Hits List: Beatles

Don't try to compare the Beatles and Elvis Presley--they both dominated different periods of the Rock Era and are both legends.  Rather, just enjoy their music and know that there will never be anyone like either of those two great acts.  As unbelievable as the Hits List is for the Beatles, keep in mind that there are dozens of other songs that are among their best that were never released as singles.  Look at the first year of worldwide Beatlemania alone--1964--that's the combined careers of four or five pretty good stars.  


Also note the agreement across nations across the globe on most of the Beatles' big hits, and I'm only listing the bigger music markets.  Time and time again, the Beatles hit #1 in virtually every country in the world.  This is unparalleled in music history.  



1961:  "My Bonnie" (#48 U.K., #29 Australia, #5 Germany)
1962:  "Love Me Do" (#17 U.K., #8 Canada, #1 Australia)
1963:  "Please Please Me" (#2 U.K., #52 Australia, #20 Germany)
            "From Me to You" (#1 U.K., #6 Canada, #9 Australia, #9 Norway)
            "She Loves You" (#1 U.K.,#3 Australia, #1 Norway, #12 Germany)
            "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (#1 U.K., #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #1 Germany)
            "Sweet Georgia Brown"





1964:  "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (#1, #1 Canada)
           "I Saw Her Standing There" (#14)--highly underrated song.
           "She Loves You" (#1, #1 Canada)
           "Please Please Me" (#3, #5 in Canada, #36 Australia)
           "From Me to You" (#41, #21 Canada)--underrated song
           "My Bonnie" (My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean)" (#26)      
          "Twist and Shout" (#2, #5 Canada, #5 Australia, #7 Norway, #10 Germany)
           "There's a Place" (#74)
           "Roll Over Beethoven" (#68, #2 Canada, #1 Australia, #2 Norway)
           "All My Loving" (#45, #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #2 Norway, #32 Germany)
           "Can't Buy Me Love" (#1, #1 U.K., #3 Canada, #1 Australia, #3 Norway, #24 Germany)
           "You Can't Do That" (#48, #33 Canada)
           "Do You Want to Know a Secret" (#2, #34 Germany)
           "Thank You Girl" (#35)
           "Love Me Do" (released in North America--#1 and #8 in Canada)        
           "Why" (#88)
           "Four by the Beatles" (four-track EP of "All My Loving", "This Boy", "Roll Over Beethoven" and "Please Mr. Postman"--#92)
           "Sie Liebt Dich" (She Loves You in German) (#97, #20 Canada, #7 Germany)
           "Ain't She Sweet" (#29 U.K.)
           "Sweet Georgia Brown" (re-release in U.S.)
           "Ain't She Sweet" (#19, #16 Australia)
           "A Hard Day's Night" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #2 Germany)
           "I Should Have Known Better" (#53, #1 Australia--underrated
           "And I Love Her" (#12, #15 Canada)--highly underrated song.
           "If I Fell" (#53, #1 Australia)--highly underrated song
           "I'll Cry Instead" (#25, #20 Canada)
           "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" (#95)
           "Matchbox" (#17, #6 Canada)
           "Slow Down" (#25)
           "I Feel Fine" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #3 Germany)
           "She's a Woman" (#4)
           "If I Fell" (U.K. release)





1965:  "Eight Days a Week" (#1, #1 Canada, #7 Germany)
           "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" (#39)
           "4 by the Beatles" (four-track Ep of "Honey Don't", "I'm a Loser", "Mr. Moonlight" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"--#68)
           "Ticket to Ride" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #2 Germany)
            "Yes It Is" (#46)
            "Help!" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #2 Germany)
            "I'm Down"
            "Yesterday" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #2 Australia, #1 Norway, #6 Germany)
            "Act Naturally" (#47)
            "Roll Over Beethoven" (re-release in U.S.)
             "Boys"





1966:  "We Can Work It Out" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #2 Germany)
           "Day Tripper" (#5, #1 U.K.)--underrated
           "Nowhere Man" (#3, #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #3 Germany)
           "What Goes On" (#81)
           "Paperback Writer" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #1 Germany)
           "Rain" (#23, #1 Canada)
           "Yellow Submarine" (#2, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #1 Germany)
           "Eleanor Rigby" (#11, #1 U.K., #1 Canada)--highly underrated.





1967:  "Penny Lane" (#1, #2 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #1 Germany)
           "Strawberry Fields Forever" (#8, #2 U.K., #1 Canada)
           "All You Need Is Love" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #1 Germany)
           "Baby You're a Rich Man" (#34)





1968:  "Hello Goodbye" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #1 Germany)
           "I Am the Walrus" (#56)--underrated
           "Lady Madonna" (#4, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #2 Norway, #2 Germany)
           "The Inner Light" (#96)
            "Hey Jude" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #1 Germany)
            "Revolution" (#12, #1 Canada)--underrated





1969:  "Get Back" (#1, #1 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #1 Germany)
           "Don't Let Me Down" (#35)
           "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (#8, #1 U.K., #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #1 Germany)
           "Come Together" (#1, #4 U.K.)
           "Something" (#3, #4 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #2 Norway, #1 Germany)





1970:  "Let It Be" (#1, #2 U.K., #1 Canada, #1 Australia, #1 Norway, #2 Germany)
           "The Long and Winding Road" (#1, #7 Australia, #1 Canada, #26 Germany)
            "For You Blue" (#4 Canada)
1976:  "Yesterday" (re-release) (#8 U.K., #86 Australia)
             "Got to Get You Into My Life" (#7, #93 Australia, #2 Canada)
              "Back in the U.S.S.R." (re-release) (#19 U.K.)
1977:  "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La Da" (#49, #19 Canada)--underrated
1978:  "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/"With a Little Help From My Friends" (title track from their 1967 album) (#71, #63 U.K., #78 Australia)
1982:  "The Beatles' Movie Medley" (#12, #10 U.K., #33 Australia)
1986:  "Twist and Shout" (re-release)
1995:  "Baby It's You" (#67, #7 U.K., #67 Canada, #33 Australia, #94 Germany)
            "Free As a Bird" (#6, #2 U.K., #6 Canada, #6 Australia, #15 Norway, #15 Germany)
1996:  "Real Love" (#11, #4 U.K., #14 Canada, #6 Australia, #5 Norway, #45 Germany)