Flax's Beatles Top 40 Countdown

   As is now widely known, I make a Beatles countdown every summer.  This is the 2000 edition, the first year of 40 songs.

40. Don't Pass Me By (White Album)
39. Lovely Rita (Sgt. Pepper's)
38. Run For Your Life (Rubber Soul)
37. You Won't See Me (Rubber Soul)
36. Getting Better (Sgt. Pepper's)
35. Dig A Pony (Let It Be)
34. The Night Before (Help!)
33. Revolution (Past Masters Volume Two)
32. A Day in the Life (Sgt. Pepper's)
31. Lady Madonna (Past Masters Volume Two)
30. Day Tripper (Past Masters Volume Two)
29. I'm So Tired (White Album)
28. Good Morning Good Morning (Sgt. Pepper's)
27. I've Just Seen A Face (Help!)
26. Come Together (Abbey Road)
25. I'm Looking Through You (Rubber Soul)
24. Because (Abbey Road)
23. She's Leaving Home (Sgt. Pepper's)
22. Savoy Truffle (White Album)
21. Yesterday (Help!)
20. Taxman (Revolver)
19. I Am The Walrus (Magical Mystery Tour)
18. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey (White Album)
17. Hey Jude (Past Masters Volume Two)
16. Help! (Help!)
15. Good Day Sunshine (Revolver)
14. Oh! Darling (Abbey Road)
13. You Can't Do That (A Hard Day's Night)
12. You Never Give Me Your Money (Abbey Road)
11. In My Life (Rubber Soul)
10. With A Little Help from My Friends (Sgt. Pepper's)
9. Think For Yourself (Rubber Soul)
8. Here Comes the Sun (Abbey Road)
7. Get Back (Let It Be)
6. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End (Abbey Road)
5. Blackbird (White Album)
4. Back in the USSR (White Album)
3. Got to Get You Into My Life (Revolver)
2. Let It Be (Let It Be)
1. Strawberry Fields Forever (Magical Mystery Tour)

Album Breakdown
Abbey Road: 6
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: 6
White Album: 6
Rubber Soul: 5
Help!: 4
Past Masters Volume Two: 4
Let It Be: 3
Revolver: 3
Magical Mystery Tour: 2
A Hard Day's Night: 1

Other Statistics
Biggest Jump: You Never Give Me Your Money, 17 (#29 in 1999 to #12 this year)
Other Double-Digit Jumps: Here Comes the Sun, 13 (#21 in 1999 to #8 this year)
Biggest Drop: Good Morning Good Morning, 10 (#18 in 1999 to #28 this year); Revolution, 10 (#23 in 1999 to #33 this year)
Other Double-Digit Drops: None.
Songs Holding Position from Last Year: Strawberry Fields Forever (#1), Let It Be (#2), Got to Get You Into My Life (#3), Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End (#6), With A Little Help From My Friends (#10), I've Just Seen A Face (#27)
Songs Not Appearing Last Year: Oh! Darling (#14), I Am The Walrus (#19), Because (#24), I'm Looking Through You (#25), Day Tripper (#30), Lady Madonna (#31), The Night Before (#34), Getting Better (#36), You Won't See Me (#37), Run For Your Life (#38), Lovely Rita (#39), Don't Pass Me By (#40)