The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years: 7 songs that would have been incredible live

The later songs from the Fab Four that would've been most effective on stage

Documentary Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years may not offer much new information for seasoned Beatles fans but it hammers home how - despite their seemingly never-ending touring schedule - they somehow kept up such a high standard when it came to songwriting.

Of course, this hectic period eventually took its toll on the quartet with John, Paul, George and Ringo later deciding to stay in the studio with producer George Martin. This meant the albums that followed - including Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Abbey Road - all featured tracks that were never performed live.

Below are the seven songs we believe have worked extremely well live (N.B. - we haven't included those that have been performed live by Lennon, McCartney, Harrison or Starr at any stage of their solo careers).

Tomorrow Never Knows

Album: Revolver (1966)

It's difficult to know whether this experimental song would have correlated well on-stage. Notable for its pioneering use of mixed tape loops and Lennon's vocal placed through an amplifier, this was one of those songs that The Beatles were freed up to write after their touring days had ended. Regardless, a live version would have been electric.

Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite

Album: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Trampolines; hogsheads of real fire; and a dancing horse named Henry: this track had all the makings of a mid-set foray into the offbeat which would have transformed the show into something resembling a circus. Paul, George and Ringo could have busied themselves with a manner of odd instruments while John - and the surrounding theatrics - sent fans away with a live Beatles experience very different to what had come before.

Baby, You’re a Rich Man

Album: Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

With its high-pitched vocals, erratic use of the clavioline and euphoric chorus, it seems unfair this humble track never got the live performance treatment. Just close your eyes and imagine a stadium full of people singing that chorus aloud in unison...

Savoy Truffle

Album: The Beatles (The White Album) (1968)

Hear me out: George Harrison takes centre stage and brings out Eric Clapton to perform "Savoy Truffle," a song inspired by the former's sweet tooth - it may not be your favourite album track, but it'd have been a sight to behold. The lyrics may leave some with a sickly sweet taste (personally, working 'montelimart' into a song deserves all the accolades) but there's a lot going on musically here that would have justified its placement on any Beatles setlist.

Oh! Darling

Album: Abbey Road (1969)

It's a wonder McCartney has never inducted this belter into set lists. That piano merged with the punch of Harrison's guitar would make this an anticipated addition to any live show, but the anguish McCartney was quite evidently feeling at the time ("believe me, darling!") would have made for the kind of raw performance all music lovers pray for

I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

Album: Abbey Road (1969)

At just under eight minutes, the multi-faceted "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" may polarise casual Beatles fans but there's no denying its heft. Starting with one of the moodiest riffs the 60s had to offer, the song switches to Lennon's jazz bar yearning ("I want you so baaaaaad") before unleashing one of the most spine-tingling drops of their entire discography. If it's this effective in the car, imagine it played in a stadium.

Across the Universe

Album: Let It Be (1970)

This song remains one of Lennon's best; the audience would have hung on to every single word of the lyrics the musician deemed the closest he ever came to poetry.

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years is out today