“Yellow Submarine” was first released in August 1966 as one half of the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”/”Yellow Submarine” double A-side and as a track on Revolver. It only later became the title song of the 1968 animated film and the 1969…
“Words Of Love” is one of the Beatles’ most faithful early rock and roll covers, and that is exactly why it matters. Recorded for Beatles For Sale in 1964, it let the group salute one of their deepest formative influences,…
“Within You Without You” opens side two of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, but it does not sound like anything else on the album. Written by George Harrison after his deepening involvement with Indian music and philosophy, it leaves…
“With A Little Help From My Friends” is one of the Beatles’ best-known Ringo Starr vocals and one of the smartest pieces of sequencing on Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It does not simply sit on the album as…
“Wild Honey Pie” was recorded on 20 August 1968 at the end of the session for “Mother Nature’s Son”. Like that track, it was effectively a McCartney solo performance. In fact, McCartney did not begin it until around 2 am,…
“Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?” is one of the shortest and most abrasive tracks on the Beatles’ 1968 double album. On paper it looks almost absurdly slight: a repeated title, one answering line, and barely more than…
“Why (Can’t You Love Me Again)” is not a Beatles song in the usual sense, but it belongs on BeatlesFan.Club because it captures the group at a crucial pre-fame stage. Tony Sheridan sings the lead while The Beatles back him…
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” is one of George Harrison’s defining Beatles songs and one of the key recordings on The White Album. Released in November 1968, it showed Harrison stepping fully into the front rank of Beatles songwriters with…
“When I’m Sixty-Four” is one of Paul McCartney’s oldest surviving songs, written around April or May 1956 when he was about 14. It did not reach an official Beatles release until 1967 on Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, by…
“When I Get Home” is a John Lennon-led Beatles song from A Hard Day’s Night, recorded on 2 June 1964 during the last session for the album. It is easy to overlook beside bigger titles from the soundtrack, but it…
