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The Beatles – Baby's in Black
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The fourth Beatles album, “The Beatles for Sale” releasesed in December 1964 signaled the beginning of the “serious” era for the Beatles.
This is the third track on the SA side.
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Paul Myers – Baby's in Black
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Oh dear, what can I do? / Baby's in black and I'm feeling blue / Oh what can I do? / She thinks of him / And so she dresses in black / And though he'll never come back / She's
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Rae Sremmurd (Ft. Gucci Mane) – Black Beatles
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Swae Lee, Slim Jxmmi, Mike WiLL Made-It, and Gucci Mane team up on a track comparing themselves to the legendary English rock band The Beatles. The three rappers address their fame
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The Beatles – Blackbird
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“Blackbird” is Paul McCartney’s hopeful essay on the Civil Rights Movement and the “End of Racism in America”.
The tune was inspired by J.S. Bach’s Bourrée in E minor, a well
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The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black
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From their 4th album, Aftermath. Per pophistorydig, the song is about the funeral of a girl from her lover’s viewpoint, and he wants the color of everything to match his mood.
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Michael Jackson – Black or White
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“Black or White” was the first single from Michael Jackson’s highly-anticipated eighth album Dangerous. With it, Jackson tied The Supremes for “third-most #1 songs in the US” when
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The Beatles – I Feel Fine
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“I Feel Fine,” written primarily by John Lennon, was released as a single in 1964, with “She’s a Woman” as the B side.
Interestingly, the song features one of the first uses of
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The Beatles – Hello, Goodbye
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Written by Paul McCartney, though credited to Lennon-McCartney, “Hello, Goodbye” is the A-side to “I Am the Walrus” and was released on 24 November 1967.
The song discusses the
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The Beatles – Ticket to Ride
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“Ticket To Ride” is on the 1965 album, Help!. The lyrics describe a girl who is leaving despite having the opportunity to be with a Beatle!
The song was written by John Lennon (
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The Beatles – Come Together
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“Come Together” is the opening track to Abbey Road, written by John Lennon and to be used as a campaign song for famed LSD enthusiast Timothy Leary, who was running for Governor of
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The Beatles – Across the Universe
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In a 1970 interview, Lennon referred to this song as:
[…] one of the best lyrics I’ve written. In fact, it could be the best. It’s good poetry, or whatever you call it, without
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The Beatles – Your Mother Should Know
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During the performance of “Your Mother Should Know” in the film Magical Mystery Tour, Paul is seen wearing a black rose, as opposed to the red ones worn by the other Beatles. This
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The Beatles – Yesterday
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“Yesterday” is the most covered song in history, with over 2,000 versions having been recorded. A spare, haunting song of lost love from the early Beatles catalog, it was sung
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The Beatles – Hey Jude
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Originally titled “Hey Jules,” named after John Lennon’s son Julian, this song was written by Paul McCartney to comfort him during John and Cynthia’s divorce. John Lennon stated
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The Beatles – Eleanor Rigby
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“Eleanor Rigby” is a song about loneliness and depression representing a departure from their early pop love songs.
This is an early example of the Beatles taking risks and
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The Beatles – Back in the U.S.S.R.
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Written by McCartney as a pastiche of The Beach Boys, its inspiration came from the Chuck Berry song Back In The USA, from Prime Minister Harold Wilson’s “I’m Backing Britain
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The Beatles – Drive My Car
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The first song on 1965’s Rubber Soul album, Drive My Car reversed the traditional boy-girl roles in The Beatles' songs, presenting a tale of a gold digger and wannabe star who
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The Beatles – Baby, You’re a Rich Man
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This song grew from a verse of John’s (“one of the beautiful people”) and a chorus of Paul’s (“baby, you’re a rich man”). The song deals with the celebrity, wealth and fame the
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Nicki Minaj & Mike WiLL Made-It – Black Barbies
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After the success of her recent “The Pinkprint Freestyle,” Nicki Minaj delivers a remix of Rae Sremmurd’s No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 hit, “Black Beatles,” turning the track around to
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The Beatles – Lady Madonna
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“Lady Madonna” is a single released by the Beatles in 1968, with its B-side track as “The Inner Light”.
Paul McCartney says the song works as a tribute to women everywhere, as it
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The Beatles – Golden Slumbers
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“Golden Slumbers” is the sixth part of the climactic medley on their 1969 album, Abbey Road. “Golden Slumbers” is followed by “Carry That Weight” and begins the progression that
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The Beatles – Rocky Raccoon
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This is a folk pastiche by McCartney inspired by a fireside jam the group and their companions had in India.
The song takes its influences from American folk music phrasings and
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The Beatles – Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby
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George Harrison sings on the final track. This is the second Carl Perkins cover on the Beatles for Sale album, taken from his 1957 Dance Album of (Carl Perkins) LP.
The Beatles
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Doja Cat (Ft. Gucci Mane) – Like That
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“Like That” is the first collaboration between Doja Cat and Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane. The two artists both speak on how they want their partner to act with them.
The song was
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The Beatles – Eight Days a Week
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“Eight Days a Week” was originally issued in 1964 as a single from Beatles for Sale. However, it wasn’t released in the US until 1965. It came out in advance of the 1965 album
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The Beatles – Michelle
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A McCartney song inspired by a comical faux-French ballad he used to busk in the streets when he was a teenager in order to attract women and make his friends laugh. Paul asked
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The Beatles – (You're So Square) Baby I Don’t Care (Studio Jam)
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[Intro] / Well, you don't know any dance steps that are new / And no one else could love you like I do, do, do, do, do / [Verse 1] / And you don't like crazy music / Don't like
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The Beatles – Twist and Shout
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“Twist and Shout” was originally by The Top Notes in 1960; the band The Isley Brothers did a cover of it in 1962. The Beatles did a second cover of the song in 1963. This song was
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The Beatles – In My Life
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“In My Life” is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
The song originated with Lennon, and while McCartney contributed to the final version, the extent
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Badfinger – Baby Blue
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This is a track from the 1971 album of the Welsh band, Straight Up, their fourth LP. It was the group’s last Top 20 single, peaking at number 14 on the (US) Billboard Pop Singles
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Jordy & Elt Cheekz – BLACK BEATLES
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[Skit: Margs, Loons & Jordy] / What you sayin, we recording yeah? / Alright then / You pick me up / You are tuned in to If I couldn't rap, I wouldn't rap (hmm) / I'm your host six-
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Nancy Sinatra – Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
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A cover of the Cher song, written by Sonny Bono.
Nancy Sinatra’s version was not well known until it was used in the opening sequence of Kill Bill.
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