Going solo after discovering success in a band is tough to do, particularly when that band is the best within the historical past of music, The Beatles. Some listeners take with no consideration the post-band success of solo acts like Ozzy Osbourne, Beyoncé, Paul Simon, Lauryn Hill, and Harry Kinds. It is not inconceivable or a uncommon sight, however usually simpler stated than achieved.

That job turns into all of the more durable when a musician has to interrupt away from a band as influential and important to music as The Beatles had been. Theoretically, a post-Beatles life may solely go downhill after strolling away from a band that huge. Any lesser musician would wrestle to search out success wherever close to what the Beatles achieved.

Fortunately, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr are all removed from being lesser musicians. The success all of them produced of their respective careers largely rivals that of what they did collectively, and the music stays simply nearly as good.

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“{Photograph}” By Ringo Starr

Written by Ringo Starr and George Harrison

Ringo Starr’s Ringo album is a novel addition to any former Beatles’ catalog, as it’s the solely post-Beatles album to function contributions from all 4 former members of the Beatles. “{Photograph},” the platinum album’s lead single, was written by Starr with assist from George Harrison. They collaborated throughout a vacation yacht journey with their wives within the South of France, having a brainstorming session of kinds with everybody onboard. The end result was an upbeat track with bittersweet lyrics revolving round dropping a lover and having nothing after the breakup however {a photograph} of recollections.

Along with lyricism, Harrison gives acoustic guitar and backup vocals to the file, however the track is finally Starr’s. The lyrics could also be somber, however the tune itself is so catchy that it is easy to bop alongside and ignore the doom that looms over the track.

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“Band On The Run” By Wings

Written by Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney

Following up a run with a band like The Beatles by becoming a member of one other band is simply as tough as following it up as a solo artist. Any post-band try at a music profession comes with expectations from followers questioning how a musician might comply with issues up. Doing so with one other band is a daring alternative as it is going to at all times include comparisons and contrasts to the previous band, however McCartney was fortunate sufficient to search out one other good, profitable band in Wings.

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Wings would function a revolving door of instrumentalists however at all times maintained the core of himself and his spouse Linda. One in every of their crowning achievements as writers and performers was “Band on the Run,” the title observe of their third studio album. The track is all about escaping to freedom.

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“Mom” By John Lennon

Written by John Lennon

John Lennon had an advanced relationship together with his dad and mom, however he additionally understood that, good or dangerous, everybody has an advanced relationship with their dad and mom. He wrote “Mom” with that perspective in thoughts, because the 1970 file is not nearly his dad and mom, however parentage as an entire idea. For these unaware, John’s father deserted him when he was a younger boy. In the meantime, whereas his relationship together with his mom was finally constructive earlier than she died when she was 17, she did give him away to his aunt when he was however a small boy.

“Mom” speaks to the intricacies of a guardian’s relationship with their youngster, each the great and the dangerous. That is a type of matters that appears tough on the floor to lend a voice to, however the masterful lyricism of Lennon manages to tug on the heartstrings.

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“FourFiveSeconds” By Paul McCartney, Rihanna & Kanye West

Written by Kanye “Ye” West, Paul McCartney, Kirby Lauryen, Mike Dean, Tyrone Griffin, Dave Longstreth, Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty, Dallas Austin, Elon Rutberg, Noah Goldstein

An old style artist normally struggles to keep up relevancy within the fashionable scope of music, one thing that arguably could be much more tough than going solo after leaving a band. The truth that Paul McCartney has achieved so, persevering with to work with the highest brass of musicians – like the “Umbrella” songstress Rihanna and the at the moment rechristened Ye – is a testomony of his ability, but additionally his willingness to take a backseat to his collaborators when acceptable.

Regardless of receiving a function credit score, “FourFiveSeconds” solely options vocals from Ye and Rihanna. McCartney solely has some faint adlibs throughout Ye’s verse. It is an attention-grabbing inventive alternative, contemplating McCartney continues to be a reliable singer at his age, however it’s a alternative that amounted to dividends. Not solely does it really feel soulful because of McCartney’s acoustics, however the track was a bonafide hit, marking the final time a Beatle peaked at quantity two on the Billboard charts.

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“All Issues Should Cross” By George Harrison

Written by George Harrison

The title observe of George Harrison’s third solo album, “All Issues Should Cross” in some ways set the tone for George Harrison’s post-Beatles profession. The album itself was Harrison’s first post-Beatles mission and it was an formidable effort at that, releasing as a triple album expertise. The practically two-hour odyssey proved to be a people rock traditional, however as with every album, the title observe is what attracts probably the most consideration from any album.

“All Issues Should Cross” stands out because the album’s greatest track for a lot of listeners. Harrison’s solo songs have been missed in more moderen years as a lot as any of the Beatles most underrated tracks that deserve extra consideration. If any track in Harrison’s catalog deserves extra consideration, it is “All Issues Should Cross.” Hopefully extra listeners are prepared to re-discover the track and its accompanying album as a hidden gem.

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“Stunning Boy” By John Lennon

Written by John Lennon

Double Fantasy is John Lennon’s fifth and ultimate solo album, and was immediately acknowledged because the standout of his file. His former Beatles stablemate, Paul McCartney, would name it his favourite Lennon observe as a visitor on BBC’s Desert Island Discs, and it is easy to see why. The track is likely one of the extra emotional tracks to come back out from any of the Beatles since their breakup.

Lennon devoted “Stunning Boy (Darling Boy)” to his son, Sean Lennon, expressing the enjoyment that comes from him watching his son develop. Clearly, there’s a bittersweet caveat to the track figuring out that the elder Lennon wouldn’t be capable of watch Sean develop into maturity, however that doesn’t take away from the unapologetic tenderness that the songster carries for his son.

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“Time On My Arms” By Ringo Starr

Written by Daniel Tashian, Paul Kennerley & T Bone Burnett

It’s actually a testomony to Ringo Starr’s expertise as a performer that at 84 years previous and within the twenty first album of his discography, the previous Beatle continues to be producing a few of the greatest songs of his profession. That actually seems like that’s the case on album #21, Look Up, the place “Time on My Arms” may be thought of one of the best track on his most up-to-date album.

In lots of regards, the album tells a narrative in complete, however “Time on My Arms” tells a narrative that anybody who has endured a tumultuous breakup can relate to. It is merely a few man who was as soon as wholly consumed by the love of his love, just for him to have far an excessive amount of time on his fingers now that the love of his life is not in his life. It is a crushing feeling that phrases do not do justice for, however Ringo finds a technique to make sense of a common mourning for love.

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“The Lady is Mine” By Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

Written by Michael Jackson

One of the crucial essential friendships that Paul McCartney would make exterior of The Beatles could be that which he’d kind with Michael Jackson, mutually so. It may be additional argued that that is one of the crucial essential friendships in music historical past. Not simply because a dialog conjures up the enduring singer MJ to purchase ATV Music Publishing, however as a result of they’re amongst one another’s greatest collaborator’s, producing a few of the greatest pop sensations throughout the pop style.

One in every of their masterpieces is “The Lady is Mine,” which itself is positioned on the tracklist of one of the crucial critically acclaimed American music albums, Thriller. It’s fairly a praise for “The Lady is Mine” to be praised as top-of-the-line songs on an album that features beloved tracks like “Thriller,” “Billie Jean,” “Beat It,” and “Human Nature.”

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“Say Say Say” By Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

Written by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

“The Lady is Mine” obtained such widespread acclaim and a focus that one 12 months later, the duo reunited as Paul McCartney was crafting his second solo album not lengthy after breaking apart together with his second band, Wings. Granted, the track wouldn’t arrive till it was picked for the lead single of his third solo album, Pipes of Peace, however it was effectively well worth the wait.

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Listeners who beloved “The Lady is Mine” had been actually ready with keen anticipation to witness one other top-notch track from the 2, and “Say Say Say” completely delivered. It is actually a toss-up to argue for which track is best than the opposite. If one factor is plain, it’s that songs like “Say Say Say” converse for themselves, this one being an authorized gold recorded rating as top-of-the-line songs to achieve the Billboard 100.

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“Think about” By John Lennon

Written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono

For a lot of, “Think about” ranks as one of many best songs ever made. Few post-Beatles productions maintain that very same stage of vital acclaim, however on the similar time, few Beatles songs carry the identical stage of recognition in a contemporary context as “Think about” does. Readers cannot overlook that “Think about” re-entered the popular culture lexicon throughout the pandemic for the notorious superstar viral video, which might be parodied by The Deep on The Boys. Reality be informed, the track by no means left that lexicon thanks largely to the way it eerily predicted the long run.

“Think about” was an instantaneous traditional in 1971, and nonetheless resonates as strongly with audiences as we speak, if no more so. The Beatles as an entity are timeless, and maybe the identical may be argued for some songs they wrote solo, however even then, no choices stay as timeless of an achievement as John Lennon’s “Think about.”