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Jeebo

(2,429 posts)
Tue May 27, 2025, 11:44 PM Tuesday

Which were the top two songs on the top 100 list on the Beatles channel?

I was listening yesterday and they were up to number three on the list when I had to leave to deal with an emergency. I never heard which were the top two songs. I'm guessing Yesterday and Hey Jude because those songs I was sure were going to be on the list somewhere and they hadn't shown up yet. As I recall Yesterday was number one last year and Hey Jude is always one of the top several. I just went to the Sirius satellite radio site and could not find that information there. Somebody help me here please, so I can sleep tonight. I have an inquiring mind and I need to know.

— Ron

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Which were the top two songs on the top 100 list on the Beatles channel? (Original Post) Jeebo Tuesday OP
Do you remember the rest of the top 10? Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #1
Neither of them would make my top 10. Top 25, Yesterday for sure, Hey Jude maybe. AZJonnie Wednesday #2
As A Paul Song... ProfessorGAC Wednesday #3
How 'bout this version Professor. Paul McCartney - Yesterday Live at Glastonbury Music Festival 2004. George McGovern Wednesday #4

Fiendish Thingy

(19,404 posts)
1. Do you remember the rest of the top 10?
Tue May 27, 2025, 11:50 PM
Tuesday

If Yesterday and Hey Jude weren’t somewhere in #’s 3-10, then it’s pretty safe to assume they were 1&2.

AZJonnie

(829 posts)
2. Neither of them would make my top 10. Top 25, Yesterday for sure, Hey Jude maybe.
Wed May 28, 2025, 02:20 AM
Wednesday

Sorry I have no answer but your logic of process of elimination seems sound, if you heard all 98 other tunes, and none of them were those 2 ... they are 1 & 2 because there's no way they don't make the list.

To me if Yesterday and Hey Jude are 1 & 2 then I really hope it's like from a poll of listeners as opposed to Beatles scholars

ProfessorGAC

(72,868 posts)
3. As A Paul Song...
Wed May 28, 2025, 08:44 AM
Wednesday

...driven by piano, Lady Madonna is easily superior to Hey Jude.
So, we agree on that completely.
I think Yesterday is over-arranged. I think just a cello & viola would have been better than the string arrangement & I think some light alternative percussion would have been nice. It's a legendary song, but not near the Beatles' best work.

George McGovern

(7,227 posts)
4. How 'bout this version Professor. Paul McCartney - Yesterday Live at Glastonbury Music Festival 2004.
Wed May 28, 2025, 11:11 AM
Wednesday
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