Which Beatles Song Describes Your Relationship Right Now?

The great thing about relationships is that they are always changing their dynamic. They are constantly changing form. They change based on the chameleon-like opinions of the people involved. It can be a day-to-day change, a habitual or behavioral change. Relationships grow more intense and they grow more distant. It keeps the members of the relationship on their respective toes, poised to jump through hoops or step back at any given moment.

The good news is that no matter what stage your relationship is at this moment, there is probably a Beatles' song describing it. This is especially important for Beatles' fans.

Of course, Beatles' songs are more relevant to younger couples, because the Beatles themselves were young when they wrote the songs. But if you look into the later solo works of the four individuals involved, you will find deeper more philosophical works written as the Beatles aged that would pertain to older generations as well.

For the younger Beatles fans who might happen to be in love or in any of the stages involving love, chances are there is a song for you.

If you are at the early stages of desire or wanting, there are songs like "I Want You (She's So Heavy)," "I Saw Her Standing There," "Got to Get You Into My Life," or "I Wanna Be Your Man." In these cases, some of the lyrics are pretty obvious to their intended meaning, but some are particularly sweet. "How could I dance with another, when I saw her standing there?"

The stage of desire fuels a great deal of emotion and can attribute other beauties as "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," "I'll Get You," and the Beatles' timeless cover of Meredith Willson's "'Til There Was You."

The stage of happy-go-lucky love that first strikes when a relationship is fresh was inspiration for a great many Beatles' songs, and when listening to them, one can't help but think of Valentine's or perhaps the earlier, beginning stages of one's own relationship, when it was still fun and fresh. These songs usually consist of the guy making outrageous claims of how dedicated and loyal he is going to be to the woman of his dreams. Examples of these lyrics can be seen in "All My Loving," where it is said that "while I'm away, I'll write home everyday, and I'll send all my loving to you." In "Any Time At All," they claim that "any time at all, all you gotta do is call, and I'll be there."

More examples include classics like, "Love Me Do," "From Me to You," and "Two of Us." They could have been written in love-letter form, intended for serenading or coaxing the little lady into the gentleman's arms. "P.S. I Love You," clearly is a love letter. These songs are cures for the lovelorn, and are best listened to with the person you are coupling with. "Words of Love," "Eight Days a Week," and "Can't Buy Me Love," are all timeless. They are some of the most romantic love songs ever written and will probably be remembered for the rest of recorded music.

But this stage clearly leads into the stage of appreciation, when the man confesses undying love for the woman, and tries to express how much he actually appreciates her no matter what she does to him. "And I Love Her," "You've Really Got a Hold On Me," and "I Feel Fine." The Beatles so articulately explain how they feel; and they make it rhyme. "I don't like you, but I love you, seems that I'm always thinking of you. You treat me badly. I love you madly. You've really got a hold on me." "Baby says she's mine, you know, she tells me all the time, you know, she said so. I'm in love with her and I feel fine."

There are as many songs as there are emotional stages to a relationship, and I could probably go on for a long time. It's great when emotional characteristics of a relationship are carried as easily as before mentioned from one party to the other. We all know, however, that communication can sometimes be a huge problem in relationships. The Beatles address that is songs such as, "No Reply," "You Won't See Me," and "Tell Me Why." "I call you up, your line's engaged. I've had enough, now act your age. We have lost the time that was so hard to find. And I will lose my mind if you won't see me." The Beatles, like many guys, just want to get through to their respective ladies, and mutual communication is the only way to do that.

The Beatles further articulate their frustrations with women in songs like, "You Can't Do That," "Honey Don't," "Not a Second Time," and "What You're Doing." Women sometimes disappoint, they sometimes hurt feelings. They are capable of breaking down a man just as well as he is capable of breaking her down, especially if he is the more sensitive song-writer type. So the emotion comes out in some of the Beatles' more sorrowful songs. Despite their sadness, they are still very popular, in the examples of "Baby's in Black," and "Ticket to Ride." "I think it's gonna be sad, I think it's today. The girl that's driving me mad is going away." The personal feelings really ring forth in "I'll Cry Instead," "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," and "This Boy."

In the wake of a relationship falling apart or losing its edge, the Beatles wrote songs of pleading and yearned for love not to be lost. "We Can Work it Out" is the most prominent example. "Don't Pass Me By," is another.

And then there are those times when love is lost and the relationship doesn't work out. Even when this happens though, a song is there to chime in. "For No One," "Yesterday," and "Hey Jude," are some of the most powerful and poetic love songs, though they are dreary in nature.

At last, though, the Beatles present songs of true love. Love that lasts through all the aforementioned stages and lives beyond the life of the song. Songs that can be listened to over and over again, danced to, and cried to while holding each other in arms. These love songs exhibit love for all that is worth, and fused with the Beatles' melodious lyrics and perfect harmonies, cannot be presented in a more pure and splendid fashion.

Of course the songs I'm talking about have true love in their titles, in their lyrics, and in their themes. "Here, There, and Everywhere" tells how love never dies, and if it is right, then it doesn't. "Something," one of the purest of love songs, says, "there's something in the way she moves me, attracts me like no other lover. I don't want to leave her now, I don't want to leave anyhow." The soulful and moving "Don't Let Me Down," pleads with a new lover to make this one be the one that lasts, and features extra Beatle Billy Preston on a really soothing keyboard part. The White Album's "I Will" answers every question a lover might ask to the other, "if you want me to, I will." And the inspiring and powerful, "Long and Winding Road," explains that no matter where life takes you, true love will always keep you together.

These are all merely my own interpretations of some of the greatest songs ever written. But I believe even if you are not a Beatles fan, there is something here for everybody. If love is all we need, and in the end the love we take is equal to the love we make, then why not look to the band that gave us all these ideas in the first place. There are probably very few love songs that are more famous than some of the ones I mentioned, but the fact that so many people fell in love with the songs says something about them, too.

Everybody needs a love song. May you find yours.