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'''Lennon–McCartney''' was the [[Songwriter|songwriting]] partnership between English musicians [[John Lennon]] (1940–1980) and [[Paul McCartney]] (born 1942
Unlike many songwriting partnerships that comprise a separate lyricist and composer, such as [[George Gershwin|George]] and [[Ira Gershwin]], [[Rodgers and Hammerstein|Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II]], or [[Elton John]] and [[Bernie Taupin]], both Lennon and McCartney wrote lyrics and music. Sometimes, especially early on, they would collaborate extensively when writing songs, working "eyeball to eyeball" as Lennon phrased it.{{sfn|Sheff|2000|p=137}} During the latter half of their partnership, it became more common for either of them to write most of a song on their own with minimal input from the other, and sometimes none at all. By an agreement made before the Beatles became famous, Lennon and McCartney were credited equally with songs that either one of them wrote while their partnership lasted.
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==Meeting==
Although McCartney had previously seen and noticed Lennon in the local area without knowing who he was,<ref>{{cite AV media | people = [[Paul McCartney]], [[Sean Lennon]] | date = 4 October 2020 | title = Paul McCartney - full interview with Sean Ono Lennon | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08t4mx9 | access-date = 19 June 2022 | time = 1'45" to 3'00" | publisher = [[BBC Radio 2]] | archive-date = 19 June 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220619144850/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08t4mx9 | url-status = live }}</ref> the pair first met on 6 July 1957, at a local church [[fête]], where 16-year-old Lennon was playing with his [[skiffle]] group [[the Quarrymen]]. The 15-year-old McCartney, brought along by a mutual friend, [[Ivan Vaughan]], impressed Lennon with his ability on the guitar and his version of [[Eddie Cochran]]'s "[[Twenty Flight Rock]]". Soon afterwards, Lennon asked McCartney if he would join the Quarrymen; McCartney accepted.<ref>Burlingame, Jeff. John Lennon "Imagine." Berkeley Heights: Enslow Publishers, 2011. Print.</ref><ref>Conord, Bruce W. John Lennon. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1994. Print.</ref> The duo's first musical idols were [[the Everly Brothers]], [[Little Richard]], [[Chuck Berry]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Buddy Holly]], and [[The Miracles|Smokey Robinson and the Miracles]], and they learned many of their songs and imitated their sound.{{sfn|Spitz|2005|pp=131–32}} Their first compositions were written at McCartney's home ([[20 Forthlin Road]]), at Lennon's aunt [[Mimi Smith|Mimi]]'s house ([[251 Menlove Avenue]]), or at the [[Liverpool Institute]].{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=34}} They often invited friends—including [[George Harrison]], [[Nigel Walley]], Barbara Baker, and Lennon's [[art school]] colleagues—to listen to performances of their new songs.{{sfn|Spitz|2005|p=135}} The first song that Lennon and McCartney wrote together, according to [[Mark Lewisohn]], was Too Bad About Sorrows.
==Writing chemistry==
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As time went on, the songs increasingly became the work of one writer or the other, often with the partner offering up only a few words or an alternative chord. "[[A Day in the Life]]" is a well-known example of a later Beatles song that includes substantial contributions by both Lennon and McCartney, where a separate song fragment by McCartney ("Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head ...") was used to flesh out the middle of Lennon's composition ("I read the news today, oh boy ..."). "[[Hey Jude]]" is another example of a later McCartney song that had input from Lennon: while auditioning the song for Lennon, when McCartney came to the lyric "the movement you need is on your shoulder", McCartney assured Lennon that he would change the line—which McCartney felt was nonsensical—as soon as he could come up with a better lyric. Lennon advised McCartney to leave that line alone, saying it was one of the strongest in the song.<ref>''The Beatles Anthology'' documentary</ref>
Though Lennon and McCartney's collaborative efforts decreased in later years, they continued to influence one another. As Lennon stated in 1969, "We write how we write now because of each other. Paul was there for five or ten years, and I wouldn't write like I write now if it weren't for Paul, and he wouldn't write like he does if it weren't for me."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sandercombe |first=W. Fraser |title=The Beatles: Press Reports |publisher=Collector’s Guide Publishing, Inc. |year=2007 |isbn=978-1894959612 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Fallon |first=B. P. |date=19 April 1969 |title=Will the real John Lennon please stand up? |work=[[Melody Maker]] |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Melody-Maker/60s/69/Melody-Maker-1969-0419.pdf |access-date=1 December 2022 |archive-date=20 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420034320/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Melody-Maker/60s/69/Melody-Maker-1969-0419.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Credit variations and disputes==
===Joint credit===
When McCartney and Lennon met as teenagers and began writing songs together, they agreed that all songs written by them (whether individually or jointly) should be credited to both of them.<ref name=salon1>{{cite web |first=Gilbert |last=Garcia |url=http://www.salon.com/2003/01/27/paul_yoko |title=The Ballad of Paul and Yoko |website=[[Salon.com]] |date=27 January 2003 |accessdate=November 29, 2023 |archive-date=7 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307090312/http://www.salon.com/2003/01/27/paul_yoko/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The precise date of the agreement is unknown; however, Lennon spoke in 1980 of an informal agreement between him and McCartney made "when we were fifteen or sixteen".{{sfn|Sheff|2000|p=214}} Two songs written (primarily by Lennon) in 1957, "[[Hello Little Girl]]" and "[[One After 909]]", were credited to the partnership when published in the following decade.{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=53}} The earliest Beatles recording credited to Lennon–McCartney to be officially released is "[[You'll Be Mine (Beatles song)|You'll Be Mine]]", recorded at home in 1960 and included on ''[[Anthology 1]]'' 35 years later.{{sfn|Unterberger|2006|pp=5–6}}
Some other compositions from the band's early years are not credited to the partnership. "[[In Spite of All the Danger]]", a 1958 composition that the band (then [[The Quarrymen]]) paid to record to disc, is attributed to McCartney and [[George Harrison]]. "[[Cayenne (song)|Cayenne]]", recorded at the same time as "You'll Be Mine", is a solo McCartney composition. "[[Cry for a Shadow]]", an instrumental recorded during the Beatles' sessions with [[Tony Sheridan]] in June 1961 (one of the only full instrumentals the group recorded), was written by Harrison and Lennon.{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=48}}
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By 1962, the joint credit agreement was in effect. From the time of the Beatles' [[A&R]] [[The Beatles' Decca audition|Decca audition]] in January that year, until Lennon's announcement in September 1969 that he was leaving the band, virtually all songs by McCartney or Lennon were published with joint credit, although, on a few of their first releases, the order was reversed (see below). The only other exceptions were a handful of the McCartney compositions released by other musicians (viz. "[[Woman (Paul McCartney song)|Woman]]" by [[Peter and Gordon]] in 1966 (McCartney using Bernard Webb as a pseudonym), "Cat Call" by [[Chris Barber]] in 1967, and "Penina" by Carlos Mendes in 1969).{{sfn|Unterberger|2006|p=347-8}}{{sfn|Unterberger|2006|p=244}} Lennon kept the joint credit for "[[Give Peace a Chance]]", his first single with the [[Plastic Ono Band]].
After the partnership had ended, Lennon and McCartney each gave various accounts of their individual contribution to each jointly credited song, and sometimes claimed full authorship. Often their memories of collaboration differed, and often their own early and late interviews are in conflict.{{sfn|Compton|2017|pp=5-8}} In
* '''"[[Help! (song)|Help!]]" (1965)'''
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* '''"[[Ticket to Ride (song)|Ticket to Ride]]" (1965)'''
: In 1965, Lennon claimed that the song was "three-quarters mine and Paul changed it a bit. He said let's alter the tune."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilmer |first=Valerie |date=November 1965 |title=How I Write My Songs |work=[[Hit Parader]] |url=https://www.music-journalism-history.com/2020/07/13/john-lennon-on-song-writing/ |access-date=10 November 2022 |archive-date=10 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110064338/https://www.music-journalism-history.com/2020/07/13/john-lennon-on-song-writing/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, in 1980, Lennon said that McCartney's contribution was limited to "the way [[Ringo Starr|Ringo]] played the drums".{{sfn|Sheff|2000|p=196}} In ''Many Years from Now'', McCartney said "we sat down and wrote it together ... give him 60 percent of it."{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=193}}
* '''"[[In My Life]]" (1965)'''
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* '''"[[Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite]]" (1967)'''
: In ''Hit Parader'', Lennon said he authored the song and took the words from a circus poster. He did not acknowledge McCartney as a contributor.<ref name="HitPar"/> In 2013, McCartney recalled spending an afternoon with Lennon writing the song based on the poster: "I read, occasionally, people say, 'Oh, John wrote that one.' I say, 'Wait a minute, what was that afternoon I spent with him, then, looking at this poster?'"<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-paul-mccartney-looks-back-on-his-latest-magical-mystery-tour-20130725|title=Q&A: Paul McCartney Looks Back on His Latest Magical Mystery Tour|last=Vozick-Levinson|first=Simon|date=25 July 2013|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=27 July 2013|archive-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909065750/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/q-a-paul-mccartney-looks-back-on-his-latest-magical-mystery-tour-20130725|url-status=live}}</ref>
===Lennon–McCartney vs McCartney–Lennon===
In October 1962, the Beatles released their first single in the UK, "[[Love Me Do]]", credited to "Lennon–McCartney". However, on their next three releases the following year (the single "[[Please Please Me (song)|Please Please Me]]", the ''[[Please Please Me]]'' LP, and the single "[[From Me to You]]"), the credit was given as "McCartney–Lennon".{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=23, 32}} According to McCartney, the decision to consistently order the credit with Lennon first was made at an April 1963 band meeting.<ref name=salon1/> With the "[[She Loves You]]" single, released in August 1963, the credit reverted to "Lennon–McCartney", and all subsequent official Beatles singles and albums list "Lennon–McCartney" (UK) or "John Lennon-Paul McCartney" (US) as the author of songs written by the two.
In 1976, McCartney's band [[Wings (band)|Wings]] released their live album ''[[Wings over America]]'' with songwriting credits for five Beatles songs reversed to place McCartney's name first. Neither Lennon nor his wife [[Yoko Ono]] publicly objected to the flipped credits at the time.<ref name=salon1/>
Many years after Lennon's death however, in the late 1990s, McCartney and Ono became involved in a dispute over the credit order.<ref name="McCartneyLennon">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2953620.stm |title=McCartney makes up with Ono |work=BBC News |date=1 June 2003 |access-date=26 November 2006 |archive-date=25 June 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040625135105/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2953620.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> McCartney's 2002 live album, ''[[Back in the U.S.]]'', also used the credit "Paul McCartney and John Lennon" for all of the Beatles songs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/david-lister/let-it-be-sir-paul-as-someone-or-other-once-said-612138.html |title=Let it be, Sir Paul (as someone or other once said) |last=Lister |first=David |date=28 December 2002 |work=The Independent |location=London |access-date=2 September 2017 |archive-date=10 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310003454/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/columnists/david-lister/let-it-be-sir-paul-as-someone-or-other-once-said-612138.html |url-status=live }}</ref> When Ono objected to McCartney's request for the reversed credit to be used for the 1965 song "[[Yesterday (Beatles song)|Yesterday]]", McCartney said that he and Lennon had agreed in the past that the credits could be reversed, if either of them wanted to, on any future releases.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bilmes|first=Alex|date=7 February 2015|title=Paul McCartney Is Esquire's August Cover Star|url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/news/a8511/paul-mccartney-interview/|access-date=30 October 2020|website=Esquire|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022031234/https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/news/a8511/paul-mccartney-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, he relented, saying, "I'm happy with the way it is and always has been. Lennon and McCartney is still the rock 'n' roll trademark I'm proud to be a part of – in the order it has always been."<ref name="McCartneyLennon"/> An in-depth analysis of the legal issues was the subject of a 66-page article in the ''[[Pepperdine Law Review]]'' in 2006.<ref name="landes">{{cite journal |last=Landes |first=Ezra D. |title=I Am the Walrus – No. I Am!: Can Paul McCartney Transpose the Ubiquitous 'Lennon–McCartney' Songwriting Credit to Read 'McCartney/Lennon?" An Exploration of the Surviving Beatle's Attempt to Re-Write Music Lore, as it Pertains to the Bundle of Intellectual Property Rights |journal=Pepperdine Law Review |year=2006 |volume=34 |page=185 |url=http://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1141&context=plr |access-date=4 July 2012 |archive-date=1 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601155233/http://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1141&context=plr |url-status=live }}</ref> Subsequent Paul McCartney live albums ''[[Good Evening New York City]]'' (2009) and ''[[Amoeba Gig]]'' (2019) featured original credit to Lennon-McCartney songs. The new [[Paul McCartney and Wings]] live-in-the-studio album ''[[One Hand Clapping (Paul McCartney and Wings album)|One Hand Clapping]]'' (2024) featured reverted credits to the Beatles songs.
===Lennon–McCartney and others===
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*"[[What Goes On (The Beatles song)|What Goes On]]" (1965): Lennon–McCartney–[[Ringo Starr|Starkey]]{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=28}}
*"[[12-Bar Original]]" (1965): Lennon–McCartney–[[George Harrison|Harrison]]–Starkey
*"[[Flying (The Beatles song)|Flying]]" (1967): Harrison–Lennon–McCartney–Starkey<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/magical-mystery-tour-mw0000651227|title=Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
*"Jessie's Dream" (1967): Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey
*"[[Step Inside Love#McCartney recording|Los Paranoias]]" (1968): Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey
*"[[Dig It (The Beatles song)|Dig It]]" (1969): Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/dig-it-mt0010130342|title=Dig It - The Beatles {{!}} Song Info {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2 August 2016|archive-date=7 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107065658/http://www.allmusic.com/song/dig-it-mt0010130342|url-status=live}}</ref>
*"[[Maggie May (folk song)|Maggie Mae]]" (1969): Arrangement by Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey
*"[[Let It Be (1970 film)#Soundtrack|Suzy Parker]]" (1969): Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey
*"[[Free as a Bird]]" (1995): Original composition by John Lennon; Beatles version credited to John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr
*"[[Christmas Time (Is Here Again)]]" (1995 edit of 1967 fan club version): Lennon–McCartney–Harrison–Starkey<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ultra-rare-trax-vol-5-mw0000888987|title=Ultra Rare Trax, Vol. 5 - The Beatles
*"[[Now and Then (Beatles song)|Now and Then]]" (2023): Original composition by John Lennon; Beatles version credited to John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr
The [[German language|German-language]] versions of "[[I Want to Hold Your Hand]]" and "[[She Loves You]]" were also credited to additional songwriters for assisting with the translation. "[[Komm,
== Legacy ==
===Cultural impact===
{{see also|Cultural impact of the Beatles}}
Lennon–McCartney, as well as other [[British Invasion]] songwriters, inspired changes to the music industry because they were bands that wrote and performed their own music. This trend threatened the professional songwriters that dominated the American music industry. [[Ellie Greenwich]], a [[Brill Building]] songwriter, said, "When the Beatles and the entire British Invasion came in, we were all ready to say, 'Look, it's been nice, there's no more room for us… It's now the self-contained group- makes, certain type of material. What do we do?"<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Beatles, Popular Music and Society|last=Inglis|first=Ian|publisher=St. Martin's Press|year=2000|isbn=0-312-22236-X|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/beatlespopularmu0000unse/page/53 53]|url=https://archive.org/details/beatlespopularmu0000unse/page/53}}</ref> In 1963, ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' called Lennon and McCartney the greatest composers since [[Ludwig van Beethoven]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Overall: The Beatles, The Songwriting Team of Lennon and McCartney|last=Gaar|first=Gillian G.
The Lennon–McCartney brand would prove to be a model for several other songwriting teams in the [[rock music|rock]] genre, including, according to Lennon, the [[Rolling Stones]]' [[Jagger–Richards]] partnership.<ref name="Beatles-Interviews">{{cite web |last
When McCartney teamed up with [[Elvis Costello]] in 1989, Costello's acerbic style earned him comparisons to Lennon in his role as McCartney's collaborator.<ref name="people mccartney costello">{{cite web |last1=Runtagh |first1=Jordan |title=Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello: Every Song They Wrote |url=https://people.com/music/paul-mccartney-elvis-costello-song-collaboration-guide/ |website=Peoplemag |access-date=5 September 2022 |language=en |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905200250/https://people.com/music/paul-mccartney-elvis-costello-song-collaboration-guide/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="rs macca costello">{{cite magazine |last1=Hiatt |first1=Brian |title=Inside Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello's Prolific Late-Eighties Collab |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/inside-paul-mccartney-and-elvis-costellos-prolific-late-eighties-team-up-126895/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=5 September 2022 |date=13 March 2017 |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905200255/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/inside-paul-mccartney-and-elvis-costellos-prolific-late-eighties-team-up-126895/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="as macca costello">{{cite web |title=The Top 50 Elvis Costello Songs |url=https://americansongwriter.com/the-top-20-elvis-costello-songs/5/ |website=American Songwriter |access-date=5 September 2022 |date=1 July 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905200250/https://americansongwriter.com/the-top-20-elvis-costello-songs/5/ |url-status=live }}</ref> McCartney, despite conceding that Costello has "got a bit of Lennon in him", characterized the pairing as "a new thing".<ref name="people mccartney costello" />
===Beatles catalogue===
The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership makes up the majority of the Beatles' catalogue. The first two UK studio albums included 12 cover tunes and 15 Lennon–McCartney songs,<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web |access-date=14 December 2009 |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=
Lennon and McCartney gave songs to Starr to sing, and to Harrison before he started writing his own material. As for the songs they kept for themselves, each partner mostly sang his own composition, often with the other providing harmonies, or they shared lead vocal. If each contributed a fragment to make a whole song, he might sing his portion, as in the case of "[[I've Got a Feeling]]" and "[[A Day in the Life]]". "[[Every Little Thing (Beatles song)|Every Little Thing]]" is a rare example of a Lennon–McCartney song in which one member of the partnership was primary composer (McCartney) but the other sang lead vocal (Lennon).{{sfn|MacDonald|2005|p=128}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Alan W.|last=Pollack|url=http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/elt.shtml
In January 2017, McCartney filed a suit in United States district court against [[Sony/ATV Music Publishing]] seeking to reclaim ownership of his share of the Lennon–McCartney song catalogue beginning in 2018. Under US copyright law, for works published before 1978 the author can reclaim copyrights assigned to a publisher after 56 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/18/paul-mccartney-sue-sony-rights-beatles-songs |title=We can't work it out: Paul McCartney to sue Sony for rights to Beatles classics |work=The Guardian |date=18 January 2017 |access-date=29 August 2018 |archive-date=19 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119012029/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/18/paul-mccartney-sue-sony-rights-beatles-songs |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/04/beatles-song-rights-dispute-paul-mccartney-and-sony-atv-work-it-out |title=Beatles song rights dispute: Paul McCartney and Sony ATV work it out |work=The Guardian |date=3 July 2017 |access-date=29 August 2018 |archive-date=4 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504082753/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/04/beatles-song-rights-dispute-paul-mccartney-and-sony-atv-work-it-out |url-status=live }}</ref> McCartney and Sony agreed to a confidential settlement in June 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fortune.com/2017/06/30/sony-beatles-copyright/ |title=Sony and Paul McCartney Settle The Beatles Copyright Suit |work=Fortune |date=30 June 2017 |access-date=29 August 2018 |archive-date=16 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616153758/http://fortune.com/2017/06/30/sony-beatles-copyright/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Non-Beatles songs==
Several songs credited to Lennon–McCartney were originally released by bands other than the Beatles, especially those managed by [[Brian Epstein]]. Recording a Lennon–McCartney song helped launch new performing-artists' careers. Many of the recordings below were included on the 1979 compilation album ''[[The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away]]''.<ref>{{cite web |first=Graham |last=Calkin |work=JPGR |url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_nut18.html |title=The Songs Lennon and McCartney Gave Away |access-date=14 December 2009 |archive-date=6 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106212414/http://www.jpgr.co.uk/col_nut18.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Beatles versions of some of these were recorded; some were not released until after their split, on compilations such as ''[[Live at the BBC (The Beatles album)|Live at the BBC]]'' (1994) and ''[[The Beatles Anthology]]'' (1995–96).
In April 2024, the surviving Beatles sons [[James McCartney]] and [[Sean Ono Lennon]] worked together on the song "Primrose Hill" for McCartney's upcoming album.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McCartney |first1=James |title=James McCartney on X: 'Primrose Hill' is here! Today I am so very excited to share my latest song co-written by my good friend @seanonolennon. With the release of this song it feels like we're really getting the ball rolling and I am so excited to continue to share music with you.|url=https://x.com/JamesMcCartney_/status/1778776309558088091|website=X/Twitter |date=April 2024 |access-date=11 April 2024}}</ref>
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|1963 || The Fourmost || "[[I'm in Love (Lennon–McCartney song)|I'm in Love]]" || style="text-align:center;"| UK #17 || Beatles demo released on iTunes download ''[[The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963]]''
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|1963 || [[Cilla Black]] || "[[Love of the Loved]]" || style="text-align:center;"| UK #35 || Beatles version released on
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|1964 || Cilla Black || "[[It's for You]]" || style="text-align:center;"| UK #7 ||
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|1964 || The Strangers with Mike Shannon || "[[One and One Is Two]]" || style="text-align:center;"| — || The song was rejected by Billy J. Kramer. The Strangers with Mike Shannon were South African.{{sfn|Winn|2008|p=120}}
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|1964 || [[Peter & Gordon]] || "[[A World Without Love]]" || style="text-align:center;"| UK #1 <br /> US #1 || Demo released in bootlegs
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|1964 || Peter & Gordon || "[[Nobody I Know]]" || style="text-align:center;"| UK #10 ||
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|1965 || [[P.J. Proby]] || "[[That Means a Lot]]" || style="text-align:center;"| UK #30 || Beatles version released on ''Anthology 2''
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|1968 || [[Black Dyke Band|John Foster & Son Ltd Black Dyke Mills Band]] || "Thingumybob" || style="text-align:center;"| — || The eponymous theme to a [[Yorkshire Television]] sitcom. Developed from an early version known as "[[Etcetera (Beatles song)|Etcetera]]", demoed by Paul McCartney during a session for "[[Mother Nature's Son]]" on 20 August 1968.<ref>{{cite web
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|1968 || Cilla Black || "[[Step Inside Love]]" || style="text-align:center;"| UK #8 || Beatles improvisation released on ''Anthology 3''
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|1969 || [[Mary Hopkin]] || "[[Goodbye (Mary Hopkin song)|Goodbye]]" || style="text-align:center;"| UK #2 || Original demo released in The [[Abbey Road (album)|Abbey Road]] 50th anniversary deluxe edition.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://abbeyroad.thebeatles.com/ |title=The Beatles Revisit Abbey Road with Special Anniversary Releases |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=8 August 2019 |website=thebeatles.com |publisher=Apple Corps |access-date=8 August 2019 |archive-date=8 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808103219/https://abbeyroad.thebeatles.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|1969 || [[Plastic Ono Band]] || "[[Give Peace a Chance]]" || style="text-align:center;"| UK #2 || Although composed alone by Lennon, McCartney was credited as co-composer on the single appearance and on Lennon's compilation albums ''[[Shaved Fish]]'' and ''[[The John Lennon Collection]]''. The credit was revised in the 1990s to cite only Lennon.
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|1966 || The [[George Martin]] Orchestra || [[The Family Way (soundtrack)|''The Family Way'' soundtrack]] || style="text-align:center;"| — || McCartney composed the melodies while Martin scored and directed the music for the film and album.
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|1967 || The [[Chris Barber]] Band || "Catcall" || style="text-align:center;"| — || Originally known as "Catswalk", performed from 1958 to 1962 and revisited during the [[Let It Be (
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|1969 || {{ill|Jotta Herre|pt}} || {{ill|"Penina"|pt|Penina (canção)}} || style="text-align:center;"| — || Originally released by Jotta Herre and later covered by [[Carlos Mendes (singer)|Carlos Mendes]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/431923pe|title=Jotta Herre - Penina|access-date=27 September 2019|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927012656/http://www.45cat.com/record/431923pe|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|1969 || [[Badfinger]] || "[[Come and Get It (Badfinger song)|Come and Get It]]" || style="text-align:center;"| UK #4 || The original demo was included on ''[[Anthology 3]]'' and 50th Anniversary of ''[[Abbey Road]]'' in 2019.
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==Unreleased songs==
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The following compositions are believed to have been written by Lennon and McCartney, but never officially released by the Beatles or any other artist except as noted below. Many have appeared on Beatles [[Bootleg recording|bootlegs]], an exception being "[[Carnival of Light]]".{{sfn|Shea|Rodriguez|2002|p=301}} The list of unreleased songs includes some of the earliest Lennon–McCartney joint works dating back to [[the Quarrymen]], the group that evolved into the Beatles.{{sfn|Everett|2001|p=25}} Several of these songs were revisited during the [[Let It Be (
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|"[[Etcetera (Beatles song)|Etcetera]]"
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|Recorded by McCartney on 20 August 1968, with "[[Mother Nature's Son]]" and "[[Wild Honey Pie]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.richieunterberger.com/rumored.html |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |author-link=Richie Unterberger |title=rumored |website=richieunterberger.com |access-date=14 May 2016 |archive-date=11 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311015505/http://www.richieunterberger.com/rumored.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|"[[Watching Rainbows]]"
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* {{cite book|last=Compton |first=Todd |year=2017 | title = Who Wrote the Beatle Songs? A History of Lennon-McCartney |publisher=Pahreah Press |location=San Jose |isbn=978-0-9988997-0-1 }}
* {{cite book |last=Everett |first=Walter |year=2001 |title=The Beatles As Musicians: The Quarry Men through Rubber Soul |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-19-514105-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/beatlesasmusicia00ever }}
* {{cite web |last=Goodman |first=Joan |title=Playboy Interview With Paul and Linda McCartney |work=Beatles Interview Database
* {{Cite book | last=Lewisohn | first=Mark | year=1988 | author-link=Mark Lewisohn | title=The Beatles Recording Sessions | publisher=[[Harmony Books]] | location=New York | isbn=0-517-57066-1 }}
* {{cite book |last=MacDonald |first=Ian |author-link=Ian MacDonald |title=Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties |year=2005 |edition=Second Revised |publisher=Pimlico (Rand) |location=London |isbn=1-84413-828-3 }}
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*[http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beatles/songs-beatles-didnt-do.html Songs the Beatles Gave Away] compiled by Joseph Brennan; includes Lennon–McCartney songs and others
*[http://www.beatlesagain.com/breflib/gaveaway.html A list of the songs John Lennon and Paul McCartney gave to other artists during the Beatle years] originally posted on [[Usenet]] rec.music.beatles 9 November 1994.
*Unreleased Beatles compositions showcased in Liverpool and Seattle, and on CD titled ''Off the Beatle Track'' (23 June 2009): [https://web.archive.org/web/20090627212050/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/06/prweb2550404.htm]
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