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[157] "Dig a Pony""Dig a Pony" is the 60th Beatles original not to use a middle 8. Instead, the chorus serves as contrast to the verses. [158] "I've Got a Feeling" The middle 8 is used once, lasting 5 measures and 14 seconds, totaling 8.7% (19/218) of the song's duration. [159] "Don't Let Me Down" The middle 8 is used once (as the keystone of a palindromic structure), lasting 8 measures and 25 seconds, totaling 11.6% (25/215) of the song's duration. [160] "Get Back" "Get Back" is the 61st Beatles original not to use a middle 8. The chorus instead serves as a contrast to the verses. [161] "Two of Us" The middle 8 is used twice, lasting 6 measures and and 14 seconds, totaling 13.0% (28/216) of the song's duration. [161b] "Maggie Mae" The middle 8 is used once (although that's debatable), lasting 8 measures and 15 seconds, totaling 37.5% of the song's duration. But, of course, this is incomplete. Had the full song been present, no doubt the middle 8 would not constitute such a significant portion of the track. [162] "Dig It" "Dig It" is the 62nd Beatles original not to use a middle 8. The novel structure has no need for a middle 8. [163] "For You Blue" "For You Blue" is the 63rd Beatles original not to use a middle 8. The novel structure has no need for a middle 8. [164] "Let It Be" "Let it Be" is the 64th Beatles original not to use a middle 8. Instead, the chorus serves as contrast to the verses. [165] "The Long and Winding Road" The middle 8 is used twice (including the break as a middle 8), lasting 4 measures and 14 seconds each time, totaling 12.8% (28/218) of the song's duration. [166] "The One After 909" The middle 8 is used twice, lasting 16 measures (which can be subdivided into two 8-bar phrases) and 21 seconds each time, totaling 24.1% (42/174) of the song's duration. [167] "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" is the 65th Beatles original not to use a middle 8. The novel structure has no need. [168] "Ballad of John and Yoko" The middle 8 is used once, lasting 8.5 measures and 16 seconds, totaling 8.9% (16/179) of the song's duration. [169] "Old Brown Shoe" The middle 8 is used twice, lasting 12 measures and an average of 20.5 seconds each time, totaling 20.7% (41/198) of the song's duration. [170] "Something" The middle 8 is used once, lasting 8 measures and 28 seconds, totaling 15.4% (28/182) of the song's duration. [171] "Oh! Darling" The middle 8 is used twice, lasting 8 measures and averaging 33.5 seconds, totaling 32.4% (67/207) of the song's duration. [172] "Octopus's Garden" The middle 8 is used once (although that's debatable), lasting 8 measures and 21 seconds, totaling 30.0% (21/170) of the song's duration. [173] "You Never Give Me Your Money" "You Never Give Me Your Money" is the 66th Beatles original not to use a middle 8. It's structure (as part of the massive "Abbey Road Medley") does not need one. [174] "Her Majesty" "Her Majesty" is the 67th Beatles original not to use a middle 8. It's structure (as part of the massive "Abbey Road Medley") does not need one. [175] "Golden Slumbers" "Golden Slumbers" is the 68th Beatles original not to use a middle 8. It's structure (as part of the massive "Abbey Road Medley") does not need one. [176] "Carry that Weight" "Carry that Weight" is the 69th Beatles original not to use a middle 8. It's structure (as part of the massive "Abbey Road Medley") does not need one. [177] "Here Comes the Sun" The middle 8 is used once. Due to time signature changes that could be interpreted in any number of different ways, counting the duration of the middle 8 in measures is pointless; however, in seconds the duration is 41 seconds. This totals 22.2% (41/185) of the song's duration. The middle 8 consists of 6 iterations of the same pattern (the part with the lyrics "Sun, sun, sun, here it comes") in the first of which vocals are omitted. [178] "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" is the 70th Beatles original not to use a middle 8. Instead, the chorus serves as contrast to the verses. [179] "Come Together" "Come Together" is the 71st Beatles original not to use a middle 8. Instead, the chorus serves as contrast to the verses. [180] "The End" "The End" is the 72nd Beatles original not to use a middle 8. It's structure (as part of the massive "Abbey Road Medley") does not need one. [181] "Sun King" "Sun King" is the 73rd Beatles original not to use a middle 8. It's structure (as part of the massive "Abbey Road Medley") does not need one. [182] "Mean Mr. Mustard" "Mean Mr. Mustard" is the 74th Beatles original not to use a middle 8. It's structure (as part of the massive "Abbey Road Medley") does not need one. [183] "Polythene Pam" "Polythene Pam" is the 75th Beatles original not to use a middle 8. It's structure (as part of the massive "Abbey Road Medley" does not need one.) [184] "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" The middle 8 is used twice, lasting 6.5 measures and averaging 14 seconds, totaling 23.7% (28/118) of the song's duration. [185] "Because" The middle 8 is used once, lasting 4 measures and 19 seconds, totaling 11.5% (19/165) of the song's duration. [186] "I Me Mine" The middle 8 is used twice, lasting 10 measures and 18 seconds both times, totaling 24.7% (36/146) of the song's duration. Complete Middle 8 chart: 
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