It's as if the song was more of a precursor than the actual first heavy metal song. If one stretches the imagination, it's possible to listen to the heavy lead and rhythm guitars and understand what Lennon was saying. The dawn of a new day indeed.One of the most interesting Beatles facts for "Ticket to Ride" is that John Lennon, the sole composer, believed that it was the first heavy metal song. It's fitting, then, to unveil Here Comes The Sun as the most-streamed Beatles track of all time in the UK with a total of 191 million streams to its name. It was the opening track for the last album the Beatles would release as a full band, Abbey Road, and in the session where the song was mixed, it actually represented the final time that all four Beatles would work in the same studio together. ![]() Here Comes The Sun, then, represents a step into the daylight. Written by Harrison in 1969 at the home of his friend Eric Clapton, Here Comes The Sun represented a point in Harrison's life where he was undergoing massive changes he had left The Beatles (although this proved to be short-lived, the band would still splinter and officially part ways the next year), he felt increasingly disillusioned by the commitments required to keep Apple Corps running, and was, understandably, having somewhat of a personal crisis. ![]() But no more, since one song written entirely by Harrison is now, officially, the most-streamed song of the Beatles's entire back catalogue in the UK. Given how monolithic and enshrined in the cultural lexicon the dominance of the Lennon-McCartney writing partnership was, George Harrison's lyrical contributions to the band have often been overlooked. The final single released by the Beatles before McCartney left the band permanently (although both Let It Be, the album of the same name, and The Long And Winding Road would be issues followed Macca's departure), Let It Be serves as a potent post-script to the Beatles's career, which helped to change, shift and in some cases even create facets of pop music that still endure today. Reaching Number 4 in the UK at the time of its original release, Come Together has accumulated 96 million streams in the UK to date, making it the Beatles's third most-streamed song here. Originating in the hiring of Lennon by LSD advocate Timothy Leary to pen a song for a political campaign he was running at the time, Come Together eventually transformed into a brooding, strutting rock song, with Lennon declaring "come together, right now.over me." ![]() Notable for being the first release on The Beatles's own record label, Apple, Hey Jude also holds the distinction of being the most-streamed video by the Fab Four in the UK (more than 10 million video streams). The Beatles song that, if someone put a gun to your head, anyone would probably be able to name, Hey Jude was originally written by Paul McCartney to cheer up Lennon's son, Julian (Lennon had just left his wife and Julian's mother, Cynthia, for Yoko Ono). Today, it's perhaps best known for the scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off where Matthew Broderick lip-syncs to the Fab Four's version of this 60s rockabilly standard, which is a good indicator of why Twist and Shout's streams remain so high (75 million in total). Twist and Shout may have never been a big hit for the Beatles in their native UK, but it peaked at Number 2 in the US, only managing a Number 48 peak on the Official Singles Chart in 2010. ![]() MORE: See where all of The Beatles's singles and albums have charted in the UK 5. With 1.5 million video streams, it's also the most-streamed official music video by the Beatles in a week too.īut before we get to the full Top 40 below, lets take a closer look at the Top 5. This is made all the more special by the fact that Now And Then (with just three days of tracking) is the most-streamed Beatles track, ever, in a week, gaining 3.1 million streams. With the Beatles' 'last' song Now And Then heading to a record-breaking jump to Number 1 in the UK, we thought it was high time that, for the first time ever, the Official Charts Company can reveal the official most-streamed songs of all time by The Beatles in the UK. (It does need to be stated, however, that The Beatles' legacy estate, Apple Corps, resisted change for a long time the band's catalogue didn't join iTunes until 2010 and their full discography was only added to streaming platforms on Christmas Day 2016).
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