"The Beatles' Movie Medley" is a compilation of snippets from various

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songs. The single peaked at No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and No. 10 on the British charts in 1982. The songs were chosen from the Beatles' films, '' A Hard Day's Night'', ''

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'', ''

Magical Mystery Tour ''Magical Mystery Tour'' is a record by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a double EP in the United Kingdom and an LP in the United States. It includes the soundtrack to the 1967 television film of the same name. The EP ...

'', '' Yellow Submarine'' and ''

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Songs

The songs included in the medley are "

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All You Need Is Love "All You Need Is Love" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in July 1967. It was written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The song was Britain's contribution t ...

", "

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written and sung by John Lennon (though credited to Lennon–McCartney) and released on the album ''Help!'' in August 1965. Composition and recording Len ...

", "

I Should Have Known Better "I Should Have Known Better" is a song by English rock band the Beatles composed by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and originally issued on '' A Hard Day's Night'', their soundtrack for the film of the same name released on 10 J ...

", " A Hard Day's Night", " Ticket to Ride", and "

Get Back "Get Back" is a song recorded by the British rock band the Beatles and Billy Preston, and written by Paul McCartney though credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. It was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to ...

". The medley was the first of two singles charting both in the US and the UK in the 1980s credited to the group (the other being a recharting of "Twist and Shout" in 1986). ("

Love Me Do "Love Me Do" is the official debut single by the English rock band the Beatles, backed by " P.S. I Love You". When the single was originally released in the United Kingdom on 5 October 1962, it peaked at number 17. It was released in the United ...

" reached no. 4 in the UK in 1982.)

Issue

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first issued the single in conjunction with the album '' Reel Music'' and was inspired by the success of the "

Stars On 45 Medley "Stars on 45" is a song medley issued in January 1981 by Dutch studio group Stars on 45. In some countries, including the UK, Ireland and New Zealand, the band was credited as 'Starsound' and only the medley itself was named "Stars on 45". Its ...

", a recording which included numerous Beatles songs sung by a

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. The song was released in the US as Capitol B-5107 on 22 March 1982.Record World, 10 April 1982, page 12

Parlophone Records Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German–British record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 19 ...

initially refused to issue the single in the United Kingdom, regarding the medley as "tacky". But after the import demand for the US release grew, it was finally issued as Parlophone R 6055. The original flip side was an interview with The Beatles about the making of the movie ''A Hard Day's Night''. It was later re-released with "

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and recorded in 1964 by the English rock band the Beatles for the film soundtrack to ''A Hard Day's Night''. Lead vocals are by George Harrison, whose perfo ...

" on the flip side.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links

The Beatles' Movie Medley
at Discogs ("Fab Four On Film" as B-side)
The Beatles' Movie Medley
at Discogs ("I'm Happy Just To Dance With You" as B-side) {{DEFAULTSORT:Beatles Movie Medley, The 1982 songs 1982 singles The Beatles songs Music medleys Parlophone singles Song recordings produced by George Martin Song recordings produced by Phil Spector Songs written by Lennon–McCartney Capitol Records singles