I Want to Hold Your Hand
The Beatles
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Oh yeah I tell you somethin' I think you'll understand When I say that somethin' I want to hold your hand I want to hold your hand I want to hold your hand Oh please say to me You'll let me be your man And please say to me You'll let me hold your hand Now, let me hold your hand I want to hold your hand And when I touch you I feel happy inside It's such a feelin' that my love I can't hide I can't hide I can't hide Yeah, you got that somethin' I think you'll understand When I say that somethin' I want to hold your hand I want to hold your hand I want to hold your hand And when I touch you I feel happy inside It's such a feelin' that my love I can't hide I can't hide I can't hide Yeah, you got that somethin' I think you'll understand When I feel that somethin' I want to hold your hand I want to hold your hand I want to hold your hand I want to hold your hand
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Written by: John Winston Lennon, Paul James McCartney
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12 facts about this song
Song Release"I Want to Hold Your Hand" was released by The Beatles in November 1963 in the UK and 26th December in the USA.
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Song CompositionJohn Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote the song together. It's one of their many joint compositions.
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Notable AchievementThis song was The Beatles' first number one hit in the United States, kickstarting the British Invasion.
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Recording ProcessThe song was recorded in just 17 takes on 17 October 1963.
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Cultural ImpactWhen "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was playing on the radio, Times magazine reported that the song was "a major event in American show business".
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Noteworthy RecognitionRolling Stone magazine ranked "I Want to Hold Your Hand" as 16 on their list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004.
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Sales AchievementIt went straight to No.1 in the US charts staying there for seven weeks and remained in the US charts for a staggering 15 weeks. By the end of 1964, the single had sold nearly five million copies in the United States.
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Iconic LyricsThe lyrics "I can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide..." was improvised by Lennon during the recording session.
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Recording TechniqueThe song was notably one of the first to be recorded on a four-track machine. This allowed different parts of the song to be recorded separately and then mixed together.
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Repertoire Expansion"I Want to Hold Your Hand" was part of the album "Meet The Beatles!" which was their first album released in the US.
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Unique SongwritingIn the BBC program "The Beatles Anthology," Paul McCartney said that the idea of the song was to write something that was positive and warm. They wanted to convey the feeling of holding a loved one’s hand in a single, simple song.
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Record Breaking"I Want To Hold Your Hand" jumped from no.45 to no.1 in the US Billboard charts within a week, which was a record for the fastest move to the top.
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