‘She Came In Through The Bathroom Window’

To say that The Beatles had some overly dedicated fans would be the understatement of the century – flocks of Fab Four fanatics would go out of their way to try and catch a glimpse of the lads from Liverpool or even try to get some exclusive merch, and one fan took this mission to extremes when she broke into Paul McCartney’s house (you guessed it, through the bathroom window) and had a rummage around.

The fan in question was Diane Ashley, who feels incredibly proud of her achievement, recalling, “We found a ladder in his garden and stuck it up the bathroom window, which he’d left slightly open… I was the one who climbed up and got in… I don’t regret any of it – I had a great time, a really great time.”

‘I Want You (She’s So Heavy)’

This is one of the heaviest guitar riffs that The Beatles ever put out. While the song centres around love, that riff adds an almost menacing sound to it, one that takes the track and dips it in all things lustful. Lennon’s reason behind the song was pretty simple: it was dedicated to Yoko Ono. He said, “Every time I pick up the guitar I sing about Yoko and that’s how I’m influenced.” 

What’s most interesting about the song isn’t the reason behind its creation, but the creation itself. Recorded during the Abbey Road sessions, when The Beatles were putting together this heavy rock song, it marked the last time that they all actually performed together. Perhaps that’s why there’s so much angst and passion behind the notes being played.

‘There’s a Place’

One of the major reasons why The Beatles broke up was because of creative differences. You can hear the kind of thing John Lennon wanted to write about scattered amongst the band’s discography. It first crops up in ‘Help!’ when Lennon evidently wanted to write from a place of truth, and continued into his run as a solo artist with tracks like ‘Imagine’.

One of his most underrated offerings with The Beatles, which gave listeners a glimpse into the honest approach he wanted to have towards his music, was ‘There’s a Place’ – it seems that Lennon was writing about finding a place in your mind where you can be at peace… It’s one of his more tranquil numbers and is an incredibly beautiful track to listen to that also highlights who he is as a songwriter.

‘Hey Bulldog’

Even while The Beatles were crumbling towards the end of their run as a band, there were brief moments when you could see clear cases that they still got along. One of these comes in the creation of the song ‘Hey Bulldog’, which they started recording while they were filming a promotional video for ‘Lady Madonna’.

The band were originally recording the song with the name ‘Hey Bullfrog’, but they decided to change it when Paul McCartney barked at the end of the recording and made John Lennon burst into laughter – Things got ugly towards the end of the band, but it’s nice to have songs like this from 1969 to remind us that there were still good times mixed in with the bad.

‘Got to Get You Into My Life’

Paul McCartney has always been a bit of a romantic, and so it’s not out of the question to think that ‘Got to Get You Into My Life’ is another one of his silly little love songs, but that’s not actually the case, because this McCartney track isn’t an ode to a specific person – rather, it’s a piece of music dedicated to his love for weed.

“I’d been a rather straight working-class lad, but when we started to get into pot, it seemed to me to be quite uplifting,” said McCartney when talking about the drug. “It didn’t seem to have too many side effects like alcohol or some of the other stuff, like pills, which I pretty much kept off. I kind of liked marijuana, and to me, it seemed it was mind-expanding, literally mind-expanding.”