The Greatest Beatles Songs, Ranked
All 32 songs here, ranked by 59 players. A Day in the Life leads: it wins 73.9% of its matchups (n = 138) and was champion in 11 of 59 brackets. Disagree? Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
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Twist and ShoutPlease Please Me
Lucy in the Sky with DiamondsSgt. Pepper's
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Rank all 32: the song sorter, about 121 picks for your full order, 1 to 32. All 32: a bracket, 31 picks, with tied places.
Beatles Songs: the community’s best
Win rate across 1,541 head-to-head picks from 59 finished brackets. n is the number of matchups behind each win rate; only entrants with 30 or more are listed.
| # | Beatles song | W–L | Win rate | vs .500 | Titles | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 102–36 | 73.9% | 11 | 138 | ||
| 2 | 91–42 | 68.4% | 5 | 133 | ||
| 3 | 75–45 | 62.5% | 5 | 120 | ||
| 4 | 77–49 | 61.1% | 3 | 126 | ||
| 5 | 80–51 | 61.1% | 3 | 131 | ||
| 6 | 71–46 | 60.7% | 1 | 117 | ||
| 7 | 60–42 | 58.8% | 2 | 102 | ||
| 8 | 63–47 | 57.3% | 3 | 110 |
Beatles Songs: the community tier list
From 1,541 head-to-head picks in 59 finished brackets. Placed by win rate, steadied toward 50% for entrants with few matchups: S is 75% or more, A 60%, B 50%, C 40%, D 25%.
Stier, win rate 75% or more
- Nobody yet
Atier, win rate 60% or more
- A Day in the Life
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- In My Life
- Eleanor Rigby
- Yesterday
Btier, win rate 50% or more
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- Something
- Here Comes the Sun
- Blackbird
- Across the Universe
- Hey Jude
- Don't Let Me Down
- Come Together
- + 1 more
Ctier, win rate 40% or more
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- Nowhere Man
- Penny Lane
- Day Tripper
- Norwegian Wood
- Help!
- Revolution
- Ticket to Ride
- + 3 more
Dtier, win rate 25% or more
- Twist and Shout
- Golden Slumbers
- She Loves You
- Taxman
- The Long and Winding Road
- We Can Work It Out
- All You Need Is Love
Ftier, win rate 0% or more
- Nobody yet
How the Beatles Songs bracket works
This Beatles song ranking is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Hey Jude or Let It Be? Come Together or Yesterday? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. The awkward pairings are the point: they are the calls a drag-and-drop tier list quietly lets you avoid.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 32 songs. The draw is seeded: the same for everyone today, different tomorrow, and different again whenever you press New draw. You can also play it at 8 or 32 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 32 entrants
All 32 entrants are listed below, including Hey Jude, Let It Be, Come Together and Yesterday. Updated
- Hey Jude1968Listen on Apple Music
- Let It Be1970Listen on Apple Music
- Come TogetherAbbey RoadListen on Apple Music
- YesterdayHelp!Listen on Apple Music
- Here Comes the SunAbbey RoadListen on Apple Music
- A Day in the LifeSgt. Pepper'sListen on Apple Music
- Strawberry Fields Forever1967Listen on Apple Music
- In My LifeRubber SoulListen on Apple Music
- While My Guitar Gently WeepsWhite AlbumListen on Apple Music
- BlackbirdWhite AlbumListen on Apple Music
- Eleanor RigbyRevolverListen on Apple Music
- Twist and ShoutPlease Please MeListen on Apple Music
- SomethingAbbey RoadListen on Apple Music
- I Want to Hold Your Hand1963Listen on Apple Music
- Help!Help!Listen on Apple Music
- Penny Lane1967Listen on Apple Music
- Nowhere ManRubber SoulListen on Apple Music
- Norwegian WoodRubber SoulListen on Apple Music
- Lucy in the Sky with DiamondsSgt. Pepper'sListen on Apple Music
- All You Need Is Love1967Listen on Apple Music
- Across the UniverseLet It BeListen on Apple Music
- Don't Let Me Down1969Listen on Apple Music
- Ticket to RideHelp!Listen on Apple Music
- Day Tripper1965Listen on Apple Music
- Get BackLet It BeListen on Apple Music
- Revolution1968Listen on Apple Music
- We Can Work It Out1965Listen on Apple Music
- Golden SlumbersAbbey RoadListen on Apple Music
- The Long and Winding RoadLet It BeListen on Apple Music
- I Am the WalrusMagical Mystery TourListen on Apple Music
- She Loves You1963Listen on Apple Music
- TaxmanRevolverListen on Apple Music
Tier list instead?
Load all 32 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
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Build your own Beatles song bracket with exactly the entrants you want, then share the link.
Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Go with the one you would rather hear right now — instant reaction beats a considered take.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 32 so more of the 32 songs make the field.
- Use undo the moment you regret a pick. One reflex answer in an early round can knock out a favourite before it gets going.
Questions people ask
What is the best Beatles song?
According to 59 BracketRanker players, A Day in the Life (Sgt. Pepper's). It wins 73.9% of its head-to-head matchups (n = 138) and was champion in 11 of 59 brackets (18.6%).
How many songs are in the Beatles Songs bracket?
The pool holds 32 songs. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 32 slots.
Which songs are included?
Hey Jude, Let It Be, Come Together, Yesterday, Here Comes the Sun, A Day in the Life, Strawberry Fields Forever, In My Life, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Eleanor Rigby and Twist and Shout, plus 20 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Beatles Songs bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. There is no sign-up, and your progress is saved on this device after every pick.
Is this a beatles songs tier list or a ranking?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other song grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two songs that never met. If you would rather place the songs into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 32 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Is there a community beatles songs ranking?
Every completed bracket feeds the Beatles Songs community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 32 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
Can I change which songs are included?
Use the bracket maker: add your own songs, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 32 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.