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| George Harrison Beatles Songs Ranked
Only including Studio tracks, singles, and b-sides. None of that rarity BS. Also if George's voice is completely mixed with the other Beatles (IE: "Because" and "Sgt. Peppers [Reprise]" it doesn't count either. Also, I'm a huge Beatles fan, so expect inflated scores. | | 27 |  | The Beatles
Please Please Me
"Chains"
It's a cover and the original by The Cookies is better.
2.5/5 | | 26 |  | The Beatles
With the Beatles
"Devil in Her Heart"
He's trying to sing like John here. He hasn't found his sound yet. Honestly, I don't care for pre-Rubber Soul Beatles much, and on the occasions where I do, it's never a Geoge song. Expect these to all be ranked low.
2.5/5 | | 25 | | The Beatles
With the Beatles
"Don't Bother Me"
I don't know what it is about these songs, but they feel extra ingenuine for him as if George didn't have the girl troubles he's singing about.
2.5/5 | | 24 |  | The Beatles
Beatles for Sale
"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"
A Carl Perkins cover and yet again just bland. It's a shame this is so bland because at this point John and Paul did had done some pretty cool songs.
2.5/5 | | 23 |  | The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night
"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
EASILY the best pre-Help! song that George wrote. Hell, I'll ever say it's good. The chorus is actually memorable despite not being a cover. WAIT! NOOOO John and Paul wrote this song. Well, that explains it.
3/5 | | 22 |  | The Beatles
Help!
"You Like Me Too Much"
Finally, something George wrote that's worth a damn. The piano is catchy, though I'll admit his vocals are unenthusiastic sappy schlock.
3/5 | | 21 | | The Beatles
Help!
"I Need You"
John and Paul were really starting to experiment with their sound on Help! and it's a shame that George wasn't ready yet to do that. This gets bonus points for this one actually having some feeling in it.
3/5 | | 20 |  | The Beatles
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"Piggies"
I like whimsical stuff, but this is just underdeveloped and obvious. Apparently, the prototype for this song's lyrics existed as early as the Revolver sessions and he just set it aside fo a few years. George Martin's music decisions with the strings are lovely, but that's not enough for me to like this. | | 19 | | The Beatles
Please Please Me
"Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
John and Paul wrote this one and it's so obvious, but hell it's a damn good song for pre-Rubber Soul Beatles. The guitar line is catchy, George is into it, and the backups are pretty. Is it amazing? Nah, but my standards are already so low for this era.
3.5/5 | | 18 |  | The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
"Within You Without You"
I do not for the life of me understand the high praise for this song when The Beatles have done other better sitar psych-pop songs. "Norweigan Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", "Tomorrow Never Knows", and a George song that's higher on this list for example. This is a "good song" I guess if I'm in the right mood. Maybe a bit boring and draggy. Indian classical is suppose to drone I suppose, but it always felt like it interrupted that album's theme in a way that other Indian classical-inspired songs did not on their other albums.
3.5/5 | | 17 |  | The Beatles
Rubber Soul
"If I Needed Someone"
Kind of astounding the level of quality raised from the 62-65 stuff that preceded it. It's still a simple song about love, but this time he's confident and the music is fun and original.
3.5/5 | | 16 |  | The Beatles
Let It Be
"I Me Mine"
George's voice is really pretty here. Phil Spector maybe not be George Martin, but the production on this one specifically felt like a mimicking of Martin. Plus that pickup rocks pretty well. A self-critical song about how selfish The Beatles were being about their own visions at the time.
4/5 | | 15 |  | The Beatles
Abbey Road
"Here Comes the Sun"
This might be the most famous George song ever, even including his solo career, and I can see why. It's bright, optimistic, catchy, and the guitar during the bridge is gorgeous. Maybe it's kinda overplayed for my ears though, I don't know, but I believe he has better ones still.
4/5 | | 14 |  | The Beatles
Yellow Submarine
"It's All Too Much"
The longest Beatles song penned by George, clocking in at 6 minutes and 26 seconds, this one almost feels like neo-psych with how pristine it sounds compared to other messier 60s psych tracks, and of course, it's about the wonderment of an acid trip. Standard quality Beatles stuff if you ask me.
4/5 | | 13 |  | The Beatles
Past Masters, Vol. 2
"The Inner Light"
Sadly relegated to "Lady Madonna" b-side (fantastic song though and my favorite of Paul's actually) this is probably his most "Hare Krishna" themed Beatles song. Unlike a lot of the other Indian classical influenced songs, this doesn't feature sitar but does feature tabla and multiple instruments I've never heard of haha. What I want to compare to a pretty yelping cat (the sarod?) is certainly the standout here. Good stuff.
4/5 | | 12 | | The Beatles
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"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Featuring Eric Clapton on guitar, this is a common fan favorite, and yeah it's pretty damn good. Maybe it's a bit too "fancy blues-rock" for it to be my favorite though. The lyrics, vocal performance, and guitar solo are very emotional and guaranteed to get your mom in tears if she listens closely.
4/5 | | 11 | | The Beatles
Abbey Road
"Something"
Finally, George shows us he can write a good love song and it's beautiful. I hate to bring up George Martin again, but maybe his strings yet again outshine George's contributions here. They might be some of Martin's best in The Beatles' discography. Truly the 5th Beatle! Sorry, back to George Harrison... uh he rules too, okay next.
4.5/5 | | 10 | | The Beatles
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"Long, Long, Long"
This should be one of my favorite Beatles songs ever. The lo-fi feel and atmospheric folky mood elicit a certain spirituality. The lyrics are somewhat vague to whether they're about a woman or Hare Krishna. My only real problem is that the end feels kind of awkward and abrupt for such an otherwise smooth, beautiful mellow piece of music as if he had no idea how to finish it. Really ruins the mood for me.
4.5/5 | | 9 | | The Beatles
Let It Be
"For You Blue"
I get the feeling a lot of people don't like this song, but I like how Harrison is putting on his best "Dylan voice" and how bendy the strings sound. No seriously, the guitar tone is wonderful.
4.5/5 | | 8 | | The Beatles
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"Savoy Truffle"
"You picked this over "Long Long Long" and "My Guitar Gently Weeps" ??? Are you serious?" Indeed I did. This song was a dig at his friend Eric Clapton for getting fat from candy and it's set to some dan good jazz-rock. This is whimsical, maybe even a bit mean spirited, but the line where he's like "The sweat is going to fill your head. When it becomes too much. You'll shout aloud" is palpable as hell. Good stuff.
5/5 | | 7 | | The Beatles
Rubber Soul
"Think for Yourself"
With how unimpressive the stuff he wrote before Rubber Soul was, this feels like a statement. Also goddamn, I love that guitar line. The music is kinda simple, but Rubber Soul was often like that "good, but simple. The lyrics are pretty political and critical of how people think, and that's always cool... well except when it's not haha. Does that make sense? I'm not a professional writer, whatever.
5/5 | | 6 |  | The Beatles
Revolver
"Taxman"
Revolver was George's peak. This song is goofy as all hell, features one of The Beatles' most iconic guitar lines ever That solo would make a top 10 on a list I bet. Declare the pennies on your corpses' eyes Brits, the taxman is coming.
5/5 | | 5 | | The Beatles
Past Masters, Vol. 2
"Old Brown Shoe"
This was like the last George led Beatles song (other than rarities) I discovered (I even knew about "The Inner Light" first) and it was like discovering buried treasure. That great guitar tone from "For You Blue" is better and catchier than ever and with better lyrics. The double-tracked vocals are always a highlight of any John or George song and it's no different here. They did George dirty by making this the b-side to "The Ballad of John and Yoko" and nothing else. I mean that's a good A-side, but this is better.
5/5 | | 4 | | The Beatles
Yellow Submarine
"Only a Northern Song"
Maybe it's because I love off-kitler stuff and psych pop and that this is both, but I always adored this song. The spastic brass section feels so odd for a Beatles song, but coupled with the song's meaning, it's amazing. George's compositions were always treated like they were lesser than John's and Paul's by the record company and he was treated like his opinion was secondary to theirs and this song is a complaint about that. He was probably the first Beatle to really feel like he was being held back by being in the band and if he can make amazing songs like this, I can see why. It's a shame his solo stuff never went in this direction.
5/5 | | 3 | | The Beatles
Revolver
"I Want to Tell You"
But this is his best one on Revolver. I mean my god that piano, the double-tracking, the way he stretches out the end of each verse line. Trippy, but sentimental lyrics. Man, I love music like this.
5/5 | | 2 | | The Beatles
Revolver
"Love You To"
Sometimes I wonder if "Within You and Without You" is so low because this one is similar, but about a billion times better. This has some of George's best lyrics and among the coolest (sitar) solos on any Beatles album. "There's people standing round, who'll screw you in the ground" "Love me while you can, before I'm a dead old man." He sounds resigned, but wise haha, but hey it works!
5/5 | | 1 |  | The Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour
"Blue Jay Way"
The best George Beatles songs is on the best Beatles album, of course. That cello, the backmasking, the druggy way those vocals echo, the ominous dark tone, the wall of sound simmering beneath it all. It's a song about waiting for a friend to return. The double entendre of "be long" and "belong" and the lead up to the lyrics of "Soon will be the break of day, sitting here in Blue Jay Way" are perfect. While it's not my favorite Beatles song ("I Am the Walrus" "Tomorrow Never Knows" and "Lady Madonna" all top it,) it's pretty damn worthy.
5/5 | |
ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | Anything with a 4 of higher I find to be quite amazing, so don't yell at me about those
Feel free to yell at me about the rest though | evilford
12.09.20 | Good list | onionbubs
12.09.20 | very good shit. 14 has been my number 1 beatles song ever since i first heard it (tho tomorrow never knows is a strooong challenger), so seeing love for it always rule. that along with inner light and within are easy top 10s for me but good stuff nonetheless and a very respectable number 1 blue jay way is phenomenal
best beatle | Ryus
12.09.20 | 17 and 18 slap big time | Colton
12.09.20 | damn you really went in on our boy George here | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | @normal: WUT did you even read my list
"Love You To" is my #3 George, and Tomorrow Never Knows is my 2nd fave Beatles song -_- | robertsona
12.09.20 | 23 is amazing | widowslaugh123
12.09.20 | Damn 1 is 1 | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | Stray thoughts: "Long, Long, Long" would probably move up to #5 if the ending made more sense
When it comes to their songs: John > George > Paul > Ringo, though apparently, John was a trash person | Fort23
12.09.20 | Interesting, i wouldve ranked revolver songs lower but overall i get it, except youre rating the help songs snd help in generalnwsy too low OVERRATED ALBUM ARS | Fort23
12.09.20 | Idk if john was as trash as people try to make him seem, for what its worth i think paul had more to do with the breakup than anyone but you also cant deny without his workforce mentality their legacy would be compromised greatly. And tf are the ending to long long is like the third best part if the song you tool | DominionMM1
12.09.20 | this is a nah for me dawg
a for effort though | Fort23
12.09.20 | Revolver is a top 5 or top 3 beatles for me but, at least for me, the george songs on there dont come close to something, longlonglong, guitar wheeps, but I appreciste the revolver george era too | bloaf38
12.09.20 | Great idea for a list. I like Blue Jay Way a lot. 18 and 10 are the best in my book | onionbubs
12.09.20 | shoutout all this long long long love itt absolutely gorgeous track | Fort23
12.09.20 | Hell yeah goat song, i love blue jay away too | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | I do love the psychedelic Beatles tracks the most usually
Though my fave non-psych one is probably idk... I Will maybe? | Fort23
12.09.20 | Just in relation to his other songs, basically, revolver > abbey road/white album, abbey road/white album george > revolver george, IMO | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | Even I Want to Tell You? :o
| Fort23
12.09.20 | Lol i like love you to better tbh | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | That one's also awesome | Fort23
12.09.20 | The beatles are my favorite band so i really love everything they did even the early early shit | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | They're your favorite band? That's kinda surprising since you never played anything remotely like them back when like I knew you in person
What are your thoughts on The Kinks and The Zombies? Since they're similarish | Colton
12.09.20 | you knew Fort in person? | Fort23
12.09.20 | Lol he lived with some of my shooters 🤌🤘 | Fort23
12.09.20 | I never really got into either of them tbh other than their hits, id like to try them more especially the zombies. | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | We went to the same college Colton and had the same friend group for a time lol
Dude figured out I had a Sputnik account by asking me if I knew who Off Minor was | Colton
12.09.20 | lol what the hell | Colton
12.09.20 | the odds of any two people who know each other both having a Sputnik account are astronomically low | Fort23
12.09.20 | Alright i dont rmember the off minor bit!, and yes Jared is my son he was a junior member of my gang | wildinferno2010
12.09.20 | I've always felt that only a northern song is underrated af. Good to see it getting some recognition | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | Matt: "Do you listen to Off Minor?"
Me: "No, but I've heard of them, not really my thing"
Matt: "You use Sputnikmusic.com don't you?"
Me: "uhhhhhhhhh yes..."
Matt: me too, I'm like an OG classic user"
roughly how the conversation went | Colton
12.09.20 | how did you know he had a Sputnik account Fort | Fort23
12.09.20 | Hahahah bro no one on earth knows about off minor or circle takes the square unless you were in off minor or have a sputnikmusic account thats on iluvatar grave | Colton
12.09.20 | interesting lore here | Fort23
12.09.20 | Colton im gonna find you in real life and make you change your finally rich rating in front of me | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | "the odds of any two people who know each other both having a Sputnik account are astronomically low"
I went to jr high with spec, high school with balcaen, and was friends with kimmsighmatters brother | Fort23
12.09.20 | Me and ars | Fort23
12.09.20 | Lorde gotta one up everyone stfu nerd no one even knows who youre talking about on iluvatar | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | Also rofl at ars and fort knowing each other and rolling in the same friend group how embarrassingly revealing of fort | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | "Guys I'm hood af I swear!" | Fort23
12.09.20 | 😂😂😂😭😭Oh yes im sure saturdays spent playing dungeons and dragons and eating 4 fish filets from mcdonalds with “balcaen” and “kimmsighmatters” was more stimulating than slipping acid into ars drink and doing blow with his mom 😂😂😭😭 | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | I don't think Fort has shame, he once dumped half the ingredients of my roommate's gourmet hamburger in the garbage after he was given it for free and complained that he should've just gotten McDonald's | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | Ya you do strike me as a date rapist fort thanks for admitting it tho | Colton
12.09.20 | I mean a bad burger is a bad burger | Colton
12.09.20 | oof | Fort23
12.09.20 | That was disgusting he put feta cheese in the burger meat i love that kid but growing up that near canada makes you retarded | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | Ohhh woaaah fort that edit made you sound so much harder and cooler I'm REELING | Fort23
12.09.20 | Lol pots you funny | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | U 2 "brother" | Colton
12.09.20 | feta in a burger sounds bomb you might just be a pussy | Fort23
12.09.20 | You probably shove feta cheese in your ass | Fort23
12.09.20 | You also werent there for chief keef | Colton
12.09.20 | I already explained this on the Finally Rich thread. and Ars probably didn't let you play Chief Keef past 7pm | JohnnyoftheWell
12.09.20 | kewl thread but get the fuck out of here with that feta abuse you literal heathens | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | Ars dictating forts bedtime is 100% the most likely thing about his persona to date | Colton
12.09.20 | you talking about putting it in a burger or the verbal abuse toward feta | Fort23
12.09.20 | You wasnt there colton you was in third grade when me and the italian were hitting the roman slopes | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | "We have mathlete practice tomorrow morning fortholomew!" | Colton
12.09.20 | "I'm old" seems to be everyone's favourite diss on this site I don't get it | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | Fortholomew the Twenty Third, Duke of Willbury Shire | Fort23
12.09.20 | Im seventeen | DominionMM1
12.09.20 | “I went to jr high with spec, high school with balcaen, and was friends with kimmsighmatters brother“
not surprising really. when i joined half of sputs userbase was either western canadian or floridian | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | Oh yeah Fort would travel halfway across NY to go snowboarding or something all of the time, forgot about that
Hunter Mountain or something | Fort23
12.09.20 | Thats fire i am fortholmew | Fort23
12.09.20 | Alright ars dont give them my whole biography | Fort23
12.09.20 | Never this shit is historic 🌞 | Fort23
12.09.20 | Im chinese | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | Ars just sent me this picture of fortholomew in action: https://4.bp.blogspot.com/_km3tVAbgRwc/R8HTSZEnkXI/AAAAAAAAAJM/Fo8iwCJAfGE/s320/skier.jpg | Fort23
12.09.20 | 😂😂😭😭😭 | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | tbh that kinda looks like him if you changed the hair | Colton
12.09.20 | did you type in "skiing nerd" to find that | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | I thought u guys just went for matching perms | Fort23
12.09.20 | Im way more handsome than that man | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | *"skier nerd" Google images results | Fort23
12.09.20 | And ars does have a fucking perm no bap hes got a jewfro | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | Lol I know | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | He's Mr scheuster, its glorious | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | It's all natural curls
At least I'm not a ginger, like Fort :P | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | ZNHDJDKFNBZBZBFFFFFF
| Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | IM SHOOK | ArsMoriendi
12.09.20 | Oh yeah potsy hates gingers | Fort23
12.09.20 | I got beautiful glorious red hair yes | Fort23
12.09.20 | Bro pots issa bitch straight zionist polack bit h | Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.09.20 | This thread has brought me much joy this day | Ryus
12.09.20 | good thread | Fort23
12.09.20 | Rip george free max b | Jots
12.09.20 | Ars did Fort dirtier than when Skyler gave all that money to Ted
https://gfycat.com/briskhappyhairstreak | Trifolium
12.09.20 | Oooooh good list Ars! It's been a while since I listened to The Beatles, need to change that.
I like many of these, Taxman would be up there, Blue Jay Way too. And Here Comes The Sun of course. Oh and Something. | goonmob
01.14.21 | Damn, probably one of the best rankings i've ever seen. I damn near agree with everything lol. | protokute
06.08.21 | Interesting ranking, why 17 is so low tho??? One of my favorite songs ever probably, Harrisson at his jangliest and that melody is so damn good (which he admitted McGuinn's take on Bells of Rhymney was a big influence) |
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