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' songs. It reached number 1 in the Netherlands on February 21, 1981; number 2 in the UK on May 9, 1981; and number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on June 20, 1981. In the US, the single also peaked at number 18 on the dance chart. In the US, the song's one-week stay at the top of the ''Hot 100'' interrupted the

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titled "Let's Do It in the 80s Great Hits" credited to a Canadian group called Passion (though the snippets of songs were taken from the original recordings). He found singers who sounded similar to

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and decided to make the single focus on The Beatles. The Beatles medley was later extended to a full 16-minute album side. It appeared on the Stars on 45's first full-length release, '' Long Play Album'' (US title: ''Stars on Long Play''; UK title: ''Stars on 45 - The Album''). The album version of the song moved "Venus" and "Sugar Sugar" to Side Two into a different medley, and added several more Beatles songs as well as a 32-second instrumental extract from

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", for a total length of about 15 minutes. The album version was released as '' Long Play Album'' in the Netherlands, and retitled ''Stars on Long Play'' in the US and ''Stars on 45 — The Album'' in the UK. A detailed listing of the source material can be found in the '' Long Play Album'' article. The song also became a huge success in the UK where it kicked off a craze for medleys, with a large number of records in the ''Stars on 45'' mould reaching the UK Top 40 in 1981. For example,

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recorded "Holliedaze", a medley of some of their previous hits, which reached 28 on the UK charts with

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briefly rejoining the group in September 1981 to promote the record. Likewise, in the US the song started a medley craze that lasted for about a year and introduced not only other medleys by Stars on 45, but medleys by the Beatles themselves,

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and His Manhattan Swing Orchestra, as well as others.

Track listing

7" single

;Side one "Stars on 45" (Medley - 7" Mix) - 4:48 (US: - 4:05) *"Stars on 45" (Eggermont, Duiser - omitted on the US version) *"

" (Van Leeuwen) *"

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" (Kim, Barry) *" No Reply" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *" Drive My Car" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *" Nowhere Man" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *"Stars on 45" (Eggermont, Duiser) * Includes uncredited musical references to

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" ;Side two "Stars on 45" (Theme - 7" Mix) (Eggermont, Duiser) - 3:30 * Includes uncredited musical references to

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song, written by the band's

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and later covered by Tom Jones and

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. Only the opening guitar riff is used in the medley. "

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and Andy Kim). The next eight songs are Beatles songs (written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney). An extended version of the "Stars on 45" intro and finale was put on the flip side of the single.

12" single

;Side one "Stars on 45" 11:30 (US: 10:15) *"Stars on 45" (Eggermont, Duiser) *"

" (Greenberg) *"

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" (van Leeuwen) *"

" (Kim, Barry) *" No Reply" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *" Drive My Car" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *" Nowhere Man" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *" Sherry Baby" (Shye & Gizmo) *"

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" (Everly, Everly) *"

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's "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" and Sparkle Tuhran & Friends’ “Handsome Man” ;Side two "Stars on 45" (Theme - 12" Mix) (Eggermont, Duiser) - 6:18 * Includes uncredited musical references to

's "Funkytown" and

' "Video Killed the Radio Star"

"Stars on 45 Medley 2"

The success of the single in North America even resulted in Radio Records rush-releasing a second single for the US market. The last four minutes of the album version of the Beatles medley ("Good Day Sunshine"/"My Sweet Lord"/"Here Comes the Sun"/"While My Guitar Gently Weeps"/"Taxman"/"A Hard Day's Night"/"Things We Said Today"/"If I Fell"/"You Can't Do That"/"Please Please Me"/"I Want to Hold Your Hand"/"Stars on 45") was released under the title "Stars on 45 Medley 2" but peaked at No. 67 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The second Beatles medley single was not released in the Netherlands or any other parts of the world.

1989 remix

The Beatles medley was remixed and re-released in a

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version in Europe in 1989 under the title "Stars on '89 Remix", then featuring an alternate selection of Beatles tracks taken from the album version of the medley, coupled with a new "Stars on 45" theme called "Rock the House". The single was remixed and reproduced by Danny van Passel and Rutti Kroese and released on the Red Bullet label as a 7", 12" and CD single, all formats backed with an extended version of the "Rock the House" theme.

Track listings

Radio version - 4:01 *"Rock the House" (van Passel, van Passel, Kroese) *"Stars on 45" (Eggermont, Duiser) *"Rock the House" (van Passel, van Passel, Kroese) *" A Hard Day's Night" (Lennon, McCartney) *" Nowhere Man" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *" No Reply" (Lennon, McCartney) *"Rock the House" (van Passel, van Passel, Kroese) *"

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" (Harrison) *" Ticket to Ride" (Lennon, McCartney) *" Drive My Car" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *"Rock the House" (van Passel, van Passel, Kroese) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *"Rock the House" (van Passel, van Passel, Kroese) Extended version - 6:17 *"Rock the House" (van Passel, van Passel, Kroese) *"Stars on 45" (Eggermont, Duiser) *"Rock the House" (van Passel, van Passel, Kroese) *" A Hard Day's Night" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

Please Please Me ''Please Please Me'' is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Produced by George Martin, it was released on EMI's Parlophone label on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom, following the success of the band's first two sin ...

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" (Lennon, McCartney) *" Ticket to Ride" (Lennon, McCartney) *" Drive My Car" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *"Rock the House" (van Passel, van Passel, Kroese) *" Nowhere Man" (Lennon, McCartney) *"

" (Lennon, McCartney) *" No Reply" (Lennon, McCartney) *"Rock the House" (van Passel, van Passel, Kroese) *"

" (Harrison) *"Rock the House" (van Passel, van Passel, Kroese) *"

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" (Lennon, McCartney) *"Rock the House" (van Passel, van Passel, Kroese)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Other versions

* In 2006, the

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released an updated version of "Stars on 45", but the medleys were not included. * In 2011, "Stars on 45" was given the

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treatment, with the single released as "45". This version also leaves out the medleys.

Parodies

A parody of "Stars on 45," entitled "Stars Over 45," was done by

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. It was a hit in the UK, where it reached No. 21 in early 1982. " Maoris on 45" (1982), a song inspired by the "Stars on 45" concept but instead featuring popular traditional

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set to guitar, was a hit in

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has regularly included polka medleys of popular hits on most of his albums. The tradition began as a parody of "Stars on 45" (billed as "

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s on 45") on Yankovic's second album ''

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References

Bibliography

*Bronson, Fred. ''The Billboard Book of Number One Hits''. New York. Billboard Books, 2003.

Sources and external links

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