Originally released June 1967 on Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
Drug of Choice Weed obviously. No need to discuss why this song made the list.
Random Fact US Vice President Spiro Agnew once said that this song was a "tribute to the power of illegal drugs."
Best Lyric About Drugs I get high with a little help from my friends
Oringinally Released August 1966 on Revolver
Drug of Choice It is pot that Paul needed to get into his life. Voted Number 31 on the 100 best drugs songs of all time by Mojo magazine.
QuoteOur boy Paul said that the song was "about pot - although everyone missed it at the time."
Drug Trip Lyric I was alone I took a ride I didn't know what I would find there
Originally Released December 1965 as a single
Cheapest way to find it It is on Beatles 1
Drug of Choice The magical LSD
Best Drug Lyric She's a big teaser / She took me half the way there
Originally Released On Revolver in August 1966
The Deal A song possibly about a New York Doctor, Robert Freymann who gave out amphetamines. Others believe it was about Bob Dylan who introduced the Beatles to Weed (That True Folks).
Best Drug Lyric Take a drink from his special cup
Originally Released On Revolver in August 1966
Drug of Choice John was having paranoid visions on LSD when he came up with these ideas for the song. Famous actor Peter Fonda was with him.
Druggiest Lyric I said who put all the things in your head, things that make me feel that I'm mad
Oringinally Released June 1966 as the B-side to Paperback Writer.
Cheapest Way to Find the Song On Past Masters Volume 2
Drug of Choice John was smoking a blunt when he heard the song played backwards. Voted the number 24 greatest drug song of all time by Mojo magazine.
Best Lyric About Drugs Can you hear me that when it rains and shines / It's just a state of mind
Originally Released August 1966 on Revolver
Drug of Choice The greatest song about my childhood. Only to find the huge drug references in the movie. Thanks parents.
Best Drug Lyric So we sailed on to the sun, till we found the sea of green
Originally Released February 1967 as the B-side to Penny Lane
Cheapest way to find it On the Magical Mystery Tour Album
Drug of Choice It is about a drug induced state of mind. Take your pick on the drug.
Best Drug Lyric But you know I know and it's a dream
Happiness is a Warm Gun
Originally Released On the White Album November 1968
Drug of Choice John is quoted as saying "A warm gun means you just shot something." Heroin.
Best Lyric About Drugs I need a fix cause I'm going down
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Originally Released June 1967 on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Drug of Choice John says that it's just a coincidence that the songs initials are LSD, but we know what's up. Hell you have to be on LSD to understand what he's singing about. It is one surreal image in music. Voted by Top of the Pops, the #4 greatest drug song that the composer insists it is not about drugs.
Least Drug Lyric Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is the lyric that makes the most sense in the song.
I Am the Walrus
Originally Released On Magical Mystery Tour in November 1967
Drug of Choice Pot
Best Lyric About Drugs At the end of the song Paul sings with the effects - Smoke Pot Smoke Pot Everybody Smoke Pot
Tomorrow Never Knows
Originally Released August 1966 on Revolver
Drug of Choice John wrote this song because he wanted something that felt like a LSD trip
Voted the number 2 greatest drug song of all time.
Drug Lyric Turn off your mind relax and float down stream
A Day in the Life
Originally Released June 1967 on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Drug of Choice Tripping out on LSD
Best Drug Lyric And somebody spoke and I went into a dream
Cold Turkey
This is actually a solo song by John Lennon
Originally Released October 1969
Drug of Choice Heroin. Also voted the number 10 greatest drug song of all time by mojo magazine.
Best Lyric About Drugs Thirty-six hours rolling in pain
praying to someone free me again
Sources used
www.iamthebeatles.com/article1008.html
www.thebeatlesongs.com
www.discographynet.com/beatles/beatles.html
www.bbc.co.uk/totp2/features/top5/drug_songs.shtml
www.allmusic.com
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