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Out of the 220 “canon” studio songs by the Beatles, 172 of them where released either inside an official UK release, assuming that they had an intended place on the album, or where released as a single that later was put inside an official album. This topic focuses on ranking the 48 songs that I could put together that still don’t feel like album tracks fully, don’t fit any specifically intended tracklist, don’t connect to any other tracks necessarily, etc. Also Yellow Submarine , just for kicks. It mostly goes about tracks only released between 1962 – 1970, and with a flimsy placement on an album, EP or single (or non at all, as it is the case of Across The Universe Wildlife).

I think it is valid because there are not enough choices for it to be too long of a topic. And songs as She Loves You , Hey Jude , Rain and other classics could be fun to discuss inside of a rank context. This is such a diverse set of songs it could as well come into a discussion about the songs themselves and how to compare widely different material, and what to judge it by.

I’ll list the 48 songs below in order of release and then make my own list.

This includes Past Masters , and most of the MMT songs, given it wasn’t strictly a UK released album, but an EP and singles only fully released on the US. Yellow Submarine tracks will be included as well courtesy of a proposition by @Dark Overlord because what the heck, it is more of soundtrack, the Beatles had little to no involvement on the project, and it’s only a Side A. It does feel more like an EP as much as MMT does. Besides it adds to the diversity. This tracklist is open to discussion by the way. Also it can be debated if Long Tall Sally , Slow Down , Matchbox and Bad Boy shouldn’t be included, since they are covers. I decided to include them given that the album rankings require you to rank also the covers. It is up to you to modify your own list as you please as long as you justify it.

Finally, take into account this are only the studio single release versions. That means Revolution doesn’t equate to Revolution 1 , and Don’t Let Me Down is the single version, not the rooftop version (…Naked), etc…

The singles:

Love Me Do (Single) (October 1962)

From Me To You (April 1963)

Thank You Girl (April 1963)

She Loves You (August 1963)

I’ll Get You (August 1963)

I Want To Hold Your Hand (November 1963)

This Boy (November 1963)

Komm, gib mir deine Hand (February 1964)

Sie liebt dich (February 1964)

Slow Down (June 1964)

Matchbox (June 1964)

Long Tall Sally (June 1964)

I Call Your Name (June 1964)

I Feel Fine (November 1964)

She’s A Woman (November 1964)

Yes It Is (April 1965)

Bad Boy (June 1965)

I’m Down (July 1965)

We Can Work It Out (December 1965)

Day Tripper (December 1965)

Paperback Writer (May 1966)

Rain (May 1966)

Penny Lane (February 1967)

Strawberry Fields Forever (February 1967)

All You Need Is Love (July 1967)

Baby, You’re a Rich Man (July 1967)

Hello, Goodbye (November 1967)

I Am The Walrus (November 1967)

Magical Mystery Tour (November 1967)

Your Mother Should Know (November 1967)

The Fool On The Hill (November 1967)

Flying (November 1967)

Blue Jay Way (November 1967)

Lady Madonna (March 1968)

The Inner Light (March 1968)

Hey Jude (August 1968)

Revolution (August 1968)

Only A Northern Song (January 1969)

All Together Now (January 1969)

Hey Bulldog (January 1969)

It’s All Too Much (January 1969)

Get Back (Single) (April 1969)

Don’t Let Me Down (April 1969)

The Ballad Of John And Yoko (May 1969)

Old Brown Shoe (May 1969)

Across The Universe (WWF/NOGCOW Release) (December 1969)

Let It Be (Single) (March 1970)

You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) (March 1970)

Discuss.