how many beatles songs include the iconic "yeah, yeah, yeah" lyric?

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i can think of five, but i feel like there were more...?

i'll kick it off with the obvious one, "she loves you".

[DonaldsRump]

1. A few more

"All You Need is Love" during the fade-out when the Fabs reprise the lyric "she loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah"

"Polythene Pam" from Abbey Road

Drawing a blank on any more where there were three yeah's in a row!

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2. that's two more off my list.

i've got two more, one of which was a cover.

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3. kick

[Orrex]

4. Ghostbusters

Oh, wait a minute...

[SCantiGOP]

5. possibly more iconic that the 'yeahs'

was the 'oooh' and headshake. It is also in She Loves You and a lot more of the early songs.

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6. true, but hard to verify any head shakes once they stopped touring ;)

[robertpaulsen]

7. It Won't Be Long

The first song on their second album With The Beatles

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8. oh, wow! just listened to that track.

that wasn't one of my last two -- i'm sure i hadn't heard that song since the '70s!

thanks for that one!

[robertpaulsen]

9. That's one of my favorite early Beatle songs.

You're welcome!

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10. it's a good one. i need to study it a bit more.

sounds like one of the earlier examples of their (john's in particular) melodies getting more complex.

separately, i feel the strange need to see fight club again.
my wife and mother-in-law saw a couple weeks ago when she visited, but i was only able to catch a few bits here and there.
need to see it straight through. for like the 15th time
one of my all-time favorites.

[Boomerproud]

11. I still smile when I think of Paul's story of writing the lyrics to "She Loves You" (John wrote the

music). Paul's dad Jim said " Why do you always use bloody American slang? Shouldn't it be She Loves You, Yes, Yes Yes?"

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13. yes, heard that one. imagine how he could have improved many of their songs:

help! i do declare
help! i could use some assistance
help! if it's not too much bother
heeeeelp!

[Boomerproud]

14. LOL!

Very clever, I must say...

[PennyK]

12. Ah, The Beatles

They have been such a huge part of my life. The music is still so wonderful. My PBS station recently showed a program with a musicologist discussing Sgt. Pepper and how a lot of the recordings were done. He played lots of tape from rehearsals and also played and sang bits to demonstrate the hows and whys.

[VOX]

15. **50 years** since Sgt. Pepper's release...

We are now as far from 1967 as 1967 was from 1917. That's an amazing fact. Yet it still sounds as fresh as if it were recorded just yesterday.

In 1917, these were a few of the popular songs issued 50 years before Sgt. Pepper:

"For Me And My Gal" w. Edgar Leslie & E. Ray Goetz m. George W. Meyer
"The Bells Of St Mary's" w. Douglas Furber m. A. Emmett Adams
"The Darktown Strutters' Ball" w.m. Shelton Brooks
"Let's All Be Americans Now" w.m. Irving Berlin, Edgar Leslie & George W. Meyer
"Over There" w.m. George M. Cohan

While interesting, the songs of 1917 are nowhere near the landmark achievement of the timeless Sgt. Pepper.

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16. It is amazing how well the Beatles songs hold up, even if the lyrics are outdated

Please mr. Postman (yes I know it's a cover) is still an awesome song even if no one waits for snail mail to hear word from loved ones in an age of cell phones and email.

"When I call you up your line's engaged" -- busy signals are almost unheard of these days. Who cares though, another awesome song....

And some of them are politically incorrect, if they were even acceptable.

"I'd rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man" I cringe but try to just focus on the music....

[MiltonBrown]

17. That lyric from 'Run For Your Life' was lifted from Elvis' 'Baby Let's Play House' originally

written by Arthur Gunter.

Why, I don't know.

[VOX]

28. Very true. But I'm speaking more of the later Beatles, 1967-69...

Where they had that fantastic run of albums: Sgt. Pepper, the White Album and Abbey Road. They are at a creative zenith during this period, writing some fairly complex compositions (with equal growth in lyrics), which are evolved far beyond their earlier works you mentioned.

[MiltonBrown]

18. Darktown Strutter's Ball holds up incredibly well IMO.

Blues, jazz, swing and even hillbillies recorded versions of it. My guy Milton Brown did a great version in the 1930s.

[VOX]

27. Of course! It's a classic, catchy song. But it's not the kind of creative evolutionary leap...

that fueled the entire Sgt. Pepper album, all *13* songs, which appealed to the intellect as well as the auditory nerves.

Don't get me wrong, I listen to and love old-timey and roots music far more than most folks. But in terms of the possibilities of a popular music album-- a vision, a cycle of interlocking songs, multiple musical influences, social commentary, and a fully realized, cohesive work, Sgt. Pepper stands alone in checking off most boxes.

[Tikki]

19. Way less then Led Zeppelin songs that drone on with 'baby, baby, baby....'

Tikki

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20. here's my list of "yeah, yeah, yeah" songs:

she loves you
all you need is love
polythene pam
it won't be long
boys
helter skelter

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21. updated list: eight song!

she loves you
all you need is love
polythene pam
it won't be long
boys
helter skelter
i've got a feeling
hey jude

there are also a number of songs with three "oh yeah"s in a row, but i'll be strict and not count those....

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22. Make that nine!

she loves you
all you need is love
polythene pam
it won't be long
boys
helter skelter
i've got a feeling
hey jude
The long and winding road

[Iggo]

25. Long And Winding Road has four. "Yeah,yeah,yeah,yeeeeaaaah."

[Special Prosciuto]

23. Paul's Long and Winding Road concludes with 4 yeahs

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24. "The Long And Winding Road" ends with it.....

How "appropos" that their last #1 song would end with that ...

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26. updated list

strictly, exactly 3 yeahs in a row:

- she loves you
- all you need is love
- polythene pam
- helter skelter
- i've got a feeling

interleaved 3 yeahs in a row (3 by lead singer, 3 by backing vocals):

- it won't be long

more than 3 yeahs in a row:

- hey jude
- the long and winding road


i had to remove "boys" from the list, i heard it again and it's always "yeah, yeah, boys".

[Special Prosciuto]

29. Paul went apeshit at the end of Hey Jude. Too many 'yeahs' in rapid succession

to count.

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30. for my tastes, not apeshit enough.

it's an awesome song, don't get me wrong, but i wish the "jam session" second half was a bit more helter-skelterish.

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31. *** this question will be featured this morning on siriusxm's the Beatles channel!!! ***

I'm not promoting siriusxm or recommending purchase -- just excited that my question will be on the radio

[earthshine]

32. There's an episode of the Flintstones in which they spoof this.

It must have been 40 years ago when I saw this.

There's a stone age Beatles band in this ep.

They sing this song, pretty much to the tune of "She Loves You."

It goes ...

"He said, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah.'
She said, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah.'
We said, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah.'"

It's a 40-year old ear worm. (Help me ... please.)

[thucythucy]

35. And they called it "Bug Music"

as an entirely unveiled reference to the Fab Four. Drove poor Fred nuts.

[earthshine]

36. That's a five-star response ...

.. but I can only award four due to extreme lateness.

Cheers!

[thucythucy]

37. And here it is:

Truly horrible!

[earthshine]

38. Oh, you just won't let it go, will you?

Thanks for the clip. The wife and I enjoyed!

Peace.

[thucythucy]

39. I remember watching this as a very little kid.

I had no idea then it was a spoof on the Beatles. I thought "Bug Music" was, well, music made by bugs?

Glad you enjoyed.

[earthshine]

40. I think it's the case that later in that episode, we actually see the bug guys perform.

Amazing that this made such an impression on me.

It is really funny -- "She said, 'Yeah, Yeah, Yeah'" -- as a parody of "She Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah."

Thanks!

[thucythucy]

33. Mother Nature's Son

on the White Album....comes towards the end.

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34. oooh i think you're right! i'll have to dig that one up

thanks!