Lyrics by The Beatles Trivia

1. What is the missing word in the title of this song on The Beatles UK album "Please Please Me", "Do You Want To ____ A Secret"?

From Quiz The Beatles, Stuck For A Word?

Answer: Know

"Do You Want To Know A Secret" written by John Lennon/Paul McCartney (originally credited to McCartney/Lennon), is track four on side two of The Beatles' first UK album "Please Please Me". It was number one for 30 weeks on the UK album chart in 1963. "Do You Want To Know A Secret" was not released as a single in the UK but peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. The "Please Please Me" album would have been recorded at he Cavern club in Liverpool but it was found to be unsuitable. Instead they used the Abbey Road studio and recorded the album in three, three hour sessions over just under 13 hours, including breaks. Each of The Beatles received £7.10 shillings for each of the three hour sessions and the whole recording session cost approximately £400. The album cover photograph was taken at EMI's London headquarters in Manchester Square, London, England, by photographer Angus McBean.

From Quiz Lyrics Of The Beatles

Answer: Matchbox

On the Hot 100 in 1964, "Matchbox" ranked number 17. "She Loves You" and "A Hard Day's Night" both topped the list as number ones. "Twist And Shout" reached number two.

From Quiz Just Three Words, #3!

Answer: Can't Buy Me Love

Recorded in early 1964 and written by Paul, it became a massive hit in the UK and US. In the US, its rise to number one marks the only time an artist has had three number one hits in a row -- the Beatles' previous two were "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You." I've always loved this song -- and especially love the scene in the film "A Hard Day's Night" where it plays in the background while the lads are playing with a ball in an abandoned lot.

From Quiz Just Three Words!

Answer: Fixing a Hole

"And stops my mind from wandering..." But IS this song about drugs? Some have suggested it is about heroin, others about marijuana -- or maybe it's just about roof repairs? It was written and sung by Paul.

From Quiz Forgetting the Beatles

Answer: honey

A big hit for the Isley Brothers in 1962, the Beatles included it on their first UK album "Please Please Me" in 1963. It was released as a single in the U.S. in 1964. It was always a fan favorite.

From Quiz All You Need Is Lyrics

Answer: hideaway

Written by Ringo Starr, "Octopus's Garden was on the Beatles'"Abbey Road" album in 1969. Ringo was also the lead singer on the song, the last song he would sing lead on as a Beatle.

From Quiz The Beatles - Guess the Song!

Answer: I'm Looking Through You

From the album "Rubber Soul" from 1965. "Rubber Soul" was one of their first albums with a different sound and creative songwriting. For example, "Norwegian Wood" was the first Beatle song which included sitar in it and "Michelle" was their first song which included French lyrics.

From Quiz Characters in Beatles Songs

Answer: Jude

The song is, of course, "Hey Jude," which was written by Paul and dedicated to John Lennon's son Julian after John's divorce from Julian's mother Cynthia. He initially thought of calling it "Hey Jules" but chose Jude instead because he thought it sounded better. "Hey Jude" is one of The Beatles' most popular songs and is considered one of the best songs ever made.

From Quiz The Ultimate Beatles Lyrics Quiz

Answer: Changing my life with the wave of her hand

The song 'Here, There and Everywhere' is the fifth track on the studio album 'Revolver'. The full phrase goes like this: 'Here, making each day of the year Changing my life with the wave of her hand, nobody can deny that there's something there'.

From Quiz Name the Beatles song!

Answer: Nowhere Man

"Nowhere Man" is a fantastic song from the album "Rubber Soul" which was released in December of 1965.

From Quiz The Beatles- All Wet

Answer: Rock and Roll Music

The preceding lyrics read: "Way down South they gave a jubilee Them country folks they had a jamboree" Written by Chuck Berry in 1957 at the height of the "Rock 'n Roll" craze in the U.S. the Beatles would record the song in 1964 for their album 'Beatles For Sale'. The fervor in John's double-tracked voice indicates how passionate Lennon was about singing this tune. The version on the album was recorded on the first take (double-tracking commenced thereafter). An astute listener will hear Lennon fluff the lyrics, singing "ought to got rock and roll music" at 2:19.

From Quiz BEATLES: Every Day of The Week!

Answer: Sunday

This is a catchy piano number by The Beatles from 1968. It features the spiritual Harrison track "The Inner Light" on the B-side. Written by Paul (who plays the piano) it features all four Beatles singing with their hands cupped around their mouths. The full lyric is: "Friday night arrives without a suitcase Sunday morning creeping like nun Monday's child has learned to tie his bootlace. See how they'll run."

From Quiz "Get Back" to the Beatles' Zoo (part II)

Answer: Monkey

John Lennon once described this song as being "About me and Yoko. Everybody seemed to be paranoid except for us two, who were in the glow of love."

From Quiz Sweet Treats from The Beatles

Answer: Coconut fudge

The complete lyric is: "Cool cherry cream and a nice apple tart I feel your taste all the time we're apart Coconut fudge--really blows down those blues But you'll have to have them all pulled out After the Savoy truffle." Harrison wrote the song as a tribute to his friend Eric Clapton's chocolate addiction, and indeed he derived the title and many of the lyrics from a box of Mackintosh Good News chocolates.

From Quiz Beatles for Brainiacs

Answer: Dmitri Bystrolyotov

In a 1968 interview, Paul McCartney explained that "Back in the U.S.S.R." was a parody of a Chuck Berry song in which a Russian spy arrives back home after a long tour of duty. Dmitri Bystrolyotov was the most prominent Fifth Columnist in the years between WWI and WWII for the Soviet Union. He set up spy networks in most of the countries in Western Europe, and even infiltrated the British Foreign Office. His life was broken, as were so many, by Stalin's purges in the late 1930's. Bystrolyotov, born in the Ukraine, was a true renaissance man, speaking many languages and having the ability to write and paint. Mostly forgotten outside of Russia, Bystrolyotov was the prototype for every movie spy from 'Bond' to 'Bourne'. He died in 1975. All of the other names are of Soviet era folk singers whose ballads and recordings were distributed underground.

From Quiz Random Lyrics From Random Songs

Answer: She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

"Sunday's on the phone to Monday Tuesay's on the phone to me" "Eight Days A Week" does not actually contain any names of the days of the week. In "Lady Madonna", there are children for the days of the week, and, as far as the song goes, they don't talk on the phone. "Tomorrow Never Knows" also does not contain any days of the week, or even the word 'tomorrow.'

From Quiz Rhyming Still More With the Fabulous Four

Answer: By making his world a little colder

Paul McCartney wrote "Hey Jude" as a means of comforting John's son Julian at a time John and Cynthia Lennon were divorcing ("Hey Jules" was the original wording). The song debuted on Britain's David Frost show with a video including an audience singalong in the long fadeout final half. In the United States, it was the longest-playing single (in excess of seven minutes) to top the charts to that point, and it enjoyed a run of nine consecutive weeks at #1, the longest stay by a Beatles single. This was the first music released by the Beatles on their new Apple label, and featured a plain white sleeve with a hole in the middle to display the Apple logo on the disk.

From Quiz Rhyming Some More With the Fabulous Four

Answer: In our yellow submarine

1966's "Revolver" moved the Beatles into full acceptance by "serious" music critics with its incredible breakthroughs in recording technology and lyrics. This song, "Yellow Submarine," was a lighter throwaway on the record, sung by Ringo and released as the "B" side to the far more serious "Eleanor Rigby." The sound effects (bells, bubbling, hoses) were made by the Beatles themselves, playing around in the studio and having fun.

From Quiz Rhyme More Lyrics Galore With the Fabulous Four

Answer: Is it for her or myself that I cry

After their euphoric and happy songs of their early period, the Beatles began to record more contemplative and even bitter songs, and this one, "I'm a Loser" from "Beatles for Sale" (largely mirrored by the US "Beatles '65"), was a prime example. It's one of Johns Lennon's first songs from his "Bob Dylan phase," and despite the harsh negative tone of the title and the lyrics, it was one of those songs for which he held the most pride during the rest of his lifetime.

From Quiz The Lyrics of John, Paul, George and Ringo

Answer: I've Just Seen A Face

"I've Just Seen A Face" was from the Beatles album "Help!". "Help!" was also a name of one of the few films they made.

From Quiz Longest Words In Beatles Songs

Answer: Photographs

'Penny Lane' was written by Paul during the "Sgt. Pepper" sessions, and was put on "Magical Mystery Tour". Penny Lane was a street that John used to live on, and Paul lived close to. On Penny Lane there actually was a barber shop and a fire station. The barber claims he cut John, Paul, and George's hair when they were kids. After the song was released, Beatle fans stole the Penny Lane street signs.

From Quiz The Beatles Lyrics

Answer: I Am the Walrus

This song was on the "Magical Mystery Tour" soundtrack album.

From Quiz The Beatles: Lyrical Pursuit Vol. 2

Answer: Glass Onion

Although most people believe this song has deep meaning, lead singer John Lennon just put meaningless words together so people would look into to it closely. He got a kick out of people analyzing his songs.

From Quiz The Beatles: Lyrical Pursuit Vol. 1

Answer: Yellow Submarine

"And our friends are all on board. Many more of them live next door. And the band begins to play. We all live in a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine." Bassist Paul McCartney wrote this song as a children's story, and not as a reference to drugs like many people believe.

From Quiz Obscure Beatles Lyrics

Answer: Don't Bother Me

Just a hint of George Harrison's songwriting genius from "Meet the Beatles".

From Quiz Beatles - A Day in the Life

Answer: twenty

"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is both the opening and title track of the album. The Beatles started out on "Sgt Pepper" as a concept album, the inspiration of Paul McCartney, although the concept idea was dropped after a couple of the tracks had been recorded. Instead they let their creativity flow and put together a collection of tracks of varied and imaginative musical styles... and thus a musical masterpiece was created.

From Quiz Beatles Lyrics You Know You Know But...

Answer: Getting Better

Surrounding lyrics are: "I used to get mad at my school, the teachers that taught me weren't cool. You're holding me down, burning me round, filling me up with the rules". Cool fact: 56 seconds into the song, Paul makes a verbal slip: "And you're doing the best that I can" instead of, "And I'm doing the best that I can".

From Quiz The Ultimate Beatles Lyrics Quiz

Answer: All I've Got To Do

Recorded on September 11, 1963. John was trying to imitate Smokey Robinson when wrote this song in 1961.

From Quiz Beatles For Beginners

Answer: Can't Buy Me Love

John Lennon and Paul McCartney first played together as the Quarrymen in 1957. George Harrison joined the Liverpool based band in 1958. They became the Silver Beatles and then The Beatles in the early sixties. Ringo Starr joined, on drums, in 1962. 'Can't Buy Me Love' was recorded at EMI's London Abbey Road studios in early 1964. With Paul on lead vocals, it charted at number one in both the US and UK.

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