The Beatles' Million Sellers

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The Beatles' Million Sellers
Extended Play by The Beatles

Publication
(s)

December 6, 1965

admission

1963-1964

Label (s) Parlophone

Format (s)

EP on vinyl and CD

Genre (s)

Rock, pop

Title (number)

4th

running time

9 min 29 s

occupation

production

George Martin

Studio (s)

EMI Studios , London

chronology
Beatles for Sale (No. 2)
(1965) 		The Beatles' Million Sellers Yesterday
(1966)

The Beatles' Million Sellers ( English million sales of the Beatles ) is an EP released on December 6, 1965 by the British rock band The Beatles . It was the Beatles' tenth EP to be released on Parlophone (catalog number GEP 8946). All four titles on the EP were single hits in Great Britain, each of which sold more than a million times there. The EP was only released in mono .

background

The EP The Beatles' Million Sellers was released three days after the release of the album Rubber Soul and the single We Can Work It Out  / Day Tripper and was a compilation EP containing four single A-pages, of which Britain sold over a million copies each:

  1. She Loves You: 1,600,000 copies
  2. I Want to Hold Your Hand: 1,500,000 copies
  3. Can't Buy Me Love: 1,250,000 copies
  4. I Feel Fine: 1,000,000 copies

The fifth British million seller A Hard Day's Night was not selected for the EP ; the single We Can Work It Out  / Day Tripper should also sell more than a million copies in the UK.

On December 11, 1965, the EP entered the UK EP charts; Overall, The Beatles' Million Sellers stayed in the EP charts for 26 weeks and reached number 1. The EP could not place in the British singles charts.

The original plan was to release an EP called Golden Discs in 1964 , which would contain Beatles hits. A publication was not realized, but the title Golden Discs was erroneously printed on the label of the first edition of the EP The Beatles' Million Sellers .

Cover design

The cover photo was taken by Robert Whitaker.

Track list

page 1

  1. She Loves You (Lennon / McCartney) - 2:23
    • Recorded July 1, 1963. Sung by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
  2. I Want to Hold Your Hand (Lennon / McCartney) - 2:28
    • Recorded October 17, 1963. Sung by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Page 2

  1. Can't Buy Me Love (Lennon / McCartney) - 2:16
    • Recorded on January 29, 1964 in Paris at the EMI Pathe Marconi studios. Sung by Paul McCartney.
  2. I Feel Fine (Lennon / McCartney) - 2:22
    • Recorded October 18, 1964. Sung by John Lennon.

Re-releases

The EP The Beatles' Million Sellers was pressed into the 1970s. In December 1981, the EP was released as part of the The Beatles EPs Collection box set , which included all UK EPs. On May 26, 1992, this set was released with the slightly changed title The Beatles Compact Disc EP. Collection as CD edition.

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