The Beatles — UK Canon
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The catalogue, in numbers

Patterns drawn from the recording dates, vocal credits, song lengths, era and themes encoded across 214 UK canonical entries. 15 songs and 14 releases carry hand-crafted extended essays.

Vocalists

Lead vocalists across all UK songs
214
Lennon 101
McCartney 65
Harrison 28
Starr 11
Instrumental 8
Other 1

Catalogue distribution

Number of UK songs per era
Beatlemania67The White Album34Abbey Road17Rubber Soul Era16Revolver / Studio Awak16Folk-Rock & Maturi14Sgt. Pepper's13Magical Mystery Tour11Yellow Submarine11Let It Be8Get Back / Rooftop7
Songwriter credits across UK canon
Lennon–McCartney70McCartney55Lennon34covers24Harrison22other7Starkey2
Songs first recorded per year
1962419633019643319653019661919672419684319693019701

Themes & tags

Most-occurring themes
cover23george-original14classic10ringo-vocal9opener8film8instrumental8rocker7harmonica7b-side7medley7brass7george-martin7film-score7

Length extremes

Ten longest UK Beatles tracks (seconds)
Revolution 9502I Want You (She's467Hey Jude431It's All Too Much385A Day in the Life339Within You Without You304While My Guitar Gently285I Am the Walrus275Helter Skelter269Come Together259
Ten shortest UK Beatles tracks (seconds)
Her Majesty23Maggie Mae40Lennon–McCartney–Harri51Wild Honey Pie52Mean Mr. Mustard66Polythene Pam72Sgt. Pepper's Lon78Golden Slumbers91Carry That Weight96Why Don't We Do I101

Source coverage

Songs with a Lewisohn (1988) source quote
214
With Lewisohn quote 213
Without quote 1