Tag: Beatles Album Cuts

Beatle Album Tracks that could have been singles

I think people forget how many singles The Beatles could have had in their career. They treated singles and albums differently back then. The Beatles wanted more bang for their buck, so they would release many singles independently from their albums. When you buy an album, it isn’t full of previously released singles like they did in the late 70s and 80s, as in Rumours, Thriller, and Born In The USA.

There were no singles off Sgt Pepper or The White Album…none zilch. They could have added Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields to Sgt Pepper and they could have added Hey Jude and the electric version of Revolution to the White Album, but didn’t. 

They had 18…now 19 (Now and Then in 2023) number 1’s in the UK and 20 on Billboard. I’ll list the songs below that were album cuts. No, not all of these would have gone to number 1, but some would have. The songs I think that would have had a chance at #1 on either the US or UK chart are in bold. What other band would not have released these songs as singles, regardless?

This list is album cuts…it could have been a greatest hits package. Also, if you want to hear the songs, I have a Spotify list at the bottom. I didn’t want to post over 30 YouTube videos. 

  1. Here Comes The Sun – This is the most streamed song by The Beatles…yet it’s an album cut.
  2. In My Life – One of the most remembered Beatles songs. 
  3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
  4. Got To Get You Back Into My Life (it was 1976 before this was released, and it hit the top ten… 10 years after it was recorded)
  5. Here, There and Everywhere
  6. Michelle
  7. Getting Better
  8. Birthday
  9. Taxman
  10. A Day In The Life
  11. Back in the USSR
  12. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
  13. You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
  14. Hey Bulldog
  15. The Fool on the Hill
  16. Drive My Car
  17. Magical Mystery Tour
  18. Dear Prudence
  19. With A Little Help From My Friends
  20. It Won’t Be Long
  21. The Night Before
  22. I’ve Just Seen a Face
  23. And Your Bird Can Sing
  24. Two Of Us
  25. You Never Give Me Your Money
  26. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (it was 1976 before this was released)
  27. Good Day Sunshine
  28. You Won’t See Me
  29. You’re Going To Lose That Girl
  30. All I’ve Got To Do
  31. No Reply
  32. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

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