The Beatles: 10 Perfect Non-Single Tracks

10. Drive My Car: Rubber Soul (1965)

In 1965 the Beatles were going through a transitional period. They started to phase out the signature suits, and the once finely crafted mop-tops were becoming more shaggy. Most importantly, their music was maturing into something far more sophisticated than your average '60s pop-rock.

The Beatles' fifth studio album marked a change in their approach to making records. The focus moved away from recording hit singles, to constructing fully formed albums with a fluid structure and consistent quality. This approach had a marked effect on other artists who soon followed suit, seeing the album format as an opportunity for artistic expression.

Rubber Soul was the turning point. Previous Beatles albums can be viewed as the endeavours of a pop group, with Rubber Soul (and everything that followed) the Beatles became highly skilled studio artists.

Credited as a Lennon-McCartney composition, the opening number "Drive My Car" recounts a female, soon-to-be superstar, offering a young man the chance to be her chauffeur. Of course, the whole offer was a thinly veiled euphemism for sex. It was the sound of the Beatles shifting gear.