We Can Work It Out (track)
by The Beatles
Year: 1988
From the album Past Masters • Volumes One & Two (track #20)
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We Can Work It Out appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- 1962-1966 (track #16) (compilation) (1973)
- 1 (track #13) (compilation) (2000)
- Past Masters • Volume Two (track #2) (compilation) (1988)
- Yesterday And Today (track #9) (compilation) (1966)
- The Beatles Box Set (track #226) (compilation) (1988)
- Past Masters • Volumes One & Two (track #20) (this album) (compilation) (1988)
- A Collection Of Beatles Oldies (track #3) (compilation) (1966)
- 20 Greatest Hits (track #11) (compilation) (1982)
- CD Singles Collection (Box Set) (track #21) (compilation) (1992)
- The Beatles In Mono (track #171) (compilation) (2009)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/05/2025 09:59 |  Goliath | 11,106 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2025 15:49 | stareaterogni0n | 6,284 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2024 03:26 | FrancK | 4,874 | 82/100 |
| ! | 09/15/2023 21:53 | andyd1010 | 1,860 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2023 15:20 |  Leonard | 33,916 | 75/100 |
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The ultimate John and Paul track. There's no other song in the whole of the Beatles canon that brilliantly captures the different personalities of Lennon and McCartney in one song. Paul's optimistic and possibly naive verses and choruses are given a stark warning by John's more pessimistic, or maybe realistic middle eights. It works superbly. A great Beatles song.
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