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Ben Rogerson

“The Beatles are my biggest inspiration and the main thing that was in my ears when I was a child, and this song is just incredible”: Billie Eilish names the Beatles song she wishes she’d written

Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas have been getting props from their songwriting chops from all quarters over the past few years - Paul Weller was the latest respected artist to praise them when he covered What Was I Made For? Now, though, it’s Eilish who’s been discussing the songs and artists that have inspired her.

Speaking to BBC Radio 1, Eilish was asked by host Jack Saunders to choose ‘the songs that saved me’. Tracks by Avril Lavigne, Spooky Black, Aurora, Air and Sufjan Stevens were among those that made the cut, but she finished by naming the Beatles’ song that she says she wishes she'd written.

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