Paul McCartney explained why he wrote The Beatles’ “Paperback Writer.” He said the song was partly inspired by “archetypal” paperbacks. Paul revealed what John Lennon said as his bandmate wrote the ...

“Paperback Writer” is certainly a good Beatles song, but it’s not particularly groundbreaking. It’s a fun folk rock song about an interesting character. “Rain,” on the other hand, makes revolutionary ...

In 1995, just shy of 30 years since the release of "Paperback Writer," and its B-side, "Rain," The Beatles' guitarist George Harrison remarked on The Beatles Anthology documentary series that "I ...

"I suppose in a way we invented MTV," George Harrison casually noted in the Beatles' 2000 Anthology book, reflecting on the band's low-key promo clips for "Paperback Writer" and "Rain." It may seem ...

In 1966, The Beatles were riding a wave of success. With hit after hit topping the charts, the group was at its creative peak. Yet at the same time, their world tour turned chaotic as they faced ...

The Beatles wrote a lot of love songs, and at one point, according to Paul McCartney, someone had just about enough of it. "Years ago, my Auntie Lil said to me, 'Why do you always write songs about ...

Sixty years ago today, the biggest band in the world did something it had never done on a No. 1 single. It stopped singing about love. The recording broke new ground too. McCartney's bass was ...

Sonically and chronologically speaking, we don’t often associate Bachman-Turner Overdrive with the Beatles, but the Fab Four is precisely who Randy Bachman was trying to emulate with his 1974 track, ...