“Lady Madonna” is a Paul McCartney-led Beatles single released in March 1968, backed with George Harrison’s “The Inner Light”. Built around a pounding piano riff and a bluesy, boogie-woogie groove, it is one of the band’s sharpest “back to basics”…
“Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand” is The Beatles’ German-language version of I Want To Hold Your Hand, issued as a German single with Sie Liebt Dich on the B-side. The titles translate to “Come, Give Me Your Hand” and She…
“Keep Your Hands Off My Baby” is a Gerry Goffin and Carole King song that The Beatles covered during their early live period, with John Lennon taking the lead vocal. The band recorded it once for BBC radio in January…
“Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!” is a Beatles rock and roll medley built around Paul McCartney’s lead vocal and the band’s love of American R&B. The Kansas City section gives the track its familiar frame before the “Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!” ending drives it harder. Although…
“Junk” is a Paul McCartney song written during The Beatles’ 1968 trip to India and first captured as an acoustic demo at Kinfauns, George Harrison‘s bungalow in Esher, Surrey. Although it belonged to the White Album pool of songs, the…
“Julia” is a John Lennon-written Beatles song from The Beatles (the “White Album”), released in November 1968. It is one of Lennon’s most personal recordings: a quiet acoustic performance written as a tribute to his mother Julia, who died in…
“Johnny B Goode” is a Beatles cover of Chuck Berry’s rock and roll classic, recorded for BBC Radio on 7 January 1964 with John Lennon on the lead vocal. It captures the band doing what they did before the studio…
“It’s Only Love” is a John Lennon-led Beatles song, credited to Lennon-McCartney, recorded during the 1965 sessions for Help!. It is a short, bright folk-rock track built around chiming guitars, a double-tracked Lennon vocal, and one of the band’s lighter…
“It’s All Too Much” is a George Harrison-written Beatles track recorded in 1967 and first released in January 1969 on Yellow Submarine. It is one of Harrison’s biggest psychedelic statements on a Beatles record: a long, organ-droning, feedback-laced groove with…
“It Won’t Be Long” is a John Lennon-led Beatles song (credited to Lennon-McCartney) and the opening track on With The Beatles (1963). It is a smart choice for track one: fast, vocal-driven, and built around a tight call-and-response hook that…
