# In 1966, The Beatles recorded a song Lennon and McCartney could agree on. Both ranked it among their best

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-1966-the-beatles-recorded-a-song-lennon-and-mccartney-could-agree-on-both-ranked-it-among-their-best/
- Published: 2026-11-12T16:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T17:51:09+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1966-song-john-lennon-paul-mccartney-both-agree-the-beatles-greatest/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Lennon and McCartney both singled out “Here, There and Everywhere”.
- McCartney wrote the 1966 *Revolver* track.
- Lennon praised it in 1972 and 1980.

## Summary

The Beatles’ “Here, There and Everywhere”, written by Paul McCartney and released on *Revolver* in 1966, was a song both McCartney and John Lennon later named among their favourites. Their shared appreciation stands out because the pair’s songwriting styles diverged and Lennon often criticised McCartney’s work after the band split.

The article links the song’s gentle love-song style to McCartney’s admiration for the Beach Boys’ *Pet Sounds* and his relationship with Jane Asher. In 1972, Lennon called it “a great one of his”; in 1980, he described it as one of his favourite Beatles songs. McCartney said in a 2024 podcast that, if pressed to choose his favourite song he had written, he would pick it.

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