The Beatles, the most influential band of all time, deserve the ultimate list. I decided to make a ranking of their 100 greatest songs and devote a major video to this list on my YouTube channel.

Now, this video – published in two parts and totaling 43 minutes of screentime – was quite an undertaking and took me eight months to complete. Compiling the list was relatively tough because the boys have made so many masterpieces. Special thanks to the ever-knowledgeable Jan Bletz for his helpful input. The really tough part was creating the video itself though.

Make no mistake: getting to 43 minutes of edited video can be a real nightmare. Many things go wrong: technical issues, copyright claims of YouTube, the stress of perfectionism and more. Respect for anybody who does this for a living.

That said, I’m pretty happy with the final result – flaws and all. So without further ado, I proudly present the ultimate Beatles playlist, in two parts. I hope you enjoy it.

100. A Hard Day’s Night

99. The Night Before

98. Eight Days a Week

97. Love Me Do

96. I Will

95. Hey Bulldog

94. She Said She Said

93. It Won’t Be Long

92. Mother Nature’s Son

91. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

90. Please Please Me

89. No Reply

88. I Want to Tell You

87. Martha My Dear

86. This Boy

85. Lady Madonna

84. I’m Only Sleeping

83. Can’t Buy Me Love

82. We Can Work It Out

81. Your Mother Should Know

80. Getting Better

79. I Saw Her Standing There

78. Magical Mystery Tour

77. You Can’t Do That

76. Taxman

75. And I Love Her

74. I’ve Just Seen a Face

73. From Me to You

72. You Won’t See Me

71. I’m So Tired

70. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

69. I’m a Loser

68. Octopus’s Garden

67. I’ll Follow the Sun

66. Help!

65. Julia

64. When I’m Sixty-Four

63. Two of Us

62. The Ballad of John and Yoko

61. With a Little Help from My Friends

60. I Should Have Known Better

59. Ticket to Ride

58. Nowhere Man

57. Don’t Let Me Down

56. If I Needed Someone

55. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

54. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

53. All You Need Is Love

52. Carry That Weight

51. Oh! Darling

Check out part 2 here…