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Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles

  • She Loves YouThe Beatles' "She Loves You" sold only about 1,000 copies when first released in the US.
  • Something (Beatles song)The Beatles song "Something" once had a hole in its second line. At a rehearsal being filmed for a documentary, George Harrison could get as far as the words "Attracts me" and no further. John Lennon offered a stand-in phrase, "like a…
  • Roar (song)Katy Perry wrote "Roar" right after therapy sessions. She was tired of keeping feelings inside and not speaking up.
  • Help! (song)John Lennon later called the Beatles' 1965 song Help an unconscious cry for help.
  • Let It Be (song)The Beatles song "Let It Be" debuted at number 6 in 1970, higher than any song before it.
  • Ticket to Ride (song)John Lennon later claimed "Ticket to Ride" was the first heavy metal record ever made.
  • All You Need Is LoveThe Beatles sang "All You Need Is Love" live to over 400 million people in 1967. It linked 25 countries.
  • Paperback WriterPaul McCartney wrote "Paperback Writer" after his Aunt Lil asked why he never wrote about anything but love.
  • The Long and Winding RoadPaul McCartney cited one Beatles song in court as a reason to end the band. It was "The Long and Winding Road."
  • Get BackPolice arrived mid-song as the Beatles played "Get Back" on a London rooftop. Harrison turned the amps back on.
  • I Want to Hold Your HandA 14-year-old girl introduced the Beatles to American radio. Marsha Albert's letter got one song played.
  • Billboard Hot 100In the late 1990s, hit songs led radio airplay for weeks yet never appeared on the Hot 100.
  • Come TogetherIn the finished recording of "Come Together" by the Beatles, John Lennon sings "Shoot me!" and most listeners catch only one of the two words. The engineer Geoff Emerick later suggested the reason. Paul McCartney's bass lands on the word…
  • Golden (Huntrix song)"Golden" is a pop song sung by Ejae, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami, yet the group credited on the record does not exist. Huntrix is a fictional K-pop girl group from the 2025 animated film KPop Demon Hunters, and the three singers voice its…
  • Hey JudeJohn Lennon told Paul McCartney that "Hey Jude" line he wanted to cut was the best in the song. McCartney kept it.
  • I Will SurviveSession musicians had only thirty-five minutes to record "I Will Survive" without knowing its title.
  • Love Me DoRingo Starr arrived to record the Beatles' "Love Me Do" and was handed a tambourine.
  • Penny LanePaul McCartney found the Penny Lane trumpet sound while watching Bach on television.
  • Lucy in the Sky with DiamondsJohn Lennon wrote "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" after his three-year-old son showed him a drawing.
  • The Fate of OpheliaThe Fate of Ophelia, a single by Taylor Swift, became the first song to collect 30 million streams on Spotify in a single day. It borrows its title from a doomed woman in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet, then gives her a rescue where the play…

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