The Beatles Songtexte
Yesterday
Let It Be
Hey Jude
In My Life
Yellow Submarine
Gründung 1960, Auflösung am 10. April 1970
Biografie
Die Beatles haben sich zwar schon 1970 aufgelöst, gelten aber bis heute als eine der wichtigsten und einflussreichsten Bands der Musikgeschichte. 1962 begannen John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison und Ringo Starr im englischen Liverpool ihre Karriere. Nach einem Gastspiel in Hamburg kehrten die vier "Pilzköpfe", wie sie nach ihren charakteristischen Frisuren genannt wurden, nach England zurück und gelangten zu Weltruhm. Es brach eine regelrechte "Beatlemania" aus, die in den sechziger Jahren die ganze Welt umfasste. Jede Melodie und jeder Songtext der Beatles aus dieser Zeit zählt heute fast zum Gemeingut. 1965 hat das britische Königshaus die Beatles wegen ihrer Verdienste um die britische Exportindustrie geehrt. Nach anstregenden Pressekonferenzen, öffentlichen Plattenverbrennungen und Demonstrationen des Ku-Klux-Klans entschlossen sich die Beatles, die Tour abzubrechen und ihre Arbeit ausschließlich ins Studio zu verlegen.
Ende des Jahrzehnts begannen die vier Jungs aus Liverpool, sich stärker für Alben als für Singles zu interessieren, und nahmen wegweisende Platten wie "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band", das "Weiße Album" oder "Abbey Road" auf, die bis heute Ikonen sind. Ihre Musik war in dieser Zeit stark von Drogenerfahrungen und indischer Spiritualität geprägt. Gleichzeitig produzierten sie auch mehrere Filme. Da es zunehmend zu Differenzen kam, entwickelten sich die vier Musiker aber immer weiter auseinander, was schließlich zur Auflösung der Gruppe führte. Fast alle Bands des nächsten Jahrzehnts beriefen sich auf die Beatles als musikalische Vorbilder.
Anthology 4 (Compilation)
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I Saw Her Standing There (take 2)
- Money (That’s What I Want) (RM7 undubbed)
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This Boy (takes 12 and 13)
- Tell Me Why (takes 4 and 5)
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If I Fell (take 11)
- Matchbox (take 1)
- Every Little Thing (takes 6 and 7)
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I Need You (take 1)
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I’ve Just Seen a Face (take 3)
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In My Life (take 1)
- Nowhere Man (first version – take 2)
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Got to Get You Into My Life (second version – unnumbered mix)
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LOVE YOU TO (take 7)
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Strawberry Fields Forever (take 26)
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She’s Leaving Home (take 1 – instrumental)
- Baby, You’re a Rich Man (takes 11 and 12)
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All You Need Is Love (rehearsal for BBC Broadcast)
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The Fool On The Hill (take 5 – instrumental)
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I Am the Walrus (take 19 – strings, brass, clarinet overdub)
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Hey Bulldog (take 4 – instrumental)
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Good Night (take 10 with a guitar part from take 5)
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps (third version – take 27)
- (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (studio jam)
- Helter Skelter (second version – take 17)
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I WILL (take 29)
- Can You Take Me Back? (take 1)
- Julia (two rehearsals)
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Get Back (take 8)
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Octopus’s Garden (rehearsal)
- Don’t Let Me Down (first rooftop performance)
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You Never Give Me Your Money (take 36)
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Here Comes the Sun (take 9)
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Something (take 39 – strings only instrumental)
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Free As A Bird (2025 mix)
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Real Love (2025 mix)
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Now and Then
Anthology Collection (Compilation)
Anthology 1
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Free As A Bird (1995 mix)
- John Lennon Speech 1 (von John Lennon)
- That’ll Be the Day (von The Quarrymen)
- In Spite of All the Danger (von The Quarrymen)
- Paul McCartney Speech 1 (von Paul McCartney)
- Hallelujah, I Love Her So (home demo)
- You’ll Be Mine (home demo)
- Cayenne (home demo)
- Paul McCartney Speech 2 (von Paul McCartney)
- My Bonnie (von Tony Sheridan and The Beat Brothers)
- Ain’t She Sweet
- Cry for a Shadow
- John Lennon Speech 2 (von John Lennon)
- Brian Epstein Speech 1 (von Brian Epstein)
- Searchin’ (Decca Audition)
- Three Cool Cats (Decca Audition)
- The Sheik of Araby (Decca Audition)
- Like Dreamers Do (Decca Audition)
- Hello Little Girl (Decca Audition)
- Brian Epstein Speech 2 (von Brian Epstein)
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Besame Mucho (June 1962 version)
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Love Me Do (First version)
- How Do You Do It
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Please Please Me (first version)
- One After 909 (takes 3, 4, and 5)
- One After 909 (edit of Takes 4 and 5)
- Lend Me Your Comb (BBC Live Recording)
- I’ll Get You (live on Saturday Night at the London Palladium)
- John Lennon Speech 3 (von John Lennon)
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I Saw Her Standing There (live in Stockholm)
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From Me to You (live in Stockholm)
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Money (That’s What I Want) (live in Stockholm)
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You Really Got a Hold on Me (live in Stockholm)
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Roll Over Beethoven (live in Stockholm)
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She Loves You (live from the Royal Variety Performance)
- Till There Was You (live from the Royal Variety Performance)
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Twist and Shout (live from the Royal Variety Performance)
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This Boy (live on the Morecambe and Wise Show)
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I Want to Hold Your Hand (live on the Morecambe and Wise Show)
- Speech (live on the Morecambe and Wise Show) (von Morecambe & Wise and The Beatles)
- Moonlight Bay (live on the Morecambe and Wise Show) (von Morecambe & Wise and The Beatles)
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Can’t Buy Me Love (take 2 with Solo from Take 2)
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All My Loving (live on the Ed Sullivan Show)
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You Can’t Do That (take 6)
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And I Love Her (take 2)
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A Hard Day’s Night (take 1)
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I Wanna Be Your Man (live for Around the Beatles)
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Long Tall Sally (live for Around the Beatles)
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Boys (live for Around the Beatles)
- Shout (live for Around the Beatles)
- I’ll Be Back (take 2)
- I’ll Be Back (take 3)
- You Know What to Do (demo)
- No Reply (demo)
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Mr Moonlight (takes 1 and 4)
- Leave My Kitten Alone (take 5)
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No Reply (Take 2)
- Eight Days a Week (takes 1, 2 and 4)
- Eight Days a Week (take 5)
- Kansas City / Hey‐Hey‐Hey‐Hey! (take 2)
Anthology 2
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Real Love (1996 mix)
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Yes It Is (takes 2 & 14)
- I’m Down (take 1)
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You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away (take 5)
- If You’ve Got Trouble (take 1)
- That Means a Lot (take 1)
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Yesterday (take 1)
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It’s Only Love (takes 3 & 2)
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I Feel Fine (live on Blackpool Night Out)
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Ticket to Ride (live on Blackpool Night Out)
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Yesterday (live on Blackpool Night Out)
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Help! (live on Blackpool Night Out)
- Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby (live at Shea Stadium, New York)
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Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Take 1)
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I’m Looking Through You (take 1)
- 12‐bar Original (take 2 edited)
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Tomorrow Never Knows (take 1)
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Got to Get You Into My Life (take 5)
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And Your Bird Can Sing (takes 1 & 2)
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Taxman (take 11)
- Eleanor Rigby (take 14 – strings only)
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I’m Only Sleeping (rehearsal)
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I’m Only Sleeping (take 1)
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Rock and Roll Music (live in Tokyo)
- She’s a Woman (live in Tokyo)
- Strawberry Fields Forever (home demo sequence)
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Strawberry Fields Forever (take 1)
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Strawberry Fields Forever (take 7 & edit Piece)
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Penny Lane (remix)
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A Day In The Life (takes 1, 2, 6 & orchestra)
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Good Morning Good Morning (take 8)
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Only a Northern Song (takes 3 & 12)
- Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (takes 1 & 2)
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Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite! (take 7)
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Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (takes 6, 7 & 8)
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Within You Without You (instrumental)
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Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise) (take 5)
- You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (remix)
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I Am the Walrus (take 16)
- The Fool on the Hill (demo)
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Your Mother Should Know (take 27)
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The Fool On The Hill (take 4)
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Hello, Goodbye (take 16)
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Lady Madonna (takes 3 & 4)
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ACROSS THE UNIVERSE (take 2)
Anthology 3
- A Beginning
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Happiness is a Warm Gun (Esher Demo with false start)
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Helter Skelter (take 2 edited)
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Mean Mr Mustard (Esher demo)
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Polythene Pam (Esher demo)
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Glass Onion (Esher demo)
- Junk (Esher demo)
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Piggies (Esher demo)
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Honey Pie (Esher demo edited)
- Don’t Pass Me By (take 3 with take 5 vocal)
- Ob‐La‐Di, Ob‐La‐Da (first version – take 5)
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Good Night (rehearsal and take 34)
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Cry Baby Cry (Take 1)
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BLACKBIRD (Take 4)
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SEXY SADIE (Take 6)
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps (acoustic version – take 1)
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Hey Jude (Take 2)
- Not Guilty (take 102 edited)
- MOTHER NATURE’S SON (Take 2)
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Glass Onion (mono mix)
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Rocky Raccoon (take 8)
- What’s The New Mary Jane (Take 4)
- Step Inside Love / Los Paranoias (studio jam)
- I’M SO TIRED (edit of takes 3, 6 and 9)
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I WILL (Take 1)
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Why Don’t We Do It in the Road (take 4)
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JULIA (Take 2)
- I’ve Got a Feeling (Apple studio)
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She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (Apple studio)
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Dig a Pony (Apple studio)
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Two of Us (Apple studio)
- For You Blue (Apple studio)
- Teddy Boy (Apple studio)
- Rip It Up / Shake, Rattle and Roll / Blue Suede Shoes (Medley – Apple studio jam)
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The Long and Winding Road (Apple studio)
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Oh! Darling (Apple studio)
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All Things Must Pass (demo)
- Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues (Apple studio jam)
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Get Back (third rooftop performance)
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Old Brown Shoe (demo)
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Octopus’s Garden (take 2)
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Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (take 5)
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Something (demo)
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Come Together (take 1)
- Come and Get It (demo – 1996 remix)
- Ain’t She Sweet (studio jam)
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Because (vocals mix)
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Let It Be (Apple studio)
- I Me Mine (take 16)
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The End (remix with the final chord of a Day in the Life)
Anthology 4
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I Saw Her Standing There (take 2)
- Money (That’s What I Want) (RM7 undubbed)
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This Boy (takes 12 and 13)
- Tell Me Why (takes 4 and 5)
-
If I Fell (take 11)
- Matchbox (take 1)
- Every Little Thing (takes 6 and 7)
-
I Need You (take 1)
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I’ve Just Seen a Face (take 3)
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In My Life (take 1)
- Nowhere Man (first version – take 2)
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Got to Get You Into My Life (second version – unnumbered mix)
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LOVE YOU TO (take 7)
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Strawberry Fields Forever (take 26)
-
She’s Leaving Home (take 1 – instrumental)
- Baby, You’re a Rich Man (takes 11 and 12)
-
All You Need Is Love (rehearsal for BBC Broadcast)
-
The Fool On The Hill (take 5 – instrumental)
-
I Am the Walrus (take 19 – strings, brass, clarinet overdub)
-
Hey Bulldog (take 4 – instrumental)
-
Good Night (take 10 with a guitar part from take 5)
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps (third version – take 27)
- (You’re So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (studio jam)
- Helter Skelter (second version – take 17)
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I WILL (take 29)
- Can You Take Me Back? (take 1)
- Julia (two rehearsals)
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Get Back (take 8)
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Octopus’s Garden (rehearsal)
- Don’t Let Me Down (first rooftop performance)
-
You Never Give Me Your Money (take 36)
-
Here Comes the Sun (take 9)
-
Something (take 39 – strings only instrumental)
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Free As A Bird (2025 mix)
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Real Love (2025 mix)
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Now and Then


