The Beatles: Lyrical Pursuit Vol. 1 Quiz

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.

Answer: Maxwell's Silver Hammer

"P.C. 31 said 'We've caught a dirty one', Maxwell stands alone. Painting testimonial pictures, o-o-o-o." Lead singer John Lennon was not in this recording session due to a car accident he was recovering from.

Answer: Yesterday

"Why she had to go, don't know, she wouldn't say. I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday." Bassist Paul McCartney was the only one playing an instrument or singing in this song, the first solo by a member of The Beatles.

Answer: Let it Be

"When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me. Speaking words of wisdom, let it be." People thought that Mother Mary was a reference to Mary, mother of Jesus, but it is really referring to bassist Paul McCartney's mother, Mary, who died when he was 14.

Answer: Hey Jude

"Hey Jude, don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better." The song starts with one instrument, a piano, but it ends with 50.

Answer: Get Back

"Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner, but he knew it couldn't last. Jojo left his home in Tuscon, Arizona, for some California grass. Get back. Get back. Get back to where you once belonged." Lead singer John Lennon said that this song was a rewrite of "Lady Madonna".

Answer: Day Tripper

"Got a good reason, for takin' the easy way out, now. She was a day tripper, one way rider, yeah. She was a day tripper, one way rider, yeah. It took me so long to find out-I found out." This song was released with "We Can Work it Out," but no one knew what the "A" side of the record was.

Answer: Something

"I don't want to leave her now, you know I believe in how." Frank Sinatra called this the "greatest love song ever written".

Answer: Ticket to Ride

"I think I'm gonna be sad, I think it's today, yeah. The girl that's drivin' me mad, is goin' away. She's got a ticket to ride. She's got a ticket to ride. She's got a ticket to ride, but she don't care." This was the first Beatles song that was longer than 3 minutes long.

Answer: The Ballad of John and Yoko

"Christ you know it ain't easy, you know how hard it can be. The way things are going, they're gonna crucify me". This was the last time lead singer John Lennon and bassist Paul McCartney wrote music together for The Beatles.