The Beatles have several experimental songs. Their latter years were characterized by rampant drug use and weird, warbly musicianship. We have to think the first thing informed the second thing. While ...

Helter Skelter is widely considered The Beatles’ most controversial song, but the controversy surrounding the 1968 track has little to do with its actual meaning, and everything to do with the way it ...

In 2018, Sir Paul McCartney explained to GQ how and why he wrote “Blackbird,” as excerpted below: “I was sitting around with my acoustic guitar, and I’d heard about the civil rights troubles that were ...

No matter what age you are, songs from The Beatles have undoubtedly graced the soundtrack to so many memories. And, as it turns out, their songs are just as meaningful to the members of the band too.

It starts with an unassuming count-in and heavy piano chords before the slightly nasal, eminently distinctive voice of John Lennon emerges: “I know it’s true/It’s all because of you/And if I make it ...