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| "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | ||||
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| Single by the Beatles | ||||
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| Released |
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| Recorded | 17 October 1963 | |||
| Studio | EMI, London | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll · pop[1][2] | |||
| Length | 2:24 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney | |||
| Producer(s) | George Martin | |||
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"I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Recorded on 17 October 1963 and released on 29 November 1963 in the United Kingdom, it was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track recording equipment.
With advance orders exceeding one million copies in the UK, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" would have gone straight to the top of the British record charts on its day of release had it not been blocked by the group's first million-seller "She Loves You", their previous UK single, which was having a resurgence of popularity following intense media coverage of the group. Taking two weeks to dislodge its predecessor, "I Want to Hold Your Hand" stayed at number one for five weeks and remained in the UK top 50 for 21 weeks in total.[3]
It was also the group's first American number-one hit, entering the Billboard Hot 100 chart on 18 January 1964 at number 45 and starting the British Invasion of the American music industry. By 1 February, it topped the Hot 100 and stayed there for seven weeks before being replaced by "She Loves You". It remained on the Billboard chart for 15 weeks.[4] "I Want to Hold Your Hand" became the Beatles' best-selling single worldwide, selling more than 12 million copies.[5] In 2018, Billboard magazine named it the 48th biggest hit of all time on the Billboard Hot 100.[6] In the UK, it was the second-highest-selling single of the 1960s, behind "She Loves You".[7]
- ^ MacDonald 1998, p. 89.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (15 November 2022). "The Beatles - "I Want To Hold Your Hand". The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of Pop Music. New York: Hachette Book Group. p. 39.
- ^ Gambaccini 1991, pp. 27.
- ^ Harry 1985, pp. 66.
- ^ Harry 2000, p. 561.
- ^ "Hot 100 turns 60". Billboard. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "Ken Dodd 'third best-selling artist of 1960s'". BBC News. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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