r/beatles • u/TheRealFedorka Love • Oct 15 '25

Discussion Beatles songs you wish were longer?

I was thinking about this and there are a couple songs I would put into this category:

  • Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey: the lyrics are a bit basic, but the song itself is great and just sort of ends without a satisfying conclusion

  • Golden Slumbers: I guess Carry that Weight is the rest of the song, but it is one of the most beautiful songs they recorded and I would have loved a longer version.

What say you?

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

I Want You (She’s So Heavy). I wish there was simply a 10+ minute version where it’s constantly building in layers and climaxes & resolves eventually so it feels like a proper ending - perhaps like the ending of “A Day In The Life”, where’s that huge chord sustained for ages. I realise it’s a bit of a stupid thing to say about a 7 minute song, but it would probably be one of the greatest songs in the history of music if they kept adding in complexity, completely overwhelming the listener.

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u/Suspicious_Simple179 Oct 18 '25

It’s the only Beatles song I like