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Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote over 200 songs during the Beatles years; only a couple dozen of them were in direct collaboration. (The two brainstormed song ideas, and counted on each other to help fill the gaps in their own unfinished songs, more than they actually wrote together.) The co-credit was because of a handshake deal Lennon and McCartney made in their teen years.
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