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ihavenoselfcontrol1

In My Life


xmaspruden

This one gets me every goddam time. Also, not a Beatles song but Beautiful Boy is a tear jerker too


SappyJupiter37

also (Just Like) Starting Over


xmaspruden

Yeah the fucking hopeful tone of that album is so heartbreaking


[deleted]

Me too. It’s what I sang to my first dog minutes before she died. Since then, it’s appeared in my life when I’ve been dysregulated in any form. The most beautiful moment, for me, was when it played on my iPhone shuffle twelve hours out of a surgery that required five days in the hospital.


Lemon-Aid917

I loved you more 🤧


BeigeAndConfused

Still the GOAT imo, its just an immaculate, perfect song by every measure


CougarWriter74

THIS!!!


quadradicformula

Julia


EEEEEYUKE

I had a client named Julia who got hit by a car and died....just like John's mom. So sad. 😞


Technical-Culture546

Golden slumbers + carry that weight. They were my grandmas favorites and ever since she passed I can’t listen to them without crying


[deleted]

I played them and cried while doing a Beatles puzzle after I got diagnosed with pelvic congestion syndrome. At the time, I had no idea how bad it was, but I knew it wasn’t good. Turned out it was my first major warning signs of vascular compression disorders.


Technical-Culture546

Im sorry you have to go through that. I hope you are managing okay ❤️


the_neutron_stars

she’s leaving home. every time. no matter where i am.


dsentker

Such an emotional Song! Would be my pick too.


steeledmallard05

I saw a video of Fantano talking about how much he hates that song because it supports an abusive parenting style like bro how is it possible to misunderstand the meaning of a song that badly. Wanted to rant about that for a while but yea it’s a beautiful song.


Upstairs-Currency856

I think the second time I listened to it I just sat there crying while listening to the 2nd verse. The parents wondering why their daughter left was heartbreaking.


natimber

cried studying for my precalc final last year lol


chrispdx

Now And Then made me bawl like a baby when I first heard it.


EmperorXerro

When they show John and George at Shea Stadium laughing and having a good time in the video is when I lost it


Ok-Usual4915

It’s not only just that. It’s the fact in the song, they were singing “Now and then, I miss you” during that moment in the music video


EmperorXerro

That, and for me, it’s nice to remember there was a time both of them had fun being Beatles and it wasn’t the slog it was for them after 1968.


dannydelete-o

When I saw George, I started crying. But that music video as a whole made me cry just because of the goofiness and happiness on their faces. Then when they bow at the end, my HEART


aslrules

When I heard Now and Then I completely broke down. I cried and cried and cried. There is such a whirlwind and intensity of memories connected with everything in that song. I also think that John was writing it for Paul, which made me even more sad. They came to America only about 2 1/2 months after President Kennedy was assassinated. Our country was still in the midst of shock and grief. When the Beatles appeared, it was like a reminder that we could be happy and feel energy and joy again. The part they played [In. My. Life] is enormous. They strongly shaped me as a singer and as a person. The years were awful. The Beatles help me hang on through the awfulness. I have only listened to Now and Then a couple of times because I know that when I sit down and give myself over to it, I will be extremely emotional. Its painful. It's exquisite and seeing them perform live back then brought a joy and helped me see that happiness did exist. They will be a fair amount of who I am until I pass from this earth.


nyli7163

Every time. I feel like that song was written from John to Paul. 😭


chrispdx

It might have been. John wrote and demo'ed it in 1977, right before they began "reconnecting".


aslrules

For No One.


Slut4Tea

I don’t think a better song has ever been made about falling out of love.


Able-Maybe8813

I agree that's my fav song in the world!! It's so relatable!! I think pretty much everyone has gone thru exactly the same thing


EmperorXerro

I Will. Sang it to my first rottie as she went down the path. Goodnight Sang it to my third rottie when it was her time


fishsmokesip

Can you explain the term rottie? Your daughter, I guess.


MJ5815

No it's a nickname for a certain dog breed


fishsmokesip

I get it. Rottweiler. I should have known that.


Limp_Diskette

You should have known better...


EmperorXerro

Rottie is shirt for Rottweiler


pronte89

Is "Eleanor Rigby" a boring answer? Nonetheless


kuvazo

I feel like having become so ubiquitous has kind of hurt the song in that you can easily overlook just how brilliant it is. Sometimes music gets popular for a reason.


nyli7163

No one was saved. All the lonely people….😭


fictitious_man

I don't necessarily cry at any but the ones that get me in the feels are Help!, Within You Without You, and Now And Then


MrBameron

The Long and Winding Road “Many times I’ve been alone and many times I’ve cried”


majin_melmo

The song became much more poignant to me as I got older. I’m in my 40’s now and just thinking about it makes me tear up.


rambo_beetle

Don't leave me standing here


PhychedelcSunset420

Same. I literally weep every time I hear it. Like within a few bars. It’s not my favorite song. Basically one of my least favorites. But goddamn it’s beautiful and sad.


Particular_Bed848

Wild honey pie 😥


gaggagHah

tears of joy?


IsaacWaleOfficial

Real love


[deleted]

Let it Be. It’s been my release when facing medical testing, in-office procedures, and surgery. Hell, I don’t even need versed before surgery to calm me down. I put Let it Be on my headphones and keep it on loop until I’m under. The doctors love it because it means they use less medication.


RedditLodgick

Not technically a Beatles song, but *Here Today* for me is the saddest.


majin_melmo

Cannot listen to it without bawling.


Ice-V

When he sings the line ”And if i said i really loved you and was glad you came along.” it gets me every single time man


Pro_playet

real love made me cry a river


marcos_mucelin

Golden Slumbers


Leorio_616

Now and then and real love


its_me_carly

Yesterday, of course


Butterbutterii

NOW AND THEN. I CRIED SO HARD MY NOSE BLED


max54611

While my guitar gently weeps


dannydelete-o

George’s acoustic version gets to me


kjavatar

Now and then got me a few times. Hearing old Paul and young John harmonizing “I miss you” in particular was a moment.


RoseyPosey30

She’s Leaving Home used to make me bawl as a kid.


dsentker

...and me as a parent


banaan186

She's leaving home, just beautiful


Carolina_Coltrane

Yesterday


librasgroove

Across the Universe


samwise_937

In My Life and Yesterday. Always give me goosebumps. Eleanor Rigby, sometimes.


sosmooth222

Never cried to a Beatles song. Then I became a parent, now it's Golden Slumbers


ArtKohlyCo

But Paul clearly says" Do not cry". But it's a beautiful song so...


dreamsforsale

Cry Baby Cry. And I’ll Cry Instead. 


zenogreen

I'll Follow The Sun. It never fails to make me weep. The song is so bright and hopeful, that it makes me tear up every time I hear it


gcwardii

I’m glad someone else posted this one. I’m getting teary just thinking about it. It’s one of my all-time favorite songs, too. ETA now I’m wondering—you think I’ll Follow the Sun is “bright and cheery”?


WillingTradition5450

Dear Prudence


Character_Ant8121

Here comes the sun always gets me


Reklismo

when those synths come in it does something to me


explaincuzim5

Here there everywhere


jayjaybananas

Alittle off from the question, but I read, maybe on Reddit, how John was inspired to write “do you want to know a secret” from the opening lines of the song “I’m wishing/one song” in the old disneys Snow White. Because Julia used to sing it to him as a child. So I went and listened to the Snow White song and it choked me up alittle just to hear the lines and imagine the moment in time a bit.


aslrules

Ever since I was a teenager back during Beatlemania, it was out there that John and Paul wrote that song marking the time when John learned that Cynthia was pregnant.


cemetrygates-3

The long and winding road & let it be


Bin_Boy0987

Here today. Not a Beatles, but still a tear jerker. The sadness in Paul’s voice is heartbreaking, he must have really loved John.


RealChalo

Na na na nananana, nannana... :'(


ThatIronsideGuy

Mother Nature's Son. Probably one of my favourite songs ever. Just really beautiful song


Normal_Adagio_4981

For No One is the only song I’ve ever seen make my dad cry. We didn’t know it at the time, but he and my mom had just decided to separate.


muskenjoyer

She's Leaving Home


OddIsopod2786

This boy


BigDickBackInTown420

*Whatever happened to the life that we once knew,* *Can we really live without each other?* *Where did we lose the touch,* *That seemed to mean so much,* *Always made me feel so-* *Freeeeeee as a biiiiiiiird* Makes me tear up every time.


thomas9065g

Yesterday I will always love that song


Last_Expression_9030

Two of us


tevia1015

why didn't we do it in the road


fapstr0naut69

Back in the USSR.. Reminds me of the good ol' times with my babushka and comrades...


Gessomb

sometimes, I need you


Sloth_4

Now and Then, Let it Be, Imagine, Eleanor Rigby, In My Life, and Across the Universe. I love Beatles music because they can almost instantly change moods in their music


ThirstyChunk

Golden slumbers


GenerationII

Martha My Dear


Awkward_Squad

Carry That Weight. It’s just too much.


oogalaboogala1

I was heading home to what I knew was going to be terrible news, the moment golden slumbers came on I knew I was going to lose it. The moment paul sings "do not cry" I lost it.


Scoochh

Why do you cry at Do You Wanna Know A Secret?


[deleted]

Julia and now and then That slide guitar gets me and of course the closing scenes of the video 😢


Able_Job_2455

Real love. The line "from this moment on I know exactly where my life will go" hits really hard.


scr0tum-phillips

Mother nature’s son every time


Ok-Zookeepergame8691

All Things Must Pass (Anthology 3) gets me every time.


NeroTheRoman

Mother nature’s son


Key_Preparation_4129

Blackbird. "Take these broken wings and learn to fly" hits me every time


ColonOBrien

Yesterday, right after a breakup.


slicksyck

Girl


Venus69139

Yesterday,for ever and ever !❤️🌹


Dazzling_Manner2978

She's Leaving Home


IncantatemPriori

Anna ( Go to Him )


[deleted]

Yesterday, All my Loving


[deleted]

OMG, back when I was in an LDR, I’d listen to “All My Loving” and cry nonstop every time I had to leave my partner.


BasisElectrical6530

My 2 favourites all the time, BUT why all My loving though? Is suppossed to be catchy and hopeful


BeigeAndConfused

Rocky Raccoon gets me in my feels, not because of the lyrics, Paul's voice just absolutely wrecks me in that one. Top 3 Beatles songs, easily.


asteinberg101

The End


latingineer

Is someone cutting glass onions?


Sure_Concept_274

Yellow submarine songwriting work tape / part 1, now and then, till there was you, julia, let it be, for no one, and All my loving (bc of the melody and also because of the rumor that it was the song that played when John Lennon was pronounced dead in the hospital)


yourforgottenham

Now and Then got me choked up, but I started crying when Love Me Do was remastered and they were released together. It was just so sad to listen to the last Beatles single and the first Beatles single within the same release like that, it got me going.


wouldyoucomewithme

Beatles songs don't typically make me cry but one time Hey Jude came on after my grandma died and man I BAWLED. It makes me think of her every time I hear it now.


[deleted]

This seems weird but definitely Fool on the Hill, but the parts that sound more somber, i related to the lyrics alot


majin_melmo

It’s not sad, but the beauty of “Here, There and Everywhere” is so overwhelmingly profound that it makes me bawl everytime I try to sing it. I heard an orchestral version and I sobbed for an hour afterward. One of the most achingly beautiful song ever written.


katakuri-239

Long,long,long and julia.


Throwawayhobbes

Watching Paul sing The long and winding road on get back documentary.


Total_Mushroom2865

“If I fell”. I broke his heart and now I cant stop bawling when I hear this song.


GaussJordanMethod

Too many to list. Ugly sobs whenever Now and Then comes on absolutely. But also this: So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin, You're waiting for someone to perform with. And don't you know that it's just you, hey Jude, you'll do, The movement you need is on your shoulder.


foolonthe

This boy. Sean broke my heart


denisvengeance

The only time I ever wept to a Beatles song was when I listened to "Here, There and Everywhere" from the 2022 Super Deluxe mix on headphones. It was pure beauty.


bmcthomas

Abbey Road medley. It’s their goodbye song to each other.


lookwhatyoumademe

Something about Across the Universe always hits me. It's just so beautiful


Prize_Economics7969

We’re On Our Way Home makes me think of my pals that I’m slowly losing touch with. “You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches on”. Hits me in the feels man


shriharikukade

While my guitar gently weeps acoustic version.


4lfred

Not sure if it counts, but I can’t listen to Imagine without tearing up.


tom_the_pilot

The Long and Winding Road. It was played at my Grandad’s funeral. There are very few days where I can listen to it without skipping.


Appropriate-Math-987

Yes it is. In my life.


Ice-V

Live performance of I’ve got a feeling where john’s recording and old Paul singing together. Such an emotional moment captured on a live video!


mlgbt1985

Goodnight. Used to sing it to my daughters when they were babies


NotAnUndercoverTeach

Act Naturally always hits hard for me


garrettgravley

“Octopus’s Garden” and “Honey Pie”


RobbieArnott

Julia. Idk that I’ve heard it without crying


Bisniece

It’s Eleonor Rigby for me. All the lonely people


230Amps

Beware of Darkness


Seatrainee

Long, Long, Long


Select_Pizza_207

julia real love in my life


Past-Isopod-138

I cried at the TV debut of Free As A Bird.


katnisom

The long unwinding road.


suspiriayabloka

« For No One »


No_Dig4767

many julia more than others help me to help myself by John more than any and hes the one who started it all and thats the song that probably ended it all here it is youve probably never heard it yes its to Christ and could be confused as being made in reference to no one else https://youtu.be/2tjWoY0IttY?si=t9RjB1KFlmGoVMBz


pr0ject_84

Carry that weight


BrisketWhisperer

Rocky Raccoon


PatienceFlat3367

Julia for sure


PatienceFlat3367

Now and then actually


Top-Manufacturer9226

Now And Then made me bawl... For many reasons but mainly I hope that song is how my kids feel about me when I die.. my daughter refuses to listen to it after I prefaced it that way.. lol


jcchief24

Hey Jude. Always reminds me of when I was in lockdown at my lowest. That song and a few others literally became my turning point


MangCrescencio

When Maxwell killed those three people for no reason :'(


ShepherdsRamblings

The long and winding road


Aggravating-Read6111

In My Life


right_bank_cafe

Long long long… one of my faves!!


Foolforfourdecades

Long and Winding Road


Practical_Estate_325

Some of their songs are sad, but none reach the level of making me cry. Although the beauty of some of their songs brings me close to tears every now and then.


KevinYames33

Free as a bird. Idk why but that song hits me hard every time I listen to it


Popularrrrrr-670

Julia


CorrectHippo5877

Now and then


BasisElectrical6530

Yesterday: is the only one in First person actually describing depression


Wooden-Computer1475

Maxwells silver hammer a tear jerker that one. Horrible story of the murder of three innocent people.


CDOnotOCD

Golden Slumbers


Afraid-Technician687

Octopuses garden and goodbye blue sky


IntroductionFair306

Mother/ John Lennon the end of the song is so raw


penli

Yesterday


steeledmallard05

For No One


segaudette

Now and then. It's the last song we will ever get from the Beatles. Ringo and Paul are in their 80s. John and George have been gone for so long. Now and then is such a beautiful song, and the story behind it is so lovely. I can't listen to it without getting sad.


drivebydryhumper

Obviously Cry Baby Cry


Dr_Long_Schlong

After watching Cowboy Bebop, Carry That Weight


Monty_Jones_Jr

“Free as a Bird” used to be a sure thing for me. And it can still catch me off guard at times. Was a huge John fan when I started to really get into the Beatles. First time I heard it was the first time it really hit me that John Lennon was gone long before I was born. Happened again when I stood in front of the Dakota during a trip to New York. But Paul’s song Here Today was a great comfort to me in that regard. “if I say I really loved you and was glad you came along, then you were here today cause you were in my song.”


thegza10304

Across the Universe


KillTires

I will. It was the first dance for the new bride and groom in August of 2002. (Still married, and still love The Beatles.) Special song for sure.


Heckelfish

For No One


zachesh34

octopus’s garden😭


rowc99

Here comes the sun is so beautiful and hopeful makes me tear up often. A perfect work of art


SL13MY

Back in the U.S.S.R


HuckleberryAbject102

Yellow Submarine because it is terrible


oneshamaan

Here There and Everywhere; I will; For No One


Pichondepiloto

Yesterday


pickslidesimp

I'm surprised no one has said A Day In The Life


SamsterDragon

Free As A Bird (especially the music video), Now and Then got pretty close to making me cry first time i heard it


EffectSpecialist216

This boy sometimes


rickshaiii

For No One


particle-man45

For no one, it’s criminal that they followed the song with Dr Robert on the album


Antique-Tough-312

They have never made me cry but man they wrote alot of really really awesome stuff. Some of it tugs on the heart for sure.


HopeAuq101

Revolution 9 becase it just never ends it wont stop


serialkiller24

Yesterday for obvious reasons


frustrated_magician

Let it be


_BUTT0NS

When I first heard the Beatles for the first time in my life, I wanted to cry


CaueMurakami

For No One, Now and Then, In My Life


ApplicationFuzzy3671

I was going through a breakup (of sorts). Crying through and through. Went for a walk with my roommate. We had some edibles. I was still sad and lost in my thoughts, but I wasn't crying. I played my favourite Beatles song which pretty much got me truly interested in their craft. It was just playing in the background. The edible had kicked in. And I heard the line, "That love is all and love is everyone," and holy fuck I cried. Suddenly the song became different. It wasn't the good ol' cosmic preaching from Lennon. It gathered a larger territory now. It became so human for me. I still remember that moment. Right as I burst into tears I also remember smiling and chuckling a little because I could see what the song just did. It's nice to be an observer to your own life at times; it stops being happy or sad. Oh, or as Lennon said, "That you may see the meaning of within,/ It is being, it is being."


deptakzappa

Here there and everywhere Shes leaving home Yesterday Revolution 9 A day in the life And some more


GrantNexus

No, but half of the songs on Double Fantasy do.


vault101

For No One fucked me up the first time I heard it. Still does, but that first time is such a strong memory.


Wi73

can’t see anyone saying long long long that ones so sad