Top 10 Songs You Didn't Know Were Written by John Lennon
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- Is he the greatest songwriter of all time? For this list, WatchMojoUK counts down the Top 10 Songs You Didn't Know Were Written by John Lennon. We're looking at big hits that were low-key penned by the Smart Beatle. What is your favourite musical work by John Lennon? Let us know in the comments!
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Who's your favourite Beatles member?
Top 10 Songs You Didn't Know Were Written by Paul McCartney
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Love these, you should do Barry Gibb next
My favorite BEATLES member is PAUL MCCARTNEY ! M y second favorite BEATLES member is JOHN LENNON .
😅Paul
John Lennon, by a couple thousand miles. He is my music god. He not only inspired 100x more artists than anyone else in all of music history, he inspired grunge - as he was doing it 30 years before the greatest grunge artists came to prominence in the 90's... who LOVED Lennon; Kurt Cobain, Chris Cornell, and many others/ too many to mention here.
George
Bad To Me, is a lovely song by, John Lennon.
The words are prefectly put together and the tune is sweet sounding.
And, will remain in my heart always.
The Bas Mus album did a great job on a number of these songs, including some written by Paul.
John Lennon's lyrics and melodies are fantastic.
It's too bad he became an awful human being.
Some are. Some are mediocre.
@@ryleighloughty3307 I think sometimes we all can be a awful human
@@majorfeelgoodrecords2740
Yes, but those who have a public podium need to be more careful with what they say or do.
Sem dúvida nenhuma
Across the Universe is my favourite song with John. Miss him
Jai guruuuuu deeeeeeeevaaaa ommm
In my life, for me
Moi aussi il me manque et Georges aussi
One of his favorites, too
Same for me, wonderful tune with equally memorable lyrics, that's always characteristic of Lennon.
To me what made him so good was he was all over the place musically, simply original.
Cilla Black worked at The Cavern Club, occasionally singing on stage and was originally managed by Brian Epstein, she was a long time friend of the Beatles. Paul's younger brother Mike and some of John Lennon's family on his half sister's side and George Harrison's son Dhani were at her funeral, amongst others including Jimmy Tarbuck, Cliff Richard and Paul O'Grady.
The Beatles first met Bowie in the late sixties, around the time of the Yellow Submarine cartoon's release.
cartoon ,only one movie not a tv series ,Bowie was still young bowie , nothing especial
She was a hat check girl. Her career is thanks to Lennon.
My fave John Lennon song is Rain. In the finished released mix, in the two places where the boys dwell on the title word, I still can't figure out how they made it sound so beautiful. Maybe it was just a happy accident.
Great song, I could never ever pick a favorite _Lennon_ song! They all are so good. But just to name one.. . *"I Am The Walrus"* the great B-side to Pauls " *Hello Goodbye* "
John was a bit pissed that Walrus wasn't the "A" side!
Walrus is amazing. What I marvel at to this day, is that pop radio stations were playing it. Elementary penguin @@user-kq1hg3eo6l
I agree with you Rain is my favor song .
Rain is my favorite Beatles song and therefore my favorite John Lennon song.
Beautiful Boy.............Imagine..........Give Peace A Chance.....All you Need Is Love.............. I also love 'Stand By Me' as it was sung by John, written by Ben E. King. So many many more!! John Lennon was a modern prophet. The Beatles, like other leading groups of the 60s and 70's, honed their skills through thousands of hours of nightly performances. They were not just talented, they became brilliant. But they had to put in the work and the time to become that. They became masters, icons, individually and together. John separated himself from convention. He became a peacemaker. He married Yoko Ono. His music, words and personality had an impact, a legacy we need to carry forward individually, towards a better world.
Thank you WatchmojoUK for the research and putting it out there! RO
"I'm The Greatest" sung by Ringo * off his "Ringo" album was indeed written by John with help from George. In fact, the album as a whole was, at the time, considered the closest thing we had, after Abbey Road, as an extra Beatles album because all four members of the Beatles contributed in some way to it. Memories, what memories!
George didn’t help write “I’m The Greatest”, he just played guitar on the recording.
That song is TERRIBLE
@@steveconn No, your lack of taste is terrible.
This may be the first CZcams video with “You Didn’t Know” in the title that actually contains things I didn’t know. Well done!
Interesting that 'Rock & Roll People' is not featured. Lennon gave this to Johnny Winter for his 1974 LP, John Dawson Winter III and it suits Johnny's blues/ rock style perfectly.
Hello Little Girl was actually one of the songs first written by John and Paul, when they were teenagers.
It was written by John before he even met Paul.
@@Revolver1981 'Hello Little Girl' is the first song John wrote, done in late 1957 (Lewisohn: Tune in). However, John met Paul in July 1957, so you exaggerated a bit.
I could listen to Don't Let Me Down (rooftop version), I'm Only Sleeping and Revolution over and over and never get tired of them. From early days when I was a kid, I loved Twist and Shout and Anna (although not written by JL).
Everytime i read anything about John I get sad as to the songs that could of been written that we will never hear. He was such an amazingly talented and gifted musician.
Every time I read where someone has typed "of" instead of "have", I get sad and angry at what is happening to the English language. I'm not sure if it's down to pure ignorance or just downright laziness, but it's sad to see it.
@@CB-xr1eg I'm as much of a grammar cop as the next sergeant (and maybe more so), but may I share with you something one of my Twitter followers noted to me? Simply this: not everyone had the educational, cultural, financial, or class advantages that you had. And if one didn't grow up with well-educated, articulate parents; if one didn't have a top-notch grade-school educational foundation; if one hasn't been surrounded one's whole life with models of rhetorical rectitude; then proper spelling & grammar are unlikely to be natural, unthinking, automatic habits. So maybe, just maybe, if you cut some of these folks a bit of slack, & paid a bit more attention to what they're saying, & less to the minutiae of how they're saying it, perhaps you'd find yourself a bit less stressed, mayhap even a bit happier -- and so might the people who read your comments? Just a thought. Cheers!
@@smartalek180 Let *me* share something with *you* I didn't get on at school, I hated the teachers and they hated me. I left with no qualifications, Therefore I have no advantages, educational or otherwise, except maybe the ability to write, read and spell the English language. I was reading from the age of 3 and I just have to look at a word to know if it's spelt correctly or incorrectly. I accept that this doesn't apply to everyone, but we are in an age where we are using computers and we have vast amounts of knowledge at our fingertips. We also have programs like spellcheck/autocorrect and Grammarly which will correct us if we spell something incorrectly, and also if we happen to type something that is incorrect grammarwise. Therefore I maintain that comments which contain poor spelling and bad grammar are posted by people who just don't care, or are too lazy too correct it. Occasionally I will type a word and it will be spelt wrongly due to a typo, my typing is not the best and I do make mistakes. I have Grammarly to show me if that occurs and I always correct it. I may be wrong in expecting others to do the same.
Yeah #9 Dream was magic to me when I was a kid. Athough there are several great ones.
I agree with you. One of the most beautiful song written by John.
Good call…The most underrated I’d say, hardly ever gets a mention.
#9 Dream is quite a trip. Lennon had top musicians behind it: Klaus Voorman - bass, Bobby Keys - sax, Jim Keltner - drums, Nicky Hopkins - piano, to name a few. Interestingly it reached #9 on the Billboard singles chart 1974. At first I thought it was Yoko doing the female backing vocals but it was May Pang who Lennon was with at the time.
#9 Dream is one of my favorite Lennon solo songs. Glad to hear it was May Pang on backing vocals.
Beautiful song. Through the mirror go round round. I thought I could feel.
One of my favorite Lennon tunes. And my favorite Lennon album.
Jim Keltner one of the best drummer particular as studio drummer .
@@slaphead8835May doesn’t sing on it, she just says “John, John” after the line “somebody called out my name”. John sings all of the backing vocals.
John also gave “Cookin’” to Ringo Starr… a real gem.
"There's nothing to it, come on and do it...!"
Revolution by Lennon, my favorite. Great guitar beginning.
They were what Lennon called "throw-away" songs which does NOT include his collaborations where he is credited, like Fame. But what's cool about this, is again it brings home another reason why the Beatles were so great.
I love the Fab Four. But my favourite is and has always been JOHN LENNON.!🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
How about Paul? You see him live?
Eu também
I’m surprised you didn’t mention this, but in David Bowie’s Fame, the entire part near the end, where the voice went from high pitch to low pitch going, “Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame…” That wasn’t David Bowie’s voice doing that part. That was John Lennon’s.
Yep! Always loved that part.
With power tools and auto-tune changing the register and tone...
@1:37.
@@v4v819NOPE! They didn't have any of that back then. Most likely an Eventide Harmonizer.
you do know the title of the video is John wrote, right?
That Means a Lot was mostly Paul.
I ♥️John Lennon a phenomenal songwriter and his voice is absolutely beautiful will forever be my favorite!
Yeah, he is the most accurate singer of the four of them, his voice has integrity on every note, and he sounds amazing with psychadelic stuff
Off hand, I can think of two more songs performed by Ringo and composed by Lennon. "Goodnight Vienna" and "Grow Old With Me." I reckon there are more.
Now I'M surprised. That's not usual! I'm always the one knowing things! I had no idea Ringo did "Grow Old With Me". Wow. I can't listen to that song, reminds me of my late husband, also a Beatle freak. But thanks, I'll seek it out by Ring!
I lovedJohn and PauL's harmonys,IF I FELL,LADYS IN BLACK,TWO OF US, THEY GO ON AND ON.They changed my life at 13 And nothing has changed in my love for them all. GREATEST BAND IN THE WORLD ! Always wanted to meet any of them and just sit and talk , I am always available if any one of them see:s this,lol.Thanks form a 71 yr old BEATLE FAN.
Baby's in black. I met John, Ringo and Geoge. in '72.
I was 9 at the time the Beatles came along and little did I know how they would change my life. I was so excited when I realized that I could tell the difference between a Lennon or a McCartney song.
What a wonderful experience to revisit your whole life. We're all lucky to have audio recordings to revisit; they're so full of ideas and vitality.
It's For You and That Means a Lot are primarily Paul's songs.
Yeah, THAT MEANS A LOT is so obviously Paul.
Although John had his flaws he grew over the years and is still one of the most important people in my life. I was 11 when the Beatles hit it and 21 when they broke up so their music got me through a lot of tough teenage years. BTW, did you know that Keith Richards and Mick Jagger wrote more than 350+ songs together?
Bee gees brothers wrote more than 900 songs
@@indoysabado4523 fellow Aussie like me?
@@indoysabado4523 I don't mind if I never hear any of them. I liked a Dionne Warwick song until I found out the Bee Gees wrote it.
I doubt I would like 50 out of the 350 songs written by jagger/Richards.
@@Vinyl_Dave What a fkn stupid attitude. You either like the song or you don't. Doesn't matter who wrote it. Try growing up!
Fame with Bowie, brilliant.
Imagine how much better it could've been if Paul wrote it.....
@@ZDiddy7777 😁
Hardly.
@@ZDiddy7777Not
@@ZDiddy7777Rubbish!!!😂
Collaboration, people. a thing fans often don't get: someone else will bring something to the table that wouldn't happen otherwise...maybe only one chord/note/ word/beat etc
"I'm in Love" was not originally written for The Fourmost. It was first given to Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Billy had problems trying to sing it and after a few takes gave up. Later John gave the song to The Fourmost. In the 1990s Ron Furmanek, a very talented sound engineer for EMI, was tasked with compiling a number of greatest hits compilations of various British Invasion artists. When he was copying from the original studio masters of Billy J. Kramer... in the EMI archives, he found the partial takes of "I'm in Love". By editing them together, he came up with a great sounding full version of the song which was released on that compilation album along with studio chatter. The chatter has John trying to encourage Billy to try another take of the song, Billy saying that he can't get it and George Martin interrupting the two of them telling them that if they want to argue with each other, he would book some studio time later for them to continue their argument. That track is worth buying the CD for if only for the talking that precedes the recording. It's also a really great recording of that song, much better than The Fourmost's version.
Since I am just watching your video now. I guess the most popular is Imagine, and the most memorable will be Now and Then. Bu in deed since I have been a Beatle fan for 61 years I love all of his music. Thank you
Not one of his .That was written by is wife
John Lennon war immer echter und tiefer und seine Stimme ist sehr besonders. Gime some truth, Mother usw.
Early Lennon favorites? Strawberry Fields & I Am A Walrus.
He was in the greatest band on Earth, for what it was worth
“I Wanna Be Your Man” sounds like it’s a very obvious Beatles song. It just doesn’t sound right by The Rolling Stones. JMO 😀
Beatles' version was sung mostly by Ringo.
It was on Please Please Me@@longagoandfaraway7868
I often thought that as well. Bill Wyman has always played that way, even up to when he left the Stones.
Wrote so many hits he started forgetting some of them
Not sure why you think That Means Alot was John's, when all signs point to Paul. The Beatles version was officially released on Anthology 2 with lead vocals by Paul. It's For You was Paul, as well.
Ofc it was Paul. John didn't write like that. "Can't you seee--yeah..." etc are so typically Paul it's crazy to think John even had a hand in it. I love the Anthology version, I play it constantly! Seriously!
Lennon was apparently known to be kind to Cilla Black, not always his MO. Lennon was probably a better guy than he appeared to be, but also seemingly went out of the way to hide it . . . .
I always thought he was a bit of an Ass Hat~!
He's very complicated man
It seemed he was an iconoclast. He was comfortable being disliked, leaving him misunderstood.
Excellent point and I hadn't thought of that but now I believe you have hit on why he was an Ass Hat~!! @@devinjerry2780
@@devinjerry2780 o doubt he knew how to be until much later in his life
Lennon also wrote Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, a number #1 for Elton John, and I Don't Want to Spoil the Party which was #1 on the country charts for Rosanne Cash.
absolute genius, taken too soon
It was covered by EJ while the original was on Pepper.
Lennon wrote both the A and B sides of Elton John 's cover Single . Lucy from Sgt Pepper and One Day at a Time from Lennon 's solo Album , Mind Games . They were both Cover versions , they were NOT written for Elton John . Bryan Ferry did a great Cover of Jealous Guy too . Original is best however .
@@ChrisM-fz6xx Exactly, well said.
Hundreds of L Lennon Macartney songs were covered and became hits for countless artists. Elton was just one of many to cover a Beatle song!!
Strawberry fields, In My Life, Stand By Me, everything he wrote,All Masterpieces, John is Forever
He didn’t write Stand By Me. It was a remake but, I love his version.
JL was a genius
Well I always prefered the Stones version of I wanna be your man, it has such a cool groove to it.
Best Lennon song: I am the walrus
The Stones rendition of "I Wanna Be Your Man" was around November 1963 and they watched John & Paul construct the song close-by. By January 1964 Mick & Keith had written "That Girl Belongs to Yesterday", a January 1964 single by Gene Pitney
"Will You Be My Lover Tonight"/"It Should Be You", a January 1964 a single by George Bean. So it could be said that John & Paul were the primary influencers for Mick & Keith.
The Stones didn't watch John & Paul compose it, they went into another room to do it.
Greatest song writers of all time Lennon/McCartney ✌️❤️🎶🙏
"It's for you" was written primarly by McCartney, not Lennon.
Definitely sounds more like a Paul song…
Not a fan of of John Lennon’s music as a rule so am REALLY surprised he wrote Fame which David Bowie performed & made his own. Have to give credit where credit’s due: it’s a FANTASTIC song & one of my all-time favorites.👍
Can't you hear John's voice in the recording?? He's all through the song.
They also did an interview together about it.
unfortunately (or not) all these songs can be forgotten. Really insignificant melodies
"Jealous Guy" is the hands-down winner for me.
But do you know what the song was called before it became Jealous Guy?
@@CB-xr1egchild of nature?
@@user-tu5ej5lg2c Correct. It was written to be on The White Album but John decided against it.
' Bad To Me ' is my favorite out of the 10.
Wow I had completely forgotten this song by Cilla .. and didn’t know john had written Fame … how did I not know this 😳😳😳
oh I miss the 60s /70s
Listen to Fame and pay attention to the falsetto voice singing the word “Fame”. That is John. He is also doing some of the guitar work on the piece. Great song. Happy memories!
Paul primarily wrote the Cilla song
You left out John Lennon and Elton John's collaborations, Whatever Gets You Through The Night ( a live track ) and a cover of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, with John Lennon credited as Winston O' Boogie.
Everybody knows Lennon wrote that.
@@Revolver1981 But not everyone has heard those two tunes.
@@julianaylor4351I had 😊
@@steveeyre6975 Brought the vinyl single of Whatever Gets You Though The Night, when it was climbing the singles chart.
@@julianaylor4351 must admit I didn't know the Lucy one. Just been listening to it
"Mucho Mongo" is a very nice piece of music. Harry Nilsson does a gorgeous version of it of course (produced by Lennon). I just wish John could have done a proper recording of it.
John Lennon and David Bowie wrote another song together besides "Fame": "Rock 'n' Roll with Me," which was on the "Diamond Dogs" LP and was actually released earlier than "Fame." But not many people realize it was a Lennon/Bowie collaboration because Lennon took his credit under the pseudonym "Peace." Also the Lennon version of "God Save Oz" was recorded first; for contractual reasons Lennon took his own vocal off the song and had Bill Elliott record it over the same backing track.
“Rock ‘n’ Roll with Me” was co-written by Warren Peace (Geoff MacCormack) and was released before Bowie even met Lennon.
Everybody hearing Come Together, Dear Prudence, I Am The Walrus, All You Need Is Love, Revolution, Strawberry Fields, Lucy In The Sky wouldn't believe it was a 60's song. It's beyond Genre.
I think one of the best Lennon-McCartney songs they gave away was " A World Without Love". Paul gave it to "Peter and Gordon because
he didn't think the song was good enough for "The Beatles" little did he know! 😏
John had literally nothing to do with it. Paul wrote it completely by himself and John even made fun of it
Baby You're A Rich Man, Rain, Strawberry Fields Forever........there are a heap of his that take you somewhere else whenever I hear them, Tomorrow Never Knows, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, You Can't Do That, brilliant music.
Working Class Hero, Imagine, In My Life: my Lennon favs. Happy Christmas!
Best John Lennon song: probably "Julia, from the white album."
My favorite John Lennon tracks are fame and also it’s for you by Selah black one or the amazing artist silhouettes. I even love move over Mizelle what a great song.
It's For You (Cilla Black) was entirely written by Paul McCartney. Hope you still love it now 😏
@@strathman7501 yes I do it is one of the greatest songs ever. Anything by the Beatles that they wrote I love still.
Well, these are songs that were popular when I first went to dances at the CYO at St. Bart's and at my own church, All Saints' Episcopal in Scotch Plains. Amazing that the Fab Four had a hand in these or at least John & Paul. I'm glad George H. got in on that last one.
John could write lovely tunes. "If I Fell" remains a favourite.
John Lennon was a co-writer of Bowies Fame so he didn’t write the complete song
Thanks ❤👍🙏🙏🙏
Interesting video, In My Life, now Paul says he wrote most of it. So it will have to be I am the Walrus, noo, Strawberry Fields, or Hey Bull Dog, dam it it's hard to pick a favorite
I knew about all of these passed on by the beatles.. God save us I have on a single and the B side Do the oz was sung by John
The story i heard was that the Beatles and Stones were on the same tour and Mick needed a song quickly and were given I Wanna Be Your Man, which was written quickly by lennon/McCartney whom didnt really want it for themselves, they did though, as usual, make their own recording of it
Awesome recording of I Wanna Be Your Man on the Live at the BBC 1st album. I think it's the best version I've ever heard, his drumming is more syncopated than the finished single. I love it!
That means a lot i s myfavourite song by Beatles. They recorded it on Anthology.
Goodnight Vienna sung by Ringo 🔥
There's also "Goodnight Vienna", still written for Ringo.
...and the arrangement for Only You. Same album.
"If I Fell" is his very best work (with Paul).
You've missed a few bigger hits that Lennon passed to other singers: With a little help from my friends (Joe Cocker), Jealous guy (Brian Ferry), Dear Prudence (Siouxsie & the Banshees).
No, they were all cover versions of previously released tracks. Not the same thing at all.
We just need Paul to add vocals to I'm The Greatest and we have yet another new Beatles song.
Now & Then and Later
I believe there were many songs written by Paul and John for the Beatles that were not made and none of these songs were written specifically for other people but when the Beatles decided not to produce them, it was only then that they were sold to other artists.
What about the song "World Without Love" performed by Peter and Gordon?
That was McCartney.
I like The Beatles version of "I Want to be your Man" over The Stones version. I'm not saying it because Lennon & McCartney wrote it,
The Beatles version sound better. I like Ringo's lead vocal over Mick's. 🌞🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂🚶♂☮💎
Funny thing is John once said about giving the song to The Rolling Stones is if he thought it would’ve been a hit they wouldn’t let Ringo sing it
Every day, a school day. Up until now I could have sworn that I Wanna Be Your Man was a Jagger/Richards composition!
I think I'm right in saying that 'And Your Bird Can Sing' was one of Lennon's. I like it, anyway.
Favorite beatle George
In the Beatles' recording of "That Means A Lot" it's Paul singing.
An amazing song, but then I pretgy mych feel that way about all of the Beatles' songs.😊
Wouldn’t be great if they colourised the whole AHDN film like this ? 😊
Three Dog Night did a great version of "It's For You".
A few years ago I saw a rerun of that Dick Cavett show with John and Yoko. They were telling about their upcoming relocation to NYC.
I actually shouted at the TV (a few decades too late), "DON'T DO IT!!!"
all song from written john linnon its best at all the time
Not surprised at all ☮️
Paul McCartney wrote Come and Get It for Badfinger
That means a lot is mainly a Paul song, and if I remember correctly, so is It's for you
The seamless fusion of nostalgia and contemporary relevance in your video is profoundly moving, effectively conveying a powerful message of growth, resilience, and the timeless legacy of these iconic stars. *DO YOU AGREE WITH ME
the greatest john lennon songs for me is OLD DIRT ROAD, WORKING CLASS HERO, and GOD. these tracks were greater than the beatles.
I agree and bit more :I always preferred Lennon's post Beatle out put over Beatles
God very very bad song and McCartney songs much better
@@fdhghbfjfytv1160 God is a masterpiece
All of The Plastic Ono Band album is GREAT. My favorite all time album ever since the week it was released.
He would have written so many more. RIP.
There is a Beatles Version of Bad To Me floating around here on CZcams.
Lennon wrote "Step inside love" for Cilla Black.
Spector had nothing to do with 'Mucho Mungo'. I think he's thinking of 'Here We Go Again'.
The demo version of 'God Save Oz/Us' with just John and the congas is the best...a good track. Also on Imagine deluxe release.
That's what I was going to comment Mucho Mungo is a miniature gem by J Lennon mated with H Nillson pearl Mt Elga A very dreamy song ❤
Imagine!!!!! the best! the message to the world.
Producer turned killer
Three Dog Night also covered It's for You
Yes they did, good catch! And they did a cool version of it too. I love 3 Dog Night, always have.
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FAME
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Alumnus is male; alumna is female ! (Alumni is plural.)
Common mistake
Cilla had a great voice.
SONGS PENNED BY JOHN LENNON :
(10) "IT'S FOR YOU" : CILLA BLACK
(9) "FAME" : DAVID BOWIE
(8) "BAD TO ME" : BILLY J. KRAMER AND THE DAKOTAS
(7) "I'M IN LOVE" : FOURMOST
(6) "THAT MEANS A LOT" : P.J. PROBY
(5) "GOD SAVE OZ" : BILL ELLIOT
(4) "MUCHO MUNGO" : NILSSON (HARRY NILSSON)
(3) "MOVE OVER MS. L" : KEITH MOON
(2) "I WANNA BE YOUR MAN" : ROLLING STONES (BEATLES ALSO RECORDED THIS SONG WITH RINGO ON VOCALS)
(1) "I'M THE GREATEST" : RINGO STARR
Lots of nonsense here.
'It's For You' was written primarily by McCartney, with only minor arrangement suggestions from Lennon and George Martin in the studio.
'That Means A Lot' was also written almost exclusively by McCartney, and Lennon didn't "years later change his story, saying it was mostly Paul's", he attributed it completely to McCartney with no further comment in his early 1972 Hit Parader list. He described it in 1980 to Sheff using the "royal 'we'" as they often did, but never claimed it, and there is no evidence to back your claim that "it has Lennon's fingerprints all over it." Paul has always said it was mainly his song, that didn't work out so "I gave it to P J Proby".
'I Wanna Be Your Man', again, was primarily Paul. You sort of insinuate that this is wrong ("so the story goes") and that it was "actually John who finallised the track." In fact it was begun by Paul and finished off by both men together. "That was mainly Paul... I helped him finish it," Lennon told uis in 1972, confirming in 1980 that it “was a kind of lick Paul had…it was a throwaway."
You say "We're looking at big hits that were low-key penned by the Smart Beatle" - well, 30% of your list were *not* even penned by Lennon, and among the remainder those "big hits" are pretty scarce. Not great evidence for arguing that he was "the greatest songwriter of all time".
My favorite is cold turkey 🦃