| No1 - Track Listings 
1.Love Me Do 2. From Me to You 3. She Loves You 4. I Want to Hold Your Hand 5. Can't Buy Me Love 6. A Hard Day's Night 7. I Feel Fine 8. Eight Days a Week 9. Ticket to Ride 10. Help! 11. Yesterday 12. Day Tripper 13. We Can Work It Out 14. Paperback Writer 15. Yellow Submarine 16. Eleanor Rigby 17. Penny Lane 18. All You Need Is Love 19. Hello Goodbye 20. Lady Madonna 21. Hey Jude 22. Get Back 23. The Ballad of John & Yoko 24. Something 25. Come Together 26. Let It Be 27. The Long and Winding Road
The Beatles No1 hits album when it was released, had sold 3.6 million in its first week and more than 12 million in three weeks.Making it a world record for the fastest selling album ever. | Certified as a Gold Record by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 15, 2000 | | Certified as a Platinum Record by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 15, 2000 | | Certified as a Multi-Platinum (Level 5.0) Record by the Recording Industry Association of America on December 15, 2000 | 1. 'Love Me Do' - when the Fab Four played this live John took lead vocals but on the single, the roles are reversed. It only reached No.17 in the UK! 2. 'From Me To You' - the title was a play on words on the NME letters page called 'From You To Us'. 3. 'She Love You' - was also recorded in German ('Sie Liebt Dich') in an attempt to break the German market. 4. 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' - was The Beatles breakthrough hit in the US reaching No.1 in December 1963 following the rejection of their earlier efforts. 5. 'Can't Buy Me Love' - was recorded in Paris then re-recorded in London. According to George it's still possible to hear the guitar on the quieter French recording underneath the louder English one. 6. 'Hard Day's Night' - took its title from an off the cuff Ringo remark and the film netted eight million dollars in its opening week in the US. 7. 'I Feel Fine' - is one of the first recordings to ever feature feedback. 8. 'Eight Days A Week' - the phrase apparently originates from a conversation Paul had with a chauffeur on the way to John's Weybridge retreat. 9. 'Ticket To Ride' - was inspired by John and Paul's hitch-hiking adventure to visit Paul's cousin Bett and her husband Mike who ran a pub on the Isle Of Wight. 10. 'Help' - commissioned for the movie of the same name, John later admitted it reflected his fragile state of mind at the time. 11. 'Yesterday' - was one of the band's most successful songs but only features Paul and some session musicians. 12.& 13. 'Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out' - 'Day Tripper' was scheduled to be the group's next single until they recorded what they thought was a superior single, 'We Can Work It Out', a few days later. After heated debate, a compromise was reached and it was issued as a double a-side. 14. 'Paperback Writer' - was one of the first singles ever to have a promo film made for it in an attempt by the band to avoid appearances and travelling. According to the band, the complex double tracking vocal on the recorded version caused problems when they played it live.To avoid disappointing fans they would prompt screaming to drown out the PA. 15. 'Yellow Submarine' - the film had hardly any input by the band and features the voices of actors. 16. 'Eleanor Rigby' - Paul claims that he came up with the name in two parts - an Eleanor worked on the Help movie and he spotted Rigby on a shop sign in Bristol. Coincidently a grave stone featured the same name in Woolton Cemetery where John and Paul used to hang out. 17. 'Penny Lane' - was a place in Liverpool where Paul use to change buses on his way to visit John or friends and family. It failed to get to No.1 even though it was a double a-side with 'Strawberry Fields'. 18. 'All You Need Is Love' - was written for the BBC's Our World show - the first global satellite link-up watched live by over 400 million people. 19. 'Hello, Goodbye' - was the biggest selling single since 'She Loves You' and the band recorded a promotional film at the West End's Saville Theatre dressed in the suits they wore on the cover of 'Sergeant Peppers'. 20. 'Lady Madonna' - was the last single released before the creation of the ill-fated Apple Corps in April 1967. 21. 'Hey Jude' - during the recording, George Martin raised concern about the length of the track fearing that DJs wouldn't play it. Allegedly John replied, "they will if it's us." 22. 'Get Back' - was originally the working title of the album that became 'Let It Be'. It was intended as a parody of racist attitudes and started life based on Enoch Powell's speech on Commonwealth immigrants. 23. 'The Ballad Of John and Yoko' - was the band's first stereo single and was recorded by just John and Paul less than a month after their respective marriages to Yoko (March 20) and Linda (March 12). 24. 'Something' - was the first a-side single not to be written by Lennon/McCartney. It was also the only Beatles song Frank Sinatra sang live although he apparently introduced it as his favourite Lennon/McCartney song! 25. 'Come Together' - John wrote this as an affectionate tribute to Chuck Berry but Morris Levy (owner of the copyright) objected to the similarity with one of Berry's song and demanded compensation. According to reports he persuaded John to release an album of rock'n'roll songs only available via mail order through Levy's company. 26. 'Let It Be' - was the last UK single released by The Beatles before they split. 27. 'The Long And Winding Road' - was 'touched-by-the-hand' of Phil Spector who added the chorus of gospel singers without Paul's knowledge. The Beatles achieved 17 No.1 hits on the Record Retailer singles chart between May 1963 and July 1969. In the USA, The Beatles had a total of 20 No.1 singles between February 1964 and June 1970. Full Details Of Each Track's No 1 Status in The UK/USA follows: "From Me To You", 2nd May 1960, 7 Weeks UK
"She Loves You", 12th Sept 1963, 4 Weeks UK
"She Loves You", 28th Nov 1963, 2 Week UK
"I Want To Hold Your Hand", 12th Dec 1963, 5 Weeks UK
"I Want To Hold Your Hand", 1st Feb 1964, 7 Weeks USA
"She Loves You", 21st March 1964, 2 Weeks USA
"Can't Buy Me Love", 2nd April 1964, 3 Weeks UK
"Can't Buy Me Love", 4th April 1964, 5 Weeks USA
"Love Me Do", 30th May 1964, 1 Week USA
"A Hard Day's Night", 23rd July 1964, 3 Weeks UK
"A Hard Day's Night", 1st August 1964, 2 Weeks USA
"I Feel Fine", 10th Dec 1964, 5 Weeks UK
"I Feel Fine", 26th Dec 1964, 3 Weeks USA
"Eight Days A Week", 13th March 1965, 2 Weeks USA
"Ticket To Ride", 22nd April 1965, 3 Weeks UK
"Ticket To Ride", 22nd May 1965, 1 Week USA
"Help!", 5th August 1965, 3 Weeks UK
"Help!", 4th Sept 1965, 3 Weeks USA
"Yesterday", 9th Oct 1965, 4 Weeks USA
"Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out", 16th Dec 1965, 5 Weeks UK
"We Can Work It Out", 8th Jan 1966, 2 Weeks USA
"We Can Work It Out", 29th Jan 1966, 1 Week USA
"Paperback Writer", 23rd June 1966, 2 Weeks UK
"Paperback Writer", 25th June 1966, 1 Week USA
"Paperback Writer", 9th July 1966, 1 Week USA
"Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby", 18th August 1966, 4 Weeks UK
"Penny Lane", 18th March 1967, 1 Week USA
"All You Need Is Love", 19th July 1967, 3 Weeks UK
"All You Need Is Love", 19th August 1967, 1 Week USA
"Hello, Goodbye", 6th Dec 1967, 7 Weeks UK
"Hello, Goodbye", 30th Dec 1967, 3 Weeks USA
"Lady Madonna", 27th March 1968, 2 Weeks UK
"Hey Jude", 11th Sept 1968, 2 Weeks UK
"Hey Jude", 28th Sept 1968, 9 Weeks USA
"Get Back", 23rd April 1969, 6 Weeks UK
"Get Back", 24th May 1969, 5 Weeks USA
"The Ballad Of John And Yoko", 11th June 1969, 3 Weeks UK
"Something/Come Together", 29th Nov 1969, 1 Week USA
"Let It Be", 11th April 1970, 2 Weeks USA
"The Long And Winding Road", 13th June 1970, 2 Weeks USA UK Total Weeks at No.1: 69 Weeks
USA Total Weeks at No. 1: 59 Weeks The Link Below will take you to The Beatles Official Site. Where you will find some really FABTASTIC info stuff on No1 http://www.thebeatles.com/top.html  
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