an album that deliberately tested the limits of their craft. I don't mind Rev 9 being there. It adds to the legend. I do wish it were shorter to give room for another song or two like Sour Milk Sea for instance.

[@thomasguild8675]

Great video Matt. I always felt you could half the songs on the White Album and have a Phenomenal Album. For a song being bad for length and repitition would be Hey Jude. The last 3 minutes of that song could be clipped.

[@misternewoutlook5437]

Among our favorite Beatles fan games is to rate their songs. I had the Let it Be single, so the B-side You Know My Name got played once. As a package, that 45 sucks. Whereas Hello Goodbye had I Am The Walrus as the B-side? Excellent! So, as Matt states, album context often comes into it. The bottom line is fan games with Beatle songs are a delight. Yes, you can point to click-bait, but they are fun and I was looking forward to these results. Thanks Matt!

[@tomscott7271]

I have been a Beatle fan since their first appearance on Ed Sullivan in 1964, I have a deep nostalgic appreciation for their US album “Meet The Beatles” that includes “Little Child”. At that time, we only had 12 songs to listen to until their next album was released.

[@monovision566]

Some of the best songs on The White Album are solo tracks. If Martin had gotten his way, we may have gotten Blackbird but not Julia. Stuff like that. It's really hard to figure how to make 14 tracks of the whole thing.

[@matm4331]

Thanks Matt...I agree that the White Album, as a whole, is greater than its parts. The Analogues perform the complete White Album live and it really illustrates that the eclectic mix of styles really works. In addition, it's John's last great, prolific album with 13 songs written (one sung by Ringo). After that, John had great songs but his interests were more varied and his musical output was less.

[@CraigCholar]

@@matm4331 Those concert videos by The Analogues on KZbin are fascinating. Anyone not familiar, give them a try.

[@steveleblanc7983]

Interesting list. I participated in it and I was surprised that many of the songs that made the list are some of my favourites. Goes to show how subjective art is.

[@joerobxy]

It's because The Beatles (White Album) is the least 'Beatles-like' (Beatleist) album (somewhat paradoxically given it's title). It's an album of individually created songs whereas the more collaborative nature of earlier and later albums is very Beatleist. Also,The White Album was the very antithesis of psychedelic, English artifice and conceptuality, it being a mixed bag collection of individually penned songs reflecting The Beatles own individuality and widening interests and their sense of growing disillusionment with their collective responsibilities to each other, their fans and the counter-culture. Of course, it's all down to personal opinion in the end. For example, I interviewed Bob Wooler in his own home over an extended period, and because he was from a pre-Beatles generation that liked tin-pan alley songs etc. he actually wrote a song WITH George Martin. He disliked I am the walrus and wasn't even a great fan of Paul's The long and winding road. He absolutely loved She loves you because he said it did what every pop song should do, announce itself suddenly , bounce along pacily and excitingly then finish quickly or as he put it 'eff off! (And Bob was usually very erudite with his choice of language and parsimonious with his cursing). Lol.

[@toxicsausage302]

I love Honey Pie, Maxwell and Rocky Racoon but understand they are a particular style which is not everyone's taste.

[@johnvanstone5336]

Well, I used to detest Revolution No 9 but now I have changed my mind, I love it, a very interesting collage of sounds and I never get tired of it 🇬🇧

[@ericblasse6335]

Most interesting Beatles channel, it’s like your connecting all the fans and have some insight on everyone’s tastes

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Thank you, Eric!

[@EnglishStrippedBare]

According to what Matt put up on the songs that didn't get a vote for worst song; 'something,' 'let it be,' and 'hey jude' were absent. I mean, maybe you there is the weird outlier that doesn't like these songs that much or they are tired of hearing them because of the amount of radio play they get, but to rank them as worst... WTF!?!

[@SAK1855]

People often confuse "bad" with "overrated." That's why people out there say they "hate the Beatles." They just hate that other people love them.

[@EnglishStrippedBare]

@@SAK1855 I get that there are people out there that just go against the grain because it's the opposite flow, but I don't see that happening here.

[@smolderingtitan]

Little Child was a great early Beatles song. It's got great energy and always made me smile.

[@miltonyannis3719]

I've always loved Paul's music hall-derived compositions. Call it "granny sh*t" if you like. I don't care. Maxwell's SH, Honey Pie, OBDOBD....excellent works in and of themselves.

[@frugalseverin2282]

Isn't The White Album often cited as many people's favorite? It's certainly mine. I actually like 'Blue Jay Way' though it does get repetitive at the end. And 'The Ballad of John and Yoko' is a great rocker, love it. I'll take "Beatles for Sale" over "With the Beatles" any day.

[@ZackfromNoHo]

Blue Jay Way is from the Magical Mystery Tour LP. The endless Harrisong from the White Album is Long Long Long which is long, long, long and not very interesting. George was my favorite Beatle but that is one of his lesser songs.

[@jonvought700]

@@ZackfromNoHo oddly enough I prefer Long Long Long to While My Guitar Gently Weeps.

[@68024]

Only one that surprised me in the top 30 "worst songs" was You Like Me Too Much. Other than that I can understand why people may not like these songs.

[@michaelriches9982]

I suppose this is what you get when you ask "man on the street" what the worst Beatles songs are. No serious fan would put most of those tracks on such a list. It's kinda like when The Beatles show up on "most overrated bands" lists.

[@pedromarques7457]

You're absolutely right!

[@charlover]

Matt, I'll never understand how "Oh Darling" & "The Ballad Of John and Yoko" show up on the worst songs list, both among my favorites. However, I have a few theories. "Oh Darling." Fans have heard that John thought he could do a better job on singing it, and it would have been great, it's too bad he and Paul didn't trade off verses and sing it together, the song is great, if they had done it together, beloved classic. The Ballad Of John and Yoko is one of the all-time great rockers and the only reason to me it doesn't get it's due is because George and Ringo aren't on it. Also, people still hate Yoko, and...the mention of Christ in the lyrics is still a trigger for some with beliefs that find it offensive. Finally you have "Little Child." always loved it, fun catchy early Beatles, what's not to like? Well I'm just guessing but it seems like the problem has to do with the lyrics, specifically the "Child" part, once again triggers those who interpret it as inappropriate. Take out the Child part and change it to "You're The One" and keep the rest of the lyrics the same, beloved classic. And for good measure, take the cowbell out of "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" and it's a Lennon classic on par with "Twist and Shout," which is how I feel about it, even with the cowbell. Also, maybe tone down the repetitive guitar lick, it begins to grate after awhile.

[@raymondnardozza9534]

Hi Matt. Always extremely interesting. I was wondering how the survey would look like demographically by age groups because I was surprise by some results. For example “The ballad of John & Yoko” is a bouncy song that was release as a single while I was in high school. So it was part of my lifetime musical culture (I lived it) compare let’s say to someone who gets into the Beatles later and discover it as part of their whole catalogue. Ciao and have a nice day.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

When rating a song as good or bad, I don't age should have anything to do with it. Likewise and personal attachment to a song would be 100% subjective and would not helpful in a broad discussion of quality or lack thereof. I appreciate the comments, Raymond!

[@wyliesmith4244]

@@popgoesthe60s52 Matt, While in an ideal world I agree, in my experience of working in a record store, I have found that what single/album introduces you to a group often is the touchstone for evaluating a band's song. What makes your postings the best on KZbin is your attempt to remain objective. But ultimately songs cannot be graded like a math test as the subjectiveness of one's ears is always present. But please, keep up the objectivity!

[@popgoesthe60s52]

@@wyliesmith4244 Thanks Wylie!

[@cornerobscure9295]

Not surprising to me the White album has the most low-rated songs. Definitely should be in that category - Absolutely - no question. My personal quirks makes me HIGH-RATE (however) "You know my name - look up the number" (a favorite of Paul, too) and Doctor Robert. So....certain things don't surprise me (White Album) but...I don't agree with panning "You know my name, look up the number" or "Doctor Robert"

[@dscarson1]

I was a little surprised that Yesterday and Something were not among the songs that nobody picked. It's hard for me to imagine someone thinking that Something is one of their worst songs, but *de gustibus non disputandum est*, I guess.

[@maurice8607]

While I really like the White album as a whole, if it was just a single album, I'd say it would've been one of THE greatest albums of the decade.

[@54macdog]

Cool survey. Another way to break up the results is by principal composer. Some of the Lennon/McCartney songs might be difficult to do. It looks like George has taken a bit of stick.

[@dreamerjazz352]

My 3 worst are Hey Jude, I Am The Walrus, and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. But they're not "worst," I just can't stand them sometimes lol, especially Hey Jude. But I love Hey Jude at the end of the day, it was one of the first Beatles songs I ever heard.

[@briang768]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but the top 30 "worst" list skews heavily toward the late period. I think it was a function of a lack of quality control as the Beatles were trying to get out of their record deal, a function of their growing independence away from George Martin, and let's be honest moving away from from the softer drugs to harder ones. It was also during this period where album cuts are clearly solo pieces which deviate what quintessential "Beatleness." Somewhere in the Hunter Davies" 1968 authorized biography, he made an observation that even then Beatle fandom was split among Lennon and McCartney partisans. List like this allow for Lennon's late avant gardism and McCartney's fruity granny music to be punished but fans of the other composer. Lastly, the top 40 and bottom 30 songs are relatively easy to identify, but the middle 140 songs are of such uniform high quality and yet sound so varied.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

There are also more late period songs so there is more to choose from.

[@greg19561]

I remember that in December 1968, when the White Album came out, kids who were a couple of years older than I was ran out and bought the album, and they seemed to hold it in pretty high esteem as being a work of art, even with some very questionable songs on the album. Part of the problem with the White Album is that The Beatles released a double album in order to fulfil their contractual obligation of a certain number of albums that needed to be released in order for them to meet their obligations to Parlophone and EMI. The other thing that is noteworthy about the White Album is how dark it is. Granted, Magical Mystery Tour is a weird mixed bag of songs, but it ends on the song All You Need Is Love, which was recorded in the spirit of the Summer of Love in 1967. And of course Sgt. Pepper is very much in keeping with the psychedelic / love message of 1967. But the White Album, as a departure, is really dark. Songs like Happiness Is a Warm Gun or Piggies would have no place on Revolver, Sgt Pepper, or Magical Mystery Tour. But I think that the White Album somewhat reflects the anger of 1968, at least in the US. With political assassinations, the escalation of the Vietnam war, and the birth of the word, “pig” in reference to the government and law enforcement, for many young people, the idealism of 1967 had been transformed into an anger against those in positions of political power. And perhaps the White Album reflects the shift away from utopian ideals to an active resentment of government and proponents of international conflict as a means of stemming the expansion of “international Communism”. So while The Beatles were British, the White Album nevertheless seems to reference a growing anger that was present, among young people, and the transformation of their idealism into anger.

[@benmeltzer]

I'm surprised "Here Comes The Sun" and "Something" were chosen even once. I would have included "Now And Then," but didn't think of it.

[@jejmoss11]

I think it’s unfair to even class Revolution 9 as a song (it’s good you took that out of some of the calculations). Even things like Wild Honey Pie, Dig It, and so on are just sound sketches or interludes in my opinion. I’d never consider them as songs.

[@vandenro]

Spot on. 👍

[@mikahattunen4502]

Yes, they should not be included imo.

[@CraigCholar]

@@jejmoss11 Sound sketches are easy to skip today with playists, but when skipping sketchy-sounding music involves getting up from the couch to move the tonearm, that gets old. I made my own White Album in 1968 by recording to tape just the non-filler. I suspect I wasn't alone. I still have ancient tapes, but I bet the oxides flaked off long ago.

[@SAK1855]

Yes! We need to evaluate songs for what they're aiming to do. It's not March Madness where we put "Dig It" up against "Get Back" and then go onto the next bracket. They have different functions.

[@unknown6390]

It is a piece of music conqrete and is one of their masterpieces

[@awesomedallastours]

I traded my copy of the White Album for a bag of weed and never looked back.

[@dancranford5391]

Awesome video, Matt. Very entertaining topic and you really gave me a perspective of what other people didn’t care for in their incredible list of tunes, compared to my own choices. Let’s do one with The Beach Boys catalogue one of these days. I know it’s a ton of work but that would be another interesting video, I believe. Dan

[@DrDooDah]

The White Album is a distinctly odd fish. If you asked me to pick the Beatles' best album, I would say it's between Revolver, Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road. But if you ask me to pick my favourite, or if I could only have one Beatles album, I would pick The White Album on both counts. And I know I'm not the only one in this respect (Mark Lewisohn and the Nothing is Real chaps all concur). Also, The White Album works astoundingly well as a party album, as I found out on my birthday, last week!

[@CraigCholar]

@@DrDooDah YES, it's a party album! Brilliant! Something for everyone to both enjoy and sing along with, or make silly remarks sbout when the oddball songs come on.

[@highwayblues638]

Hey Matt Great video ...once again. I consider myself one of the lucky ones . There are not to many songs I do not care for . I love Revolution #9 and never skip it. I like the short little songs for what they are. The only songs I do not care for are : Blue Jay Way , Bungalow Bill , Dizzy Miss Lizzie and Rocky Raccoon.

[@alanlinfield8207]

So am I reading this right? At least one person voted for Hey Jude as the Beatles' worst song? And Yesterday, Something, Paperback Writer, Rain, She's A Woman, Come Together, Back In The USSR, I Am The Walrus, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Nowhere Man, Long Tall Sally, Money, Twist And Shout, I'm Down, and You've Got To Hide Your Love Away? Okay, I'll stop there. I guess you're right: given enough time, every Beatles song would be the worst for somebody. To each his own. Thanks for sharing the results and your views on them.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Yes, so if you look at my data, the songs that garnered 1-3 votes are quite negligible. All those that you list had very small vote counts. I can understand why people dislike Hey Jude but I've argued (in my video on the Top 10 Best Beatles Songs) that it is their sheer balls to have a song go that long and be that repetitive, while inviting the world to sing with them is what makes that one of the greatest songs of the decade. Others find it tedious, simplistic and monotonous. I can understand that viewpoint as well.

[@davidlanier7006]

You're probably talking about me. I voted for several of their biggest hits as bad songs. Yesterday is a bad song to me. It's actually a catchy number one hit sounding song, but at the same time I can't stand it. I also think that Sargent Pepper is their worst album, except for one or two songs on it. And I think George Martin was right about the White album, it should've been a single album.

[@alanlinfield8207]

@@davidlanier7006 Hi David. Thank you for those insights. I have heard the opinions over the years that Yesterday is too sentimental and cloying and that Sergeant Pepper has not aged as well as some of the Beatles' other albums. I can even understand those view points to a certain extent. But Yesterday is a bad song? The composition, the performance, the arrangement, all of the above? In terms of quality does it actually rank lower than tunes such as You Like Me Too Much, Little Child, or What You're Doing? And do you consider Pepper to be worse than Beatles For Sale or any other Beatles album? I honestly don't think you're being contrary (to widely and long-held consensus) just for the sake of contrariety. The more time I spend on these discussion threads the more I realize that musical tastes truly are subjective and varied. I wonder, though, if you consider yourself a hardcore fan or more of a casual fan. Thanks again for posting.

[@davidlanier7006]

@@alanlinfield8207 yesterday is not a bad song. It's definitely a hit song. It's too much of a tear jerking, bubblegum song, as were some songs on St Pepper. "She's leaving home," is an example of a song from St Pepper that I hate. They're not rock songs and the Beatles were supposed to be a rock band. I remember reading that John didn't like some of the commercial, bubblegum songs Paul came up with either. There were some songs on St Pepper that were good, but I just don't think it was their best work. I don't like the Long and Winding Road, even though it was a hit, but I do like Back in the USSR.

[@gustavodias4879]

Great video as always. Even their worst songs I listen to and don’t skip it. But I confess I would see more people disliking one of their worst songs, in my opinion, and it’s not even mentioned once: Yer Blues.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

There were 164 songs not mentioned. Yer Blues got 10 votes.

[@notvalidcharacters]

Eh, I thought about Yer Blooze but Passed it By (see what I did there) for the wurst list. It's got cool drums and raw expression.

[@ichirofakename]

love it

[@infaride]

I love 'dig it.'

[@LNERFlyingScotsman]

The survey was a fun experiment. I did my ranking from a list I made ranking all of the Beatles songs through their extended discography from back in 2016 or 2017 or so. A little outdated and I had to weave through the countless BBC and Anthology songs to pick out ones in their studio discography. I ranked them as how I enjoy the songs as a whole. I hate listening to Revolution 9, so it's at the bottom of my list for example.

[@nathynorthy6916]

I'm not at all surprised by 'Little Child' - it's very repetitive and the lyrics really haven't aged well. If you thought a middle-aged man singing "She was just 17 / You know what I mean" in the film 'Yesterday' was cringeworthy to the contemporary ear, well, that's nothing compared to imploring a "little child" to "take a chance with me" - even if The Beatles were young adults at the time. This, I think, shows that there's more to what makes a song generally disliked than any criteria you can come up with - there's always something subjective about what we like or dislike. I've even met people who really like 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer', for instance! But I was surprised that 'Run For Your Life' wasn't listed, as I find the tune irritating while the lyrics would have been obnoxious even back when it was released - and also, as with 'Good Night', it was a ridiculous choice to round off a perfectly good album. The other White Album tracks that featured high up in the survey, whereas, are tucked away inside the double-LP, and so my feeling is that you can take them or leave them - you don't have to actively dislike them (apart from 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da', of course ;) ). There are, therefore, other criteria that might have been considered: Has the track aged well? Do the lyrics make you squirm? and, Did it unduly mar the album it appeared on? I'd also add that The Beatles' later albums are more listened to these days than their earlier ones - hence the number of White Album and Abbey Road tracks on the list, even though these are two of their most highly regarded works. The 'White Album' also features a vast variety of songs, and so, not all of these are not going to be to everyone's taste - but this variety is, to me at least, what makes it such an amazing album (even though one of the tracks is 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da'). I am a bit baffled by how disliked 'Hold Me Tight' was - maybe the original recording of the track was a bit lacklustre, but it's far from being the worst song on its album, as we can see from the terrific version of it in the film 'Across the Universe'.

[@duaneperkins8329]

Taxman surprised me the most. I love the song but I've seen it on a few "worse" song lists, and here it didn't get a single vote. Great!

[@popgoesthe60s52]

I have too, so that was a slight surprise but as I tallied the votes and the list of not voted for got smaller and smaller, it would only be a matter of time before Taxman made it on the worst list. Although, it is not as hated has recent commentary would have you believe, based on this survey. Thanks Duane!

[@SitarZan]

You or some other "behind the scenes news hound" should put together a full blown expose of JUST the "Sgt Pepper" outfits. Who commissioned them.. what was the final cost of fitting & eventually delivering them, etc. This would be a really neat way to discover the suits behind the cover. I've NEVER seen any reports/mini-documentaries covering that subject! Just throwing it out there.

[@memriloc]

Personally i think it shouldve been no covers.

[@almanuel6140]

i totally screwed up the survey - i put a cover song in the beatles compositions as my number one - oops...musical tastes are subjective but when so many pick the same songs as bad there is something to that also...for me the worst of the worst is mr moonlight - i believe this was around when the beatles were in hamburg for the last german gig - i guess it was introduced to them there...of all of the songs from the early days of performing live they chose this to pad out an album...SHOUT or HIPPY HIPPY SHAKE would have been a better choice.....

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Actually the place where you ranked the song didn't matter as I tallied all the songs by quantity only.

[@alanlinfield8207]

Or Leave My Kitten Alone - which they recorded during the Beatles For Sale sessions. When it was finally released on Anthology Volume One, many fans said they would have preferred Kitten to Moonlight.

[@bobburroughs6241]

I think a voice over with more Bogey(?) is the way forward Matt. 🐈

[@speedtimothy]

'revolution 9' was inventive for the time ...i like the separation in the speakers

[@mikahattunen4502]

Yea, I don't understand how Blue Jay Way, Honey Pie, Good Night, Rocky, Bungalow Bill and Why Don't We and Piggies are there. White album is magical because of those deep cuts. I can't and have never standed Helter Skelter which is forced toughness and delibarate theater edgyness. Those Maggie May and Dig It and Wild Honey Pie aren't even songs, they are bridges or how you call it fill ins to make transition. Thank You Matt W!

[@mikahattunen4502]

I voted Little Child I believe and Hold Me Tight, maybe which is better but quite a annoing and repetitive and teeny bop.

[@mikahattunen4502]

Umm, ok, I listened Hold Me Tight. I will neever vote it again among Beatles worst songs :D It's nice crispy and quite rocking

[@ichirofakename]

Helter Skelter is my favorite by far, right above Me and My Monkey.

[@vbassone]

Although the White Album is a MASTERPIECE, it is their only legitimate double album. So, it is NOT surprising in a way that the highest percentage of the least 'liked' songs come from that record, just looking at it purely mathematically. However, what really does make that surprising is to consider how much 'filler' there is on the White Album IF we agree to those songs being weak.

[@jasontheoldmillennial7197]

The White Album is my 4th favorite Beatles album but I can see the divisiveness on the album. It has such a variety and explores different genres you don’t expect out of the band.

[@areamusicale]

Revolution 9 might be the worst Beatles song, but I can listen at it with no problem, while if I can't stand at all all the other top 6 entries. Like, I'd never be able to listen at Little Child or Mr Moonlight on its own, all the way to the end without cringing.

[@ChaunceyGardener]

The 'untouched' list of songs is probably the most fair collection of Beatles songs ever compiled. Glad I knocked While My Guitar... from there!

[@eeyore1197]

That is a most excellent patio/veranda.

[@greggildersleeve3484]

I like "Now and Then" and "Free as a Bird" for what they are, noting that they include involvement from all four Beatles but could never have the active participation of all four (which is not a bad thing; som Beatles hits, such as "Something," did not include all four). "Real Love" is a song I've heard but do not remember.

[@paulrobertson3326]

Did you collect demographics? I'm sure the list would be somewhat different in an older age-group that bought the albums as they came out and considered all the songs as great, in the fog of Beatlemania. Many of my least-enjoyed songs are on your list and some of them I quickly skip when playing the albums (on CD or Mp3). I do prefer to play albums right through as that is how I remember them on vinyl "All Those Years Ago". Thanks for this. Quite interesting!

[@jimmderby5772]

Little Child is indeed crap, as is Mr Moonlight. Long long long is meh meh meh. I do however enjoy Piggies. And I've never shared the global hatred of Maxwell. Its corny and cringy but I like it.

[@paull.2254]

Interesting survey results. I'm not surprised that the White album had so many. Matt I would love to see another statistic from the results....what percentage of the songs were John's, Paul's and George's songs? Thanks...Paul

[@micolsen9824]

Thanks for doing this. I was too lazy to put a list together. This poll told us that real love was the most successful of the Frankenstein singles. PS: One of my least favorite Beatles songs, though not bad, "you won't see me." I'm curious to know how many votes that song got... For whatever reason, that one never worked for me. It's all right.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

You Won't See Me got 5 votes.

[@SAK1855]

We should think more about what a song is trying to accomplish and appreciate it (or not) on that basis. Novelty interstitials like "Dig It," "Maggie Mae," and maybe "Wild Honey Pie" exist to contribute to an album's vibe and POV. And "Revolution 9" isn't trying to be "Hey Jude." Neither is "All Together Now" or "Bungalow Bill"; my young son loves both of those! I mean, wouldn't use the same criteria to evaluate a McDonald's quarter pounder as a thick gastropub burger -- and sometimes I *want* McDonald's. I never, however, have a hankering for White Castle. When it comes to the Beatles, a song like "Misery" is my White Castle; I never want to hear it. It didn't make people's lists, perhaps because no one remembers it.

[@graniterhythm53]

Misery - fantastic early Lennon, never met ANYONE who thought it a 'dud'!

[@SAK1855]

@@graniterhythm53 Small thing: it was a co-write. Bigger thing: Even in 1963, those lyrics were hackneyed (e.g. rhyming "only one" with "lonely one") and it's sort of a nothing generic song otherwise. Even worse is "Ask Me Why," which also didn't make the top (or bottom) 30 in Matt's survey. It's a poor man's Smokey Robinson, and as for the lyrics, good Lord: "I love you 'cause you tell me things I want to know And it's true that it really only goes to show That I know that I, I, I, I Should never, never, never be blue" Embarrassing.

[@wyliesmith4244]

The actual first Beatles album was recorded in a day, and on equipment that would embarrass someone recording at home. I'd guess that part of the Beatles growth in songwriting reflected the new possibilities of 4- and 8-track recording. And albums overtaking singles as the preferred way of hearing a group. As Beatles sales continued to grow, the band seemed to lose a sense of quality control to the point that on the White Album, the Beatles were a collection of solo artists rather than a group recording together. Some listeners are fine with this, but I purchased the White Album, put 'that' in my pipe, and smoked it with friends while listening to all four sides, and no one liked everything. And everyone disliked Revolution 9. While I can respect Lennon for trying to lead the public down a new pathit is not a 'Beatles' song and should have been placed on Two Virgins.

[@graniterhythm53]

@@SAK1855 Small thing, the co-write is largely a proven myth! Bigger thing, the competition out there in the early '60's were songs like Rubber Ball (Bobby Vee), The Loco-Motion (Little Eva), I Remember You (Frank Ifield), Walking Back To Happiness (Helen Shapiro). No wonder The Fabs hit the big time!

[@graniterhythm53]

@@wyliesmith4244 I am not aware of any home recording today that would match the studio equipment of '63! It's also somewhat of a myth that The White Album was not a group effort, many songs were , even if not all 4 were involved in actual playing - Rev 9 had input from George for instance.

[@davidrobinson2776]

I will defend The Ballad of John and Yoko and Baby's In Black til the day I die.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

I'm listening.... :)

[@davidrobinson2776]

@@popgoesthe60s52 The Ballad of John and Yoko. How was this on the list. It's a whistle stop tour of 1969 through the eyes of John set to a catchy melody with some brilliant lines like "The news people said, "Say what you doing in bed" I said, "We're only trying to get us some peace" and a nod to John's "Jesus" comment. Plus it was the only true Beatle single released in my lifetime as I was born on May 12 1969. Baby's In Black. Catchy tune, unlike anything else they were singing at the time and John and Paul's harmonies are lovely. Also, they did great live versions of it and more importantly it's one of the 3 songs I can play on the harmonica, the other 2 being The Last Post and Red River Valley.

[@SAK1855]

BIB is great; do listeners just cringe at anything that sounds sing-songy? Ballad is perfectly fine. I might put it with "Eight Days a Week" as being among the worst of their #1s, but that doesn't make them bad. Actually I'd put "Love Me Do" as one of their worst hits but I know others won't go along with me on that...

[@davidrobinson2776]

I must admit, the 3 Beatles songs I would have in my top 20 may shock some fans are Yesterday, Michelle and Eleanor Rigby. I always skip them maybe due to them being overplayed but I do genuinely dislike them.

[@MKeller4033]

@@davidrobinson2776 The combination of their voices on "Oh how long will it take/Til she sees the mistake" still brings me chills.

[@jhmusichouse]

Personally it's wild to see all of the songs ranked "less worse" than Maxwell's Silver Hammer. I wonder how much of the other 3 Beatle's dislike of the song colored their own opinion?

[@zjokka]

Nobody knows With the Beatles, everybody knows the White Album -- this proves it.

[@ReapWithRick]

Very interesting exercise. I found myself agreeing with many of the 30 songs listed. Looking back 50+ years it's probably easier to say this one or that one is a "worst" song but having lived during that wonderful 1960s period there was nothing like running to the store to get latest album on that release date.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Thanks for watching, Rick!

[@sirdavemoore]

Great work collating Matt, as always. So glad you looked at the reunion tracks in a separate segment. 'Now and Then' really is an apt title for a track that has moved on pretty quick. Fascinating and understandable that Revolution 9 is number 1 but I have a fondness for it as it fully encompasses how the band could effectively encompass a political sound collage...albeit in a very questionable and self indulgent style!! Still makes me wonder whether people's opinions would change if we finally hear the 'legendary' Carnival of Light. My number 1 will always be Maxwells Silver Hammer. That takes self indulgence to a nauseating level - the other 3 hated it too😅. Thanks once again 👍

[@kierankessinger3400]

I have a bit of a sacrilegious opinion: Revolution #9 is not as bad as it's reputed to be. Yes, it has no place on a Beatles record. Yes, it's horribly self-indulgent, pretentious, and a million other adjectives. However, I would say that, striped from its context on The White Album, Lennon at least has the ability to evoke a haunting melody and creepy phantasmagoria. Additionally, I would rather listen to it than many other contemporaneous "avant-garde" compositions from the "vanguard," including Varese, Stockhausen, and Cage. Indeed, I'm willing to bet that, in any other context apart from The Beatles, "Revolution #9" would be regarded as a success.

[@mattkilleen7174]

12-Bar Original gets my vote if you count the Anthology tracks.

[@CraigCholar]

The Beatles were never a jam band, and 12-Bar "Original" is proof. There's nothing original about it. It's an uninspired, plodding, snooze-fest. 💤

[@GenialHarryGrout]

I can't remember what criteria you used but Cry For a Shadow never gets a mention. For an early instrumental it's not a bad track

[@LNERFlyingScotsman]

I think it was only for songs in their main discography, so Cry For A Shadow would've been relegated to the Anthology/extended discography. I think the song is a fun instrumental.

[@erniericardo8140]

Cool song, The Beatles doing an instrumental ala Shadows.

[@PartTimeBuddhist]

I think I'm that one guy who likes "You Like Me Too Much" too much.

[@ZackfromNoHo]

That was my favorite song when I was nine years old. Most people have forgotten it or never heard it...

[@beatlemaniacwaltdisneyfan4753]

Same

[@deementia6796]

I guess that shows yet another reason why they should have just made the White Album a single disc. When you get that big, you often get the idea that there are no bad ideas, or songs.

[@erniericardo8140]

Maybe George Martin was right...but then Paul would say "its the bloody White Album Shut Up"😂

[@clydekimsey7503]

Those 3 on Beatles for sale are some of my favorites

[@cjsligojones5101]

what the hell do you people have against Carl Perkins?

[@lordofthemound3890]

Ha! I love Carl Perkins but The Beatles don’t do him (or Chuck Berry) justice. Ironic, since some of their other covers (Anna, Twist and Shout, Baby It’s You, Please Mister Postman, You Really Got a Hold On Me), especially in the RnB/Soul vein, are sublime-easily equaling or even surpassing the original hit versions.

[@robertsteinberger5667]

Honey pie, the inner light and why dont we do it on the road are good beatles songs and tevolution 9 is a decent experimental track.

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video from my favorite youtuber have a wonderful day matt also Monday was my friends birthday ❤😊

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Thank you!

[@that_thing_I_do]

Revolution 9 is brilliant.Sorry for all you 2:48 minutes people.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

No need to apologize. Here is an hour plus video for fans of that track: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoispoygn6aFqNk

[@christopher9152]

Very interesting. Not a lot of love for Harrison's psychedelic efforts, Blue Jay Way and Only a Northern Song, which I personally think are underrated, nor for his Inner Light. How anyone could rate those lower than some of their covers like Honey Don't, Roll Over Beethoven, and Dizzy Miss Lizzy (horrible), or even some of their earliest originals, is beyond me, but it's all subjective.

[@CraigCholar]

I have to agree. George was my favorite in 1964 and has stayed there. His chord selections are often fascinating.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

It's not all subjective if criteria is used, which i posed in the original video.

[@RickM01]

I'm surprised the German versions of She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand weren't "statistically significant." I guess they aren't considered "the worst." They both have excellent tunes. To me, they are both such throwaways. I don't speak German (yet). I can sing along better to Revolution #9. Thanks for the breakdown of the survey Matt. It is interesting that most "worst" songs voted came from the White Album. Like you said, the more people who take the survey, every song will eventually appear at least once. I wonder how many survey results it would take for that to happen.

[@popgoesthe60s52]

Those two songs got votes but I think they are more forgotten than anything.

[@frugalseverin2282]

@@popgoesthe60s52 "Past Masters" itself tends to get overlooked as part of their catalog, not part of the original 13 but without it no Beatles collection is complete.

[@jonvought700]

I didn't vote for German versions because I didn't consider them to be separate songs,

[@DocReasonable]

I can't believe there are people in the world who don't like the chuggin' 'Hold Me Tight' with that KILLER middle 8?!??

[@popgoesthe60s52]

I like that one to. It rocks but McCartney sings out of tune in several places and people knock it for that. That would fall under "Poor vocal delivery" in my criteria! I still like it!

[@CraigCholar]

@@DocReasonable I agree the song itself is good. The only part that's pretty iffy is Paul's warbly off-key singing, which might be the main reason for the downvoting in the survey. Paul must have been nervous AF. How George Martin let that vocal through is a mystery to me.

[@graniterhythm53]

@@CraigCholar They probably needed another original song - I believe it was originally aborted during the sessions for their first UK LP.

[@CraigCholar]

@@popgoesthe60s52 Looks like we were on the same wavelength, since I wrote essentially an identical reply at the same time as yours. I promise I wasn't leaning over your shoulder to peek at your reply!

[@LNERFlyingScotsman]

I love With The Beatles a lot. Hold Me Tight and Little Child are some favorites of mine, but I know both are at or near the bottom of a lot of other people's list. No judgement. It's great that the Beatles music can be appreciated in so many different ways that someone's least favorite could be another's favorite.

[@olivarionline]

The thing is... I could choose a dozen songs out of this list and it would have made a good album with a couple of hits in it 😂

[@John_Fugazzi]

I misjudged this. Your own picks were pretty much exactly what I would pick . I felt they were pretty definitive and that most people would pick the same ones. I'm truly surprised that so many songs were getting votes. I mean, this is the Beatles - they only have so many "worst" songs. Guess I should have voted. Glad so many people did.

[@DocReasonable]

I definitely prefer the Beatles when they were a beat group. That was the whole point of them, it's even in their name.

[@thefoss5387]

I have no use for Sie Liebt Dich and Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand, and the whole of Side 2 of Yellow Submarine was a rip-off. I don't mind George's explorations into Eastern forms, nor can I hate the covers of their influences, I view those album cuts as heartfelt tributes. Some of their "disliked" early songs were directly taken from their live sets in Hamburg and Liverpool, including some of the songs that Ringo covered with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, and I cannot discount the songs of their "apprenticeship".