Who Was The Walrus?

You know you want to know. Here's my rundown on who 'The Walrus' was based on who wrote the most and sang the most leads. Obviously Lennon and McCartney helped each other alot, but I'm going strictly on who's song I 'feel' it to be. The only songs up for scruitiny are ones released within the Beatles' lifetime as a band, and only those that are officially released. Duplicates (like the Across The Universe 'wildlife' version and Let It Be album track) are only counted once. Alright, here we go!

Please Please Me (1963)
Song Title	Writer(s)	Lead(s)
1. I Saw Her Standing There	Paul	Paul
2. Misery	John	John
3. Anna (Go To Him)	x	John
4. Chains	x	George
5. Boys	x	Ringo
6. Ask Me Why	John	John
7. Please Please Me	John	John
8. Love Me Do	Paul	Paul
9. P.S. I Love You	Paul	Paul
10. Baby It's You	x	John
11. Do You Want To Know A Secret	John	George
12. A Taste Of Honey	x	Paul
13. There's A Place	John	John
14. Twist And Shout	x	John
From Me To You	John & Paul	John & Paul
Thank You Girl	John & Paul	John & Paul

John		Paul		George		Ringo
6	8	4	4	0	2	0	1
14		8		2		1

With The Beatles (1963)
Song Title	Writer(s)	Lead(s)
1. It Won't Be Long	John	John
2. All I've Got To Do	John	John
3. All My Loving	Paul	Paul
4. Don't Bother Me	George	George
5. Little Child	John & Paul	John & Paul
6. Til There Was You	x	Paul
7. Please Mr. Postman	x	John
8. Roll Over Beethoven	x	George
9. Hold Me Tight	Paul	Paul
10. You Really Got A Hold On Me	x	John
11. I Wanna Be Your Man	Paul	Ringo
12. Devil In Her Heart	x	George
13. Not A Second Time	John	John
14. Money	x	John
She Loves You	John & Paul	John & Paul
I'll Get You	John & Paul	John & Paul
I Want To Hold Your Hand	John & Paul	John & Paul
This Boy	John	John, Paul & George

John		Paul		George		Ringo
5.5	6.33	4	5.33	1	3.33	0	1
11.83		9.33		4.33		1

A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Song Title	Writer(s)	Lead(s)
1. A Hard Day's Night	John	John & Paul
2. I Should Have Known Better	John	John
3. If I Fell	John	John & Paul
4. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You	John	George
5. And I Love Her	Paul	Paul
6. Tell Me Why	John	John
7. Can't Buy Me Love	Paul	Paul
8. Any Time At All	John	John
9. I'll Cry Instead	John	John
10. Things We Said Today	Paul	Paul
11. When I Get Home	John	John
12. You Can't Do That	John	John
13. I'll Be Back	John	John
Long Tall Sally	x	Paul
I Call Your Name	John	John
Slow Down	x	John
Matchbox	x	Ringo

John		Paul		George		Ringo
11	10	3	5	0	1	0	1
21		8		1		1

Beatles For Sale (1964)
Song Title	Writer(s)	Lead(s)
1. No Reply	John	John
2. I'm A Loser	John	John
3. Baby's In Black	John & Paul	John & Paul
4. Rock And Roll Music	x	John
5. I'll Follow The Sun	Paul	Paul
6. Mr. Moonlight	x	John
7. Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey	x	Paul
8. Eight Days A Week	Paul	John & Paul
9. Words Of Love	x	John & Paul
10. Honey Don't	x	Ringo
11. Every Little Thing	John & Paul	John & Paul
12. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party	John	John
13. What You're Doing	Paul	Paul
14. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby	x	George
I Feel Fine	John	John
She's A Woman	Paul	Paul

John		Paul		George		Ringo
6	8	5	6	0	1	0	1
14		11		1		1

Help! (1965)
Song Title	Writer(s)	Lead(s)
1. Help!	John	John
2. The Night Before	Paul	Paul
3. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away	John	John
4. I Need You	George	George
5. Another Girl	Paul	Paul
6. You're Going To Lose That Girl	John	John
7. Ticket To Ride	x	Paul
8. Eight Days A Week	John	John
9. Act Naturally	x	Ringo
10. It's Only Love	John	John
11. Tell Me What You See	Paul	Paul
12. I've Just Seen A Face	Paul	Paul
13. Yesterday	Paul	John & Paul
14. Dizzy Miss Lizzie	x	John
Bad Boy	x	John
Yes It Is	John	John, Paul, & George
I'm Down	Paul	Paul

John		Paul		George		Ringo
6	7.83	6	6.83	1	1.33	0	1
13.83		12.83		2.33		1

Rubber Soul (1965)
Song Title	Writer(s)	Lead(s)
1. Drive My Car	Paul	John & Paul
2. Norwegian Wood	John	John
3. You Won't See Me	Paul	Paul
4. Nowhere Man	John	John
5. Think For Yourself	George	George
6. The Word	John	John
7. Michelle	Paul	Paul
8. What Goes On	John	Ringo
9. Girl	John	John
10. I'm Looking Through You	Paul	Paul
11. In My Life	John & Paul	John
12. Wait	Paul	Paul
13. If I Needed Someone	George	George
14. Run For Your Life	John	John
Day Tripper	John	John
We Can Work It Out	Paul	Paul

John		Paul		George		Ringo
7.5	7.5	6.5	5.5	2	2	0	1
15		12		4		1

Revolver (1966)
Song Title	Writer(s)	Lead(s)
1. Taxman	George	George
2. Eleanor Rigby	Paul	Paul
3. I'm Only Sleeping	John	John
4. Love You To	George	George
5. Here, There and Everywhere	Paul	Paul
6. Yellow Submarine	Paul	Ringo
7. She Said She Said	John	John
8. Good Day Sunshine	Paul	Paul
9. And Your Bird Can Sing	John	John
10. For No One	Paul	Paul
11. Doctor Robert	John	John
12. I Want To Tell You	George	George
13. Got To Get You Into My Life	Paul	Paul
14. Tomorrow Never Knows	John	John
Paperback Writer	Paul	Paul
Rain	John	John

John		Paul		George		Ringo
6	6	7	6	3	3	0	1
12		13		6		1

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Song Title	Writer(s)	Lead(s)
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Paul	Paul
2. With A Little Help From My Friends	Paul	Ringo
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds	John	John
4. Getting Better	Paul	Paul
5. Fixing A Hole	Paul	Paul
6. She's Leaving Home	Paul	Paul
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!	John	John
8. Within You Without You	George	George
9. When I'm Sixty-Four	Paul	Paul
10. Lovely Rita	Paul	Paul
11. Good Morning Good Mornnig	John	John
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	Paul	John, Paul & George
13. A Day In The Life	John & Paul	John & Paul
Panny Lane	Paul	Paul
Strawberry Fields Forever	John	John

John		Paul		George		Ringo
4.5	4.83	9.5	7.85	1	1.33	0	1
9.33		17.33		2.33		1

Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Song Title	Writer(s)	Lead(s)
1. Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	Paul
2. The Fool On The Hill	Paul	Paul
3. Flying	John, Paul, George & Ringo	x
4. Blue Jay Way	George	George
5. Your Mother Should Know	Paul	Paul
6. I Am The Walrus	John	John
Hello Goodbye	Paul	Paul
Baby You're A Rich Man	Paul	Paul
All You Need Is Love	John	John
Only A Northern Song	George	George
All Together Now	Paul	Paul
Hey Bulldog	John	John
It's All Too Much	George	George
Lady Madonna	Paul	Paul
The Inner Light	George	George

John		Paul		George		Ringo
3.25	3	7.25	7	4.25	4	0	0
6.25		14.25		8.25		0

The Beatles "The White Album" (1968)
Song Title	Writer(s)	Lead(s)
1. Back In The U.S.S.R.	Paul	Paul
2. Dear Prudence	John	John
3. Glass Onion	John	John
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	Paul	Paul
5. Wild Honey Pie	Paul	Paul
6. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill	John	John
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps	George	George
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun	John	John
9. Martha My Dear	Paul	Paul
10. I'm So Tired	John	John
11. Blackbird	Paul	Paul
12. Piggies	George	George
13. Rocky Raccoon	Paul	Paul
14. Don't Pass Me By	Ringo	Ringo
15. Why Don't We Do It In The Road	Paul	Paul
16. I Will	Paul	Paul
17. Julia	John	John
18. Birthday	Paul	Paul
19. Yer Blues	John	John
20. Mother Nature's Son	Paul	Paul
21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey	John	John
22. Sexy Sadie	John	John
23. Helter Skelter	Paul	Paul
24. Long Long Long	George	George
25. Revolution 1	John	John
26. Honey Pie	Paul	Paul
27. Savoy Truffle	George	George
28. Cry Baby Cry	John	John
29. Revolution 9	John	x
30. Good Night	John	Ringo
Hey Jude	Paul	Paul
Revolution	John	John

John		Paul		George		Ringo
14	12	13	13	4	4	1	2
26		26		8		3

Let It Be (1970)
Song Title	Writer(s)	Lead(s)
1. Two Of Us	Paul	Paul
2. Dig A Pony	John	John
3. Across The Universe	John	John
4. I Me Mine	George	George
5. Dig It	John	John
6. Let It Be	Paul	Paul
7. Maggie Mae	x	John & Paul
8. I've Got A Feeling	John & Paul	John & Paul
9. One After 909	John	John
10. The Long And Winding Road	Paul	Paul
11. For You Blue	George	George
12. Get Back	Paul	Paul
Don't Let Me Down	John	John
The Ballad Of John And Yoko	John	John
Old Brown Shoe	George	George
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)	John	John & Paul

John		Paul		George		Ringo
7.5	7.5	4.5	5.5	3	3	0	0
14		10		6		0

Abbey Road (1969)
Song Title	Writer(s)	Lead(s)
1. Come Together	John	John
2. Something	George	George
3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer	Paul	Paul
4. Oh! Darling	Paul	Paul
5. Octopus's Garden	Ringo	Ringo
6. I Want You (She's So Heavy)	John	John
7. Here Comes The Sun	George	George
8. Because	John	John, Paul & George
9. You Never Give My Your Money	Paul	Paul
10. Sun King	John	John
11. Mean Mr Mustard	John	John
12. Polythene Pam	John	John
13. She Came In Throught The Bathroom Window	Paul	Paul
14. Golden Slumbers	Paul	Paul
15. Carry That Weight	Paul	Paul
16. The End	Paul	Paul
17. Her Majesty	Paul	Paul

John		Paul		George		Ringo
6	5.33	8	8.33	2	2.33	1	1
11.33		16.33		4.33		2

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