"Strawberry Fields Forever" was part of a double A-side single with "Penny Lane", which reached the top spot in Melody Maker and peaked at number 2 in the other UK charts, behind Engelbert Humperdinck's "Release Me". The former was the Beatles' first UK number one single in all British charts except Record Retailer, reaching the top spot in the music magazines New Musical Express, Melody Maker and Disc. Two singles written by John Lennon and released in both the UK and US were omitted as they did not top either the Record Retailer chart or the Billboard Hot 100: "Please Please Me" and "Strawberry Fields Forever".
"Day Tripper" was included on 1 since it charted at number 1 in the UK as a double A-side with "We Can Work It Out", while in the US, only "We Can Work It Out" was number 1. Despite Harrison's "For You Blue" charting at number 1 on Billboard, along with the A-side "The Long and Winding Road", Capitol Records treated "For You Blue" as strictly a B-side and did not promote it as an A-side. The album contains the 27 Beatles songs that went to number one in the United Kingdom on the Record Retailer Top 50 chart or in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. ġ was compiled by producer George Martin and former band members Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. 1 was remastered and reissued in September 2011, and was remixed and reissued again in several different deluxe editions in November 2015, the most comprehensive of which is a three-disc set entitled 1+, which includes video discs of the band's promotional films.Īs of June 2015, 1 was the sixth best-selling album of the 21st century in the UK, having sold over 3.1 million copies. In addition, 1 is the fourth best-selling album in the US since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking US album sales in January 1991 and the best-selling album of the 2000s decade in the US, as well as the best-selling album of the decade worldwide. 1 was a commercial success and topped charts worldwide. Issued on the 30th anniversary of the band's break-up, it was their first compilation available on only one CD. The album features virtually every number-one single the band achieved in the United Kingdom and United States from 1962 to 1970.
Oh, how I long back to the old days, when the vinyl edition of "1" came with a free poster for everyone, "featuring the covers of the Beatles singles".ġ is a compilation album by the English rock band the Beatles, originally released on 13 November 2000. There are only 250 of these high quality prints and are exclusive to order from each of the US, European and Japanese official Beatles stores. They have also produced a limited edition, numbered lithograph print featuring the covers of the Beatles singles. At the official Beatles store you can order your CD in a special edition bundle, with an exclusive custom design T-shirt. The album is also available as a CD with the remastered audio recordings in a new digipak case. The Beatles' "1" album from 2000 has been released in remastered form on iTunes. In addition, the remastered 1 album will also be released on CD with updated packaging on September 13th, 2011. And, as all of The Beatles’ albums have finally been released digitally on iTunes, 1 made its debut last week and quickly went to number one on many global iTunes charts, including the U.S., Mexico, Canada, and Japan.
The Beatles’ 1 is the world’s best selling album of the last decade, compiling all of the fab-four’s number one singles on to one album.