All Together Now: Ranking All The Beatles Songs: So far #204″ “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer”, #203:” Mr. Moonlight”, 202:”Wild Honey Pie”, 201: “Chains”, 200:”Why Don’t We Do It In The Road? 199: “Honey Don’t.” 198: “A Taste Of Honey”, #197: “Matchbox”- #196: “Devil In Her Heart” # 195: “Little Child”, #194: “Anna”, #193: “Dig It.” and today #192: Maggie Mae” #191: “Do You Want To Know A Secret.”.”#190:”Flying” 189: ‘Her Majesty.” #188: “Run For Your Life” #187: “Till There Was You.” #186: ” Dig A Pony”, #185:” Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby. #184:” Bad Boy”, #183:”She’s A Woman.”#182: “Words Of Love”, #181:”Thank You Girl.” #180:’Slowdown” #179:” Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.: #178: ‘ When I Get Home” and #177: ‘Ask Me Why.’ 176:” What Goes On” #175: “Misery.” #174:’Dizzy Miss Lizzy’, #173: ‘Hold Me Tight.’ #172:’ Please Mr. Postman’ #171:’Your Mother Should Know.’, #170:’ Baby It’s You’ #169: ‘Don’t Bother Me.’ #168: Roll Over Beethoven” and #167: “I Call Your Name.”

#169: ” Roll Over Beethoven” from With The Beatles. Chuck Berry’s ‘Roll Over Beethoven” was a John, Paul and George favorite from the beginning- even before The Beatles were The Beatles. The original Chuck Berry tune is one of his many classics. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the Chuck Berry version at #97 in their 500 Greatest Songs Ever list. The Beatles cover here was sung by George. A decent version of the song. The much covered song was also done or overdone in 1973 by Electric Light Orchestra- whose version clocked in at 8 minutes. No one has touched the greatness of the original by Mr. Berry.

#168: ‘I Call Your Name” from the Long Tall Sally EP in the UK, The Beatles Second Album in the US. Now found on Past Masters I. “I Call Your Name”- a Lennon-McCartney tune was written mainly by John Lennon. This was an old one- John had written it before the formation of The Beatles- and in 1963 gave it to Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas. Unhappy with the Billy J. Kramer arrangement- John had The Beatles do a version of the song themselves. The Beatles version is noteworthy- as the first Beatles song to feature George on his Rickenbacker guitar.