20 Question Music Quiz: The Beatles Lyrics | Beatles, The

Answer: And Your Bird Can Sing

This phrase comes from the line: "You say you've seen seven wonders." From the 1966 album "Revolver." Apparently John Lennon, the author of this song, didn't like it, calling it "Another horror." It's a good song, though.

Answer: Yellow Submarine

This phrase comes from the line: "In the town, where I was born lived a man who sailed to sea." From the 1966 album "Revolver." It was also in the 1968 movie (and the 1969 soundtrack album) "Yellow Submarine." The movie was a cartoon and featured the Beatles as cartoon characters.

Answer: Honey Pie

This phrase comes from the line: "Oh honey pie, you are making me frantic." From the 1968 album "The Beatles." Written by Paul McCartney. Sounds like a 1920s type song.

Answer: I am the Walrus

This phrase comes from the line: "Sitting in an English garden, waiting for the sun." From the 1967 album "Magical Mystery Tour" and was also featured in the movie "Magical Mystery Tour." Written by John Lennon. This song is very strange sounding, and it takes a while to get used to, but I like it.

Answer: Come Together

This phrase comes from the line: "Here come old flat-top." From the 1969 album "Abbey Road." Written by John Lennon about a car accident he had. Lennon calls it "...one of my favorite Beatle [songs]."

Answer: Can't Buy Me Love

This phrase comes from the line: "Can't buy me love, everybody tells me so." From the 1964 movie (and soundtrack album), "A Hard Day's Night." One of the Beatles' most popular songs. Written by Paul McCartney. This was one of the few early Beatles songs on which a Beatle sang solo vocal, with no backup vocals. The first was "Don't Bother Me."

Answer: Revolution

This phrase comes from the line: "When you talk about destruction, don't you know that you can count me out." Released as the B-side to "Hey Jude" in 1968. Lennon wrote the song to express his opinions about the Vietnam War.

Answer: I'm Only Sleeping

This phrase comes from the line: "When I wake up early in the morning, lift my head. I'm still yawning." From the 1966 album "Revolver." Written by John Lennon.

Answer: When I'm Sixty Four

This phrase comes from the line: "Every summer we can rent a cottage,
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear, We shall scrimp and save." From the 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Written by Paul McCartney. He originally wrote it five years before "Sgt. Pepper," in 1962, on the occasion of his father's sixty-fourth birthday. McCartney says "I wrote the tune when I was about fifteen...I think, on the piano, at home."

Answer: The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

This phrase comes from the line: "In case of accidents, he always took his mom." From the 1968 album "The Beatles." Written by John Lennon about a man the Beatles knew who was a tiger hunter. Lennon says: "There used to be a character called Jungle Jim and I combined him with Buffalo Bill."

Answer: Rocky Raccoon

This phrase comes from the line: "Rocky Raccoon checked in to his room, only to find Gideon's Bible." From the 1968 album "The Beatles." A story about a lad named Rocky who goes on a quest to get his love back from another man.

Answer: Because

This phrase comes from the line: "Love is old, love is new." From the 1969 album "Abbey Road." Written by John Lennon. "I was lying on the sofa...listening to [my wife] play Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" on the piano. Suddenly, I said, "Can you play those chords backward?' She did and I wrote "Because" around them."

Answer: Love Me Do

This phrase comes from the line: "Someone to love, somebody new." From the 1963 album "Please Please Me." This was The Beatles' very first single, released in October 1962, and was featured on their first album, in March 1963. Different takes were used for the album and single versions.

Answer: Hey Bulldog

This phrase comes from the line: "If you're lonely, you can talk to me." From the 1969 soundtrack album to the movie "Yellow Submarine." This song was not featured in the original 1968 movie, but was on the soundtrack album. The movie was remastered in 1999, for the album's 30th Anniversary, (the movie's 31st anniversary).

The "Hey Bulldog" scene was included in the 1999 edition of the movie, but not the original.

Answer: What Goes On

This phrase comes from the line: "Now the tide is turning. I can see that I was blind." From the 1965 album "Rubber Soul." This was the first song on which drummer Ringo Starr received songwriting credit. When asked what he contributed to the song, Ringo said, "About five words."

Answer: Across the Universe

This phrase comes from the line: "Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup." From the 1970 soundtrack album for the Beatles' movie "Let It Be." It was also featured in the movie. Lennon calls it "One of my best songs...This was one of my favorite songs."

Answer: The Inner Light

This phrase comes from the line: "Arrive without traveling, see all without looking." Released as the b-side to the 1968 single "Lady Madonna," this was the first song written by Beatle George Harrison to appear on a Beatles single. Very Middle-eastern sounding.

The music was actually recorded in a studio in Bombay, India! The Beatles added their vocals back at Abbey Road studios in London, England. George Harrison was becoming more interested in the Hindu faith when he wrote this song.

Answer: Nowhere Man

This phrase comes from the line: "Doesn't have a point of view. Knows not where he's going to." From the 1965 album "Rubber Soul." This was the first song ever written by the Beatles to NOT be about love. John Lennon wrote it about himself. Fellow Beatle Paul McCartney says: "I think at that point in his life, he was a bit...wondering where he was going."

Answer: Run For Your Life

This phrase comes from the line: "You better run for your life if you can, little girl. Hide your head in the sand, little girl." From the 1965 album "Rubber Soul." Apparently, Lennon didn't like this song very much. He wrote it just to fill up space on the album, not because he was inspired or anything.

Answer: Don't Bother Me

This phrase comes from the line: "Because I know she'll always be the only girl for me." From the 1963 album "With the Beatles." The American album was called "Meet the Beatles." This was the very first song that George Harrison ever wrote. He calls it: "The first song I wrote, as an exercise to see if I could write a song!"