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Explore the canon by tag

A growing map of the catalogue. Every song carries a small, deliberate set of navigation tags — who sang it, how it was cut, what it is about — so you can hop from any song to the others that share its character. 6 of 214 songs tagged so far; the map fills out as each deep-dive enrichment lands.

Tag layer v0.1 · updated 21 June 2026 · skip to the catalogue in numbers ↓

The tag cloud

Tap a tag to list the songs that carry it. Size shows how many songs share a tag; colour shows its facet. Shared tags are the hops between songs — that is the whole idea, in one view.

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Pick a tag above to see its songs.

The connection map

On a wider screen the same data becomes an interactive web: dark nodes are songs, coloured nodes are shared tags, and every line is a path you can follow. Drag a node, scroll to zoom, toggle a facet in the legend, or click a song to open its page.

The catalogue, in numbers

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

Vocalists

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

Catalogue distribution

Number of 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 the canon
Lennon–McCartney70McCartney55Lennon34covers24Harrison22other7Starkey2
Songs first recorded per year
1962419633019643319653019661919672419684319693019701

Themes & tags

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

Length extremes

Ten longest 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 tracks (seconds)
Her Majesty23Maggie Mae40Lennon–McCartney–Harri51Wild Honey Pie52Mean Mr. Mustard66Polythene Pam72Sgt. Pepper's Lon78Golden Slumbers91Carry That Weight96Why Don't We Do I101

Takes & effort

Distribution of estimated takes per song
1–455–92110–142715–194920–294830+64

Source coverage

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