Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (track)
by The Beatles
Year: 1968
From the album The Beatles (The White Album) (track #4)
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Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- The Beatles (The White Album) (track #4) (this album) (1968)
- 1967-1970 (track #17) (compilation) (1973)
- The Beatles Box Set (track #134) (compilation) (1988)
- Anthology 3 (track #11) (compilation) (1996)
- The Essential Beatles (track #15) (compilation) (1972)
- Mono Collection (track #125) (compilation) (1982)
- The Beatles (track #125) (compilation) (2009)
- The Collection (track #114) (compilation) (1982)
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| 01/25/2026 19:28 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 01/20/2026 19:07 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 | |
| 01/18/2026 10:28 | wizardalien | 9,027 | 65/100 | |
| 01/13/2026 17:08 | jwalsh97 | 161 | 89/100 | |
| 12/10/2025 19:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,143 | 70/100 |
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Un divertimento sonoro de tono infantil y juguetón, ofrece otra faceta del poliedro música que es este álbum. No es un gran tema, pero suma
DriftingOrpheus 12/16/2020 09:53 | #262759
One of the most unfairly maligned songs of all time..
llibnanoon 06/16/2020 19:30 | #253666
Love this song. Performed it Karaoke several times!
StefanR10 05/31/2020 19:05 | #252619
I think this is not the worst song of all time it is one of the good ones. I like it very much especially the named Desmond Dekker in the song. It is a song for humming with and it makes you a happy feeling.
Paul's commonly hated attempt at reggae, even disliked by most of his bandmates. John was the one who invented the famous introduction to the song. Paul's perfectionism frustrated John so much, he went to the piano and angrily smashed the opening chords, playing them much louder and faster than before. Somehow this got stuck to the song and ended up on the album.
People really hate on the Paul songs, especially the ones that have a history of causing problems with John and George. This song is awesome and Beatles fans on this website are way too biased. One of the best on the album.
This song is very simple in terms of melodies, structure and lyrics. Most probably also a solo product by Paul McCartney who occasionally dares to create a wonderfully light, optimistic and infectious atmosphere.
Funny that this song seems to catch a lot of flak. I think it's great.
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Meowtopia 05/24/2018 18:27 | #215519
This definitely does not deserve to be one of the "worst songs of all time"
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