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The Beatles: Rock Band near-full setlist revealed

September cover story of Game Informer magazine counts off all but one of the 45 on-disc songs for Harmonix's upcoming rhythm game.

MTV Games and Harmonix are primed to release The Beatles: Rock Band for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii on September 9, and the companies have slowly been doling out the game's 45-song set list. With 25 tracks already revealed, GameStop-owned Game Informer magazine today revealed all but one of the final 20 tracks as part of its September issue.

Just one track remains to be revealed...

Just one track remains to be revealed...

The new songs revealed as part of the magazine's feature span the Beatles illustrious decade-long run. Particularly noteworthy additions include "A Hard Day's Night" off the 1964 album of the same title; "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," off the band's 1967 Sgt. Peppers album; "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," from 1967's White Album; and "Come Together," off the Abbey Road record.

Harmonix intends to release additional Beatles tracks as downloadable content. Upon the game's release, Xbox 360 owners will be able to purchase "All You Need Is Love," with proceeds going to the Doctors Without Borders charity. Additionally, the classic albums Abbey Road, Rubber Soul, and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band will be released in their entirety as downloadable content across all platforms.

For more information, check out GameSpot's previous coverage of The Beatles: Rock Band. The lineup of songs thus far announced is listed below, with newly announced indicated in bold.

Singles:
I Want to Hold Your Hand
I Feel Fine
Day Tripper
Paperback Writer
Revolution
Don't Let Me Down

Please Please Me (1963)
I Saw Her Standing There
Boys
Do You Want to Know a Secret
Twist and Shout

With the Beatles (1963)
I Wanna Be Your Man

A Hard Day's Night (1964)
A Hard Day's Night
Can't Buy Me Love

Beatles for Sale (1964)
Eight Days a Week

Help! (1965)
Ticket to Ride

Rubber Soul (1965)
Drive My Car
I'm Looking Through You
If I Needed Someone

Revolver (1966)
Taxman
Yellow Submarine
And Your Bird Can Sing

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With a Little Help from My Friends
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Good Morning Good Morning

Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
I Am the Walrus
Hello Goodbye

The Beatles (White Album) (1968)
Dear Prudence
Back in the USSR
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Birthday
Helter Skelter

Yellow Submarine (1969)
Hey Bulldog

Abbey Road (1969)
Come Together
Something
Octopus's Garden
I Want You (She's so Heavy)
Here Comes the Sun

Let It Be (1970)
Dig a Pony
I Me Mine
I've Got a Feeling
Get Back

Love (2006)
Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows

122 Comments

  • raidou-kuzunoha

    Posted Oct 24, 2009 8:46 am GMT

    Starbead ditto.

    Hey Jude... *tear*

    ; _ ;

  • Chill0078

    Posted Sep 13, 2009 7:49 am GMT

    I agree with Starbead

  • Harerazer

    Posted Sep 7, 2009 12:04 pm GMT

    Starbead said it all..

    THIS IS THE BEATLES, MAN!!!

    Any PS3 owners can look me up, I'll be getting it launch night and I guess I'll take a day or so to practice up but Thursday the 10th, I will be there.

  • Noledann

    Posted Sep 6, 2009 10:25 am GMT

    "Near-full" Heh.. better put some more songs on there. Just seems like it's missing a lot of great songs.

  • Generic_Dude

    Posted Sep 4, 2009 7:23 am GMT

    @NarutoFan30: The original acoustic version of "Revolution" (known as "Revolution 1") was on the White Album, but the electric version that is included in the game was released as a separate single after the fact.

  • chefbabyryan

    Posted Sep 2, 2009 9:16 pm GMT

    ......................"near-full" setlist revealed

  • Rammaster2

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 9:22 pm GMT

    I don't get it lol. Help isn't on there but they have a song from Help!

  • starbead

    Posted Sep 1, 2009 1:46 pm GMT

    To those doubting the sales potential of this game: You just don't get it do you? This is The Beatles! Have you taken a look at how many albums/singles they have sold? Their music is also not available for download in any other (legal) format. This will do quite well. The evolution of the Beatles actually provides a nice template for a game, with their early material being more simple and their later works becoming increasingly complex.

    The biggest problem with making a Beatles game is well reflected here in the comments. They have so many classic songs that everyone has one or two or 25 that they feel should have made the cut. Happiness Is A Warm Gun is one that would have loved to see in the game (along with the many others mentioned repeatedly by others) but Sgt. Pepper and The White Album are gonna be must owns for me anyway.

  • crashsmashbro

    Posted Aug 31, 2009 5:28 pm GMT

    wish they had more from hard day's night like "i'll be back" and way more from help

  • knuckelsix44

    Posted Aug 31, 2009 1:17 pm GMT

    How many ppl are getting the full bundle? I am

  • camaro122

    Posted Aug 30, 2009 4:56 am GMT

    i wonder if the last song might be (It's All Too Much) or (all together now) from yellow submarine

  • mmoments

    Posted Aug 28, 2009 2:07 pm GMT

    no in my life? i could of sung the whole thing, no need for instruments.

  • blacklava2002

    Posted Aug 25, 2009 9:58 am GMT

    Joey JoeJoe Jr if you download the DLC you will get a day in the life.......and im sure after the first three dlc albums are a hit they will put up help to download, giving you Help and Yesterday. Plus as far as I can see this game has no instrumentals so Hey Jude has to be the last song! So everyone who is complaining about only 45 songs don't forget about the 3 albums you can download in their entirety.

  • devoresk8

    Posted Aug 24, 2009 11:25 pm GMT

    it has to be help!

  • xxsuperbananaxx

    Posted Aug 24, 2009 9:57 pm GMT

    Who wants to bet the one song they're not mentioning is Hey Jude? That's just my guess.

  • supermike6

    Posted Aug 24, 2009 5:10 pm GMT

    I'm so glad "And Your Bird Can Sing" is in it. Probably my favourite Beatles song and it tipped me over the edge of wanting to buy this.

  • Joey_JoeJoe_Jr

    Posted Aug 22, 2009 6:42 am GMT

    No "A Day in the Life" = NO purchase. How can you not include the Beatles best song, just cause it has a 70 man orchestra.

  • qwertybob95

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 3:11 am GMT

    Oh yeah and the other thing to everyone, they have annouced that the last song is gonna be either

    1. Hey Jude
    2. Help
    3. Yesterday
    4. Flying

    I personally would like Let It Be, but watcha gonna do....

  • qwertybob95

    Posted Aug 21, 2009 3:09 am GMT

    lukas1051

    This game is gonna sell better than GH:M because The Beatles are one of the most famous bands out there, i bought GH:M because i love the band, but Metallica probably wouldn't be here without The Beatles, they changed music forever, this game isn't supposed to be challenging its meant to be fun. This is going to sell VERY well

  • Grantsplace2004

    Posted Aug 18, 2009 8:34 pm GMT

    i swear ive seen a video in which "strawberry fields forever" was being shown for a few seconds, so maybe its the other song thats yet to be revealed, or its in DLC, but its definitely gonna be there somewhere (ftw).

  • gbrading Site moderator

    Posted Aug 18, 2009 10:22 am GMT

    I knew they couldn't leave of "Helter Skelter", the heaviest Beatles song there is. A bit mystified why "Help!" isn't there yet, and also why they chose "I Wanna Be Your Man" over "All My Loving". I'm disappointed not to see "It's All Too Much" from Yellow Submarine. Overall, a good selection though.

  • lukas1051 posted Aug 18, 2009 5:12 am GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    lukas1051

    Posted Aug 18, 2009 5:12 am GMT (hide)

    And yet, I can bet you will get bored after the first song. I mean c'mon, what song would be any attempt at a challenge? It's The Beatles, not the top choice for a music game. Do you know why GH:Metallica did so well? Cause the songs are challenging and fun to play. I can guarantee this game will get good reviews because of it's arty farty style and the fact that sophisticated people cannot dislike The Beatles, but when it comes to sales, this will fail big time.

  • booty56

    Posted Aug 17, 2009 6:14 pm GMT

    I really wanted the song Help!

  • Dejay11chris

    Posted Aug 17, 2009 5:59 pm GMT

    Wheres Hey Jude and Yesterday

  • BigBoss2014

    Posted Aug 17, 2009 3:32 pm GMT

    they need Help!

  • rbenns2 posted Aug 17, 2009 9:52 am GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    rbenns2

    Posted Aug 17, 2009 9:52 am GMT (hide)

    I was excited about this, but only 45 tracks? Lame. Not to mention that they missed a lot of good songs. I can understand not including some great but lesser known songs like "If I Fell", or "For the Benefit of Mr. Kite", nor including songs that heavily use instruments not covered by Rock Band, such as "Love Me Do", "Let It Be" (my favorite Beatles song), and "the Long and Winding Road", but not including standards like "Yellow Submarine", "Help", "Please Please Me" and "Across the Universe" really sucks. Of course, they still have one more track to reveal. . .

  • SilentCard

    Posted Aug 17, 2009 7:48 am GMT

    It'd be cool if they had the Across the Universe soundtrack as DLC...

  • ren2250

    Posted Aug 16, 2009 10:49 pm GMT

    I'm surprised they put a post-Lennon song in there. BTW I'm pretty sure any song thats not on the list but u wanted will come in as DLC knowing the creators of Rockband n its awesome DLC system

  • grungeman91

    Posted Aug 16, 2009 10:32 pm GMT

    I'm proud I dropped 5 bucks on this

  • Stonetowerghost

    Posted Aug 16, 2009 1:48 pm GMT

    Nice. Love the Beatles.

  • Padrepride

    Posted Aug 15, 2009 4:37 pm GMT

    HERE COMES THE SUN!!!!!

  • Narutofan30

    Posted Aug 15, 2009 10:31 am GMT

    @mikemaj82- "Hey Jude? Let it Be? Are you guys even familiar with the Beatles?" VOCAL SOLO DA............

  • Narutofan30

    Posted Aug 15, 2009 10:29 am GMT

    You know Revolution is from The White Album........

  • Jak_Napier

    Posted Aug 15, 2009 10:04 am GMT

    Brilliant

  • The_Prisoner

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 2:42 pm GMT

    Hopefully they'll add a couple of my favs via DLC: It's All Too Much from Yellow Submarine and Old Brown Shoe.

  • xJuice_Boxx

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 11:59 am GMT

    Great line up. Cant wait to play while my guitar gently weeps, Revolution, Helter Skelter, well basically all of them. Going to be great.

  • Get_Shorty

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 10:49 am GMT

    Aww yea Helter Skelter... "When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide...."

  • Proobie44

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 10:40 am GMT

    They got helter skelter so I'm calm for now, I think real love would be a perfect ending with the beatles now aged, well two of them to honest.

  • Get_Shorty

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 10:11 am GMT

    The last song to be announced will probably be "She Loves You," one of the Beatles biggest hits aside from the ones already announced and Hey Jude which is mostly a piano song.

  • Poltergeist86

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 10:07 am GMT

    There are some ''key'' songs that are missing, hope they put them up later at least for DLC. Here are some I'd like to see in the game: Oh! Darling, All My Loving, Across the Universe, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Blackbird, Strawberry Fields Forever, Please Please Me, Michelle, For the Benefit of Mr. Kite, When I'm Sixty-four, Help!, Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, Penny Lane, Lady Madonna, Hey Jude, The Ballad of John & Yoko, Let it Be... phew, there are more but these ones will do

  • Get_Shorty

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 10:06 am GMT

    What about "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love?" heh heh heh.

  • mikemaj82

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 9:55 am GMT

    Hey Jude? Let it Be? Are you guys even familiar with the Beatles? The piano is played primarily throughout both those songs. It would be a waste to include them in a game with guitars.

  • NuKkU

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 9:45 am GMT

    Man was hoping for a different cover story from Game Informer well whatever still looking forward to it

  • Narutofan30

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 9:43 am GMT

    Its Close to PERFECTION! HEY JUDE AND STRAWBERRYFEILDS!!!!

  • jazilla

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 9:35 am GMT

    with them releasing as albums as DLC, I am skeptical about purchasing this at all. Abbey Road and Sgt. Peppers are the firs albums they are going to release as DLC and they are probably going to charge 10-15 dollars for each album. The lame part is that there are a few songs from each of those albums already on the game and you won't really be getting entire albums via the DLC. I sure hope they do this where you can pay for songs individually because there are more than a few songs that would be entirely unplayable. This really is bumming me out now, whereas before I was really stoked to play this.

  • nickythenewt21

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 9:22 am GMT

    @ SnakeEyesX80

    Don't worry, they're releasing "A Day in the Life" with the Sgt. Pepper's DLC.

  • LobetheKing

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 8:38 am GMT

    Gah!! Where's Hey Jude?!

  • superdance14

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 8:34 am GMT

    Um, Here Comes the Sun and I Am the Walrus were already announced.

  • SnakeEyesX80

    Posted Aug 14, 2009 8:15 am GMT

    WHAT!? No "A Day In The Life"!? That's lame. I was just listening to it on the way into work this morning. Great song!

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