07/28/2025
The Beatles’ Backbone: How Many Songs Did John Lennon and Paul McCartney Actually Write Together?
Much has been made about John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s legendary songwriting partnership. The pair is thought of as the Beatles‘ backbone—the well-oiled songwriting machine that shaped the foursome’s legacy. However, if you get into the songwriting credits for each Beatles song, you’ll find that the Lennon-McCartney partnership became little more than fuel for a legal battle post-breakup. Though they have many songs cataloged under both of their names, many weren’t actually collaborative projects. As their career as a band progressed, the duo wrote together less and less. With that in mind, how many songs did Lennon and McCartney really write together?
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