Every Beatles Song with A GIRL'S NAME in 3 minutes


The Beatles' early songs were all direct appeals to fans (Love Me Do, From Me to You, P.S. I Love You).  In fact, they released SIX FULL ALBUMS before writing an original song with a girl's name (Michelle). After that, the floodgates opened. Here are all 26 songs that include female names:

Rocky Raccoon
Lady Madonna
Get Back
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Carol
Memphis, Tennessee
Polythene Pam
Sexy Sadie
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Eleanor Rigby
Let It Be
Maggie Mae
Long Tall Sally
Clarabella
Lucille
Michelle
Martha My Dear
Lovely Rita
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
When I'm Sixty-Four
What's the New Mary Jane
Dig It
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Julia
Anna (Go To Him)
Dear Prudence

BEATLE GEEKS WHO HAVE READ THIS FAR: It was fascinating to research this, but there were plenty of grey areas. Things I didn't include:
-Terms of endearment (Baby, Little Child, Girl, Oh Darling, Honey Pie, Young Blood)
-Titles (Her Majesty, Mother Superior, Duchess of Kircaldy)
-Songs that reference other songs (Mean Mr. Mustard ("his sister Pam"); I Am The Walrus ("Lucy in the sky"); Glass Onion ("Lady Madonna").  The demo of Mean Mr. Mustard on Anthology does mention "his sister Shelly."
-Words that could be names, but could not be.  The "Bonnie" in My Bonnie is an adjective. In Back in the USSR, "Georgia's always on my mind" has several meanings.  And no one knows what Norwegian Wood means.
-Maxwell's Silver Hammer also mentions Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery.
-No songs from bootlegs, Let It Be sessions, Star Club, etc.
-The Ballad of John and Yoko: the lyrics never mention Yoko's name!

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