The Beatles: Definitively Ranked and Reviewed

13. With the Beatles
12. Beatles for Sale
11. Please, Please Me
10. Help!
9. Let it Be
8. Yellow Submarine
7. A Hard Day's Night
6. Rubber Soul
5. MMT
4. Sgt. Pepper's
3. Revolver
2. Abbey Road
1. White Album

211. Revolution 9 (The Beatles)
There are a number of camps that Beatles fans tend to be a part of when it comes to Rev9. Of course, I am of the opinion that Revolution 9 is absolute garbage with no artistic value at all. Some pseudo-intellectuals argue that it is important in terms of avant-garde music at that time. These people have no idea what they're talking about, and probably haven't listened to anything that's actually avant-garde.
The Beatles were a pop band. What they did best was pop songs. This wasn't a brave experiment. It was a stupid experiment.
That's not to say that the Beatles weren't good at experimenting, they were. However, typically the genius experimentation took place in George songs, not Lennon songs (with some exceptions, of course.) This song is not that exception.

210. The Ballad of John and Yoko (Past Masters Vol 2)
I hate this song so much. Also Yoko sucks.

209. P.S I Love You (Please Please Me)
This song is such garbage. Worse than the movie by the same name. The way he sings Yoou-uu Yoouu-uu Youu is seriously the worst.

208. Mr. Moonlight (Beatles for Sale)
Always a song that brings up intensely polar opinions from Beatles fanatics, including yours truly, Mr Moonlight is truly one of the worst songs I've ever heard. Lennon's vocals are seriously lackluster and uninspired in this song. And as much as I love an organ solo, it can't even save this song.

207. Dizzy Miss Lizzy (Help!)
Help is a decent album, albeit super inconsistent, so why would you end it with such a weak song?

206. The Long and Winding Road (Let It Be)
There are literally zero redeeming features in this song. It’s way too long, it’s boring, it’s cheesy, it’s overly saccharine, I could go on and on. For some reason many people love this song. My question is... why?!

205. Baby It's You (Please Please Me)
I can’t make it past the opening shalalas. But when I make it past them the song is still garbage so screw this song.

204. There's a Place (Please Please Me)
I hope there’s a place where I can go that I never have to hear this song again.

203. All I've Got To Do (With the Beatles)
I don’t know what there is to like about this song. I guess it’s a little more progressive musically than a lot of their music at this time. But it’s not catchy or anything like that.

202. It Won't Be Long (With the Beatles)
It won’t be long before I shut off this song.

201. Not a Second Time (With the Beatles)
Aptly named song, since I won’t be listening to this song a second time.

200. I'm Down (Past Masters Vol 1)
Guess I missed something in this song because most people like it. Not ready to change my ranking though since I haven’t found what I missed.

199. Don't Bother Me (With the Beatles)
Don’t bother me with this song.

198. Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! (Beatles for Sale)
Most beatles covers suck ass and this is one of the worst. This is just awful.

197. Devil In Her Heart (With the Beatles)
There would have to be a devil in your heart to write a song this terrible.

196. It's Only Love (Help!)
The original title for this song, "That's A Nice Hat", is actually a good title. It's fitting that they picked the worse title, however, since this song does not do a good title justice. It's just bad.

195. Act Naturally (Help!)
Not even Ringo singing can redeem this garbage song. It’s ironic that the band actually acts far from naturally on this song.

194. A Taste of Honey (Please Please Me)
Zzzzz. This song is bad.

193. I'll Get You (Past Masters Vol 1)
The best part of this song is during the bridge, when Paul and John, while singing in unison, don't sing the same lyrics. I wonder who was actually correct!

192. Slow Down (Past Masters Vol 1)
Speed up so this song can be done sooner.

191. Do You Want to Know a Secret (Please Please Me)
It’s no secret that this song sucks.

190. You're Going To Lose That Girl (Help!)
He deserves to lose the girl for making such a bad song.

189. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (Beatles for Sale)
George does a good job on this one. It’s not as disgustingly saccharine as a ton of early Beatles tends to be. Still bad though.

188. Words of Love (Beatles for Sale)
The Buddy Holly original is better. Like WAY better.

187. Every Little Thing (Beatles for Sale)
This song is super uninteresting. The only good thing is the timpanis in the song.

186. Chains (Please Please Me)
Lock me up in chains because I’m going to kill this song for being so bad.

185. You Really Got a Hold on Me (With the Beatles)
This song does not have any kind of hold on me.

184. Hold Me Tight (With the Beatles)
Too similar in parts to Please Please Me for me to rank it any higher. It's like, an inferior version of it.

183. Another Girl (Help!)
As much as I love McCartney, not everything he wrote could be a winner. Although, I have to give some respect to a little bit of the early experimentation in chord structure that was so important later in the Beatles career. McCartney was clearly not in love with the song, although he liked it, saying "It's a bit much to call them fillers because I think they were a bit more than that, and each one of them made it past the Beatles test. We all had to like it."

182. I Wanna Be Your Man (With the Beatles)
Ringo can be my man.

181. She's a Woman (Past Masters Vol 1)
This song would be better if it was in Paul's vocal range.

180. I Need You (Help!)
I need you to turn this terrible song off.

179. You Like Me Too Much (Help!)
This song is super bad. Help is a really inconsistent album, most of the songs are total crap but there are a few really decent tunes as well that we will not see for some time.

178. Matchbox (Past Masters Vol 1)
Give me a matchbox so I can light this song on fire.

177. Old Brown Shoe (Past Masters Vol 2)
This song’s production is beyond awful. Like, it's literally painfully, offensively terrible.

176. Ask Me Why (Please Please Me)
Whenever I see ___ Me Why, I get excited because Tell Me Why comes to my head. But then it’s this piece of crap and I’m disappointed.

175. Boys (Please Please Me)
I have a special place in my heart for Ringo vocals. I mean this song is bad, but at least it has some Ringo vocals in it!

174. Please Please Me (Please Please Me)
Guess I missed the reasons this song is good. Still not hearing it. Sorry!

173. Long Tall Sally (Past Masters Vol 1)
Pretty badass I gotta say! I should reword that! This song is bad! and this song is ass!

172. I Call Your Name (Past Masters Vol 1)
I call your name to ask you to shut this song off.

171. Tell Me What You See (Help!)
The vocals are really bad in this song imo. Just a really boring song, definitely nothing memorable about it.

170. For You Blue (Let It Be)
Wow I don’t like to admit to underrating songs. But this one is actually pretty awesome. Oops. Kinda boring I guess and that’s why I ranked it what I did. Maybe I was wrong though. Don’t get used to that.

169. Yes It Is (Past Masters Vol 1)
I usually like harmonies but these ones are not good. Also this song is totally boring and there’s nothing memorable about it.

168. Bad Boy (Past Masters Vol 1)
Not a terrible cover. Just sort of mediocre. Lennon's vocals are actually quite decent on this song. Nice and raw.

167. Thank You Girl (Past Masters Vol 1)
I like to pretend this song was written for me. Unfortunately I wasn't alive at the time when it was written to the fangirls.

166. Honey Don't (Beatles for Sale)
As I've said before, and I'll say it again, typically the Beatles covers were pretty mediocre. This is no exception. I mean, at this point in the list the songs aren't offensively bad, but just totally unremarkable.

165. I Don't Want to Spoil the Party (Beatles for Sale)
This song would spoil any party. I joke, but this song is not among their best.

164. What You're Doing (Beatles for Sale)
It’s a very run of the mill early beatles song. Nothing that makes it stand out.

163. This Boy (Past Masters Vol 1)
6/8 ballads can be nice sometimes. This is not one of those times.

162. The Night Before (Help!)
Take me back to the night before I ever heard this song.

161. Misery (Please Please Me)
A song co-written by John and Paul! And it's quite alright, as far as early Beatles go. Not a song I'll skip, anyway.

160. I'll Follow The Sun (Beatles for Sale)
I stand by my ranking. Totally unremarkable song. Don't know why it's traditionally a favorite of Beatles fans.

159. Baby's In Black (Beatles for Sale)
Their voices sound nice together but that's about it really.

158. Till There Was You (With the Beatles)
This song is way too cheesy. It sounds like one of those lame christmas songs.

157. One After 909 (Let It Be)
Interestingly, despite the fact that this song was released very late into the Beatles career, it was actually one of the first songs written by the duo. You can tell, it's not very good!

156. Little Child (With the Beatles)
This song is OK. It's pretty unremarkable, but that's what filler songs always are, right? McCartney himself described this song as filler.

155. Anna (Please Please Me)
A good song if you know how to play an instrument and can sing to a girl who is named Anna.

154. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill (The Beatles)
This song is somewhat mediocre to be honest. It lacks the charm of their other silly songs. Plus get Yoko out of here, what a useless human being.

153. Get Back (Let It Be)
I’ve never liked this song very much, I don’t think I’ve ever “gotten” it. However one thing I DID get and love was the aforementioned Powerpuff Girls Beatles episode. Amazing stuff

152. Maggie Mae (Let It Be)
It’s short but I love when the Beatles are just goofing around which makes me like the song. I love the silly accent too.

151. Dig It (Let It Be)
I dig this.

150. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (Past Masters Vol 2)
Awesome jam. Encapsulates the craziness of the white album in one song. Not as good as the white album of course, but still an interesting song.

149. Don't Let Me Down (Past Masters Vol 2)
Not a strong song. A weak song, in fact.

148. I've Got a Feeling (Let It Be)
The Black Eyed Peas version is better. This song is pretty dope though too. Maybe underranked it because I keep wanting it to be the Black Eyed Peas song.

147. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away (Help!)
Leave Dylan to Dylan, John. I stand by my ranking.

146. Roll Over Beethoven (With the Beatles)
This is such a good rocker! Paul, John, and George all loved this song before they were even the Beatles! You can really tell when listening to their version, they're clearly having a great time playing it.

145. Rock and Roll Music (Beatles for Sale)
The name of this song is Rock and Roll Music. I like this song just based on the name.

144. Money (That's What I Want) (With the Beatles)
I learned the piano part from the intro when i was young because I thought it was cool. But the rest of the song didn’t really matter to me.

143. All My Loving (With the Beatles)
I think I just have a mental block against early Beatles or something, because I typically just fail to see what’s so great about these early favorites. This song is by no means offensive to my ears, but I definitely don’t see what’s in it that could have someone rank it in their top Beatles tier.

142. All You Need is Love (Magical Mystery Tour)
Never could get too into this one, it always seemed overly saccharine to me. Nice message obviously, but the song is really pandering, let’s be honest here.

141. Two of Us (Let It Be)
This song is pretty weak. It’s very unlike the Beatles. It's not catchy at all. But it’s also not any fun, which I require for non-catchy Beatles songs. So this song is not great. The best part of the song is the vocal intro before any instruments come in.

140. I've Just Seen a Face (Help!)
Now here is a song that is beloved by most Beatles fans. And to be honest, I really can't understand why. I am met with hatred everytime I mention my lukewarm feelings about this song. What am I missing?

139. The Word (Rubber Soul)
Gotta give this song a (+) opinion.

138. When I Get Home (A Hard Day's Night)
I have a personal bias towards songs from A Hard Day’s Night since it was my first Beatles album, and therefore it has a ton of nostalgic value. If I know all the lyrics to a song and can sing along with it, I automatically look more favorably upon it. This is the case for every song from A Hard Day’s Night. Now by no means is this the best song on AHDN, in fact it is one of the weakest, I just like to justify my rankings when I can.

137. Things We Said Today (A Hard Day's Night)
One of the weaker songs on the album but definitely better than most of the stuff on Help!

136. Doctor Robert (Revolver)
This song is good. Like, definitely not “terrible” like many Beatles fans will claim. It’s definitely the weakest song on Revolver though.

135. I'm a Loser (Beatles for Sale)
I'm a loser for putting so much effort into a blog about the Beatles.

134. Any Time At All (A Hard Day's Night)
This song is awesome. Paul’s instrumental part in the middle is the best part for sure.

133. I'll Cry Instead (A Hard Day's Night)
My personal bias for AHDN comes out again. Definitely a weaker song on the album though.

132. What Goes On (Rubber Soul)
Yea it’s a weaker Rubber Soul song, but it’s definitely still a good song.

131. Michelle (Rubber Soul)
Girl is better, and that’s coming from someone who prefers Paul to John.

130. Good Night (The Beatles)
This song is nice enough. It is also the appropriate way to close out the White Album. If only rev9 wasn’t there to muck up the album, the white album would be perfect. This is definitely not a song to listen to on its own though, but it works well in the context of the album.

129. All Together Now (Yellow Submarine)
I kind of like the silly songs. Also, for some reason I really love when songs have counting in them. Am I obsessive compulsive?

128. Dig a Pony (Let It Be)
There’s something about this song I can’t get into too much. I don’t know exactly what it is. Like, I feel like this is a really well written song and everything. I just can’t get invested in it for whatever reason.

127. I Want to Hold Your Hand (Past Masters Vol 1)
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand! I wonder why they included the German version on the Past Masters. It’s fun to listen to I guess! Anyway, this song is great! Super catchy, fun, and just a superb pop tune.

126. And I Love Her (A Hard Day's Night)
Beautiful early Beatles song. A friend of mine includes this song in his top 10 Beatles. Can't agree with him on it, but he has some personal attachments to it!

125. I'm Happy Just to Dance With You (A Hard Day's Night)
This is a really lovely tune from AHDN with some nice vocals from George. This was written before George was writing his own songs. So it was written specifically for him to sing!

124. I Should Have Known Better (A Hard Day's Night)
This song is suuuuper catchy! Good job John!

123. I'll Be Back (A Hard Day's Night)
Somewhat adventurous pop song for the era it was written. And they do a nice job of it, very stylish flamenco-ish guitars accompanying a lovely melody is all I need to enjoy a song!

122. Sun King (Abbey Road)
It’s a nice song for sure, but then again everything on Abbey Road is so magnificent. This just happens to be one of the weaker songs. It’s pretty boring, not much happens, and it works much better in the context of the album rather than on its own.

121. Come Together (Abbey Road)
I can say pretty confidently that this is the most overrated song in the Beatles discography (by non-Beatles fans). The most overrated song by Beatles enthusiasts is a Lennon song on Let It Be. Anyway, Aerosmith covered this and I’m convinced that Aerosmith is one of the worst bands in history. So that makes me like Come Together even less.
Definitely one of the weakest songs on Abbey Road.

120. From Me to You (Past Masters Vol 1)
One of the first Beatles songs for many people. Gives you an idea of what early Beatles were all about, when they weren’t making bad songs and sticking them on WtB. I really like this song.

119. Girl (Rubber Soul)
This is a nice song, and much better than the other girl on this album (Michelle)
Too bad no one else realizes that.

118. You Won't See Me (Rubber Soul)
This song is really nice and catchy. I find it really difficult to talk at length about the songs on Rubber Soul. Not too sure why really.

117. Across the Universe (Let It Be)
Without a doubt the most overrated song by Beatles fanatics. This song is nice, sure, but it is just way too popular with some people. I just don't get it.

116. If I Needed Someone (Rubber Soul)
Good song, but not Harrison's best on this album!

115. Wait (Rubber Soul)
The ending of this song is super cool.

114. You Can't Do That (A Hard Day's Night)
Not very nice lyrics!

113. No Reply (Beatles for Sale)
Definitely a very solid song by early Beatles standards. I actually like this one quite a bit. A great opener for what turns out to be a pretty weak album overall. What a shame!

112. I Me Mine (Let It Be)
This song has a really good feel, I think that’s the best part. The transition is well managed, and I like both parts actually! Ringo really NAILS the drums in this song.

111. Good Day Sunshine (Revolver)
What a great song! McCartney rules so much.

110. Blue Jay Way (Magical Mystery Tour)
A friend of mine lists this as his favorite Beatles song. Weird, right? Still quite a nice tune though.

109. The Fool On the Hill (Magical Mystery Tour)
This is a nice enough song but definitely not an all time Beatles classic.

108. Your Mother Should Know (Magical Mystery Tour)
Paul has such a nice voice. My favorite voice in the Beatles for sure. George comes close but I primarily love him for other reasons.

107. She's Leaving Home (Sgt. Pepper)
While I don’t have the same kind of love for this song as many do, I also don’t hate it with the sort of vitriol that some others do. It’s mid-low level Sgt Pepper, which of course is still better than most other bands’ best material.

106. Run For Your Life (Rubber Soul)
This song is awesome. Lyrics are pretty garbage though. John was a terrible person.

105. Good Morning x2 (Sgt. Pepper)
Total groove. Ringo nails the drums in this song fsho.

104. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (Sgt. Pepper)
This song has the coolest atmosphere. Sgt Pepper was truly a remarkable album.

103. The Inner Light (Past Masters Vol 2)
I love George’s Indian stuff so so much. Anyone who doesn’t is a racist!

102. Fixing a Hole (Sgt. Pepper)
This song is pretty great! Not one of the strongest on the album, but also not one of the weakest! Not as catchy as I would like it, but the vocals are still great.

101. I'm Looking Through You (Rubber Soul)
Again, I'm lost for words at a Rubber Soul song. Hard to talk about them for whatever seen. Great song nonetheless!

100. And Your Bird Can Sing (Revolver)
This song does so many cool things. I really love the guitar work by Harrison and McCartney. I also like the Anthology version where you can hear John and Paul laughing.

99. We Can Work It Out (Past Masters Vol 2)
I wish John, Paul, and George lived by this song’s message better.

98. I Saw Her Standing There (Please Please Me)
Damn solid way to start a career, that’s for sure.

97. Yer Blues (The Beatles)
That slow 12/8 blues feel is so awesome when pulled off correctly. It’s pretty damn good here! Also the tempo switchup is fantastic.

96. Julia (The Beatles)
Solo Lennon. Pretty great! Paul’s solo efforts for the Beatles tend to be much stronger than this though! Doesn’t stop this from being a very lovely song though.

95. Don't Pass Me By (The Beatles)
Ringo can write songs! And this is a really good song! It’s no Octopus’s Garden, but not much is!

94. Baby You're a Rich Man (Magical Mystery Tour)
I love both the verse on this song AND the chorus. I prefer the vocals in the chorus, but I prefer the feel of the instrumentation in the verses.

93. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (The Beatles)
My favorite Offspring cover! I will never understand those people that say this is a terrible song. Of course, it’s by no means the best on the album, but it’s catchy and fun! Bunch of nerds that don’t like this type of song, I’ll have nothing to do with those people.

92. Tell Me Why (A Hard Day's Night)
Wow this song is so amazing. One of the most singable songs by the Beatles. Catchy as they come. Super fun song, seriously represents what the Beatles were all about at that time in their career.

91. Here Comes the Sun (Abbey Road)
Stay (+) everyone! People will murder me for ranking this so low.

90. Because (Abbey Road)
Beautiful beautiful harmonies. Almost Beach Boys level, the one thing the beach boys did better than the beatles.

89. Polythene Pam (Abbey Road)
This song is badass for real! Love it! Stay (+)!

88. Getting Better (Sgt. Pepper)
This song is great! To be honest I find it pretty standard level Sgt Pepper era Beatles.

87. I Feel Fine (Past Masters Vol 1)
This song makes me feel fine. What a jam! First use of feedback in pop music and stuff, that’s pretty cool I guess, although that kind of stuff doesn’t matter too much to me. It’s just a lovely song with a great melody!

86. She Loves You (Past Masters Vol 1)
Damn catchy tune! Great early Beatles number! Not much more to say than that!

85. Only a Northern Song (Yellow Submarine)
This song rules. The Yellow Submarine album was my second exposure to the Beatles, and even as a little six year old I totally dug this song. It always grabbed me. I was really fascinated by George at an early age. It’s a large part of the reason I love WYWY so much, along with his other “mysterious” tracks. George had a wonderful ability to completely ignore typical pop conventions of the time, throw in bizarre chord changes and general weirdness, and still fit the writing into a very “Beatles” style. I’ll talk about this at length when I get to “It’s All Too Much”.

84. Cry Baby Cry (The Beatles)
I love Cry Baby Cry, but even more I love the Paul song at the end (referred to as Can You Take Me Back). It’s better than the rest of the song! Someone mentioned this song should be out already, what?! This is pure Beatles awesomeness from start to finish. It’s catchy, great instrumentation, especially Ringo, and just a well written song overall.

83. Twist and Shout (Please Please Me)
Gotta agree with the majority here (aka the white people) and give a lot of respect to the vocals in this song. Absolutely fantastic.

82. Magical Mystery Tour (Magical Mystery Tour)
This song is written so well. I should reword that, I love how it’s arranged. The instrumentation is so perfect, it sounds so full and it echoes the atmosphere so well. This song is just so HAPPY. I love it so much. Especially the middle bit with that dope bassline. And the drum breakdown, if you can call it that. I think I even underranked this one, which was a kneejerk reaction to me overrating it in the past.

81. Paperback Writer (Past Masters Vol 2)
Great song and catchy as heck. And I love the production on this song too.

80. Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds (Sgt. Pepper)
I heard this song was about DRUGS...
In all seriousness though, it's a classic tune.

79. Lovely Rita (Sgt. Pepper)
It’s all about that piano!

78. Martha My Dear (The Beatles)
Gotta love the piano in this tune. Piano is kinda my thing.

77. Blackbird (The Beatles)
Maybe overrated by casual Beatles fans, but still a beautifully written song nonetheless.

76. Revolution 1 (The Beatles)
This version is definitely inferior to the single version which RACHs way harder. Still a great song though, you can’t argue with great songwriting.

75. Honey Pie (The Beatles)
I like Paul’s granny songs, and besides When I’m 64 this is probably my favorite. Of course, it’s not as good as its wild counterpart, but it’s still a very enjoyable song.

74. Glass Onion (The Beatles)
I can see the “filler” label being applied to this song, I think it’s fair. Doesn’t stop me from liking this song a whole lot!

73. Back in the U.S.S.R. (The Beatles)
This song turned out to be better than anything The Beach Boys ever did.

72. Day Tripper (Past Masters Vol 2)
This is one of my mother’s favorite Beatles tunes so I was exposed to it a lot while growing up! Not that I minded at all, it’s a lovely song!

71. I Will (The Beatles)
McCartney’s vocals are absolutely beautiful in this song. I Will is a better song than Julia.

70. Birthday (The Beatles)
I used to post this song on all my friends’ Facebook walls on their birthdays until I found a Seinfeld birthday video. But still, this song is an absolute jam. I listen to it every birthday, without fail.

69. Rain (Past Masters Vol 2)
My ranking is what I want to do with this song.

68. Lady Madonna (Past Masters Vol 2)
This song is so catchy! This is one of the catchiest Beatles songs for me actually, it gets stuck in my head more easily than most Beatles tracks. Paul uses his more “silly” voice in this song, and it is SO perfect. I don’t know how anyone can think his voice never works. The piano in this song turns it into such an awesome jam.

67. Hey Bulldog (Yellow Submarine)
This song is the biggest jam. Catchy, groovy, and definitely underappreciated by the plebeian masses.

66. Here, There and Everywhere (Revolver)
Lovely song, and shouts out to marttorn cause I know he loves this song more than life itself.

65. Savoy Truffle (The Beatles)
Truly a classic.

64. Drive My Car (Rubber Soul)
One of my favorite parts of this song is the piano lines in the chorus. It is so McCartney, and I just love that.

63. Love Me Do (Please Please Me)
The fact that some people think this isn’t top 100 Beatles is mind boggling to me. This is definitely one of the catchiest, funnest, and most awesome early Beatles songs.

62. Help! (Help!)
I don't like songs with punctuation but I guess I can make an exception cause this song is aight.

61. Long, Long, Long (The Beatles)
This song is so amazing, and I’m very happy to see that it is appreciated. This song features Harrison’s ear for strange melodies and chord changes, and he incorporates it so subtly. Like I’ve said before, he is such a master for using unusual chord structures to make wonderful pop tunes, and he did this more effectively than any other Beatle.

60. Taxman (Revolver)
Really catchy song, and enjoyable no matter your view on economics and politics.

59. She Said x2 (Revolver)
Ringo really rachs his socks off in this song. What a great song, wonderfully written.

58. Mean Mr. Mustard (Abbey Road)
Yo this song is amazing, as is the rest of the medley. Definitely not the weakest part! I always get this stuck in my head. It’s a really fun short song, and the transition into the 3 feel at the end is really neat.

57. Eight Days a Week (Beatles for Sale)
Hey looks like not all early beatles was terrible! This song is fantastic. Catchy, singable, and everything great about the early beatles when they got it right.

56. Flying (Magical Mystery Tour)
This song is chill, brave, adventurous, and actually good, unlike many of the non-traditional attempts by the Beatles. Now, I definitely can understand why people wouldn’t like this song. There are no “real vocals” or anything. It’s short. Not much happens. But it holds a certain beauty to it that is hard to describe. I really REALLY appreciate the beat (the drums). When it comes down to it, I love a good beat above all, and this stands out as one of the best drum beats in the Beatles discography.
It's hard for me to do this song justice in the scope of this list, and I'm aware that every person will disagree with my ranking, and to those people I say "THAT IS PERFECTLY OK".

55. Hello, Goodbye (Magical Mystery Tour)
Like Lady Madonna, this song is just absolutely one of the catchiest songs written by the Beatles. It’s always stuck in my head for a week after I listen to it.

54. Something (Abbey Road)
Typically people worship George’s material from Abbey Road more than any of his other songs. I’ve never really understood this, since I find many of his songs from the other Beatles’ albums to be stronger. That being said, Something still really is SOMETHING. Beautiful love song, and an absolutely essential part of Abbey Road.

53. Golden Slumbers (Abbey Road)
Great part of the medley. A friend claims this as his favorite Beatles tune. Not sure I understand why, since it works better as part of the medley, but to each his own!

52. Carry that Weight (Abbey Road)
WHAT A MEDLEY!

51. Mother Nature's Son (The Beatles)
Absolutely beautiful song. A friend of mine used to claim this as her favorite Beatles song. That has changed, but the fact remains that it was once called someone's #1 Beatles song.

50. Rocky Raccoon (The Beatles)
Paul’s vocals and the honky tonk piano are the real standouts in this song, and help make it one of my all time favorites! Wonderfully written song.

49. Yesterday (Help!)
THIS should have ended Help!

48. Why Don't We Do It In The Road? (The Beatles)
I wanna do Paul in the road.

47. If I Fell (A Hard Day's Night)
What a lovely song! Beautiful vocals, wonderful instrumentation, and HARMONIES. Love it!

46. Think For Yourself (Rubber Soul)
This is another childhood favorite, largely due to the fact that it was on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack. I have a specific bias towards all the songs on that album since it was my second exposure to the Beatles. Great song, definitely one of my favorites from Rubber Soul.

45. Ticket to Ride (Help!)
Ticket to Ride is LEGIT.

44. Piggies (The Beatles)
This song has the musical complexities that made George’s songs so unique and amazing. The chord changes are totally unexpected in this song, yet somehow work. How the hell does George make such strange musical choices work everytime? Really a genius. There are deep levels of musical complexity to the chords of this song that are much beyond the typical Beatles song. As a primarily classical listener, I can’t help but fall in love with this track. Listen to it again, with an ear out for the funny musical moments like the riff on the blues scale thrown in just before the one minute mark. This song definitely has much to be discovered from multiple listens. I think I may have even underranked it!

43. Please Mr. Postman (With the Beatles)
This is one of the few times where the Beatles really NAILED it in their early days. This song is absolutely amazing, definitely better than almost all other early Beatles songs. It’s definitely an underappreciated gem.

42. I'm So Tired (The Beatles)
This song rules, don’t get me wrong, I just think it’s not as good as it’s spiritual prequel (I'm Only Sleeping). Lennon’s voice is amazing in this song.

41. Eleanor Rigby (Revolver)
Beautiful and depressing, love it.

40. Sexy Sadie (The Beatles)
This song is way better than Karma Police.

39. Penny Lane (Magical Mystery Tour)
This is a perfect pop song! The piano, the trumpet, the overall arrangement, it’s all so fantastic. Not to mention the songwriting is incredible.

38. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (The Beatles)
YO THIS SONG MAKES ME #HYPE FOR REAL! VERY #SECRETE AND #RARE TRACK

37. Revolution (Past Masters Vol 2)
The better version.

36. Can't Buy Me Love (A Hard Day's Night)
Yea the chorus in this song is so memorable. Love this song with all my heart, even though it’s overplayed and everything.

35. The End (Abbey Road)
What a cool song. Definitely would have been the wrong song to end the career on, Her Majesty was a much better choice. I've had this debate with many people many times, but ending their career with the End would just be so LAME. Especially since the End is very un-Beatles-ey.
Ringo rachs in this song though.

34. She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (Abbey Road)
One of the best parts of the Abbey Road medleys. Paul really shone on Abbey Road, he wrote much stronger songs than John was writing at this point in their career.

33. Wild Honey Pie (The Beatles)
I’m not going to even try to defend my love for this song. It’s not hard for me to understand why someone would hate it. But it really represents Paul’s sense of humour and the jokiness inherent in the White Album. Songs like this are what make the Beatles so endearing. The White Album NEEDS this song, the Beatles discography NEEDS this song, and I need it too.

32. Oh! Darling (Abbey Road)
LOL @ the idea that John would have sung this song better. The vocals are more perfect in this song than almost any other song ever.

31. Got to Get You Into My Life (Revolver)
I love this song, but I love the Earth, Wind and Fire version even better. like for real, I almost always hate cover versions of Beatles songs. But for some reason Earth Wind and Fire just fucking NAILED it. I'm just a huge EWF fanboy anyway.

30. I Want You (She's So Heavy) (Abbey Road)
Sometimes I feel like this is a little to[sic] long. Perfect other than that though.

29. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Sgt. Pepper)
Reprise is absolutely better than this version. Anyways, as you can see I still absolutely love this song! It sets up the album so perfectly and is arranged magnificently!

28. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Beatles)
This song is absolutely lovely. There was a time where I held it in as almost as high as top 10 Beatles, but in the words of George himself, “All Things Must Pass”. I still love this song, all of it, and it remains the start of one of the strongest 7-song runs in history.

27. Tomorrow Never Knows (Revolver)
Although Lennon was the weakest of the three main songwriters on Revolver, he truly did a superb job penning this track. The exact closer that the album needed, TNK is definitely a defining track in the Beatles career.

26. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Rubber Soul)
My father’s favorite Beatles song. Probably most parents’ favorite Beatles song actually. Almost everyone I talk to about the Beatles claims that their parent’s favorite Beatles song is Norwegian Wood. And this is a justifiable opinion. The songwriting is exquisite, the instrumentation is flawless. Even though this is obviously primarily a Lennon song, McCartney’s part in the middle is definitely the strongest part of the song. Plus Harrison’s sitar playing adds something really special to the song.

25. Nowhere Man (Rubber Soul)
For real though I love this song so much. And Ringo is so adorable at the end of this song on the YS movie.

24. I Am the Walrus (Magical Mystery Tour)
Seriously though this song is pretty awesome. This is one of the songs that really helped cement how revolutionary the Beatles were to me. Upon further listening to the discography, it’s easy to discover more important and monumental decisions made, but this is one of the more blatant and less subtle explorations that the Beatles made, and thus was one of the first I really noticed.

23. I'm Only Sleeping (Revolver)
This song is so amazing. The lazy style of this song is so perfect. I'm going to call this song a proto-Pavement song. It encapsulates everything I love about Pavement into one song.

22. It's All Too Much (Yellow Submarine)
This song is a difficult one to write about, especially since it's not typically ranked up in the top tiers of the Beatles songs. But this song is 100% worth of being near the top of any Beatles list. It's adventurous, catchy, and perfectly arranged. It's brave, laid back, and impeccably performed. Definitely an underrated gem, perhaps more underrated than any other Beatles masterpiece.

21. Strawberry Fields Forever (Magical Mystery Tour)
This song is particularly interesting in that it bridges the gap between psychedelic weirdness and pop accessibility better than almost any other Beatles song. This is a song that people will love on the first listen, can sing the main melody and have it stuck in their head. As one keeps listening, the complexity and arrangement becomes more clear, and further listens of this song are just as rewarding as the first listen.

20. Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Abbey Road)
There is seriously NO reason that this song should so commonly be viewed as a weak link on Abbey Road. This song is what the Beatles were the best at: making silly, goofy songs that were ridiculously catchy. This has been one of my favourite Beatles songs since I was very young because it is so fun. Like seriously, Paul even laughs whilst performing this song. That is absolutely endearing and I love it so much. The lyrics are ridiculous, but they make the song all that more entertaining. I really do have a problem with people who think this is a weak song, along with people who think the next song out is weak as well.

19. Love You To (Revolver)
This is definitely one of the best Beatles songs. I love George’s Indian stuff so much. He was such a master at integrating different sounds into very digestible Western pop, and I respect that so much. This song is a true spiritual experience. That sounds super lame but I don’t care, it’s the way it is. I mean, this song isn’t as genius as WYWY, but basically nothing by the Beatles is as genius as WYWY. The more I think about it, the more I think George may be overtaking Paul as my favorite Beatle. I’ll keep them tied at the top for now!

18. When I'm Sixty-Four (Sgt. Pepper)
I’ll never understand how people can hate this song with such vitriol. It is absolutely one of the loveliest Beatles songs, with Paul’s vocals just perfect. It is wonderfully catchy and singable as well! Who can argue with that? The subject matter may be trite, but to be honest I’ve never been someone that’s cared about that stuff at all. The song makes me feel happy, I always enjoy listening to it, and that’s what matters in the end! Love it!

17. A Hard Day's Night (A Hard Day's Night)
I’m pretty sure this was my first Beatles song ever. I have such good memories attached to this song. Not only did I listen to it over and over again, my babysitter was a huge Beatles fan and showed me the Hard Days Night movie every time she was over. Oh to be six years old again.

16. Dear Prudence (The Beatles)
This is a really special track in the Beatles discography. I feel like casuals don’t really know this song or hold it in very high regard, but once you start looking at fanatics, they always LOVE this track. And for good reason: I wouldn’t call it immediate or any such thing, because it definitely takes some time to appreciate it’s complete wonderfulness.

15. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (Sgt. Pepper)
Yo the Beatles created hip-hop. Of course, it does lead into one of the greatest songs of all time.
This is definitely an unorthodox choice for a number 15 Beatles song. It is just a fun song, and represents totally what the Beatles were to me, a group of brave youngsters keen on making music both epic in scope yet still fun. I even flirted with the idea of making this song my number 1, but I couldn’t do it in the end.
Also, this song is such a perfect transition to A Day In the Life. A true testament to the perfection of the Sgt Pepper album!
Some may question my choice for having this song at number 15, and of course that is understandable. But like I said before, it always comes down to the beat for me; and this is not only one of the best beats in the Beatles discography, but one of the best beats in rock music history.

14. In My Life (Rubber Soul)
This song is a wonderful piece of pop perfection. Of course, the best part is the Baroque style piano solo in the middle. It’s funny because George Martin, after writing the part, couldn’t play it fast enough. So he played it half speed and they doubled the tape speed. That’s why it sounds so much like a harpsichord, just increasing the Baroque feel of the middle section.

13. Hey Jude (Past Masters Vol 2)
This is a perfect song, and definitely does not go on too long. It is the perfect length imo. I just love the piano so much, it’s definitely my favorite instrument. Paul has such a beatiful voice, and the songwriting in this song is immaculate. Who cares that this song has become overexposed, it’s actually strong enough to still be amazing (come together is not the same in this regard).

12. With A Little Help From My Friends (Sgt. Pepper)
Ringo is cool. The leader of my country did a cover of this song. Made me super happy I voted for him. This has always been one of my absolute favorite Beatles tunes. Ringo is absolutely endearing in this song, you can’t help but fall in love with him.

11. Octopus's Garden (Abbey Road)
You want a fun song? Here's your fun song. This is part of my Beatles rankings that I like to call "the Ringo Three". Ringo really wrote a damn awesome song here, definitely the best song he's ever written. And like always, his vocals are absolutely endearing.

10. Yellow Submarine (Revolver)
I’ve never been able to understand how people can hate this song. It is such a fun song! Definitely what the Beatles were all about! Plus Ringo’s vocals are absolutely endearing on this song. I’ve tried to understand the backlash against this song, but try as I might I’ve never been able to understand how one could think this is the weakest song on Revolver, or even a weak song at all! It’s as catchy as they come, takes brave steps with the instrumental jam in the middle, and it’s damn fun! What’s not to like about that? As representative of the Beatles as any song ever could be.

9. Helter Skelter (The Beatles)
THIS IS REAL ROCK AND ROLL. Too bad rock was never this good ever again.

8. For No One (Revolver)
An absolutely perfectly written song. Paul’s emotional vocals are really the standout in this song, along with the gorgeous soaring french horn lines.

7. You Never Give Me Your Money (Abbey Road)
Other than one song, this is easily my favorite song on AR. Paul’s vocals are fantastic, the guitar riffs are great, and the songwriting and arrangement is perfect. Anyone that thinks this isn’t a top 10 Beatles song, or at least worthy of being on someone’s top 10 needs to reevaluate their existence.

6. Let It Be (Let It Be)
This is a behemoth of a song and people will still be singing it 100 years from now. I don’t even listen to this song frequently anymore. But that will never diminish its status as one of the best Beatles songs.

5. I Want to Tell You (Revolver)
When I said that It's All To Much is the most underrated Beatles masterpiece, I think I may have been lying. Because this song is definitely underrated by most people. George was such a genius song writer for many reasons that I've mentioned earlier in the rankings. This song has a lot more to it than one first realizes when listening to it, much like the next song on the list:

4. Within You Without You (Sgt. Pepper)
This song is perfect. This song is such a journey. I'm not sure what I even need to write for this song. Just listen to it with your eyes closed.

3. A Day In the Life (Sgt. Pepper)
I know it’s cliché to have this so high in the list, but I don’t even care. This song deserves every bit of praise that it gets. I do have to add though, that I think Paul’s part in this song is stronger than John’s by a significant margin. However, you need John’s part as a framing device for Paul, so it ends up working perfectly.

2. Happiness is a Warm Gun (The Beatles)
I'm well aware that some assholes won't consider my number 1 to be a real number 1, but I assure you it truly is. However, if you can't convince yourself, then feel free to consider this song the real number 1 on the list.
Funny how this song is basically a Frankenstein of three different songs, yet flows as if it was written as one song. I will rarely call Lennon a genius, especially against Paul and George, but I'll be damned if he didn't fucking NAIL it on this song. Plus his vocals on this song are ridiculously impressive. I'm still waiting on a marttorn cover of this song. I know it won't be easy man!

1. Her Majesty (Abbey Road)
Just as a disclaimer: I am a very poor writer. This will long and rambling. I would recommend that you don't read it.
Now that that's out of the way, I guess I need to defend my somewhat unusual choice of having Her Majesty as a favorite Beatles song. It's definitely not a song many people would call THE BEST BEATLES SONG, but I have considered it so for a couple of years or more now, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

Let's go back to the start of my musical explorations. Of course, one of the first bands I loved was the Beatles. I ate up their really "poppy" material, primarily the Hard Day's Night Al-bum, the One collection of singles, and the Yellow Submarine soundtrack. Other music I loved included ABBA, the Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, and so on. Pop music. Why am I telling you this? Because I want to demonstrate how closely my own musical development echoed that of the Beatles.

Early on in the Beatles career, the music they were making was generally quite simple, fun pop music. They covered other popular music of the day, and made simple pop rock jams that was the older equivalent to the radio pop I was gobbling up in my formative years. This period of my life lasted somewhat longer than the early years of the Beatles, but my life has also been longer than the length of the Beatles' career.

The next stage of my life was when I discovered "prog rock" and "prog metal". AKA, the period of my life where I liked horrid music. I listened to a lot of Rush, a lot of Porcupine Tree, and other horrible things like that. What I liken this stage of my musical development to is the "awkward" stage of the Beatles career when they made two pretty terrible albums in a row, "Beatles for Sale" and "Help!". Of course there were gems sprinkled in there, like "Trains" by Porcupine Tree in my scenario, or "Yesterday" in the Beatles case, but overall it was a very dark period for both myself and the Beatles.

Of course this didn't last forever, as I soon saw how self-serving and terrible progressive music typically is. Just like my prog stage, the Beatles bad stage didn't last very long either, and quickly they released Rubber Soul, a real gigantic step up from the abortion that was Help!.
It still shocks me that a band could make such a fast turnaround in about 5 months, the time between the release of Help and Rubber Soul. Carrying on - although some may disagree with this, I think of Rubber Soul as the most "folky" album. Although I never went through a "folk" stage, the time that followed my prog stage was as close as I would come. This is when I did the majority of my Bob Dylan listening, and although very different, this also was my Elliott Smith and Nick Drake stage. I feel all three of these artists were most likened to Rubber Soul than any of the other periods of the Beatles.

The period from Revolver to the White Album I can't really liken to my development in a "musical" way, but I can relate to it in a "quality" way. Following my singer-songwriter phase, I really started exploring classical music in a more methodical manner. I researched the hell out of each composer I listened to, listened to countless recordings of the pieces I loved, and developed quite a strong love and understanding of classical music, and the Romantic period in particular. As far as I'm concerned, the music from the Romantic period is the epitome of quality in music, it was never better before that period, and hasn't been as good since. As many will claim, the period from Revolver to the White Album was also the strongest period for the Beatles musically as well. Although Abbey Road is my second favorite Beatles album, I'm in agreement that the quality of the music was highest during the Revolver to White Album period.

The Beatles exploration with new sounds, new recording techniques, and new musical ideas echoed my own exploration. I explored impressionist compositions from France, nationalist compositions from Russia, and so on. My period of the most meaningful musical explorations was echoed by the Beatles own most meaningful musical explorations, which culminated in their absolute best album, The White Album. My own listening culminated in many live performances of what I eventually realized was the epitome of music: late romantic Russian symphonies and piano concertos.

Let It Be was recorded next, and I am one of those losers who considers it to be their "penultimate" album rather than their final album. I don't really have anything that echoes this, since I didn't like the album and thought overall it was rather poor.

Finally, we come to Abbey Road. In my eyes Abbey Road is the second greatest Beatles album after the White Album, for totally different reasons. I think it's relatively well known that I am a fan of primarily two types of music: Classical music and Pop music. Classical music is by far the most important to me, but Pop music definitely comes close. And that's how I view the White Album and Abbey Road; the White Album is my love for Classical music, and the Abbey Road is my love for Pop music. And that's not totally far off from what the albums were all about: the White Album was a more musically significant album, it pushed more boundaries, explored more, was denser and overall grander in scope, just like Classical music. But Abbey Road is pure pop music perfection. Abbey Road relied not so much one sonic exploration as it did on pure melody and songwriting.

And following my obsession with classical music, pop music is what became my primary source of new music. I started listening to pop music almost exclusively, laughing at those silly rock music fans who were caught in the middle between complexity and emotion (classical), and freeness and fun (pop music). And as I transitioned into pop music, music took on a whole new role in my life. My life was becoming increasingly "independent", I needed to worry about work, school, money, rent, and all that stuff. And when you're busy with "adult" things, you have less time to worry about musical exploration. And I realized that musical exploration really isn't as important as I once thought it was.
What was music to me now? It was no longer the biggest part of my life. I was moving on. I was going out into the real world. So what did I need to accompany me? I needed short, well written pop music that could make me FEEL. I needed simplicity. I needed beautiful melodies. And this is what Abbey Road is all about. It is a collection of perfect pop songs. And no song is more representative of this than "Her Majesty". Her Majesty (HM) is a short song. But what it achieves is more significant than anything else in the Beatles discography.

The Beatles, in the end, are a pop band. They make music that everyone loves. You don't need complexity for that, you just need you music to be fun. And as time went on, the Beatles represented having "fun" with music. You can hear it in their recordings, like Paul's absolutely endearing laugh in Maxwell's Silver Hammer. That's why Abbey Road couldn't end with "The End". I would have been SO lame, so non-Beatles. I mean, when did the Beatles even do solos? How could you end a career with something like that? No, you had to end the career with something that didn't take itself too seriously. Something fun. You needed to end the career with Her Majesty.

And that's just what they did.