Eight Beatles songs Paul McCartney never really loved

US magazine Ultimate Classic Rock has gathered eight Beatles songs that Paul McCartney has spoken about with reservations over the years, a list picked up by Italian outlet OndaRock. They are not necessarily songs he hates: some he sees as album filler, others remind him of tension in the studio.

At the top is “She Said She Said” from “Revolver” (1966), which McCartney mostly remembers for an argument with John Lennon that made him walk out of the studio; he thinks George played bass on it. Next comes “Revolution 9” from “The Beatles” (1968): McCartney says he was doing similar experiments himself but did not think they were fit for release. “What You're Doing” and “Every Little Thing”, both from “Beatles for Sale” (1964), are described as filler, the latter a song he had imagined as a big single.

The list also includes “Hold Me Tight” and “Little Child” from “With the Beatles” (1963), written largely as work to fill a record, “Tell Me What You See” from “Help!” (1965), which he called “not particularly memorable”, and “I'm Happy Just to Dance With You” from “A Hard Day's Night” (1964), a song meant to please the fans.

McCartney has been just as tough on his solo work: in a 2015 interview with Q, he named “Bip Bop”, from the 1971 album “Wild Life”, the worst song he ever wrote, calling its lyrics terrible.

The Beatles formed in Liverpool in 1960 and split in 1970. In October, mbuzz reported that “Let It Be” had passed one billion streams on Spotify.