Since The Beatles Channel began four years ago- once a year they have been letting the listeners vote on the top Beatles songs and over the Memorial Day holiday- play the Top 100 listeners choices. On Monday afternoon I sat down and listened 100- to 1- it took 8 hours or so. The Beatles Top 100 was hosted by Peter Asher- [of Peter and Gordon- and the brother of Paulie’s old flame Jane]- Peter was around The Beatles in the 60’s- Paul lived at the Asher house for a while in the early days- and he has a ton of great stories [so many stories he has a book out on The Beatles] Anyway- here is the Top 100 Beatles songs according to the listeners. Not a bad list overall.
- 100- ‘IT’S ONLY LOVE’
- 99-‘YOU CAN’T DO THAT’
- 98-‘OCTOPUS’S GARDEN’
- 97-BABY YOU’RE A RICH MAN’
- 96-‘WITHIN YOU WITHOUT YOU’
- 95-‘TIL THERE WAS YOU’
- 94-‘MARTHA MY DEAR’
- 93-‘LOVELY RITA’
- 92-‘MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR’
- 91-‘LOVE ME DO’
- 90-‘I NEED YOU’
- 89-‘NO REPLY’
- 88-‘DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET’
- 87-FREE AS A BIRD’
- 86-‘THINGS WE SAID TODAY’
- 85-‘I’M HAPPY JUST TO DANCE WITH YOU’
- 84-‘BECAUSE’
- 83-‘SHE SAID SHE SAID’
- 82-‘REAL LOVE’
- 81-‘YELLOW SUBMARINE
- 80-‘I’M LOOKING THROUGH YOU’
- 79-‘THE NIGHT BEFORE’
- 78-‘LADY MADONNA’
- 77-‘DRIVE MY CAR’
- 76-‘GIRL’
- 75-‘I GOT A FEELING’
- 74-‘YOU NEVER GIVE ME YOUR MONEY’
- 73-‘ROCKY RACCOON’
- 72-TAXMAN’
- 71-‘GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE’
- 70-‘IF I NEEDED SOMEONE’
- 69-‘FOOL ON THE HILL’
- 68-‘CAN’T BUY ME LOVE’
- 67-‘WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS’
- 66-‘THIS BOY’
- 65-‘WHEN I’M SIXTY-FOUR’
- 64-‘PLEASE PLEASE ME’
- 63-‘I WILL’
- 62-‘THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO’
- 61-HELLO GOODBYE
- 60-‘YOUR GOING TO LOSE THAT GIRL’
- 59-‘I’LL FOLLOW THE SUN’
- 58-‘I WANT YOU [SHE’S SO HEAVY]’
- 57-‘I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER’
- 56-‘MICHELLE’
- 55-‘I FEEL FINE’
- 54-‘SHE’S LEAVING HOME’
- 53-‘FOR NO ONE’
- 52-‘WE CAN WORK IT OUT’
- 51-‘OB-LA-DI, OB-LA-DA’
- 50-‘BACK IN THE U.S.S.R.’
- 49-‘EIGHT DAYS A WEEK’
- 48-‘TWO OF US’
- 47-‘I’VE JUST SEEN A FACE’
- 46-‘AND I LOVE HER’
- 45-‘SHE LOVES YOU’
- 44-‘DAY TRIPPER’
- 43-‘HAPPINESS IS A WARM GUN’
- 42-‘TWIST AND SHOUT’
- 41-‘OH DARLING’
- 40-‘I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND’
- 39-‘LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS’
- 38-‘YOU’VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY’
- 37-‘HELTER SKELTER’
- 36-‘AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING’
- 35-‘DON’T LET ME DOWN’
- 34-‘A HARD DAY’S NIGHT’
- 33-‘PAPERBACK WRITER’
- 32-‘GET BACK’
- 31-‘TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS’
- 30-‘ALL MY LOVING’
- 29-‘I SAW HER STANDING THERE’
- 28-‘TICKET TO RIDE’
- 27-‘REVOLUTION’
- 26-‘HEY BULLDOG’
- 25′-‘DEAR PRUDENCE’
- 24-‘THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD’
- 23-‘ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE’
- 22-‘COME TOGETHER’
- 21-‘RAIN’
- 20-‘IF I FELL’
- 19-‘ACROSS THE UNIVERSE’
- 18-‘I AM THE WALRUS’
- 17-‘NOWHERE MAN’
- 16-‘HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE’
- 15-‘HELP!’
- 14-‘BLACKBIRD’
- 13-‘ELEANOR RIGBY’
- 12-‘NORWEGIAN WOOD’
- 11-‘PENNY LANE’
- 10-‘STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER’
- 9-‘YESTERDAY’
- 8-‘LET IT BE’
- 7-‘ABBEY ROAD MEDLEY’
- 6-‘SOMETHING’
- 5-‘A DAY IN THE LIFE’
- 4-‘WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS’
- 3-‘HEY JUDE’
- 2-‘HERE COMES THE SUN’
- 1-‘IN MY LIFE’
slicethelife 
That’s a pretty good top 10, I’d swap ‘Let It Be’ for ‘Eleanor Rigby’ but that’s just me being picky. 🤘
I think they did a pretty good job- I am with you on that- there are some I think they are way off on but overall.. hard to argue.
It’d be better if “One After 909” was on it and “Hey Jude” wasn’t.
there are a few tracks that I am surprised didn’t make the Top 100- and some that I am surprised made it- like Til There Was You.
Til There Was You isn’t written by them is it? Seems I remember another version of it?
correct- it was a show tune.
wow, that’s a lot of good material. What a career they had. “In My Life” is a real surprise to me to be picked #1, but I must say of late it’s risen to very near the top of my own list – didn’t realize others liked it that much though. My personal 1-2 are “something” and “A Day in the Life”, so it’s good to see them both in top 6 and see so much George representation near the top. My only big quarrel is a losing one – “Hey Jude” at #3. to me, even if it had been edited (and it should!) it would only be a run of the mill song. But I know I’m in the minority, many people are blown away by it.
I just finished reading “Beatles From A To Zed” by Peter Asher. Very interesting little read.
How many songs total did they do, Hans? I don’t see a dud in the bunch. To have that many good songs and have so many more good ones that didn’t make the list shows what a phenomenal group they were. And this doesn’t even touch their solo stuff!
214 i believe if you count the abbey road medley of songs as individual songs.
I’m surprised at the Abbey Road Medley being so high.
Pretty good list. I love “If I Needed Someone,” even though it’s a simple tune, so it would have been in my top 10. Also “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”
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