I'm always shocked when I see how many people really dislike Within You Without You. Dumbfounded almost. I LOVE the expert Indian percussion in the weird time signatures, the variety of stringed instruments with their variety of tonalities, the hypnotic vocal melody, etc. I was around 8 when Sgt. Pepper came out and I have ALWAYS been perfectly enchanted by this mystical sounding work of beauty. One of George's best!!

There are a few duffers, I will admit but I certainly wouldn't count Sun King among them. I don't mind Act Naturally, either.

Sun King is honestly one of my favorite songs they ever did, it’s like the musical equivalent of taking a deep breath outside on a perfect day and just feeling content. I love it for the same reasons I do Albatross by Fleetwood Mac and Hold On by John Lennon. Also, Blue Jay Way is another one of my favorite Beatles tunes. At the time that song dropped, it honestly may have been one of the most psychedelic songs ever made, such progressive production on that tune

Revolution 9 is actually well composed -- not simply random noise.   It has a number of themes that run through it, and it has fragments of strange conversations that your trying to make out.  At the end, it sounds like they are saying "Block that kick" but you can hear almost anything that you want that has three syllables.  If you listen to it enough, its like any song where you anticipate certain parts in it and hear the structure.

Surprise that you find Lennon’s vocals on “You Really Got a Hold on Me” ‘uninspired’.  
I feel like he’s singing his heart out on that one. And when John does that… it’s magic.

I think "Don't bother me" is a great song, I agree it could do without the kindergarten percussion, but still.

You’ve really got a hold of me? You kidding? This is one of Johns best vocals.

Putting sun king on this list is embarrassing

Slow Down was my first Beatles 45 that I got when it was released. Loved that song. The riff was something new at the time. Hardly a bad song.

Not a bad list, of the "bad", I must say. As one who've had the pleasure of the Beatles experience since 1964, only 3 of your selections I'd take exception. Which is pretty good, eh ? You've Really Got a Hold on Me, Don't Bother Me, and Sun King. My list would replace them with Wild Honey Pie, Honey Don't, Mr. Moonlight. To me, these 3 atrocities would add to your other seven for the "worst" !!

I really like don't bother me.

How can you not like Sun King? I just threw my burrito! And Blue Jay Way has its place… when they wrote Flying, they were indeed flying 😂

"Don't bother me" is a harsh choice for my money it's probably the best track on With the Beatles.    In a list of the worst Beatles tracks I would certainly  include "Why don't we do it in the road", and "You know my name" which are both utter tripe.   "Run for your life" would certainly warrant an honoury mention for its sh*tty lyrics

You have a lot of covers on there. I typically don't include covers on any best or worst list but I like their version of You Really Got A Hold On Me better than the Miracles. It's got that old stroll feel to it. And Act Naturally is a fun number. Ringo liked country music and George got to channel his inner Carl-Perkins. I get that if you're not a country fan this one might not do much for you, but the opening riff is cool, as is the segue into the guitar solo in the middle. Now if you want a complete cover stinker that would be Mr. Moonlight. That cheesy roller-rink organ is a classic example of George Martin overstepping his bounds. And that scream at the beginning? I've heard cat's screwing in a more pleasing manner.

As for songs the band composed, I will agree 1,000% with putting that abomination Revolution 9 at the topper-most-of-the-popper-most. That was John giving his mates and George Martin, who he had a lot of differences at the time with, the bird. He let his woman whose-name-shall-not-be-uttered-here play Beatle for an afternoon and well, you got what you would expect from that no-talent-hack-soulless-grifting-bag-wearing-screaming-piece-of- okay, I'll stop there. Yeah, I have issues with that woman. I have no problem with some of the others, especially that Blue Jay Way tune. Add in Only a Northern Song and everything George wrote that uses a sitar and you could almost make a top-10 list off his stuff alone. Run For Your Life and Not A Second Time are standards on my least favorite Beatle tunes list. Don't Bother Me has actually grown on me over the years. I was never big fan but now I've warmed up a bit to it. It's not great but it's unique in an odd dark kind of way. Another Girl is a McCartney tune I could without and Goodnight is so syrupy it's nauseating. I turn the White Album off right after McCartney sings about "Can you take me back" so I don't think I've heard that one in close to 50 years.

Those are some mine anyway. And thank you for not including Baby's in Black. I have seen that and It's Only Love pop up on a several of these worst-of lists. It's Only Love got there because John made an off-hand comment about not liking it but as Paul pointed out John said a lot of sh*t. Baby's in Black takes me back to my old Beatles 65 days. Love that waltz time. Nobody writes 3/4 time anymore, but I always enjoyed playing songs like Time in a Bottle and Morning Has Broken because they are written in 3/4 time. Maybe you can do a list of favorite songs written in 3/4 time. Bach can always use a nod from the public.

I didn't see "You Know My Name, Look Up The Number" mentioned (although it's a bit of fun). I was a kid when "Do You Want To know A  Secret" was released, so I don't mind it as I still see this song through a child's perspective.

And our trivia host used to always say "Number 9, number 9, number 9" when that number came up in a question or raffle ticket. Some of us got the joke. 😄

I know lists like this are about as subjective as it gets but I can't believe you didn't have "Mr Moonlight" somewhere in here

There's no way you enjoy Wild Honey Pie more than these songs. Sure, it's less than a minute. But it feels like an eternity!
I'm gonna have to come back with my list. I felt a need to mention this.

For me the worst Beatles song would have to be You Know My Name (Look Up My Number), though Revolution #9 does rank way up there.

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Beatle songs are like orgasms and pizza:  even when bad, it's pretty good.