Top 10 Worst Beatles Songs

The Top Ten
1 Revolution 9

This song just scares me. This isn't even music, it's a soundtrack you put put in s horror movie. What was John Lennon thinking when he first wrote this song? All I hear is "Number 9" At the start. Then all a sudden, noise comes out of nowhere while "Number 9" is repeating.

The scariest part about this song is when you reverse it. You will hear paino music. Then "Turn me on, dead man. Turn me on, dead man". Was that message is about the rumour of Paul crashing his car and geting a new look alike? I ended up skipping 2 nights after hearing this song.

I really love The Beatles. They were a- No I meant.. Are a wonderful band. But this song just has to be the worst and scariest song recorded. It's even worse then Justin Bieber's "Baby". Hands down.

How are people expected to listen to the entire White Album if they have to put their ears through this kind of torture! I get that there have to be fillers on huge albums like the White Album, but songs like this are what keep albums like the White Album from being treasured all the way through. Of course the White Album is one of the greatest works by the Beatles and is a great album, but songs like this are what prevent albums from reaching an Abbey Road-like status. Seriously this song scared the life out of me when I first listened to it.

2 Wild Honey Pie

I feel as though people got Revolution 9 all wrong. The reason he made that song was to show people the Beatles aren't always going to make uniform songs, or the ones fans want to hear. The Beatles are their own band, and they want people to know they can make any songs they want, and they weren't "chosen" to please the teen girls. This song explains that. This song was supposed to show what a revolution is in music terms. It does so beautifully. Wild Honey Pie however, was just a garbage filler song. Even the instruments make you think Paul was high or just sleepy when he made this. The lyrics are garbage, and the name is a copy off of a better Beatle song. Wild Honey Pie isn't art. It's just garbage.

Ok... Looks like I have some explaining to do about Revolution 9.
It is lennon making an image of a revolution. This song was explaining that the Beatles were getting to high of standards, and lennon was saying they were just pals making music. The hate for this song is unfit.

The white album is my favorite Beatles album, but even I must admit while on one hand we have timeless brilliance, on the opposite side of the scale we have weird unreleased songs that have you questioning what you just heard; case and point this, a weird smoothie of other Beatles songs, including guitar from can't buy me love and drums from Sgt pepper, as paul correctly said: "We were in an experimental mode" and while this is a bit...mmm... I love the Beatles and the white album, and technically apart from this and revolution 9 are any Beatles songs bad?

Why the Beatles couldn't have left out this 'song' on such a great album I don't know why. Absolutely the worst Beatles song. Not only is it only a minute long but it only consists of a train-wreck like sounding "Honey Pie". Revolution 9 dosen't belong on this list for it was a great piece of experimental psychedelic recordings

3 Dig It

Phil Spector was the one that put this song on Let it be but why did he shorten it to 50 sec?! I've heard the longer version of 4:20, it's also not serious but if he put a complete version on the album it would be much more worth.
Yellow submarine, because, help shouldn't be on this list.

A pointless song, absolutely boring! Why did the Beatles: a) Write this, b) put it on an album? What is the point!? The song only last 50 seconds. Ridiculous! I don't know which one of The Beatles wrote this, but whoever did they musn't have been serious about writing it.

If I made a top 10 Worst Beatles songs, this is undoubtedly #1. Not sure why it doesn't get the hate it deserves. I'm listening to this album right not and even I can tell you it would be perfect without this piece of junk.

Revolution 9 is awesome. Wild Honey Pie is good. Ob-la-di Ob-la-the is catchy. But this song is terrible.

4 Why Don't We Do It In the Road?

It's not a terrible song, but there's just really not that much to it at all. It's a song that, quite honestly, could almost be written, sung, and recorded by Justin Bieber or Selena Gomez.

Stupidest, pointless song on the white album. It's less than two minutes, yet it feels like it drags on for an hour.

Maybe the worst pop tune of the 60's by an entire production company that should have done much better.

Yup this song is awful. Tomorrow Never Knows should not be on this list it should be on the top ten!

5 Yellow Submarine

Beatles is the best band to ever exist. They're the best pop band, rock band and psychedelic band ever. They've played heavier than Toni Iommi, experimented more than Captain Beefheart and Pink Floyd combined, and they wrote crazier lyrics than one can possibly imagine. Of course, behind all their masterpieces, you'll find some failed songs since they've done so much music. Yellow Submarine is definitely one of those, and just like someone else wrote here, it's like a children's song. It's so weird that it's one of their most known songs. It should really be a soundtrack for some children's cartoon instead.

Okay seriously this song isn't even that bad. I get that it's children's music and it's melody can get annoying if listened to over and over again, but this is far better than some of the other junk the Beatles threw on their albums

Brilliant song, worst film.
This should be worst Beatles film.
The only thing they did was make an interesting submarine, blue meanies who hate music and cartoon Beatles how clever of them.

I love The Beatles, but I hate this song. I use to sing it in kindergarten, when I was six. It's a children's song. Of course, they made some pretty great songs. This one, however, is not one of them.

6 Maggie Mae

The tune isn't horrible, but the lyrics are bad and the version on Let it Be is essentially a studio outtake.

It sounds at bit like a cowboy song.

7 What's the New Mary Jane?

Why Strawberry fields, she said, help, yesterday, octopus's garden, within you
Without you, yellow submarine and because are in the list?!
They are very very good songs!

Uhh...well, I suppose this masterpiece could been on white album instead of revolution 9. Needs a lot of work to say the least. But it was dumped wasn't it? No.9 belongs on a Plastic Ono Band album.

This is the worst Beatles song. Most Beatles songs are really good. They were going to include it on the white album, but it's good they didn't. They already had revotution 9 and wild honey pie

The hell song is this. It wasn't on 1 or past masters.

8 Maxwell's Silver Hammer

Britain's tax minister at the time was a chap named Maxwell and Lennon felt the taxes were a little too high. When taxes made people unable to pay for cars, homes, etc., they were repossessed, and that's what this song is about. Maxwell's Silver Hammer is actually taxation and not a murder weapon. I'll admit that the way it's written is kinda creepy, though.

You people make me weep. This song tells a fun story (death is so amusing), It has a good melody, the instruments sound VERY nice, the harmony is amazing. I don't see why people hate on it. Someone else did have a point about John's murder. Please don't relate this song to that.

A slight, upbeat ditty about a psychopath murderer. This doesn't work for me at all. Not that Paul could have predicted it, but Lennon was eventually gunned down by a psychopath which makes this song's premise even more distasteful. Ugh, "Granny Music" as John said.

9 Mr. Moonlight

The song can't match Lennon's over exaggerated enthusiasm for the opening howl. And when George Martin's uninspired organ chimes in--you have to wonder. I was 7 or 8 when that recording came out and even then iI knew it was terrible. ;

Should be the number 1 worst song, totally disagree with the top ten here, each song above has it's own inner thoughtful or experimental basis.

Even when I was in a phase where all I listened to were The Beatles, I couldn't listen to this song. Boring and uninspiring.

The only reason this could not be on this list and not #1 is that people forgot it existed. Which is easy to do.

10 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Makes me want to jump on the radio playing that piece of crap and stamp on it till I fall through the floor, then do it again, falling on and on in the neighbourgs' appartments under mine, dragging everybody in a wild hysteric stamping crowd until the center of the earth, meeting there a bunch of Japanese Ob-La-Di haters from the other side and creating with them an Ob free world underneath. But I don't have a radio, actually.

Really? This is a great song. Just because Lennon didn't like it, doesn't mean it's Terrible. Hell, he didn't like Let it Be and that's one of the greatest songs of all time! Ob La Di Ob La the is a fun, jonty tune. It has a positive feeling as well as a catchy chorus, jolly bass riff and good old fashioned Tack piano. Tell me, How is this a bad song?

Come on. You people make me want to break down and cry. This is a fun song! It's better than almost every song on their first two albums at least! It is a blast to play on the piano as well. Like a wise man once said, let Paul McCartney have his fun.

Laugh out loud. 0-0 The lyrics to this are just ridiculous! I don't know what to make of this song! Something I'd never expect to hear from the Beatles. Maybe they ran outta lyrics? Or inspiration for that matter! Laugh out loud

The Contenders
11 Good Night

Are you serious? My dad would sing this to me as a lullaby!

The worst "real" song on the White Album. Boring.

12 Flying

Get this magnificent song off this list! That weirdo who says that "It is so bad even the devil hates it" is off his rocker. Get this song off the list!

Why wasn't this on here yet Maxwell, Yes it Is, Yesterday and Help are! This song is so bad even the devil hates it. Come on

Best song not yet in a Wes Anderson film. This is a fantastic song. Sorry to see it on the list.

Best album ever... worst song on this album

13 Dizzy Miss Lizzy

I admit I do like this song, but it seems way out of place on Help. I don't get why they rejected "That Means A Lot" and "If You've Got Trouble" but not this. At least those songs fit the vibe of the album. This should've been an EP track or a B-Side.

Typical of what they did in their early years: great covers many better than the originals. I don't think there's any double tracking on this one. Just pure Lennon screaming

I absolutely despise the song! Worse then Wild Honey Pie, but not quite as bad as Rev. 9. I love Yellow Sub, Maxwell and Dig It. They should not be here!

A weak, boring, poorly-sang finale to the fabulous Help! Album. It sounds really out of place on the album and annoying. Should have been an EP track.

14 Rocky Raccoon

Easily the most annoying Beatles song (for me, at least). Even John Lennon has said that this song was "quite embarrassing" for him.

What in the world!? This is one of my favorite songs by The Beatles! It has a very Dylan-esque feel and a wonderfully catchy chorus by Paul!

Fake country with a fake accent, where's the rock/pop. And all the plot/subplot. What a waste of time.

Rocky Raccoon is one of the worst songs by ANYBODY, let alone the Beatles. Awful.

15 You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

This song is good for one thing--I had a friend who used to play it on the jukebox when he wanted to clear out a bar or restaurant. And to think--it's an EDITED version of a longer joke!

This is not a song. This is a couple of guys getting really stoned and making funny voices; It probably seemed like a good idea with the chemical enhancement.

I was listening to past masters, and I listened to the whole album. I thought, "this has tons of gems on it! " And then I heard this. I was like, "What is this? This is not even a song! "

Heard this song on the radio the other day. Not sure why anyone would play it or listen to it.

16 Birthday

I think it's a great song, it's just that drum solo is terrible.

I have never liked it. I can't really stand it that well.

I wouldn't want this song playing on my birthday.

Not the Beatles best

17 Little Child

This is a great early song! Why is this on here?!

What is the lyrics about?!

18 Helter Skelter

What The... come on, you are kidding me, this just is NOT possible! One of their all-time best songs just... can't be on this list!

Weird, trashy and loud. Don't like it much, wonder what folks in 1968 thought of it when it came out. Rubbish.

I dislike Helter Skelter. It starts off great, has a good false ending, but after that, it just kind of repeats itself

It's terrible. Paul had obviously been listening to Hendrix when writing this drivel!

19 Within You Without You

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is my favourite album--hell, I bought the 50th anniversary record for it and everything--and I really wish I could like this song. It's got a good message, some nice lyrics, and I like slow songs. BUT MY GOD IS THIS BORING. I feel like an idiot saying this but it just DRAGS ON. I'm not sure how long the song actually is but it should have ended about ten minutes earlier. Maybe if the song went into negative minutes long it might finally be as deep as George intended.

I don't actually know this song; I just know it's on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (good album) and I didn't like it the first time I heard it.

Dreadful in every way, overlong, first time stoner lyrics, uninspired singing, nothing redeemable at all. Probably the worst Beatles song.

It's nearly impossible for me to listen to this song without tuning out less than halfway through it.

20 All Together Now

Why is this here? This song is short and joyful, if this song was 2 minutes longer and had a bit more meaning it would probably be a top 15 song.

I have to admit. I like this song. Catchy. Heard it twice remembered it. Good country type feel to it. But Yellow Submarine ( song) sucks, but the album of the same name is good

This song is underrated. Not every Beatles song has to be deep, and this song is just good fun.

1 2 3 4! Can I have a little more? 5 6 7 8 9 10! I love you!

21 Glass Onion

This is an apology for John's notorious "bigger than Jesus" statement. You can't knock it.

Terrible job poking fun at themselves and controversies. Just an all around pile.

It is so boring

22 Dig a Pony

John Lennon himself called it a nonsense song and a piece of garbage.

Really? This is a really decent John Lennon tune

This song is fantastic!

23 Polythene Pam

Polythene Pam is part of a series of songs. By itself, maybe it isn't much, but if you place it between Mean Mr. Mustard and She Came in Through the Bathroom Window, it's brilliant.

This song is genius

24 Honey Pie

Just something about this song makes me want to scratch my eardrums out. Somethings besides that it's just mediocre.

25 Blue Jay Way

This song freaks me out. When I was little, maybe 6, my dad used to play Beatles music all the time in the car, and I thought Blue Jay Way was decent. Now I'm 13, and now I found Paul is dead stuff in it of you play it backwards, AND FORWARDS. Creepy song

Well I love The Beatles.. but this song creeps me out a lot! and I can agree that Paul is dead, I never thought so but compared to 1963-1966 today he looks nothing like the Paul did back in 1966, and I think this song is hinting a message that he is dead!

So why is this song lower than Strawberry Fields Forever? I always thought Blue Jay Way was creepy, and it played a part in the Paul s Dead hoax. This song should be way higher on the list

For Beatles this is worst. For another artist maybe a hit single.

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