The 25 Greatest Songs of Paul McCartney’s Illustrious Career

11. “We Can Work It Out” (1965)

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It’s one of the few Beatles songs that McCartney and Lennon fully collaborated on, but certainly qualifies to be on this list. McCartney’s words offer the optimistic view of a potentially lost relationship, while Lennon delivers a more realistic view with his ‘life is very short’ line. Songs like this from the duo were somewhat rare, but certainly worth celebrating.