{"id":6456,"date":"2016-03-10T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelodgeblog.wpengine.com\/?p=6456"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:16:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:16:50","slug":"beatles-poll-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/destination-guides\/beatles-poll-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving Cities \u2013 The results of our Beatles poll and competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Evolving Cities competition gave you the chance to celebrate Liverpool\u2019s unique cultural history by voting for your all-time favourite song from the city\u2019s most famous sons, The Beatles.<\/p>\n<p>We know it\u2019s extremely difficult to pick a favourite Beatles song, so we narrowed it down to ten for you. The results from the vote show exactly how tricky it was to choose, with support for all ten songs in the running. In the end, maybe it was the wintry weather and longing for the summer months that influenced you, but \u2018Here Comes The Sun\u2019 just edged it over \u2018Let It Be\u2019 and \u2018Hey Jude\u2019. \u2018Yesterday\u2019 followed in fourth place, showing that the general consensus sways towards wistful, latter-day Beatles. And even though Paul gets three of the top four, George wrote the most popular song.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full list:<\/p>\n<p>1. \u2018Here Comes The Sun\u2019 \u2013 20%<br \/>\n2. \u2018Hey Jude\u2019 \u2013 18%<br \/>\n3. \u2018Let It Be\u2019 \u2013 17%<br \/>\n4. \u2018Yesterday\u2019 \u2013 13%<br \/>\n5. \u2018I Want To Hold Your Hand\u2019 \u2013 12%<br \/>\n6. \u2018She Loves You\u2019 \u2013 5%<br \/>\n7. \u2018Come Together\u2019 \u2013 4%<br \/>\n8. \u2018Blackbird\u2019 \u2013 4%<br \/>\n9. \u2018Twist And Shout\u2019 \u2013 4%<br \/>\n10. \u2018Help!\u2019 \u2013 3%<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to our winner Julie Harford, whose favourite Beatles song is \u2018Hey Jude\u2019. Julie wins a two-night stay at Liverpool Travelodge plus tickets to the Cavern\u2019s Magical Mystery tour, which takes in all the city sights associated with the Beatles before winding up with some musical entertainment at the legendary Cavern Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Our Evolving Cities competition gave you the chance to celebrate Liverpool\u2019s unique cultural history by voting for your all-time favourite song from the city\u2019s most famous sons, The Beatles. We know it\u2019s extremely difficult to pick a favourite Beatles song, so we narrowed it down to ten for you. The results from the vote show [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destination-guides","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelodge.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}