20 Greatest Hits

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20 Greatest Hits
Greatest hits by The Beatles
Released	October 11, 1982 (US) October 18, 1982 (UK)
Recorded	Abbey Road 1962–1970
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	56:08 (UK) 58:59 (US)
Label	Capitol SV 12245 (US) Parlophone PCTC 260 (UK)
Producer(s)	George Martin
Professional reviews
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The Beatles chronology
Reel Music (1982)	20 Greatest Hits (1982)	Past Masters, Volume One (1988)

20 Greatest Hits was a compilation album featuring a selection of songs by The Beatles that were number ones in the UK and US. It has effectively been superseded by the compilation album 1 released in 2000.

20 Greatest Hits was released to mark the 20th Anniversary of The Beatles' first record release, "Love Me Do", in the UK in 1962; it was the last Beatles album to be released with variations in the US and UK versions (because some Beatle hits in the US weren't released as singles in the UK, such as "Eight Days A Week" and "Yesterday"). For the album, a five minute edited version of "Hey Jude" was used due to time constraints. This edited version dates from 1968 when it was created for use by Capitol Records on the 4-inch flexi "Pocket Discs" that were sold in vending machines during the period.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 US edition 1.1.1 Side one 1.1.2 Side two 1.2 UK edition 1.2.1 Side one 1.2.2 Side two

[edit] Track listing

• All songs written by Lennon-McCartney.

[edit] US edition

[edit] Side one

1. "She Loves You"
2. "Love Me Do"
3. "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
4. "Can't Buy Me Love"
5. "A Hard Day's Night"
6. "I Feel Fine"
7. "Eight Days A Week"
8. "Ticket To Ride"
9. "Help!"
10. "Yesterday"
11. "We Can Work It Out"
12. "Paperback Writer"

[edit] Side two

1. "Penny Lane"
2. "All You Need Is Love"
3. "Hello, Goodbye"
4. "Hey Jude"
5. "Get Back"
6. "Come Together"
7. "Let It Be"
8. "The Long and Winding Road"

[edit] UK edition

[edit] Side one

1. "Love Me Do"
2. "From Me To You"
3. "She Loves You"
4. "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
5. "Can't Buy Me Love"
6. "A Hard Day's Night"
7. "I Feel Fine"
8. "Ticket To Ride"
9. "Help!"
10. "Day Tripper"

[edit] Side two

1. "We Can Work It Out"
2. "Paperback Writer"
3. "Yellow Submarine"
4. "Eleanor Rigby"
5. "All You Need Is Love"
6. "Hello, Goodbye"
7. "Lady Madonna"
8. "Hey Jude"
9. "Get Back"
10. "The Ballad of John and Yoko"

The Beatles
John Lennon | Paul McCartney | George Harrison | Ringo Starr Pete Best | Stuart Sutcliffe
Management
Brian Epstein | Allen Klein | Neil Aspinall | Apple Records
Production
George Martin | Geoff Emerick | Norman Smith | Phil Spector | Abbey Road Studios | Jeff Lynne
Official studio albums
Please Please Me (1963) | With the Beatles (1963) | A Hard Day's Night (1964) | Beatles for Sale (1964) | Help! (1965) | Rubber Soul (1965) | Revolver (1966)  | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) | Magical Mystery Tour (1967) | The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) | Yellow Submarine (1969) | Abbey Road (1969) | Let It Be (1970)
Filmography
A Hard Day's Night (1964) | Help! (1965) | Magical Mystery Tour (1967) | Yellow Submarine (1968) | Let It Be (1970)
Related articles
Line-ups | Bootlegs | Discography | Love (Cirque du Soleil) | Lennon/McCartney | Anthology | Influence | The Quarrymen | London | Beatlemania | Fifth Beatle | Paul is dead | British Invasion | Apple Corps | Northern Songs | Yoko Ono | Billy Preston | Tony Sheridan | Jimmy Nicol
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