Flax's Beatles Top 40 Countdown

   As is known only to members of my immediate family and select friends (by select friends I mean those who have been in the car while it was playing and Leah), I have made a Beatles Countdown tape (now tapes) every year since 1998 around my birthday.  Here, at the request of Leah, who wanted to mock it as my family does every year, is the 2001 edition, including both song and album.  An album breakdown, because I'm hideously lame, appears at the bottom.

40. For No One (Revolver)
39. Blue Jay Way (Magical Mystery Tour)
38. I'm So Tired (White Album)
37. Good Day Sunshine (Revolver)
36. Something (Abbey Road)
35. Dig A Pony (Let It Be)
34. I'm Looking Through You (Rubber Soul)
33. Eleanor Rigby (Revolver)
32. Come Together (Abbey Road)
31. Revolution (Past Masters Volume Two)
30. You Can't Do That (A Hard Day's Night)
29. I Am The Walrus (Magical Mystery Tour)
28. Because (Abbey Road)
27. Getting Better (Sgt. Pepper's)
26. Day Tripper (Past Masters Volume Two)
25. Taxman (Revolver)
24. Lovely Rita (Sgt. Pepper's)
23. Help! (Help!)
22. Hey Jude (Past Masters Volume Two)
21. Savoy Truffle (White Album)
20. Oh! Darling (Abbey Road)
19. A Day in the Life (Sgt. Pepper's)
18. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey (White Album)
17. Yesterday (Help!)
16. She's Leaving Home (Sgt. Pepper's)
15. Good Morning Good Morning (Sgt. Pepper's)
14. Think for Yourself (Rubber Soul)
13. With A Little Help from My Friends (Sgt. Pepper's)
12. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (White Album)
11. Real Love (Anthology 2)
10. Get Back (Let It Be)
9. You Never Give Me Your Money (Abbey Road)
8. Here Comes the Sun (Abbey Road)
7. In My Life (Rubber Soul)
6. Blackbird (White Album)
5. Back in the USSR (White Album)
4. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End (Abbey Road)
3. Let It Be (Let It Be)
2. Got to Get You Into My Life (Revolver)
1. Strawberry Fields Forever (Magical Mystery Tour)

Album Breakdown
Abbey Road: 7
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: 6
White Album: 6
Revolver: 5
Let It Be: 3
Magical Mystery Tour: 3
Past Masters Volume Two: 3
Rubber Soul: 3
Help!: 2
A Hard Day's Night: 1
Anthology 2: 1

Other Statistics
Biggest Jump: Lovely Rita, 15 (#39 in 2000 to #24 this year)
Other Double-Digit Jumps: A Day in the Life, 13 (#32 in 2000 to #19 this year); Good Morning Good Morning, 13 (#28 in 2000 to #15 this year)
Biggest Drop: Good Day Sunshine, 22 (#15 in 2000 to #37 this year)
Other Double-Digit Drops: You Can't Do That, 17 (#13 in 2000 to #30 this year); I Am The Walrus, 10 (#19 in 2000 to #29 this year)
Songs Holding Position from Last Year: Strawberry Fields Forever (#1), Here Comes the Sun (#8), Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except For Me and My Monkey (#18), Dig A Pony (#35)
Songs Not Appearing Last Year: Real Love (#11), While My Guitar Gently Weeps (#12), Eleanor Rigby (#33), Something (#36), Blue Jay Way (#39), For No One (#40)