You usually can't beat the Lennon-McCartney classics, but these Paul McCartney originals shined even brighter.

and gifted us with some of the greatest songs ever recorded. With that in mind, let's riffle through The Beatles songbook and single out their best work.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney were a creative force to be reckoned with and they wrote the vast majority of The Beatles' ...

The Beatles ... songs like “Oh! Darling” were overshadowed by the legacy of its heavy opener “Come Together” or fan favorites like “Here Comes the Sun.” Yet, despite all this ...

After hearing this Beatles song for the first time, Graham Nash concluded it was "one of the greatest songs ever written." ...

But Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick knew the song required a special ... if only for its all-round oddness. Whether George Martin could fully comprehend the images and concepts of the LSD-baptised ...

The Beatles ... most-covered songs somehow escaped the U.K. charts for decades. That losing streak—if it can even be called that—is over, as the track debuts on one list across the pond.

Former SPIN writer Chuck Klosterman once came out with a list of bands that ... time because they wrote all the best songs. Since both of these facts are true, the Beatles are rated properly." ...

But it’s one of the Beatles songs on which all the band had an input. All were present when McCartney presented the first verse and melody, as was Lennon’s childhood friend Pete Shotton ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Beatles officially stopped making music together back in the ‘70s, but ...