Relive the Fab Four’s greatest hits—one lyric at a time.
By Richie.Zh01
40 Questions
L1 Difficulty
1 × 40 Points
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About This Quiz
Thought you knew all the Beatles songs by heart? This quiz presents one lyric line of 100 songs voted among the group's greatest. You're tasked with selecting the proper song title from four choices without letting comparable-sounding songs throw you off.
The questions span early pop standards through later psychedelia classics, with samples selected carefully not quite to spoil the title. After each response, a quick comment outlines why the song is special.
We’ve organized the challenge into three rounds (30, 30 and 40 questions), so you can hum along without feeling rushed. Ready to see how well you remember the words of the Fab Four?
[B] Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | Paul accidentally sang "Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face"—they kept the gender-bending mistake for chaos.
2/40
"You're going to lose that girl"?
[B] You're Going to Lose That Girl | Call-and-response vocals filmed for Help!—watch George and Paul literally singing into John's ears.
3/40
"Is there anybody going to listen to my story"?
[C] Girl | John's sharp intake of breath between verses? He was literally inhaling as if smoking—subtle drug reference via respiratory rhythm.
4/40
"Day after day, alone on a hill"?
[A] The Fool On The Hill | Alistair Taylor witnessed Paul's 5 AM hilltop meditation that birthed this—thought his boss had gone mad.
5/40
"Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins"?
[B] She's Leaving Home | Based on Melanie Coe's Daily Mirror runaway story—she'd actually won a Paul-judged dance contest years earlier.
6/40
"When I get older losing my hair many years from now"?
[D] When I'm Sixty-Four | Written when Paul was 16, recorded when his father turned 64—clarinet courtesy of two classical session players.
7/40
"Baby's good to me, you know"?
[A] I Feel Fine | Feedback intro happened accidentally when John's Gibson J-160E touched his amp—first deliberate feedback on any pop record.
8/40
"I want you, I want you so bad"?
[D] I Want You (She's So Heavy) | 7:47 of primal repetition ended by John physically cutting the master tape with scissors—brutal editing as artistic statement.
9/40
"I've got a feeling, a feeling deep inside"?
[A] I've Got A Feeling | Rooftop concert resurrection of two separate songs—John's "Everybody Had a Hard Year" grafted onto Paul's optimism.
10/40
"Oh! Darling, please believe me"?
[B] Oh! Darling | Paul destroyed his vocal cords for a week practicing screams each morning before recording—method acting meets Merseybeat.
11/40
"Sheepdog standing in the rain"?
[C] Hey Bulldog | Piano riff so complex that John played it while Paul handled bass—then they barked at each other for the outro.
12/40
"Love, love me do"?
[A] Love Me Do | Session drummer Andy White replaced Ringo, who got relegated to tambourine—his revenge was outlasting everyone
13/40
"You tell me that you've got everything you want"?
[D] And Your Bird Can Sing | George and Paul's dual guitar harmony took 11 hours—John called it "horror" despite writing it.
14/40
"Good day sunshine"?
[B] Good Day Sunshine | Recorded after watching The Lovin' Spoonful—Paul's competitive response to "Daydream" using similar weather-based euphoria.
15/40
"She said I know what it's like to be dead"?
[A] She Said She Said | Peter Fonda's acid trip confession to John became this death meditation—bad trips make great time signatures.
16/40
"Last night I said these words to my girl"?
[C] Please Please Me | George Martin wanted this as their first single—John's harmonica and Roy Orbison obsession in 1:59.
17/40
"Michelle, ma belle"?
[C] Michelle | McCartney's art school party trick of fake French became Grammy-winning sophistication when he asked Jan Vaughan for real words.
18/40
"You say yes, I say no"?
[C] Hello Goodbye | Alistair Taylor asked Paul how he wrote songs—McCartney demonstrated by making opposites rhyme on the spot.
19/40
"She came in through the bathroom window"?
[D] She Came in Through the Bathroom Window | Apple Scruffs actually broke into Paul's house—he turned burglary into the Abbey Road medley.
20/40
"When I call you up, your line's engaged"?
[B] You Won't See Me | Jane Asher screening Paul's calls became this Motown tantrum—
21/40
"I should have known better with a girl like you"?
[B] I Should Have Known Better | Harmonica holder broke during filming—John held it between takes with his teeth like a musical pirate.
22/40
"This happened once before"?
[C] No Reply | Telephone rejection inspired by "Silhouettes"—John's paranoia about Cynthia turned into perfect pop persecution.
23/40
"You say you will love me"?
[C] Things We Said Today | Written on a yacht for Jane Asher—minor key prophecy about their future past tense.
24/40
"Two of us riding nowhere"?
[A] Two Of Us | Acoustic only because George quit for three days—John and Paul's last real collaboration disguised as Linda tribute.
25/40
"In the town where I was born"?
[D] Yellow Submarine | Ringo's vocals, bubbles blown through straws, and chains in a bathtub—children's music via maritime drug trip.
26/40
"I'm so tired, I haven't slept a wink"?
[C] I'm So Tired | Three weeks in Rishikesh without cigarettes produced this insomnia anthem—meditation doesn't cure nicotine withdrawal.
27/40
"Because the world is round it turns me on"?
[D] Because | Yoko playing Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" backwards gave John these chords—classical theft in reverse.
28/40
"Lovely Rita, meter maid"?
[C] Lovely Rita | Meta Aspinall's parking ticket to Paul transformed into sexual innuendo about traffic wardens.
29/40
"I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in"?
[B] Fixing A Hole | Not about heroin despite everyone's theories—Paul literally fixed his Scottish farm's roof while high on different substances.
30/40
"Who knows how long I've loved you"?
[D] I Will | 67 takes for this lullaby—Paul hummed the bass part because actual bass would've destroyed the intimacy.
31/40
"I'd like to be under the sea"?
[C] Octopus's Garden | Ringo quit, learned about octopus gardens from a boat captain, wrote this, then George helped with the music—underwater escapism.
32/40
"Standing in the dock at Southampton"?
[A] The Ballad of John & Yoko | Just John and Paul in the studio—George in America, Ringo filming, but Paul played Ringo better than Ringo.
33/40
"If there's anything that you want"?
[A] From Me To You | Written on the Helen Shapiro tour bus after seeing "From You To Us" in NME—journalism becomes #1 single.
34/40
"I'm a loser, and I'm not what I appear to be"?
[A] I'm a Loser | Dylan convinced John to write honestly—this self-loathing in major key fooled everyone except John himself.
35/40
"You're going to lose that girl"?
[D] You're Gonna Lose That Girl | Duplicate question gets fresh perspective: filmed in one take with genuine cigars for Help!'s studio scene.
36/40
"Let's all get up and dance to a song"?
[A] Your Mother Should Know | Paul's music hall DNA emerged—those matching white suits marked Brian Epstein's last creative input.
37/40
"Sexy Sadie, what have you done"?
[B] Sexy Sadie | "Maharishi" became "Sexy Sadie" on George's legal advice—character assassination via pronoun substitution.
38/40
"How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people"?
[D] Baby, You're a Rich Man | Recorded at Olympic Studios on a rented eight-track—Brian Jones's uncredited oboe makes this psychedelic sneer.
39/40
"Born a poor young country boy"?
[D] Mother Nature's Son | Paul alone at 2 AM, engineers banned by tension—nature documentary scored while the band decomposed.
40/40
"They say it's your birthday"?
[B] Birthday | Written, recorded, mixed in one day for Pattie Boyd's birthday—spontaneous combustion in A major.