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The Beatles’ ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ tops ‘Greatest Songs’ list

25th November 1963: A group shot of the Beatles, Ringo Starr (in the background), George Harrison (1943 – 2001), Paul McCartney and John Lennon (1940 – 1980), pictured during a performance on Granada TV’s Late Scene Extra television show filmed in Manchester, England on November 25, 1963. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

The editors at NME took a long, hard look at the 185 self-written Beatles tracks and rated each and every one of them.

The band’s 1966 Revolver closer, “Tomorrow Never Knows” topped the chart and the Beatles song that came in dead last at Number 185 was McCartney’s 1968 one-man-band snippet from the “White Album” — “Wild Honey Pie.”

The Top 20 ‘Greatest Beatles Songs’ – according to NME:

1. “Tomorrow Never Knows” – Revolver, 1966

2. “A Day In The Life” – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967

3. “Hey Jude” – single, 1968

4. “Strawberry Fields Forever” – single, 1967

5. “Something” – Abbey Road, 1969

6. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” – The Beatles, 1968

7. “Blackbird” – The Beatles, 1968

8. “Paperback Writer” – single, 1966

9. “All My Loving” – With The Beatles, 1963

10. “We Can Work It Out” – single, 1966

11. “Here Comes The Sun” – Abbey Road, 1969

12. “Eleanor Rigby” – Revolver, 1966

13. “And Your Bird Can Sing” – Revolver, 1966

14. “Yesterday” – Help!, 1965

15. “Golden Slumbers” – Abbey Road, 1969

16. “In My Life” – Rubber Soul, 1965

17. “Martha My Dear” – The Beatles, 1968

18. “Across The Universe”Let It Be, 1970

19. “Got To Get You Into My Life”  Revolver, 1966

20. “All You Need Is Love” – single, 1967

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