Which Beatles songs did Ringo write?

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Ringo has never aspired to be a principal songwriter. His two sole writing credits for The Beatles are: Don’t Pass Me By and Octopus’s Garden.

Joint  writing credits

Ringo also has a number of joint writing credits. 

• What Goes On Rubber Soul (Lennon-McCartney-Starr)
• Flying Magical Mystery Tour (Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starr)
• Dig It  Let It Be (Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starr)
• Maggie May” (Let It Be) (traditional: adaptation by Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starr)

Anthology

In the 1990s, the Anthology series saw the release of studio out-takes. There was also a controversial attempt to reunite the four Beatles for a single, Free as a Bird

• Free As a Bird Anthology 1 Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starr)
• Christmastime Is Here Again (Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starr)
• 12-Bar Original Anthology 2 (Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starr)
• Los Paranoias Anthology 3(Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starr)

Sometimes Ringo contributed to the arrangement without a formal credit. Paul McCartney recently acknowledged that this was the case with the drum rhythm on Get Back for example.

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