Every Beatles Song Ever Recorded (1962–1970) – Complete Song List & Database

Every Beatles Song Ever Recorded (1962–1970)

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The Beatles – Quick Facts

Origin: Liverpool, England

Years active: 1960–1970

Classic line-up: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

Manager: Brian Epstein

Main producer: George Martin

Total songs recorded: 213

Studio albums: 12

First single: Love Me Do (1962)

Final album recorded: Abbey Road (1969)

Between 1962 and 1970, The Beatles recorded and released 213 songs across singles, albums and B-sides. These recordings were made primarily at Abbey Road Studios under the guidance of producer George Martin and represent one of the most influential song catalogues in popular music history.

Most of the band’s songs were written by the partnership John Lennon and Paul McCartney, although George Harrison increasingly contributed compositions during the later years of the band.

Complete Beatles Song Database

Complete list of every officially released Beatles song recorded between 1962 and 1970, including album tracks, singles and B-sides. Use the searchable database below to explore the entire Beatles catalogue.

Browse Beatles Songs by Album

Please Please Me (1963)

I Saw Her Standing There Misery Anna (Go To Him) Chains Boys Ask Me Why Please Please Me Love Me Do P.S.I Love You Baby It's You Do You Want To Know A Secret A Taste of Honey There's A Place Twist and Shout Please Please Me is the debut studio album by The Beatles, released in the UK on 22 March 1963 on Parlophone Records and produced by George Martin at EMI Studios, Abbey Road. The album captures the raw energy of the band’s early live performances in Liverpool and Hamburg and features a mix of Lennon–McCartney originals and rhythm-and-blues cover songs that defined the group’s early sound.

With The Beatles (1963)

It Won't Be Long All I've Got To Do All My Loving Don't Bother Me Little Child Till There Was You Please Mister Postman Roll Over Beethoven Hold Me Tight You Really Got A Hold On Me I Wanna Be Your Man Devil In Her Heart Not A Second Time Money (That's What I Want) With The Beatles is the second studio album by The Beatles, released in the United Kingdom on 22 November 1963 by Parlophone Records. Produced by George Martin and recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, the album captures the band at the height of the early Beatlemania explosion in Britain.

A Hard Day's Night (1964)

A Hard Days Night I Should Have Known Better If I Fell I'm Happy Just to Dance With You And I Love Her Tell Me Why Can't Buy Me Love Any Time At All I'll Cry Instead Things We Said Today When I Get Home You Can't Do That I'll Be Back A Hard Day’s Night is the third studio album by The Beatles and the soundtrack to their 1964 film of the same name. Released on 10 July 1964 in the United Kingdom by Parlophone Records, the album marked a major creative milestone as it became the only Beatles album made entirely of original Lennon–McCartney compositions.

Beatles for Sale (1964)

No Reply I'm a Loser Baby's in Black Rock and Roll Music I'll Follow the Sun Mr Moonlight Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! Eight Days a Week Words of Love Honey Don't Every Little Thing I Don't Want to Spoil the Party What You're Doing Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby Beatles For Sale is the fourth studio album by The Beatles, released in the United Kingdom on 4 December 1964 by Parlophone Records. Produced by George Martin and recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, the album documents the band during one of the busiest periods of their career at the height of Beatlemania.

Help! (1965)

Help! The Night Before You've Got to Hide Your Love Away I Need You Another Girl You're Going to Lose That Girl Ticket to Ride Act Naturally It's Only Love You Like Me Too Much Tell Me What You See I've Just Seen A Face Yesterday Dizzy Miss Lizzy Help! is the fifth studio album by The Beatles, released in the United Kingdom on 6 August 1965 by Parlophone Records. Produced by George Martin and recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, the album also served as the soundtrack to the band’s second feature film, Help!

Rubber Soul (1966)

Drive My Car Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) You Won't See Me Nowhere Man Think For Yourself The Word Michelle What Goes On Girl I'm Looking Through You In my Life Wait If I Needed Someone Run For Your Life Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by The Beatles, released in the United Kingdom on 3 December 1965 by Parlophone Records. Produced by George Martin and recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, the album marked a major artistic turning point in the band’s career.

Revolver (1966)

Taxman Eleanor Rigby I'm Only Sleeping Love You Too Here, There and Everywhere Yellow Submarine She Said, She Said Good Day Sunshine And Your Bird Can Sing For No One Doctor Robert I Want To Tell You Got To Get You Into My Life Tomorrow Never Knows Revolver is the seventh studio album by The Beatles, released in the United Kingdom on 5 August 1966 by Parlophone Records. Produced by George Martin and recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, the album represents a revolutionary moment in the evolution of rock music.

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band With A Little Help From My Friends Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Getting Better Fixing A Hole She's Leaving Home Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! Within You, Without You When I'm Sixty-Four Lovely Rita Good Morning Good Morning Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) A Day In the Life Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was The Beatles’ eighth UK studio album and one of the most groundbreaking records ever released. The album was created during a period when the band had stopped touring, allowing them to experiment extensively with studio techniques, orchestral arrangements, sound effects, and psychedelic influences.

The Beatles (White Album) (1968)

Back In The U.S.S.R. Dear Prudence Glass Onion O-Bla-Di,O-Bla-Da Wild Honey Pie The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill While My Guitar Gently Weeps Happiness Is A Warm Gun Martha My Dear I'm So Tired Blackbird Piggies Rocky Raccoon Don't Pass Me By Why Don't We Do It in the Road I will Julia Birthday Yer Blues Mother Nature's Son Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey Sexy Sadie Helter Skelter Long, Long, Long Revolution 1 Honey Pie Savoy Truffle Cry Baby Cry Revolution 9 Good Night The Beatles, widely known as The White Album, is the ninth studio album by The Beatles, released on 22 November 1968 by Apple Records. Produced by George Martin and recorded at Abbey Road and Trident Studios in London, the album marked a dramatic shift from the psychedelic unity of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band toward a more diverse and individualistic collection of songs.

Yellow Submarine (1969)

Yellow Submarine Only A Northern Song All Together Now Hey Bulldog It's All Too Much All You Need Is Love Pepperland Sea of Time Sea of Holes Sea of Monsters March of the Meanies Pepperland Laid Waste Yellow Submarine In Pepperland Yellow Submarine is the tenth studio album by The Beatles, released in the United Kingdom on 17 January 1969 by Apple Records. The album functions primarily as the soundtrack to the animated Beatles film Yellow Submarine, which premiered in 1968.

Abbey Road (1969)

Come Together Something Maxwell's Silver Hammer Oh! Darling Octopus's Garden I Want You (She's So Heavy) Here Comes the Sun Because You Never Give Me Your Money Sun King Mean Mr. Mustard Polythene Pam She Came in Through the Bathroom Window Golden Slumbers Carry That Weight The End Her Majesty Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by The Beatles, released in the United Kingdom on 26 September 1969 by Apple Records. Produced by George Martin and recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, the album represents the final recording project completed by the band before their breakup in 1970.

Let It Be (1970)

Two of Us Dig a Pony Across The Universe I Me Mine Dig It Let It Be Maggie Mae I've Got a Feeling One After 909 The Long and Winding Road For You Blue Get Back Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album released by The Beatles, issued on 8 May 1970 by Apple Records. Although released after Abbey Road, most of the recordings date from the January 1969 “Get Back” sessions, which aimed to return the band to a more live, stripped-down rock sound.

Complete Beatles Song Database

Search or sort every officially released Beatles song recorded between 1962 and 1970.

Song Year First Release Writer
Love Me Do 1962 Single Lennon–McCartney
P.S. I Love You 1962 Love Me Do B-side Lennon–McCartney
I Saw Her Standing There 1963 Please Please Me Lennon–McCartney
Misery 1963 Please Please Me Lennon–McCartney
Anna (Go to Him) 1963 Please Please Me Arthur Alexander
Chains 1963 Please Please Me Goffin–King
Boys 1963 Please Please Me Dixon–Farrell
Ask Me Why 1963 Please Please Me Lennon–McCartney
Please Please Me 1963 Single / Please Please Me Lennon–McCartney
Baby It's You 1963 Please Please Me Bacharach–David–Williams
Do You Want to Know a Secret 1963 Please Please Me Lennon–McCartney
A Taste of Honey 1963 Please Please Me Scott–Marlow
There's a Place 1963 Please Please Me Lennon–McCartney
Twist and Shout 1963 Please Please Me Medley–Russell
From Me to You 1963 Single Lennon–McCartney
Thank You Girl 1963 From Me to You B-side Lennon–McCartney
She Loves You 1963 Single Lennon–McCartney
I'll Get You 1963 She Loves You B-side Lennon–McCartney
I Want to Hold Your Hand 1963 Single Lennon–McCartney
This Boy 1963 I Want to Hold Your Hand B-side Lennon–McCartney
It Won't Be Long 1963 With The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
All I've Got to Do 1963 With The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
All My Loving 1963 With The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Don't Bother Me 1963 With The Beatles George Harrison
Little Child 1963 With The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Till There Was You 1963 With The Beatles Meredith Willson
Please Mister Postman 1963 With The Beatles Bateman–Dobbins–Garrett–Gorman–Holland
Roll Over Beethoven 1963 With The Beatles Chuck Berry
Hold Me Tight 1963 With The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
You Really Got a Hold on Me 1963 With The Beatles Smokey Robinson
I Wanna Be Your Man 1963 With The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Devil in Her Heart 1963 With The Beatles Richard Drapkin
Not a Second Time 1963 With The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Money (That's What I Want) 1963 With The Beatles Bradford–Gordy
I Call Your Name 1964 Long Tall Sally EP Lennon–McCartney
Long Tall Sally 1964 Long Tall Sally EP Johnson–Penniman–Blackwell
Slow Down 1964 Long Tall Sally EP Larry Williams
Matchbox 1964 Long Tall Sally EP Carl Perkins
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand 1964 Single Lennon–McCartney
Sie Liebt Dich 1964 Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand B-side Lennon–McCartney
A Hard Day's Night 1964 A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
I Should Have Known Better 1964 A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
If I Fell 1964 A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You 1964 A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
And I Love Her 1964 A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
Tell Me Why 1964 A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
Can't Buy Me Love 1964 Single / A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
Any Time at All 1964 A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
I'll Cry Instead 1964 A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
Things We Said Today 1964 A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
When I Get Home 1964 A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
You Can't Do That 1964 Can't Buy Me Love B-side / A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
I'll Be Back 1964 A Hard Day's Night Lennon–McCartney
I Feel Fine 1964 Single Lennon–McCartney
She's a Woman 1964 I Feel Fine B-side Lennon–McCartney
No Reply 1964 Beatles for Sale Lennon–McCartney
I'm a Loser 1964 Beatles for Sale Lennon–McCartney
Baby's in Black 1964 Beatles for Sale Lennon–McCartney
Rock and Roll Music 1964 Beatles for Sale Chuck Berry
I'll Follow the Sun 1964 Beatles for Sale Lennon–McCartney
Mr Moonlight 1964 Beatles for Sale Roy Lee Johnson
Kansas City / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! 1964 Beatles for Sale Leiber–Stoller / Penniman
Eight Days a Week 1964 Beatles for Sale Lennon–McCartney
Words of Love 1964 Beatles for Sale Buddy Holly
Honey Don't 1964 Beatles for Sale Carl Perkins
Every Little Thing 1964 Beatles for Sale Lennon–McCartney
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party 1964 Beatles for Sale Lennon–McCartney
What You're Doing 1964 Beatles for Sale Lennon–McCartney
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby 1964 Beatles for Sale Carl Perkins
Help! 1965 Single / Help! Lennon–McCartney
The Night Before 1965 Help! Lennon–McCartney
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away 1965 Help! Lennon–McCartney
I Need You 1965 Help! George Harrison
Another Girl 1965 Help! Lennon–McCartney
You're Going to Lose That Girl 1965 Help! Lennon–McCartney
Ticket to Ride 1965 Single / Help! Lennon–McCartney
Act Naturally 1965 Help! Russell–Morrison
It's Only Love 1965 Help! Lennon–McCartney
You Like Me Too Much 1965 Help! George Harrison
Tell Me What You See 1965 Help! Lennon–McCartney
I've Just Seen a Face 1965 Help! Lennon–McCartney
Yesterday 1965 Help! Lennon–McCartney
Dizzy Miss Lizzy 1965 Help! Larry Williams
Yes It Is 1965 Ticket to Ride B-side Lennon–McCartney
I'm Down 1965 Help! B-side Lennon–McCartney
Day Tripper 1965 Double A-side single Lennon–McCartney
We Can Work It Out 1965 Double A-side single Lennon–McCartney
Drive My Car 1965 Rubber Soul Lennon–McCartney
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 1965 Rubber Soul Lennon–McCartney
You Won't See Me 1965 Rubber Soul Lennon–McCartney
Nowhere Man 1965 Rubber Soul Lennon–McCartney
Think for Yourself 1965 Rubber Soul George Harrison
The Word 1965 Rubber Soul Lennon–McCartney
Michelle 1965 Rubber Soul Lennon–McCartney
What Goes On 1965 Rubber Soul Lennon–McCartney–Starkey
Girl 1965 Rubber Soul Lennon–McCartney
I'm Looking Through You 1965 Rubber Soul Lennon–McCartney
In My Life 1965 Rubber Soul Lennon–McCartney
Wait 1965 Rubber Soul Lennon–McCartney
If I Needed Someone 1965 Rubber Soul George Harrison
Run for Your Life 1965 Rubber Soul Lennon–McCartney
Bad Boy 1966 A Collection of Beatles Oldies Larry Williams
Paperback Writer 1966 Single Lennon–McCartney
Rain 1966 Paperback Writer B-side Lennon–McCartney
Taxman 1966 Revolver George Harrison
Eleanor Rigby 1966 Revolver Lennon–McCartney
I'm Only Sleeping 1966 Revolver Lennon–McCartney
Love You To 1966 Revolver George Harrison
Here, There and Everywhere 1966 Revolver Lennon–McCartney
Yellow Submarine 1966 Revolver Lennon–McCartney
She Said She Said 1966 Revolver Lennon–McCartney
Good Day Sunshine 1966 Revolver Lennon–McCartney
And Your Bird Can Sing 1966 Revolver Lennon–McCartney
For No One 1966 Revolver Lennon–McCartney
Doctor Robert 1966 Revolver Lennon–McCartney
I Want to Tell You 1966 Revolver George Harrison
Got to Get You into My Life 1966 Revolver Lennon–McCartney
Tomorrow Never Knows 1966 Revolver Lennon–McCartney
Strawberry Fields Forever 1967 Double A-side single Lennon–McCartney
Penny Lane 1967 Double A-side single Lennon–McCartney
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Lennon–McCartney
With a Little Help from My Friends 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Lennon–McCartney
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Lennon–McCartney
Getting Better 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Lennon–McCartney
Fixing a Hole 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Lennon–McCartney
She's Leaving Home 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Lennon–McCartney
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Lennon–McCartney
Within You Without You 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band George Harrison
When I'm Sixty-Four 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Lennon–McCartney
Lovely Rita 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Lennon–McCartney
Good Morning Good Morning 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Lennon–McCartney
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Lennon–McCartney
A Day in the Life 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Lennon–McCartney
All You Need Is Love 1967 Single Lennon–McCartney
Baby, You're a Rich Man 1967 All You Need Is Love B-side Lennon–McCartney
Hello, Goodbye 1967 Single Lennon–McCartney
Magical Mystery Tour 1967 Magical Mystery Tour EP Lennon–McCartney
The Fool on the Hill 1967 Magical Mystery Tour EP Lennon–McCartney
Flying 1967 Magical Mystery Tour EP Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey
Blue Jay Way 1967 Magical Mystery Tour EP George Harrison
Your Mother Should Know 1967 Magical Mystery Tour EP Lennon–McCartney
I Am the Walrus 1967 Hello, Goodbye B-side Lennon–McCartney
Lady Madonna 1968 Single Lennon–McCartney
The Inner Light 1968 Lady Madonna B-side George Harrison
Hey Jude 1968 Single Lennon–McCartney
Revolution 1968 Hey Jude B-side Lennon–McCartney
Back in the U.S.S.R. 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Dear Prudence 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Glass Onion 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Wild Honey Pie 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
While My Guitar Gently Weeps 1968 The Beatles George Harrison
Happiness Is a Warm Gun 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Martha My Dear 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
I'm So Tired 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Blackbird 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Piggies 1968 The Beatles George Harrison
Rocky Raccoon 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Don't Pass Me By 1968 The Beatles Richard Starkey
Why Don't We Do It in the Road? 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
I Will 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Julia 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Birthday 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Yer Blues 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Mother Nature's Son 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Sexy Sadie 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Helter Skelter 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Long, Long, Long 1968 The Beatles George Harrison
Revolution 1 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Honey Pie 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Savoy Truffle 1968 The Beatles George Harrison
Cry Baby Cry 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Revolution 9 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Good Night 1968 The Beatles Lennon–McCartney
Only a Northern Song 1969 Yellow Submarine George Harrison
All Together Now 1969 Yellow Submarine Lennon–McCartney
Hey Bulldog 1969 Yellow Submarine Lennon–McCartney
It's All Too Much 1969 Yellow Submarine George Harrison
Get Back 1969 Single Lennon–McCartney
Don't Let Me Down 1969 Get Back B-side Lennon–McCartney
The Ballad of John and Yoko 1969 Single Lennon–McCartney
Old Brown Shoe 1969 The Ballad of John and Yoko B-side George Harrison
Come Together 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
Something 1969 Abbey Road George Harrison
Maxwell's Silver Hammer 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
Oh! Darling 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
Octopus's Garden 1969 Abbey Road Richard Starkey
I Want You (She's So Heavy) 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
Here Comes the Sun 1969 Abbey Road George Harrison
Because 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
You Never Give Me Your Money 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
Sun King 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
Mean Mr. Mustard 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
Polythene Pam 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
She Came in Through the Bathroom Window 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
Golden Slumbers 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
Carry That Weight 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
The End 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
Her Majesty 1969 Abbey Road Lennon–McCartney
Across the Universe 1969 No One's Gonna Change Our World Lennon–McCartney
Let It Be 1970 Single / Let It Be Lennon–McCartney
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) 1970 Let It Be B-side Lennon–McCartney
Two of Us 1970 Let It Be Lennon–McCartney
Dig a Pony 1970 Let It Be Lennon–McCartney
I Me Mine 1970 Let It Be George Harrison
Dig It 1970 Let It Be Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey
Maggie Mae 1970 Let It Be Traditional
I've Got a Feeling 1970 Let It Be Lennon–McCartney
One After 909 1970 Let It Be Lennon–McCartney
The Long and Winding Road 1970 Let It Be Lennon–McCartney
For You Blue 1970 Let It Be George Harrison
Get Back 1970 Let It Be Lennon–McCartney

The Beatles recorded and released songs across nine key years between 1962 and 1970. Below is a chronological overview of notable Beatles songs by year.

Beatles Songs by Year (1962–1970)

Year Notable Beatles Songs Recorded or Released
1962 Love Me Do, P.S. I Love You
1963 Please Please Me, She Loves You, From Me to You, Twist and Shout, All My Loving
1964 A Hard Day’s Night, Can’t Buy Me Love, And I Love Her, I Feel Fine
1965 Help!, Yesterday, Ticket to Ride, We Can Work It Out, Day Tripper
1966 Paperback Writer, Rain, Eleanor Rigby, Tomorrow Never Knows
1967 Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, A Day in the Life
1968 Hey Jude, Revolution, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Helter Skelter
1969 Come Together, Something, Here Comes the Sun, Get Back
1970 Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road, I Me Mine

 

Frequently Asked Questions About Beatles Songs

How many songs did The Beatles record?

The Beatles recorded 213 officially released songs between 1962 and 1970, including singles, album tracks and B-sides.

What was the first Beatles song recorded?

The first Beatles single released was Love Me Do, recorded at EMI Studios (Abbey Road) in June 1962.

What was the last Beatles song recorded?

The last Beatles recording session involving all four members took place in August 1969, when the band completed overdubs for The End during the Abbey Road sessions.

Which Beatles song was most successful?

One of the most commercially successful Beatles songs was Hey Jude, which spent nine weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968.

Key Beatles Milestones

  • First single – Love Me Do (1962)
  • First album – Please Please Me (1963)
  • Final concert – Candlestick Park (1966)
  • Final album recorded – Abbey Road (1969)
  • Band breakup – 1970

Explore more in our Complete Beatles Timeline

Beatles Song Statistics

Total songs officially recorded: 213

Years active (recording career): 1962–1970

Studio albums released: 12

UK number-one singles: 17

US number-one singles: 20

Primary songwriting partnership: Lennon–McCartney

Additional songwriter: George Harrison

Most commercially successful single: Hey Jude (1968)

Beatles Album Statistics

Total studio albums: 12

First album: Please Please Me (1963)

Final album recorded: Abbey Road (1969)

Longest studio album: The Beatles (White Album) (1968)

Producer of most albums: George Martin

Main recording studio: Abbey Road Studios, London

Beatles Chart Records

UK number-one singles: 17

US number-one singles: 20

Weeks at US No.1 (all songs combined): 59

Most successful single: Hey Jude

First US No.1 single: I Want to Hold Your Hand (1964)

Unique achievement: Held the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously (April 1964)