1964 I Want to Hold Your Hand is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded in October 1963, it was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track equipment. With advance orders exceeding one million copies in the United Kingdom, I Want to Hold Your Hand would have gone straight to the top of the British record charts on its day of release had it not been blocked by the groups first million seller She Loves You, their previous UK single, which was having a resurgence of popularity following intense media coverage of the group. Taking two weeks, I Want to Hold Your Hand stayed at number one for five weeks and remained in the UK top fifty for twenty-one weeks. It was also the groups first American number one, entering the Billboard Hot 100 chart on January 18th 1964 at number forty-five and starting the British invasion of the American music industry. By February 1st it held the number-one spot, and stayed there for seven weeks before being replaced by She Loves You, a reverse scenario of what had occurred in Britain. It remained on the US charts for a total of fifteen weeks. I Want to Hold Your Hand became the Beatles best-selling single worldwide.
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