The chronicle of The Beatles is truly epic . Not only did they create some of the most popular music in the history of rock ' n ' roll , but whenRolling Stonemagazine compile its 500 Greatest Songs of All Time , The Beatles baffle out everyone else with a walloping 23 songs on the leaning .
For a week in 1964 , John , Paul , George , and Ringo had 12 Song dynasty onBillboard’sHot 100 , including the number one , two , three , four , and five songs . Nobody before or since has accomplished that exploit . The following list is a sampling of the Fab Four ’s medicine arsenal with 10 of their giving hits .
10: “Help!” (1965)
John would later claim that he indite the words to " assist ! " after conduct with the pressures of being part of a mathematical group that was , as he so notoriously put it , " bigger than Jesus . " He enounce that he wish the birdsong could ’ve been recorded at a slower tempo , but fans liked it just fine , making it another chart - topper for the isthmus .
9. “Ticket to Ride” (1965)
The import behind this Sung is unreadable – it could be about a prostitute , John getting his driver ’s permit , or a girl walk out the door . Whatever the subject , it ’s a catchy tune that reached identification number one in both the U.K. and the U.S.
8: “Eight Days a Week” (1965)
The rubric of this call was again based on a Ringo - doctrine ; the drummer claimed that he had work so hard , he had added another mean solar day to the week . Even though the song attain number one in the States , it was n’t a band favorite , and they seldom performed it live .
7: “I Feel Fine” (1964)
This call came out of some downtime between John and Ringo , who were act as with a riff John had come up with while working on " Eight 24-hour interval a hebdomad . " " I Feel Fine " eventually went to routine one in every major market . The song featured reverb – Jimi Hendrix and The Who were using feedback in their concerts at the time , but The Beatles were the first to charge the audio to vinyl radical .
6: “A Hard Day’s Night” (1964)
This malaprop was verbalise by Ringo , who often got American word and phrase mix up . He was stating that the band had had a hard day , but then realized it was already evening . " A Hard Day ’s Night " became another number one for the dance band and served as the championship for their documentary released the same class .
5: “Can’t Buy Me Love” (1964)
Pressure to create another vast hit after " I desire to view as Your Hand " did n’t phase The Beatles . This melody is one of the first songs ever to commence with the chorus line . The normal ferment like a appealingness , creating another U.K. and U.S. number one .
4: “Twist and Shout” (1964)
If you ’ve ever shake out to The Beatles ' translation of this Isley Brothers melody , you know that John ’s vocals are scratchy , growly , and decidedly different from other songs by the group .
During the recording school term for their albumPlease , Please Me , John started to lose his phonation . Producer Brian Epstein preserve the transcription for " Twist and Shout " until the very end . By then , John ’s voice was nearly inject and fathom strained – in fact , he shouted most of the song .
The classical tune was recorded in one take not just because that was all John had left , but because it was pretty much perfect from the jump .
3: “From Me to You” (1963)
The first number one for The Beatles in the U.K. , this song did n’t make much of a spatter in the States , attain only numeral 41 upon its 2d tone ending in 1964 . However , across the pond it would mark the first of 11 identification number - one singles , so they did n’t have clip to sulkiness about this tune , written by John and Paul while on a tour jalopy .
2: “She Loves You” (1963)
When this bouncy song made its entry in America in September 1963 , it did n’t get much attention . But it was rereleased in January 1964 after the success of " I Want to have Your deal , " and this time it spent 15 weeks on U.S. chart , strike bit one on March 21 .
1: “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (1963)
This song , which start the " British invasion , " became The Beatles ' first number - one tune in the States . It did pretty well elsewhere , too – it was their all - time best - selling undivided worldwide .
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