The Beatles' Movie Medley

"The Beatles' Movie Medley" is a compilation of snippets from various Beatles 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, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine and Let It Be.

"The Beatles' Movie Medley"
Single by the Beatles
B-side	"Fab Four On Film" (early copies) "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
Released	22 March 1982 (US) 24 May 1982 (UK)
Recorded	1964–1969 EMI, London
Genre	Rock
Length	4:01
Label	Capitol (US) Parlophone (UK)
Songwriter(s)	Lennon-McCartney
Producer(s)	George Martin, Phil Spector
The Beatles singles chronology
"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends" (1978) "The Beatles' Movie Medley" (1982) "Baby It's You" (1995)

Songs

The songs included in the medley are "Magical Mystery Tour", "All You Need Is Love", "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away", "I Should Have Known Better", "A Hard Day's Night", "Ticket to Ride", and "Get Back". 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" reached no. 4 in the UK in 1982.)

Issue

Capitol Records first issued the single in conjunction with the album Reel Music and was inspired by the success of the "Stars On 45 Medley", a recording which included numerous Beatles songs sung by a John Lennon sound-alike. The song was released in the US as Capitol B-5107 on 22 March 1982.^[1]

Parlophone Records 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" on the flip side.

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1982) Peak position Australian Kent Music Report[2] 33 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[3] 35 Canada RPM Top Singles[4] 16 Ireland (IRMA)[5] 12 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 24 UK Singles (OCC)[7] 10 US Billboard Hot 100[8] 12 US Billboard Adult Contemporary[9] 15 US Cash Box Top 100[10] 14

Year-end charts Chart (1982) Rank U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[11] 82 U.S. Cash Box Top 100[12] 86

References

1. Record World, 10 April 1982, page 12
2. Kent, David (2005). Australian Chart Book (1940–1969). Turramurra: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-44439-5.
3. "The Beatles – The Beatles Movie Medley" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
4. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 8 May 1982. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
5. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Beatles Movie Medley". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
6. "The Beatles – The Beatles Movie Medley" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
8. "The Beatles Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
9. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 25.
10. Hoffmann, Frank (1983). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950-1981. Metuchen, NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 32–34.
11. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
12. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1982". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 8 July 2015.

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)