Beatles Songs with the Best Harmonies
The Beatles are well known for creating great vocal harmonies within their songs. I want to see which ones are the best. Feel free to add any songs that I might have missed. The more prominent the harmonies are throughout the song, the higher precedent the song has on the list. Also, no cover songs please: I want to concentrate on the Fabs' original material.Probably has their most and ornate sounding harmonies. The Beatles triple tracked their harmonies (9 voices in total! ) to get a rich, full sound.
This Boy was the original b-side to "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". The Beatles took their doo-wop influences to the forefront and sang three-part harmony throughout the verses.
The harmonies throughout this song are to die for, especially the "ah-la-la-la" harmonies in the b-section.
The stacked vocal harmonies before each verse are incredible and very clever. When I first heard it, I thought, "What is this?!? ".
The group sings the verses in three-part harmony like they do in "This Boy".
The harmonies in the verses and in the instrumental break are gorgeous.
The background harmonies throughout this song are tremendous. I thought the idea of singing "I'm so glad- ooh" during the chorus was very clever.
The call-and-response between John and all the Beatles in the verses makes this song great.
The harmonies here have a strong country-and western influence. John and Paul come up with some interesting intervals.
Probably has some the best harmonies on the Please Please Me album.
