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"The Beatles Movie Medley" was a compilation of snippets from various Beatles songs. It remains, to date, the only Beatles single not released on CD. The single peaked at #12 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #7 on the British charts in 1982. The songs were chosen from the four Beatles movies (A Hard Day's Night, Help!, Yellow Submarine, and Let It Be) and the TV special, Magical Mystery Tour. 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".
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 song which included numerous Beatles songs with a lead vocalist who sounded like John Lennon. The song was released in the US as Capitol B-5107.
Parlophone Records initially refused to issue the single in the UK, regarding the medley as "tacky". But after the import demand for the US release grew, it was finally issued as Parlophone R6055. The original flip side was an interview with The Beatles about the making of the movie A Hard Day's Night. Later, it came out with "I'm Happy Just to Dance with You." The single with the former flip side is considered quite rare and valuable.
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1962: Love Me Do | 1963: Please Please Me, From Me to You, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine | 1965: Ticket to Ride, Help!, Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out | 1966: Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine | 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye | 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude | 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together | 1970: Let It Be
1976: Yesterday, Back in the USSR | 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends | 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley, Love Me Do (reissue) | 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird | 1996: Real Love
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1962: P.S. I Love You | 1963: Ask Me Why, Thank You Girl, I'll Get You, This Boy | 1964: You Can't Do That, Things We Said Today, She's a Woman | 1965: Yes It Is, I'm Down | 1966: Rain | 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus | 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution | 1969: Old Brown Shoe | 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number)
1976: I Should Have Known Better, Twist and Shout | 1978: A Day in the Life | 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, P.S. I Love You (reissue) | 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, Christmas Time (Is Here Again) | 1996: Baby's in Black
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1963: I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I'll Cry Instead, And I Love Her, Matchbox, I Feel Fine | 1965: Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, Help!, Yesterday, We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper | 1966: Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine | 1967: Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye | 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude | 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together | 1970: Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road
1976: Got to Get You into My Life, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends | 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley | 1986: Twist and Shout | 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird | 1996: Real Love
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1963: I Saw Her Standing There | 1964: You Can't Do That, I Should Have Known Better, I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, If I Fell, Slow Down, She's a Woman | 1965: I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, Yes It Is, I'm Down, Act Naturally | 1966: What Goes On, Rain | 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus | 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution | 1969: Old Brown Shoe | 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number), For You Blue
1976: Helter Skelter, Julia | 1978: A Day in the Life | 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You | 1986: There's a Place | 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, I Saw Her Standing There / This Boy / Christmas Time (Is Here Again) | 1996: Baby's in Black / Yellow Submarine / Here, There and Everywhere
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