The Beatles - I Want To Hold Your Hand (2024 Glider Mix)
SIDE
A
-
I
WANT
TO
HOLD
YOUR
HAND
(Lennon-McCartney)
SIDE
B
-
THIS
BOY
(Lennon-McCartney)
Original
Release
Date:
11/29/1963
-
U.K.
(Parlophone)
12/26/1963
-
U.S.
(Capitol)
2024
stereo
mix.
Hit
No.
1
on
the
U.K.
Singles
Chart
on
December
12th,
1963,
and
maintained
its
position
for
five
weeks.
Hit
No.
1
on
the
Billboard
Hot
100
on
February
1st,
1964,
and
maintained
its
position
for
seven
weeks,
staying
in
the
charts
for
another
eight
weeks.
Additionally
went
No.
1
in
another
six
countries.
With
"I
Want
To
Hold
Your
Hand,"
anticipation
and
excitement
swept
through
the
United
Kingdom,
where
The
Beatles
had
released
"From
Me
To
You"
and
"She
Loves
You"
to
massive
commercial
acclaim.
With
over
a
million
advance
orders,
the
single
would
have
reached
number
one
immediately
upon
its
November
29th,
1963
release,
if
"She
Loves
You"
hadn't
returned
to
the
No.
1
spot
due
to
their
intense
media
coverage.
The
rolling
barrage
of
The
Beatles'
success
eventually
allowed
"I
Want
To
Hold
Your
Hand"
to
claim
the
top
spot
on
the
U.K.
singles
chart
on
December
12th,
1963.
As
the
group's
popularity
began
to
take
shape
across
the
Atlantic,
Capitol
Records
was
forced
to
release
the
single
themselves
after
their
previous
singles
were
relegated
to
smaller
labels
such
as
Vee-Jay
and
Swan.
Released
on
December
26th,
1963,
in
the
United
States
and
backed
by
"I
Saw
Her
Standing
There,"
early
radio
play
further
fueled
anticipation.
The
single
quickly
and
steadily
climbed
the
charts
in
January
1964,
culminating
in
the
Ed
Sullivan
Show
appearance
on
U.S.
television,
and
claimed
the
No.
1
spot
on
February
1st,
1964.
Beatlemania
had
officially
gone
global.
"I
Want
To
Hold
Your
Hand"
is
The
Beatles'
highest-selling
single
worldwide
with
over
7
million
units
as
of
2024.
It
was
their
second
best-selling
single
in
the
U.K.
and
began
the
all-time
record
of
seven
No.
1
songs
by
the
same
artist
in
a
one-year
period
(1964).