Beatles Top 50 singles

50 years since IWant to Hola Hand The Beatles' 50 highest-ranked singles The single 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' – one of the songs that launched "Beatlemania'– was released 50 years ago in the US today, ranking #1 in America. We chart the rest of the Fab Four's most popular singles. CHART RANKING UK US UK/US ON LEAD VOCALS John George Ringo Starr Paul Lennon McCartney Harrison SONG (LENGTH) Both John and Paul on lead vocals I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND Love Me Do (2:22 minutes) P.S. I Love You (2:06) #1 THE THIS BOY BEATLES RLOPHONE 3 The history behind the song Please Please Me (2:00) From Me to You (1:56) She Loves You (2:18) I Want to Hold Your Hand (2:24) I Saw Her Standing There (2:55) 4 R 5084 that changed the fabulous four's YEAR OF RELEASE destiny in America Lyrics written by John Lennon and Paul Twist and Shout (2:33) Can't Buy Me Love (2:11) Do You Want to Know a Secret (1:56) Ain't She Sweet (2:10) A Hard Day's Night (2:32) I'll Cry Instead (2:09) And I Love Her (2:32) Matchbox (1:57) Slow Down (2:55) I Feel Fine (2:25) She's a Woman (3:03) 1962 McCartney By Marwa Hamad Staff Reporter 9. 1963 10 ix simple words that would change the Bea- tles' destiny: /I Want To Hold Your Hand. Oh yeah, I'll tell you something I think you'll understand When I'll say that something I wanna hold your hand I wanna hold your hand I wanna hold your hand 11 1964 12 13 Fifty years ago today, the fab four broke America once and for all with their timeless 1965 14 15 song of naive romance and in- nocent tenderness, snagging the No 1 spot in the US for the first time. Oh please, say to me You'll let me be your man And please, say to me You'll let me hold your hand Now let me hold your hand I wanna hold your hand 1966 16 17 1967 Eight Days a Week (2:44) Ticket to Ride (3:10) Help (2:18) Yesterday (2:03) We Can Work It Out (2:15) Day Tripper (2:50) It might seem minor in retro- spect – especially considering Beatlemania in the UK was 18 1968 19 already well on its way to full-on pandemonium – but achieving chart-topping success on both sides of the Atlantic was a feat And when I touch you I feel happy Inside 20 1969 21 It's such a feeling that my love I can't hide I can't hide I can't hide 22 that only a handful of British acts had managed to accom- plish in those days. Indeed, making it in America was some- thing the boys had to fight for. "From Me To You was 1970 23 Nowhere Man (2:44) Paperback Writer (2:18) Rain (2:59) Yellow Submarine (2:38) Eleanor Rigby (2:06) 24 1971 25 Yeah, you've got that something I think you'll understand When I'll say that something I wanna hold your hand I wanna hold your hand I wanna hold your hand 26 1972 released – a flop in America. She Loves You– a big hit in England, big number one in England – a flop in the USA. Nothing until / Want To Hold Your Hand," said Paul McCart- ney in the Beatles' Anthology. The beginning of the song's formation was humble – al- most accidental. McCartney, who was seeing girlfriend Jane Asher at the time, was sitting with John Lennon at the piano in her basement one day when he hit the E mi- nor chord. This immediately sparked Lennon's interest. "Paul hits this chord and I 27 1973 28 Penny Lane (3:03) Strawberry Fields Forever (4:05) All You Need Is Love (3:57) Baby, You're a Rich Man (3:03) Hello, Goodbye (3:27) 29 1974 30 And when I touch you I feel happy Inside It's such a feeling that my 31 1975 32 love 33 I can't hide I can't hide I can't hide Lady Madonna (2:16) Hey Jude (7:11) Revolution (3:21) 1976 34 35 1977 Yeah, you've got that something I think you'll understand When I'll feel that something I wanna hold your hand I wanna hold your hand I wanna hold your hand I wanna hold your hand 36 Get Back (3:14) Don't Let Me Down (3:35) The Ballad of John and Yoko (2:59) Something (2:59) Come Together (4:18) 37 1978 38 turn to him and say, 'That's it!'I said, 'Do that again!' In those days, we really used to absolutely write like that – both playing into each other's noses," Lennon told Playboy magazine. Released on November 1979 39 40 Let It Be (3:50) The Long and Winding Road (3:38) 1980 41 42 been planned for the follow- ing year to coincide with the band's Ed Sullivan perfor- mance – had to be brought up to December 26. The song enjoyed a seven-week run at No 1 in the US, and reversed what happened in England, as it was beaten by She Loves You which then hit the top of the charts, further solidi- fying their impact on the US. In the decades since, / Want To Hold Your Hand has 1981 43 29,1963, in the UK, the single sold a million copies through Got to Get You into My Life (2:27) Back in the U.S.S.R. (2:43) 44 advanced orders alone. On 1982 45 December 14, it took the No 1 spot from their other single, She Loves You, in the UK charts. Meanwhile, the storm of Ameri- can success lay just around the corner. 15-year-old fan Marsha Albert took matters into her own hands and wrote to DJ The Beatles Movie Medley (4:01) 46 1983 Baby It's You (2:45) Free as a Bird (4:26) 47 1984 48 Real Love (3:54) 49 1985 50 Carroll James asking he give the song airplay in Washington, DC. Once it hit US radio on De- cember 17, it took on a life of its own, enjoying so much positive feedback that its American release – which had originally NOTE: This charts songs with their corresponding highest rank, regardless if they appeared and ranked again as A-side or B-side of other singles. Songs with only one ranking either were not released in one territory (UK or US) or did not rank at all 51 1986 52 resonated with generation after generation, becom- ing the best-selling Beatles single worldwide. 53 1987 54 55 1988 56 1989 57 58 1990 59 60 Beatlemania in its infancy 1991 61 RirkraiackeE 62 The Beatles – George Harrison, Paul Mccartney, John Lennon and 1992 63 64 Although ranked #67 in the US, 'Baby It's You' makes this list because it 1993 Ringo Starr – in 1963. Little did these four lads from Liverpool, England know they'd soon be creating a worldwide following. 65 66 1994 ranked high (#7) in the UK 67 1995 68 Sources: 69 The Beatles - Awards, Beatles Official Charts, beatlesbible.com, wires Research and infographic: Dwynn Ronald V. Trazo and Shirley Pinto/©Gulf News 1996 70 Rex Features 24 On the cover On the cover 29 gulfnews.com/tabloid Thursday, December 26, 2013 gulfnews.com/tabloid Thursday, December 26, 2013