Most Successful Beatles Single Ever?

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Chuck The DJ

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Without looking it up... what do you think?

I am reading a book about them and I know.... but tell me what you think off the top of your head.... what is the most successful Beatles single ever?
 
Define "most successful".

If you mean most sales, I am guessing it is "Free As A Bird" simply because it was the one that came out when sales were monitored better and more people were buying music.
 
Kirby--- STOP IT!!! LOL

Patrick... in the book I am reading it just says "the most successful Beatles single ever".. it did give a sales amount and some time frame, but I don't want to post it as not to give a hint... but I will tell all tomorrow, unless everyone yells at me...

again, no peeking on the internet! LOL
 
"Hard Days Night"
 
Hey Jude is and remains the most successful Beatles single ever released.

It was actually written by Paul McCartney and was entitled "Hey Jules"

He wrote it for John Lennon's son, Julian, to comfort him over the breakup of his parents in divorce.
 
Without searching the Internet.... I would say I Wanna Hold Your Hand. This was a big hit for the Beatles.

Hey Jude held the record for the longest single until Don McLean's American Pie came along in 1972. American Pie took up both sides of a 45 single. :)
 
It is probably Hey Jude which charted longer than any other song of theirs. But Chuck, it's time to give it up, please, its past my bedtime and I have to know.:sqbiggrin:
 
Ok,,, just for Brian who is in bed by now, but just in case.... Many of you were right...

according to the book "A Hard Day's Write" by Steve Turner,,, Hey Jude was the most successful Beatles' single ever. It topped the charts around the world and BEFORE the end of 1967, over 5 million copies had been sold....Julian was 5 years old at the time.

Steve was right and I guess most of us know that it was written for John's son Julian at the time when John and his mom Cynthia were going through the divorce.

He started writing and singing "Hey Julian and that became Jules, but changed it to Jude because "I thought that sounded like a stronger name" (Paul)...
 
I'm back. Couldn't sleep. I've been tossin and turnin for the last 30 minutes.

Isn't Hey Jude one of the longest songs ever recorded. Wasn't it like 8 minutes long or more?
 
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