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Number-one singles in Australia

  • 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.
  • Let It Be (song)The Beatles song "Let It Be" debuted at number 6 in 1970, higher than any song before it.
  • Bohemian RhapsodyKenny Everett promised not to play Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and then played it fourteen times in two days.
  • Paperback WriterPaul McCartney wrote "Paperback Writer" after his Aunt Lil asked why he never wrote about anything but love.
  • Get BackPolice arrived mid-song as the Beatles played "Get Back" on a London rooftop. Harrison turned the amps back on.
  • Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-DaA recording engineer quit the Beatles after fights over "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da."
  • Strawberry Fields ForeverTwo different recordings of "Strawberry Fields Forever" were spliced into one with scissors and tape machines.
  • I Want to Hold Your HandA 14-year-old girl introduced the Beatles to American radio. Marsha Albert's letter got one song played.
  • 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.
  • Love Me DoRingo Starr arrived to record the Beatles' "Love Me Do" and was handed a tambourine.
  • Mull of Kintyre (song)Insects nearly ruined the open-air recording of "Mull of Kintyre." The song still became a UK record seller.
  • Penny LanePaul McCartney found the Penny Lane trumpet sound while watching Bach on television.
  • 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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