SONG RECORDING HISTORY

 
"Only Britain hates the Beatles."
- George Harrison
What follows is a chronological recording history of every Beatle song released commercially. In many cases, the group finished a song in a single day - on other songs, tracks were laid down later. The date shown indicates the day the basic track of the commercial release was recorded whether finished or not.

 
John, Paul, George, and Pete Best with Tony Sheridan
Friedrich-Eberts-Halle, Hamburg-Harburg, West Germany
06/22 or 06/23/61 - My Bonnie
06/22 or 06/23/61 - The Saints (When the Saints Go Marching In)
06/22 or 06/23/61 - Cry For a Shadow
06/22 or 06/23/61 - Why
06/24/61 - Nobody’s Child
06/24/61 - Ain't She Sweet
06/24/61 - Take Out Some Insurance On Me Baby

Studio Rahlstedt, Hamburg, West Germany
05/24/62 - Sweet Georgia Brown
First two Parlophone singles - Abbey Road Studios, London, England
09/04/62 - Love Me Do (with Ringo on drums)
09/11/62 - P.S. I Love You
09/11/62 - Love Me Do (with Andy White on drums and Ringo on tambourine)
11/26/62 - Please Please Me
11/26/62 - Ask Me Why
PLEASE PLEASE ME - Abbey Road Studios
02/11/63 - There's A Place
02/11/63 - I Saw Her Standing There
02/11/63 - A Taste Of Honey
02/11/63 - Do You Want To Know A Secret
02/11/63 - Misery
02/11/63 - Anna (Go To Him)
02/11/63 - Boys
02/11/63 - Chains
02/11/63 - Baby, It's You
02/11/63 - Twist And Shout
Two singles - Abbey Road Studios
03/05/63 - From Me To You
03/05/63 - Thank You Girl
07/01/63 - She Loves You
07/01/63 - I'll Get You
WITH THE BEATLES - Abbey Road Studios
07/18/63 - You Really Got a Hold On Me
07/18/63 - Money
07/18/63 - Devil In Her Heart
07/18/63 - Till There Was You
07/30/63 - Please Mr. Postman
07/30/63 - It Won't Be Long
07/30/63 - Roll Over Beethoven
07/30/63 - All My Loving
09/11/63 - All I've Got To Do
09/11/63 - Not a Second Time
09/12/63 - Hold Me Tight
09/12/63 - Don't Bother Me
09/12/63 - Little Child
09/12/63 - I Wanna Be Your Man
Single - Abbey Road Studios
10/17/63 - I Want To Hold Your Hand
10/17/63 - This Boy
Three songs  - EMI Pathe Marconi Studios, Paris, France
01/29/64 - Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (new vocals over 10/17/63 instrument track)
01/29/64 - Sie Liebt Dich
01/29/64 - Can't Buy Me Love
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT - Abbey Road Studios
02/25/64 - You Can't Do That
02/25/64 - And I Love Her
02/25/64 - I Should Have Known Better
02/27/64 - Tell Me Why
02/27/64 - If I Fell
03/01/64 - I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
03/01/64 - Long Tall Sally
03/01/64 - I Call Your Name
04/16/64 - A Hard Day's Night
06/01/64 - Matchbox
06/01/64 - I'll Cry Instead
06/01/64 - Slow Down
06/01/64 - I'll Be Back
06/02/64 - Any Time At All
06/02/64 - When I Get Home
06/02/64 - Things We Said Today
BEATLES FOR SALE - Abbey Road Studios
08/11/64 - Baby's In Black
08/14/64 - I'm a Loser
08/14/64 - Mr. Moonlight
09/29/64 - Every Little Thing
09/29/64 - I Don't Want To Spoil the Party
09/29/64 - What You're Doing
09/30/64 - No Reply
10/06/64 - Eight Days a Week
10/08/64 - She's a Woman
10/18/64 - Medley: Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey
10/18/64 - I Feel Fine
10/18/64 - I'll Follow the Sun
10/18/64 - Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
10/18/64 - Rock and Roll Music
10/18/64 - Words Of Love
10/26/64 - Honey Don't
HELP! - Abbey Road Studios
02/15/65 - Ticket To Ride
02/15/65 - Another Girl
02/15/65 - I Need You
02/16/65 - Yes It Is
02/17/65 - The Night Before
02/17/65 - You Like Me Too Much
02/18/65 - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
02/18/65 - Tell Me What You See
02/19/65 - You're Going To Lose That Girl
04/13/65 - Help!
05/10/65 - Dizzy Miss Lizzie
05/10/65 - Bad Boy
06/14/65 - I've Just Seen a Face
06/14/65 - I'm Down
06/14/65 - Yesterday
06/15/65 - It's Only Love
06/17/65 - Act Naturally
RUBBER SOUL - Abbey Road Studios
06/17/65 - Wait
10/12/65 - Run For Your Life
10/13/65 - Drive My Car
10/16/65 - Day Tripper
10/16/65 - If I Needed Someone
10/18/65 - In My Life
10/20/65 - We Can Work It Out
10/21/65 - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
10/21/65 - Nowhere Man
11/03/65 - Michelle
11/04/65 - What Goes On
11/08/65 - Think For Yourself
11/10/65 - The Word
11/10/65 - I'm Looking Through You
11/11/65 - You Won't See Me
11/11/65 - Girl
REVOLVER - Abbey Road Studios
04/06/66 - Tomorrow Never Knows
04/07/66 - Got To Get You Into My Life
04/11/66 - Love You To
04/13/66 - Paperback Writer
04/14/66 - Rain
04/17/66 - Dr. Robert
04/21/66 - Taxman
04/26/66 - And Your Bird Can Sing
04/27/66 - I'm Only Sleeping
04/28/66 - Eleanor Rigby
05/09/66 - For No One
05/26/66 - Yellow Submarine
06/02/66 - I Want To Tell You
06/08/66 - Good Day Sunshine
06/14/66 - Here, There and Everywhere
06/21/66 - She Said She Said
SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND
Abbey Road Studios
11/24/66 - Strawberry Fields Forever
12/06/66 - When I'm Sixty-Four
12/29/66 - Penny Lane
01/19/67 - A Day In The Life
02/01/67 - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
02/08/67 - Good Morning Good Morning

Regent Sound Studio, London, England
02/09/67 - Fixing a Hole

Abbey Road Studios
02/13/67 - Only a Northern Song
02/17/67 - Being For the Benefit Of Mr Kite!
02/23/67 - Lovely Rita
03/01/67 - Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds
03/09/67 - Getting Better
03/15/67 - Within You Without You
03/17/67 - She's Leaving Home
03/29/67 - With a Little Help From My Friends
04/01/67 - Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR & YELLOW SUBMARINE
Abbey Road Studios
04/25/67 - Magical Mystery Tour

Olympic Sound Studios, London, England
05/11/67 - Baby, You're a Rich Man

Abbey Road Studios
05/12/67 - All Together Now
05/17/67 - You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

De Lane Lea Recording Studios, London, England
05/25/67 - It's All Too Much

Olympic Sound Studios
06/14/67 - All You Need Is Love

Chappell Recording Studios, London, England
08/22/67 - Your Mother Should Know

Abbey Road Studios
09/05/67 - I Am the Walrus
09/06/67 - Blue Jay Way
09/08/67 - Flying
09/25/67 - The Fool On the Hill
10/02/67 - Hello Goodbye

EMI Recording Studios, Bombay, India
01/12/68 - The Inner Light

Abbey Road Studios
02/03/68 - Lady Madonna
02/04/68 - Across the Universe
02/11/68 - Hey Bulldog
THE BEATLES
Abbey Road Studios
05/30/68 - Revolution 1
05/30/68 - Revolution 9
06/05/68 - Don't Pass Me By
06/11/68 - Blackbird
06/22/68 - Good Night
06/28/68 - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey
07/08/68 - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
07/10/68 - Revolution
07/16/68 - Cry Baby Cry

Trident Studios, London, England
07/31/68 - Hey Jude

Abbey Road Studios
08/09/68 - Mother Nature's Son
08/13/68 - Sexy Sadie
08/13/68 - Yer Blues
08/15/68 - Rocky Raccoon
08/20/68 - Wild Honey Pie
08/22/68 - Back In The U.S.S.R.

Trident Studios
08/28/68 - Dear Prudence

Abbey Road Studios
09/05/68 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
09/09/68 - Helter Skelter
09/11/68 - Glass Onion
09/16/68 - Can You Take Me Back (unpublished - between Cry Baby Cry & Revolution 9 on the LP)
09/16/68 - I Will
09/18/68 - Birthday
09/19/68 - Piggies
09/23/68 - Happiness Is a Warm Gun

Trident Studios
10/01/68 - Honey Pie
10/03/68 - Savoy Truffle
10/04/68 - Martha My Dear

Abbey Road Studios
10/07/68 - Long Long Long
10/08/68 - I'm So Tired
10/08/68 - The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
10/09/68 - Why Don't We Do It In the Road
10/13/68 - Julia
"Get Back" sessions - LET IT BE
Apple Studios, London, England
01/24/69 - Maggie Mae
01/25/69 - For You Blue
01/26/69 - Dig It!
01/26/69 - The Long and Winding Road
01/28/69 - Get Back
01/28/69 - Don't Let Me Down

Rooftop of the Apple building, London, England
01/30/69 - I've Got a Feeling
01/30/69 - One After 909
01/30/69 - Dig a Pony

Apple Studios
01/31/69 - Two Of Us
01/31/69 - Let It Be
ABBEY ROAD
Trident Recording Studios
02/22/69 - I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Abbey Road Studios
04/14/69 - The Ballad Of John and Yoko
04/16/69 - Old Brown Shoe
04/20/69 - Oh! Darling
04/26/69 - Octopus's Garden
05/02/69 - Something
05/06/69 - You Never Give Me Your Money
07/02/69 - Her Majesty
07/02/69 - Golden Slumbers
07/02/69 - Carry That Weight
07/07/69 - Here Comes the Sun
07/09/69 - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
07/21/69 - Come Together
07/23/69 - The End
07/24/69 - Sun King/Mean Mr. Mustard
07/25/69 - Polythene Pam/She Came In Through the Bathroom Window
08/01/69 - Because
The last recording - Abbey Road Studios
01/03/70 - I Me Mine

 

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