Thanks to Beatles: Rock Band and their albums getting re-released, it's Beatles week in the music world. And since it's Beatles week, Entertainment Weekly has gone ahead and listed the 50 best Beatles songs (and the five worst) according to them in this week's cover story. The number one pick is debatable (as is the entire list; minus 25 points for not including "Dig a Pony"), but what is not debatable is that George and Ringo should have been on the cover too.
Here's the list:
50 "All You Need Is Love"
49 "I'm So Tired"
48 "Here Comes The Sun"
47 "Helter Skelter"
46 "Ticket To Ride"
45 "Lovely Rita"
44 "Come Together"
43 "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
42 "I'm Down"
41 "Day Tripper"
40 "With a Little Help From My Friends"
39 "Taxman"
38 "You Won't See Me"
37 "She Said She Said"
36 "Dear Prudence"
35 "Nowhere Man"
34 "I've Got a Feeling"
33 "I Should Have Known Better"
32 "I Am The Walrus"
31 "All My Loving"
30 "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
29 "I Saw Her Standing There"
28 "Rain"
27 "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"
26 "Paperback Writer"
25 "I'm A Loser"
24 "I'm Only Sleeping"
23 "We Can Work It Out"
22 "If I Fell"
21 "Revolution" (single version)
20 "Can't Buy Me Love"
19 "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End"
18 "Blackbird"
17 "You've Got to Hide Your Love"
16 "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
15 "In My Life"
14 "Hey Jude"
13 "Help"
12 "Penny Lane"
11 "Eleanor Rigby"
10 "Across The Universe"
09 "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)"
08 "Tomorrow Never Knows"
07 "Let It Be"
06 "She Loves You"
05 "Something"
04 "Strawberry Fields Forever"
03 "Yesterday"
02 "A Day in the Life"
01 "A Hard Day's Night"
The worst:
05 "Flying"
04 "Don't Pass Me By"
03 "Dig It"
02 "Wild Honey Pie"
01 "All You Need Is Love"
[EW]

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Glass Onion and Ob-La-DiOb-La-Da would make my worst list. On the other hand, the Pixies cover of "Wild Honey Pie" may be the best Beatles cover ever.