John Lennon Once Admitted There Was Only One Paul McCartney Song He Liked

It’s a very likely chance that when it comes to some Beatles songs, you can’t directly credit just Paul McCartney or just John Lennon, because they both co-wrote songs together. Of course, eventually the songwriters eventually went their separate ways creatively speaking, and they’ve actually called it a healthy competition when making their own music separated from one another.

“He’d write ‘Strawberry Fields,’ I’d go away and write ‘Penny Lane’… to compete with each other,” McCartney explained, “But it was very friendly competition.” Even though they were still friendly and appreciated each other’s music, they weren’t about to compliment each other’s tunes anytime soon.

During a 2018 interview, McCartney actually revealed that his songwriting partner admitted that he only liked one of McCartney’s tunes. The song was “Here, There, and Everywhere,” and Lennon was very quick to give a compliment to that one, despite their friendly competition!

During a session of 1966’s Revolver, after a take of the song, Lennon spoke up almost immediately. He couldn’t deny it was a great song! “Right when it finished, John said, ‘That’s a really good song, lad. I love that song,’… I remember [the moment of John’s compliment] to this day,” McCartney recalled, “It’s pathetic, really.”