Talk:1 (The Beatles album)

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Are the sales figues US or worldwide?

[edit] "Strawberry Fields Forever"

I heard somewhere that 'Strawberry Fields Forever' was a number one song, but was left off the album for lack of space. Can anyone confirm this? --Gabriel Beecham/Kwekubo 23:32, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

'Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever' was prevented from getting to number one in the UK by Engelbert Humperdinck's 'Please Release Me'.

That's correct. And on the Billboard chart in the United States, the songs on double-A side singles were counted separately until 1969 (the change bumped "Something"/"Come Together" to the top). "Penny Lane" reached #1, while "Strawberry Fields Forever" did not. --Jordon Kalilich 16:04, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not all the no. 1 hits

the information in this article is incorrect. THere are a few songs that went to no.1 in UK or US that areen't on this album such as "Please Please me" and 'for you blue'

The universally considered "official" charts from Billboard magazine in the US and Record Retailer magazine in the UK were used to compile this CD. EVERY track on this CD is every #1 Beatle song on the Billboard and/or Record Retailer charts. So there. Steelbeard1 12:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

But, as stated above, double A-sides like "Come Together/Something" were counted as one "hit" in Billboard charts after 1969 - so why isn't "For You Blue" the 28th track on this compilation (ignoring for a moment the 80-minute limit of audio CDs and the maudlin conclusion afforded by "The Long and Winding Road")? BotleySmith 20:47, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

"For You Blue" was the B-side to "The Long and Winding Road" so the "every # 1 US and UK" hit statement stands. Steelbeard1 20:56, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Really? It's right there on the chart listing. BotleySmith 21:02, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

WAS there. The correction was made in the above cited article. Steelbeard1 21:33, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Why? It's here too. BotleySmith 22:25, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

That was also incorrect and that Wikipedia article was corrected as well. Also, check out [1] Steelbeard1 22:43, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

Both pages have been reverted, and the #1 position still stands on The Beatles discography: check Fred Bronson's book, Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits, 5th Edition for confirmation. Whether this was officially an A-side or not, it charted as such. BotleySmith 23:51, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

As Capitol Records did not give the single double-A-sided status, the statement still stands. Steelbeard1 13:54, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Biggest Selling Album

The article says "...only beaten by Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which is the second best-selling album of the UK ever". According to Edition 18 of Guinness World Records' British Hit Singles & Albums: "Their Album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' is the biggest seller ever in the UK". Has this record been broken since the publication of the book in 2005? -- Mickraus (talk) 15:51, 19 January 2008 (UTC)