I Feel Fine

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"I Feel Fine"
Beatles I Feel Fine.jpg
Single by the Beatles
B-side "She's a Woman"
Released23 November 1964 (1964-11-23)
Recorded18 October 1964
Studio EMI, London [1]
Genre
Length2:25
Label
Songwriter(s) Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s) George Martin
The Beatles USsingles chronology
"Matchbox"
(1964)		"I Feel Fine"
(1964)		"Eight Days a Week"
(1965)
The Beatles UKsingles chronology
"A Hard Day's Night"
(1964)		"I Feel Fine"
(1964)		"Ticket to Ride"
(1965)

Notes

  1. ↑ "1" Liner Notes by Mark Lewisohn
  2. ↑ Frontani, Michael R. (2009). The Beatles: Image and the Media. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN   978-1-60473-156-9.
  3. ↑ Marsh, Dave (1989). The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Plume. p. 617. ISBN   0-452-26305-0.
  4. ↑ Terence J. O'Grady (1 May 1983). The Beatles: A Musical Evolution . Twayne Publishers. p.  56. ISBN   978-0-8057-9453-3. Both "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman" are heavily rhythm and blues influenced pop-rock songs.
  5. 1 2 3 Miles 1997, p. 172.
  6. ↑ "Ken Dodd 'third best-selling artist of 1960s'". BBC News. 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  7. 1 2 MacDonald 2005, pp. 133, 136.
  8. 1 2 The Beatles 2000, p. 160.
  9. ↑ Shaheen J. Dibai, "Bobby Parker: The Real Fifth Beatle?", One Note Ahead, 29 March 2007 Archived 8 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2 November 2013
  10. 1 2 Babiuk 2002, p. 146–147.
  11. ↑ Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying. New York, New York: St. Martin's Press. p.  173. ISBN   0-312-25464-4.
  12. ↑ Schaffner 1978, p. 39.
  13. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ↑ "Top 100 Singles". Archived from the original on 5 October 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  15. ↑ Wallgren 1982, pp. 38–45.
  16. ↑ Sedghi, Ami (4 November 2012). "UK's million-selling singles: the full list". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  17. ↑ Myers, Justin (14 December 2018). "The best-selling singles of all time on the Official UK Chart". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  18. ↑ Winn 2008, p. 377.
  19. ↑ Rowe, Matt (18 September 2015). "The Beatles 1 to Be Reissued with New Audio Remixes ... and Videos". The Morton Report. Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  20. ↑ Winn 2008, p. 279.
  21. ↑ MacDonald 2005, p. 136.
  22. ↑ "The Beatles – I Feel Fine" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  23. ↑ "The Beatles – I Feel Fine" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
  24. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5603." RPM . Library and Archives Canada.
  25. ↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – I Feel Fine". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  26. ↑ "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit SAR - SEM". Sisältää hitin. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  27. ↑ "The Beatles – I Feel Fine" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  28. ↑ "Lever hit parades: 24-Dec-1964". Flavour of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  29. ↑ "The Beatles – I Feel Fine". VG-lista.
  30. ↑ Kimberley, C (2000). Zimbabwe: Singles Chart Book. p. 10.
  31. ↑ Hallberg, Eric (1993). Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975. Drift Musik. p. 130. ISBN   9163021404.
  32. ↑ Hallberg, Eric; Henningsson, Ulf (1998). Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74. Premium Publishing. p. 53. ISBN   919727125X.
  33. ↑ "Beatles: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  34. ↑ "The Beatles Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  35. ↑ Hoffmann, Frank (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981. Metuchen, NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 32–34.
  36. ↑ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (Enter "Beatles" in the search box) (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  37. ↑ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1965". Archived from the original on 1 June 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  38. ↑ Hutchins, Chris (26 December 1964). "Beatles Scoring High in U.K. on Single, Album; New Film Set". Billboard. p. 8. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  39. ↑ "American single certifications – The Beatles – I Feel Fine". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 14 May 2016.

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