![]() ![]() The ruse worked so well that they repeated it twice again in the future. ![]() This new practice worked perfectly, as "Eight Days A Week" raced to the number one spot on the Billboard pop charts to keep American Beatles fans happy until " Ticket To Ride" was released shortly afterward. Their recent policy of releasing singles that were already on American albums wasn't as profitable, as witnessed by " I'll Cry Instead" and " Matchbox." Then, under the guise of the song being "brand new," they would release it as a single in America. They enacted a new practice of spotting a song on any new album they received that they felt would be a hit, and intentionally hold off releasing it for awhile. "Eight Days A Week" was then relegated to become an album track on their fourth British LP " Beatles For Sale."įortunately, you can't keep a commercially irresistible song down! Capitol Records in the US knew a number one song when they heard one. ![]() When The Beatles recorded " I Feel Fine" on October 18th, 1964, they felt this was an even better fit. This song was then earmarked as the next single.īut this was not to be. While both of these songs are great songs in themselves, neither of them had the commercial appeal of the caliber of " I Want To Hold Your Hand" or " Can't Buy Me Love." Then came the undeniable charm of "Eight Days A Week," which appeared to have all the necessary ingredients to be their next number one hit. With their hectic touring schedule during these months, and a deadline of having all of these songs written and recorded for release before the year was over, the pressure was on.Īt first they thought Lennon's autobiographical " I'm A Loser" could be the next single, but then they recorded " No Reply," which they thought might work better. "There was a lousy period when we didn't seem to have any material for the LP and didn't have a single," John remarked concerning the latter half of 1964. The question was not whether a record would get to number one, but how quickly."Įveryone was confident that they would come up with another huge smash to follow their current British number one single " A Hard Day's Night." Everyone, that is, except The Beatles themselves. It was a unique achievement.It became almost an accepted fact of nature. "What is certain is that their songs were great," producer George Martin stated in his book "All You Need Is Ears." He continues, "Starting with ' Please Please Me' we had twelve successive number ones. To say that John Lennon and Paul McCartney were naturals at writing classic pop hits is probably the understatement of all time. ![]()
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