With the Beatles

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With the Beatles
Withthebeatlescover.jpg
Studio album by
the Beatles
Released22 November 1963 (1963-11-22)
Recorded18 July – 23 October 1963
Studio EMI, London
Genre
Length33:07
Label Parlophone
Producer George Martin
The Beatles chronology
Please Please Me
(1963)		With the Beatles
(1963)		 A Hard Day's Night
(1964)
Alternative cover
With the Beatles Australia.png
Australian cover
Side one
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."It Won't Be Long"Lennon2:13
2."All I've Got to Do"Lennon2:02
3."All My Loving"McCartney2:07
4."Don't Bother Me" (George Harrison)Harrison2:28
5."Little Child"Lennon with McCartney1:46
6."Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson)McCartney2:14
7."Please Mr. Postman" (Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman)Lennon2:34
Total length:15:24
Side two
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry)Harrison2:45
2."Hold Me Tight"McCartney2:32
3."You Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson)Lennon and Harrison3:01
4."I Wanna Be Your Man"Starr1:59
5."Devil In Her Heart" (Richard Drapkin)Harrison2:28
6."Not a Second Time"Lennon2:07
7."Money (That's What I Want)" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy)Lennon2:49
Total length:17:43

Personnel

According to Mark Lewisohn: [37]

The Beatles

Production

Charts

Weekly chart performance for With the Beatles
Chart (1963–65)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [38] 1
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista) [39] 5
UK Record Retailer LPs Chart [40] 1
Chart (1987)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [41] 25
Chart (2009)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [42] 83
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [43] 88
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [44] 31
Italian Albums (FIMI) [45] 82
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [46] 70
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [47] 34
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [48] 73
Chart (2010)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [49] [50] 179

Certifications and sales

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Certifications and sales for With the Beatles
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF) [51] Gold30,000^
Australia (ARIA) [52] Gold35,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [53] Gold50,000^
Germany (BVMI) [54] Gold250,000^
United Kingdom
Original release 		—1,000,000 [55]
United Kingdom (BPI) [56]
2009 release 		Gold100,000^
United States
Original release 		—1,000,000 [55]
United States (RIAA) [57]
1987 release 		Gold500,000^
Summaries
Worldwide
Original release 		—5,000,000 [55]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

† BPI certification awarded only for sales since 1994. [58]

See also

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