1 is a greatest hits album of the English rock band the Beatles, originally released on 13 November 2000. The album features virtually every number-one single the band achieved in the United Kingdom or United States from 1962 to 1970. Issued on the 30th anniversary of the band's break-up, it was their first compilation album available on only one CD. 1 was a commercial success and topped charts worldwide. It has sold over 31million copies.[1] Since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking US album sales in January 1991,[2]1 is the fourth-best-selling album in the US, the best-selling album of the 2000s decade in the US,[3] as well as the best-selling album of the decade worldwide.
1 was remastered and reissued in September 2011.[4] It was remixed and reissued again in several different deluxe editions in November 2015, the most comprehensive of which is a three-disc set entitled 1+, which includes video discs of Beatles promotional films. As of June 2015, 1 was the sixth-best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK, having sold over 3.1million copies.[5]
Background
1 was compiled by producer George Martin and former band members Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.[6] The album contains the 27 Beatles songs that went to number one in the United Kingdom on the Record Retailer Top 50 chart or in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Despite Harrison's "For You Blue" charting at number 1 on Billboard, along with the A-side "The Long and Winding Road",[7] Capitol Records treated "For You Blue" as strictly a B-side and did not promote it as an A-side. "Day Tripper" was included on 1 since it charted at number 1 in the UK as a double A-side with "We Can Work It Out", while in the US, only "We Can Work It Out" was number 1. Two singles written by John Lennon and released in both the UK and US were omitted as they did not top either the Record Retailer chart or the Billboard Hot 100: "Please Please Me" and "Strawberry Fields Forever". The former was the Beatles' first UK number one single in all British charts except Record Retailer, reaching the top spot in the music magazines New Musical Express, Melody Maker and Disc. "Strawberry Fields Forever" was part of a double A-side single with "Penny Lane", which reached the top spot in Melody Maker and peaked at number 2 in the other UK charts, behind Engelbert Humperdinck's "Release Me". The compilation was created before the release of the single "Now and Then", which would later chart at number 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 2023.[8]
The album is a combination of both the US and UK versions of the 1982 compilation 20 Greatest Hits, with the addition of "Something" (which was left off 20 Greatest Hits because of time constraints).[citation needed] On 1, "Hey Jude" was included in its original full-length version (slightly over seven minutes), whereas the American version of 20 Greatest Hits contained a shortened version.
Remastering
Before 1, all 27 songs were mainly available on two remastered CD releases: firstly on the respective Beatles studio albums released in 1987 (as well as Past Masters, Volume One and Past Masters, Volume Two, released in 1988). The second remastering was made available on the CD versions for 1962–1966 and 1967–1970, released in 1993.
The songs on 1 were remastered specifically for the release in 2000. According to the liner notes of the album, the original analogue masters were "digitally remastered at 24 bits resolution, processed using Sonic Solutions NoNoise technology and mastered to 16-bit using Prism SNS Noise Shaping". The remastering was overseen by Peter Mew of Abbey Road Studios and took place there.[9] In 2011, 1 was remastered and reissued on CD. In 2015 it was remastered again and remixed by Giles Martin; when Martin began to assist with fixing up the audio tracks for the 1+ video clips, he realised that his goal of making them "more immersive" should also apply to 1.[10] For the remixing project, Martin commented: "The remasters went back to these final mix tapes and remastered them. They cleaned them up and then they EQ-ed them and released them. What we're doing is remixing. We're going not to the final mix, we're creating our own mixes."[10] About his remixing approach, Martin said: "My approach was to be respectful of everything, I had sessions and sessions where I flipped between previously remastered stereos, the mono remasters, and the remixes we've done. I flip between everything and make sure I prefer what we've done."[10]
The package of 1 was intended to be simplistic and ambitious at the same time. Its cover was designed by Rick Ward,[9] and consists of a pop art-style yellow number one on a red background. The emphasis on the 1 digit was used on many of the compilations of number-one hits by different artists that followed this album; for example, ELV1S by Elvis Presley and Number Ones by the Bee Gees. The album's back cover features the famous photos of the Beatles taken by Richard Avedon and copyrighted on 17 August 1967.[9] The design exclusively uses variations of the Helveticatypeface.
1 was released worldwide in CD and cassette.[11] The vinyl format was released only in the United Kingdom. The CD includes a 32-page booklet with a coloured page with international picture covers (a total of 163 covers are displayed on the whole booklet) and details (recording date, location, release date, chart stats) for each of the singles. It also includes on its first two pages a collage with 27 1s in different colours (all of them following the same art as the cover) with the sentence "27 No. 1 singles = 1" (which was used as a catch phrase for the promo ads for the album), and a foreword by George Martin.
The LP and cassette keep the main art of the CD version, but in a different form.[11] The double vinyl record version was not released in the US, but the imported British edition was available. The vinyl version features a large full-colour fold-out poster showing 126 picture sleeves (37 fewer than on the CD), and reproductions of the four Richard Avedon photos. The Avedon portraits also appear on the inside of the gate-fold cover. The records have custom labels featuring the same graphics as the front cover and are packaged in custom inner sleeves. The deluxe packaging of the vinyl album, with its four portraits and poster, is reminiscent to that of their titular 1968 album. The cassette included a 20-page insert, including the collage, the George Martin commentary and paged Avedon's portraits on its inlay and the whole description for the tracks as a total of 36 covers on its inlay reverse.
1 received universal acclaim. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album five stars out of five. He stated that there is "no question that this is all great music", although to him "there's really no reason for anyone who owns all the records to get this too".[12]
The reception of 1 surpassed all critical and commercial expectations.[citation needed] It became the highest-selling CD of 2000 and, some time later, of the entire decade.[24] This achievement made the Beatles the first and only artist to have the best-selling albums of two different decades: they also released the best-selling album of the 1960s, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.[citation needed] No tracks from Sgt. Pepper appear on this album. With this album, the Beatles also achieved having an album hit the number 1 position in the US in four non-consecutive decades (1960s, 1970s, 1990s and 2000s).
In the United Kingdom, 1 became the Beatles' 15th number 1 album with sales of 319,126 copies (achieving record sales for only one week in 2000). On 18 December 2000, Ananova.com reported that the album has "become 2000's biggest-selling album—in only five weeks." 1 was the first album to stay at the top spot for nine weeks in almost ten years (the last being the Eurythmics's Greatest Hits), the best-selling album of 2000, and the fourth-best-selling album of the 2000s so far in the UK. In its eleventh week, 1 sold a total of two million copies in the UK. It spent a total of 46 weeks inside the Top 75. In July 2013 it was certified 10× platinum by the BPI, for over 3million copies sold in the UK. It is the 21st-best-selling album in the UK, according to an assessment by the Official Charts Company and the British Phonographic Industry that counted album sales in the UK from 28 July 1956 to the present day, and the second-best-selling Beatles album in that country (only beaten by Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which is the UK's third-best-selling album).[25] As of July 2016, the album has sold over 3,230,000 copies in the UK.[26][27]
In the United States, the response was similar. 1 debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 during the week of 2 December 2000 with sales totaling over 595,500 copies.[28][29] In its second week, sales increased to 662,000 but it was knocked off the top spot by Backstreet Boys' Black & Blue which sold 1.59million units, therefore, 1 fell off to number two on its second week on chart.[30] By doing so, the album became the sixth to debut at the top of the Billboard 200 and post a SoundScan increase in its second week and the first to do so after opening with a sum of more than half a million copies.[31] The following week it stayed at number two selling 607,000 units. During the week of 23 December 2000, its fourth week on chart, 1 moved 671,000 copies and returned to the top of the Billboard 200.[32] The next week, on 30 December 2000 it stayed at the top of the chart selling 823,500 copies.[33] On 10 February 2001, after being the number one album for eight non-consecutive weeks, 1 fell off to number four on the Billboard 200 with 173,500 units sold, a 19.5% dip in sales; by the time this happened, the album had sold almost six million units.[34] The album spent a total of eight weeks at number 1 and sold 1,258,667 copies during the week before Christmas of 2000.[35][36] With this number, the Beatles achieved a new record: it was the seventh highest one-week sales in Soundscan history, the highest for an album not in its first week of sales, and the highest for an album comprising previously released music. The album spent 309 weeks inside the Billboard 200 and was the sixth-best-selling album in the United States in 2000 with 5,100,000 copies sold according to Nielsen SoundScan.[35][37] On 30 August 2011 the band announced through their Facebook account that the album was available to pre-order from iTunes and that it was digitally remastered.[38] On 24 September 2011, after the album made its digital debut in the iTunes Store it re-entered on the Billboard 200 at number four selling 60,000 units, it also topped the iTunes album charts in the US, Canada, Japan, the Netherlands, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain, New Zealand and Greece according to a Capitol/EMI press release.[39][40][41] Its digital launch on the iTunes Store was accompanied with a price of $9.99 and a Twitter campaign with the hashtag #MyBeatles1 asking their fans: What is your favorite "1" track? Resulting in many celebrities and stars posting their favorites, too.[42][40] In 2015, after it was remastered again and remixed by Giles Martin, 1 re-entered on the Billboard 200 at number six selling 40,000 units.[43] It was certified eleven times platinum by the RIAA on 8 March 2010 denoting shipments of eleven million units, and 1 is included on the list of the Top 100 Albums by the Recording Industry Association of America.[44][45] The album is the best-selling album of the 21st century in the US and the fourth-best-selling album in the Soundscan era (1991–present).[46][47] As of October 2019, the album has had sold 13million copies in the US.[48] In the US, the album secured the Beatles a fourth decade in which they placed an album at number 1 on the Billboard chart.
In Canada, 1 debuted at number 1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 54,668 copies in its first week.[49] The album was certified Diamond (1,000,000 units) by the CRIA in February 2001, just four months after its release.[50] As of 2009, 1 has sold 1,103,000 units in Canada, making it the fifth-best-selling album ever in Canada of the Nielsen SoundScan era.[51]
In Germany, 1 debuted at number 1 and stayed there for nine non-consecutive weeks. It stayed seventeen weeks in the top ten of the German Albums Chart and fifty weeks in the total chart. By selling 1,650,000 copies and reaching 11× Gold, it is the third-best-selling album of the decade 2000–2009 and the best-selling non-German language album.[52]
In 2009, Apple Corps, the Beatles' company, stated that worldwide sales of 1 had exceeded 31million copies.[1] Worldwide in 2000 the album sold 13.8million copies, with 2million or more copies sold during 2 consecutive weeks, and was the fourth-best-selling album behind Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP, Britney Spears' Oops!... I Did It Again, and Santana's Supernatural.
All songs written by Lennon–McCartney, except "Something" by George Harrison, and others as noted on the second DVD. All tracks produced by George Martin except "The Long and Winding Road" re-produced for disc by Phil Spector. CD tracks 1–3 are in mono; all others on CD are in stereo.
Released in the UK on 5 October 1962, and in the US on 27 April 1964. Reached No. 1 in the US for one week on 30 May 1964. This is the version released in the US with Ringo Starr on tambourine and session musician Andy White on drums. First included on Please Please Me (1963) and Introducing... The Beatles (1964), depending on the territory. Also included on The Beatles' HitsEP (1963), The Early Beatles (1965) and subsequent album releases on which "Love Me Do" was included, excluding some albums.
Released in the UK on 23 August 1963, and in the US on 16 September. Reached No. 1 in the UK for four weeks on 14 September 1963, then again for two weeks on 28 November. Reached No. 1 in the US for two weeks on 21 March 1964. First included on The Beatles' Second Album (1964) and A Collection of Beatles Oldies, depending on the territory. Also included on the Canadian release of Twist and Shout, as well as on the compilation albums The Beatles/1962–1966, 20 Greatest Hits and Past Masters, Volume One.
Released in the UK on 29 November 1963, and in the US on 26 December. Reached No. 1 in the UK for five weeks on 12 December 1963. Reached No. 1 in the US for seven weeks on 1 February 1964. First included on Meet the Beatles! (1964) and A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966), depending on the territory. Also included on The Beatles' Long Tall Sally (1964), The Beatles/1962–1966 (1973), 20 Greatest Hits (1982) and Past Masters, Volume One (1988).
Released in the US on 16 March 1964, and in the UK on 20 March. Reached No. 1 in the UK for three weeks on 2 April 1964, and in the US for five weeks on 4 April. First included on respective territorial versions of A Hard Day's Night (1964). Also included on A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966), Hey Jude (1970), The Beatles/1962–1966 (1973) and Reel Music and 20 Greatest Hits (both 1982).
Released in the UK on 10 July 1964, and in the US on 13 July. Reached No. 1 in the UK for three weeks on 23 July 1964, and in the US for two weeks on 1 August. First included on respective territorial versions of A Hard Day's Night (1964). Also included on A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966), Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1967), The Beatles/1962–1966 (1973) and Reel Music and 20 Greatest Hits (both 1982).
Released in the US on 23 November 1964, and in the UK on 27 November. Reached No. 1 in the UK for five weeks on 10 December 1964, and in the US for three weeks on 26 December. First included on Beatles '65 (1964) and A Collection of Beatles Oldies, depending on the territory. Also included on Greatest Hits Volume 2, The Beatles/1962–1966, 20 Greatest Hits and Past Masters, Volume One.
Released in the US on 15 February 1965, where it reached No. 1 for two weeks on 13 March. First included on Beatles for Sale (1964) and Beatles VI (1965), depending on the territory. Also included on Greatest Hits Volume 2, The Beatles/1962–1966 and the US edition of 20 Greatest Hits.
Released in the UK on 9 April 1965, and in the US on 19 April. Reached No. 1 in the UK for three weeks on 22 April 1965, and in the US for one week on 22 May. First included on respective territorial versions of Help! (1965). Also included on The Beatles in Italy (1965), A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966), Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1967), The Beatles/1962–1966 (1973) and Reel Music and 20 Greatest Hits (both 1982).
Released in the US on 19 July 1965, and in the UK on 23 July. Reached No. 1 in the UK for three weeks on 5 August 1965, and in the US for three weeks on 4 September. First included on respective territorial versions of Help!. Also included on A Collection of Beatles Oldies, Greatest Hits Volume 2, The Beatles/1962–1966, the US version of Rarities, Reel Music and 20 Greatest Hits.
Released in the US on 13 September 1965, where it reached No. 1 for four weeks on 9 October. First included on Help! and Yesterday and Today (1966), depending on the territory. Also included on A Collection of Beatles Oldies, Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1967), The Essential Beatles (1972), The Beatles/1962–1966 (1973), Love Songs (1977) and The Beatles Ballads (1980).
Released in the UK on 3 December 1965, and in the US on 6 December. Reached No. 1 in the UK for five weeks on 16 December 1965. A tape drop-out that appears in previous stereo releases of this song has been corrected here. First included on the albums Yesterday and Today and A Collection of Beatles Oldies, depending on the territory. Also included on Greatest Hits Volume 2, Por Siempre Beatles, The Beatles/1962–1966, the UK edition of 20 Greatest Hits and Past Masters, Volume Two.
Released in the UK on 3 December 1965, and in the US on 6 December. Reached No. 1 in the UK for five weeks on 16 December 1965, and in the US for two weeks on 8 January 1966, and for another week on 29 January. First included on the 1966 albums Yesterday and Today and A Collection of Beatles Oldies, depending on the territory. Also included on Greatest Hits Volume 2, Por Siempre Beatles, The Beatles/1962–1966, 20 Greatest Hits and Past Masters, Volume Two.
Released in the US on 30 May 1966, and in the UK on 10 June. Reached No. 1 in the UK for two weeks on 23 June 1966, and in the US for one week on 25 June, and for another week on 9 July. First included on A Collection of Beatles Oldies and Hey Jude (1970), depending on the territory. Also included on The Beatles/1962–1966 (1973), 20 Greatest Hits and Past Masters, Volume Two.
Released in the UK on 5 August 1966, and in the US on 8 August. Reached No. 1 in the UK for four weeks on 18 August 1966. First included on respective territorial versions of Revolver (1966). Also included on A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966), the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album (1969), The Beatles/1962–1966 (1973), Reel Music (1982), the UK version of 20 Greatest Hits (1982) and Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999).
Released in the UK on 5 August 1966, and in the US on 8 August. Reached No. 1 in the UK for four weeks on 18 August 1966, as part of a double-A-sided single with "Yellow Submarine". While a strings-only version was included on Anthology 2 (1996), this version was first included on respective territorial versions of Revolver. Also included on A Collection of Beatles Oldies, The Beatles/1962–1966, the UK edition of 20 Greatest Hits and Yellow Submarine Songtrack.
Released in the US on 13 February 1967, and in the UK on 17 February. Reached No. 1 in the US for one week on 18 March 1967. While a different version was included on Anthology 2 (1996), this version was first included on the US release of Magical Mystery Tour (1967). Also included on Por Siempre Beatles (1971), The Essential Beatles (1972), The Beatles/1967–1970 (1973), the US version of Rarities (1980) and the US version of 20 Greatest Hits (1982).
Released in the UK on 7 July 1967, and in the US on 17 July. Reached No. 1 in the UK for three weeks on 19 July 1967, and in the US for one week on 19 August. First included on the US release of Magical Mystery Tour. Also included on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album and the compilation albums: The Essential Beatles, The Beatles/1967–1970, Reel Music, 20 Greatest Hits and Yellow Submarine Songtrack.
Released in the UK on 24 November 1967, and in the US on 27 November. Reached No. 1 in the UK for seven weeks on 6 December 1967, and in the US for three weeks on 30 December. While a different version was included on Anthology 2 (1996), this version was first included on the US release of Magical Mystery Tour; it was also included on The Beatles/1967–1970 and 20 Greatest Hits.
Released in the UK on 15 March 1968, and in the US on 18 March. Reached No. 1 in the UK for two weeks on 27 March 1968. While a different version was included on Anthology 2 (1996), this version was first included on Hey Jude. Also included on The Beatles/1967–1970, the UK version of 20 Greatest Hits and Past Masters, Volume Two.
Released in the US on 26 August 1968, and in the UK on 30 August. Reached No. 1 in the UK for two weeks on 11 September 1968, and in the US for a record nine weeks on 28 September. While a different version was included on Anthology 3 (1996), this version was first included on Hey Jude (1970); it was also included on The Beatles/1967–1970 (1973), The Beatles Ballads (1980), the UK edition of 20 Greatest Hits (1982) and Past Masters, Volume Two.
Released in the UK on 11 April 1969, and in the US on 5 May. Reached No. 1 in the UK for six weeks on 23 April 1969, and in the US for five weeks on 24 May. While a different version was included on respective territorial versions of Let It Be (1970) as well as on Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976) and Reel Music (1982), this version was first included on The Beatles/1967–1970 (1973); it was also included on 20 Greatest Hits and Past Masters, Volume Two.
Released in the UK on 30 May 1969, and in the US on 4 June. Reached No. 1 in the UK for three weeks on 11 June 1969. First included on Hey Jude. Also included on The Beatles/1967–1970, the UK version of 20 Greatest Hits and Past Masters, Volume Two.
Released in the US on 6 October 1969, and in the UK on 31 October. Reached No. 1 in the US for one week on 29 November 1969. While a demo version was included on Anthology 3 (1996), this version was first included on respective territorial versions of Abbey Road (1969); it was also included on The Beatles/1967–1970 (1973), Love Songs (1977), The Beatles Ballads (1980) and the US release of 20 Greatest Hits (1982).
Released in the US on 6 October 1969, and in the UK on 31 October. As the B-side of a double-A-sided single with "Something", it reached No. 1 in the US for one week on 29 November 1969. While a different version was included on Anthology 3 (1996), this version was first included on Abbey Road; it was also included on The Beatles/1967–1970 and the US edition of 20 Greatest Hits.
Released in the UK on 6 March 1970, and in the US on 11 March. Reached No. 1 in the US for two weeks on 11 April 1970. While a different version was included on respective territorial versions of Let It Be (1970) as well as The Essential Beatles (1972) and Reel Music (1982), this version was first included on The Beatles/1967–1970; it was also included on the US edition of 20 Greatest Hits and Past Masters, Volume Two.
Released in the US on 11 May 1970, where it reached No. 1 for two weeks on 13 June. While a different version was included on Anthology 3 (1996), this version was first included on respective territorial versions of Let It Be (1970). Also included on The Beatles/1967-1970 (1973), The Beatles Ballads (1980), Reel Music (1982) and the US edition of 20 Greatest Hits.
Release variations
2000 CD. Apple 7243 5 29970 2 2 (Released in UK only)
2000 CD. Apple 7243 5 29325 2 8 (Worldwide release)
2011 CD. (Remastered). Apple 50999 083070 2 6
2015 CD. (Remixed). Apple 06025 475678 1 9 (as 1+ with two DVD or Blu-ray discs)
On 6 November 2015, Apple Records released a deluxe version of the original album, titled 1+. Most of the tracks on 1 have been remixed from the original multi-track masters by Giles Martin, except the first three tracks, which are the original mono mixes. In addition to the new mixes, there are surround sound 5.1 mixes presented as Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio in the Blu-ray version and Dolby Digital and DTS in the DVD version.
1+ also includes 50 promotional films/performances, plus commentary and introductions from Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. All the videos have been digitally restored and enhanced. They are available on DVD and Blu-ray.[53]
Variations of 1/1+ include standard CD, CD/DVD, CD/Blu-ray, CD/2DVD, CD/2Blu-ray. The double-disc video editions also feature a 124-page hard-bound book with illustrations. The DVD/Blu-ray video editions are also available as a stand-alone package.[54]
The DVD/BD track is from The Little Theatre, Southport, Merseyside, England, 27 August 1963 recorded for the BBC documentary The Mersey Sound; it aired on 9 October.
The DVD/BD track is from the Beatles' television special Around the Beatles, music recorded on 19 April 1964, performed lip-synched on 28 April (at Studio 5 A/B, Wembley Studios, London, England), and aired on Rediffusion 6 May.
The DVD/BD is a promo video filmed in colour at Chiswick House, Chiswick, London, England, 20 May 1966; later aired in black and white on Top of the Pops.
The DVD/BD track is a promo video filmed at the Saville Theatre, London, England, 10 November 1967 featuring The Beatles in their Sgt. Pepper outfits (unlike the first of the other two video versions of the song which are included on the second disc). It later aired on the Sunday 26 November episode of The Ed Sullivan Show and The Hollywood Palace two days later. Due to the Musicians' Union's ban on miming during performances in the UK, the video was replaced by a montage of shots from the film A Hard Day's Night (1964) for 23 November broadcast of Top of the Pops and the film Magical Mystery Tour (1967) two weeks later.
The DVD/BD track is a promo video filmed in Studio Three, Abbey Road Studios, London, England, 11 February 1968 and at Chappell Studios, London, England three days later. It included shots of the band recording "Hey Bulldog" (with its accompanying video found on the second disc).
The DVD/BD track is a promotional recording made on 4 September 1968 at Twickenham Film Studios, Middlesex, England, with a live vocal from McCartney. It later aired on Frost on Sunday (by David Frost) on 6 October 1968, and a month later on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.
The DVD/BD track is a promo video featuring filmed footage at the famous Apple rooftop concert in Saville Row, Mayfair, London, England, 30 January 1969. Edits and mash-ups of the three times they played the song were done by Apple Films for later broadcasts such as Top of the Pops.
The DVD/BD track is a promo video created by Apple Films with outtakes from the film Let It Be (1970) and footage shot at places like London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Vienna.
The DVD/BD track is a multimedia clip created by Melon Dezign for the launch of The Beatles' official website, which was done to celebrate the original release of 1.
The DVD/BD track is from the film Let It Be being synced with the single version for promotional release. It was of the recording sessions for said song at Apple Studio, Saville Row, London, England, 31 January 1969, a day after the Apple rooftop concert.
The DVD/BD track is from the film Let It Be, with footage being used from the same recording sessions as "Let It Be". The only exception with both videos is that the audio from the sessions was used in this video instead of the one for "Let It Be".
From episode 2 of the BBC radio series Pop Go the Beatles, recorded 1 June 1963, aired 11 June; combined with black and white footage of The Beatles' dancing and released to promote Live at the BBC. (1994)
From episode 10 of Pop Go the Beatles, recorded 16 July 1963, aired 20 August, with sound effects added in video production; released to promote On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2. (2013)
Lip-synching filmed for the television special The Music of Lennon and McCartney (done at Granada TV Centre, Manchester, England, 1–2 November 1965), aired 16 December 1965 in London, 17 December in the rest of Britain.
"Day Tripper"
Alternative promotional film. Filmed at Twickenham Film Studios, Middlesex, England, 23 November 1965.
Alternative promotional film. Filmed at Studio One, Abbey Road Studios, London, England, 19 May 1966; later aired in black and white on Ready Steady Go! on 3 June.
Promo video filmed at Knole Park, Sevenoaks, Kent, 30–31 January 1967; later aired as an audio-only clip on Juke Box Jury and in its entirety on Top of the Pops.
Promo video filmed at Studio One, Abbey Road Studios, London, England, 10 February 1967 during the recording sessions of said song who included the orchestra with their wacky costumes Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones, which provided the inspiration for the live broadcast for "All You Need Is Love".
Alternative version. Promo video filmed at Saville Theatre, London, England, 10 November 1967; featured The Beatles in "street clothes".
"Hello, Goodbye"
Third version promotional film. Promo video filmed at Saville Theatre, London, England, 10 November 1967. It's a combination of the previous two videos along with additional footage.
Promo video filmed at Studio Three, Abbey Road Studios, London, England, 11 February 1968 during the recording sessions of said song and re-edited in 1999; some of the footage was used in the "Lady Madonna" promo video (included on the first disc).
Alternative promotional recording made on 4 September 1968, with live vocal from McCartney; the audio differences from the version on the first disc are the introduction of the song and McCartney's live vocal.
Promotional recording made on 4 September 1968 at Twickenham Film Studios, Middlesex, England, with live vocals (and the backing track in mono); later aired on Top of the Pops on 19 September and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on 13 October, both in black and white.
Audio track from the album Let It Be... Naked, an edit of two of the Apple headquarters rooftop performances on 30 January 1969 at Saville Row, London, England.
Filmed for the premiere (and aired as a part) of the documentary The Beatles Anthology on 19 November 1995. The video uses a new mix of the song, prepared for this release, which cleans up Lennon's vocal further, and uses a different take of Harrison's vocal phrase, replacing the lyric "whatever happened to the life that we once knew" with "whatever happened to the love that we once knew"
Filmed originally for The Beatles Anthology but later used as a part of the 2003 DVD reissue of the documentary; a different video was used for the second instalment of the documentary on 22 November 1995. The video uses a new mix of the song, prepared for this release, which cleans up Lennon's vocal further, and reinstates several deleted elements originally recorded in 1995, such as lead guitar phrases and drum fills, as well as making the harpsichord and harmonium more prominent in the mix.
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
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"Without You" is a song written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans of British rock group Badfinger, and first released on their 1970 album No Dice. The power ballad has been recorded by over 180 artists, and versions released as singles by Harry Nilsson (1971) and Mariah Carey (1994) became international number one hits. The Nilsson version was included in 2021's Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Paul McCartney once described it as "the killer song of all time".
"Let It Be" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 6 March 1970 as a single, and as the title track of their album Let It Be. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney, and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single version of the song, produced by George Martin, features a softer guitar solo and the orchestral section mixed low, compared with the album version, produced by Phil Spector, featuring a more aggressive guitar solo and the orchestral sections mixed higher.
"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.
"She Loves You" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released as a single in the United Kingdom on 23 August 1963. The single set and surpassed several sales records in the United Kingdom charts, and set a record in the United States as one of the five Beatles songs that held the top five positions in the charts simultaneously, on 4 April 1964. It remains the band's best-selling single in the UK and was the top-selling single of the 1960s there by any artist.
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen, released worldwide on 26 October 1981. The album consisted of Queen's biggest hits since their first chart appearance in 1974 with "Seven Seas of Rhye", up to their 1980 hit "Flash". There was no universal track listing or cover art for the album, and each territory's tracks were dependent on what singles had been released there and which were successful. In 1992, the US version of the album Classic Queen was released following the band's rekindled popularity in the nation.
20 Greatest Hits is a compilation album featuring a selection of songs by The Beatles that were number one singles in the UK and US. It was released on 11 October 1982 in the United States and 18 October in the United Kingdom and marked the 20th anniversary of The Beatles' first record release, "Love Me Do", in the UK in October 1962. 20 Greatest Hits was the last Beatles album to be released with variations between the U.S. and UK versions. There is an extremely rare 8 track tape version of this album, of which approximately 10 to 15 copies still exist today. Capitol Records decided not to release the album in the format, as 8 tracks were not selling well in late 1982. However, in early 1983, they made a few copies available through Capitol Special Markets.
"Can't Buy Me Love" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in March 1964 as the A-side of their sixth single. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The song was included on the group's album A Hard Day's Night and was featured in a scene in Richard Lester's film of the same title. The single topped charts in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, the Netherlands, France and Sweden. In the UK, it was the fourth highest selling single of the 1960s.
Greatest Hits is the eleventh official album release for English musician Elton John, and the first compilation. Released on 8 November 1974, it spans the years 1970 to 1974, compiling ten of John's singles, with one track variation for releases in North America and for Europe and Australia. It topped the album chart in both the United States and the United Kingdom, staying at number one for ten consecutive weeks in the former nation and eleven weeks in the latter. In Canada, it was number one for 13 weeks between 14 December 1974, and 22 March 1975, missing only 28 December 1974, at number two to Jim Croce's Photographs & Memories.
"Come Together" is a song by the British rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is the opening track on the band's 1969 album Abbey Road. It was also a double A-side single in the United Kingdom with "Something", reaching No. 4 in the UK charts.
Whitney: The Greatest Hits is the first compilation album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was released on May 15, 2000, by Arista Records. Anticipation over a greatest hits album from Houston arose as far as 1995, when Billboard first announced the album's release. However, it was continuously postponed as Houston focused on film projects, before deciding to record several new tracks for the belated collection in 1998. The effort was quickly expanded into her fourth studio album My Love Is Your Love, released in November 1998 to widespread success, which effectively postponed Whitney: The Greatest Hits again.
Legend is a compilation album by Bob Marley and the Wailers. It was released on 7 May 1984 by Island Records. It is a greatest hits collection of singles in its original vinyl format and is the best-selling reggae album of all-time, with more than 12 million copies sold in the US, more than 3.3 million in the UK and an estimated 25 million copies sold globally. In 2003, the album was ranked number 46 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", maintaining the ranking in a 2012 revised list, but dropping to number 48 in the 2020 revised list.
"I Feel Fine" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released in November 1964 as the A-side of their eighth single. It was written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The recording includes one of the earliest uses of guitar feedback in popular music.
"Help!" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that served as the title song for the 1965 film and the band's accompanying soundtrack album. It was released as a single in July 1965, and was number one for three weeks in the United States and the United Kingdom. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, "Help!" was written by John Lennon with some assistance from Paul McCartney. During an interview with Playboy in 1980, Lennon recounted: "The whole Beatles thing was just beyond comprehension. I was subconsciously crying out for help".
ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released on 21 September 1992 through PolyGram, making it the first compilation to be released after the company had acquired Polar Music, and thus the rights to the ABBA back catalogue.
"Can't Fight the Moonlight" is a song written by Diane Warren and performed by American singer LeAnn Rimes. It is the theme song of the film Coyote Ugly. Released as a single on August 22, 2000, the song reached the top 10 in 19 European countries, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, topping the charts in 12 of these territories, including the United Kingdom; it became Australia's best-selling single of 2001. In the United States, the song peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2002.
"Walk On By" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David for singer Dionne Warwick in 1963. Warwick's recording of the song peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 on the Cash Box Rhythm and Blues Chart In June 1964 and was nominated for a 1965 Grammy Award for the Best Rhythm and Blues Recording.
"With a Little Luck" is a single by the band Wings from their 1978 album London Town. It reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1978.
All This and World War II is a 1976 musical documentary film directed by Susan Winslow. It juxtaposes Beatles songs covered by a variety of musicians with World War II newsreel footage and 20th Century-Fox films. The film was panned by critics and ran for only two weeks in cinemas.
The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings), also known as The Beatles: Stereo Box Set, is a box set compilation comprising all remastered recordings by English rock band the Beatles. The set was issued on 9 September 2009, along with the remastered mono recordings and companion The Beatles in Mono and The Beatles: Rock Band video game. The remastering project for both mono and stereo versions was led by EMI senior studio engineers Allan Rouse and Guy Massey. The Stereo Box also features a DVD which contains all the short films that are on the CDs in QuickTime format. The release date of 09/09/09 is related to the significance to John Lennon of the number nine.
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was originally released in Scandinavia on 17 November 1975 and in other parts of the world in 1976, notably the UK on 10 April, and on 18 September in the US and Canada. The 1976 version of the album included the band's most recent single "Fernando".
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