Nowhere Man (track)
by The Beatles
Nowhere Man appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- Rubber Soul (track #4) (this album) (1965)
- 1962-1966 (track #20) (compilation) (1973)
- Yesterday And Today (track #3) (compilation) (1966)
- The Beatles Box Set (track #78) (compilation) (1988)
- E.P. Collection (Box Set) (track #45) (compilation) (1981)
- Yellow Submarine Songtrack (track #14) (compilation) (1999)
- The Beatles In Mono (track #73) (compilation) (2009)
- The Beatles Ballads (track #6) (compilation) (1980)
- Mono Collection (track #73) (compilation) (1982)
- The Beatles (track #73) (compilation) (2009)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 02/08/2026 12:55 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 04:01 | AbsurdCheesecake | 1,614 | 90/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 20:48 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 17:19 | jwalsh97 | 161 | 89/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2025 23:52 | Exist-en-ciel | 78,428 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 90.0/100, a mean average of 89.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 90.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.5.
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Squonk007 06/11/2025 19:38 | #309466
It's not my favourite.
My favourite track by The Beatles
LukasAntoine00s 01/30/2020 18:00 | #247329
Majestic harmonies
It's ironic that this song was one of their first not to be about love, because it still hits very close to home for me. When you get sad, have anxiety and feel directionless, this song is always here for you.
Beautiful track :)
A great song. Like a lot of John Lennon songs at this point there is a slight sprinkling of autobiography here. He apparently felt like a 'nowhere man' at this time, crying out, as he alludes to in the song, for a helping hand. Either way, it's an extremely catchy track with some nice guitar work from George Harrison. Great song.
Grzywa 01/06/2016 11:10 | #155931
A perfect track. The harmonies, the embryo psychedelic touch and that guitar solo.
NowhereMan 09/16/2014 20:12 | #122062
This is the most uplifting song. That crystal clear guitar solo. Oh my god.
Jasonconfused 01/27/2013 00:39 | #62953
Just stop doing those la la la lahs and you'll be set! Dammit!
NowhereMan 10/18/2011 20:04 | #28648
The greatest piece of music ever. The voice, the solo, the lyrics brings me shivers every. single. time.
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