List of songs in The Beatles: Rock Band

The game disc features 45 songs chosen from the 12 original UK albums by the Beatles, the US album Magical Mystery Tour, the 2006 remix album Love and several non-album singles.[8] Though "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "With a Little Help From My Friends" are considered to be two songs, they can only be played back-to-back within the game. All songs except "The End" are playable immediately in Quickplay and other multiplayer modes, while in Career mode, players complete through the songs in a loosely historical order; upon completion of the Career mode, "The End", the mode's final song, becomes available for all other game modes. Regardless of game mode, each song is played in a specific venue. Most venues are based on a historical progression of famous Beatles' performances, including their first appearance on American television on The Ed Sullivan Show and their concert at Shea Stadium. For the Abbey Road venue, each song has a unique "Dreamscape"; the songs start with the Beatles in the studio, then dissolve into the imaginative Dreamscape inspired by the song, finally arriving back at the studio at the end of the song.[9]

The 45 songs included on the game disc are as follows, with the year the song was originally released, the album the song was published on and the game venue at which the song is performed:[10]

^a Songs are only playable back-to-back as a single track.[11]

^c Not initially unlocked in Quickplay, only achievable through completing Story mode.

In addition to on-disc songs, players can purchase additional downloadable content for The Beatles: Rock Band from their console's respective online stores. Unlike other console games in the Rock Band series, downloadable content for The Beatles: Rock Band is not playable in the other games, nor will The Beatles: Rock Band use content from the other games.[12] Part of this is due to new Dreamscapes that have been created for the downloadable songs.[13] To date, one song ("All You Need Is Love") and the remaining songs from three albums not already on-disc have been released as downloadable content; future content will depend on the sales performance of these tracks, as Harmonix has stated the costs to produce these tracks—including travel to Abbey Road studios and their engineers' time—are more expensive than their regular Rock Band downloadable songs.[14]

All individual songs (including the two- or three-song segments from the Abbey Road medley) are priced at $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points/200 Wii Points) and are available for download through the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and the in-game Music Store on the Wii. The first album to be released as downloadable content, Abbey Road, is priced at $16.98 (1360 Microsoft Points) as a whole.[15][16][17] Unique to Abbey Road, those that purchase the full album are able to play the entire medley as a single song in addition to the smaller segments offered.[15]

The download of "All You Need Is Love" was originally exclusive to Xbox 360 at launch, with the proceeds of over $200,000 donated to the charity Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières. It was later released for Wii on February 16, 2010 and for PlayStation 3 on March 4, 2010.[18]

All downloadable content for The Beatles: Rock Band was removed from sale on the respective storefronts on May 5, 2016, as the licensing contracts with the rights holder have expired, though players that have already purchased this content will still be able to download the songs.[19]

^a Released for Wii on February 16, 2010 and for PlayStation 3 on March 4, 2010.[18]

^c Song is only available as part of the full Abbey Road album purchase for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.[20]

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