The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” reenters the U.K. Physical Singles chart as 1962–1966 returns to the albums list and 1967–1970 climbs. Portrait of British pop group The Beatles (L-R) Paul McCartney, George Harrison (1943 – 2001), Ringo Starr and John Lennon (1940 – 1980) at the BBC Television Studios in London before the start of their world tour, June 17, 1966. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
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In the past several decades, The Beatles have only released one tune. In 2023, the remaining two members, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, reunited and used artificial intelligence to clean up recordings made by John Lennon and George Harrison before their passings to complete “Now and Then,” which was touted as the group’s final single. Ever since, “Now and Then” has largely remained on at least one chart in the United Kingdom.
During some weeks, The Beatles have managed to claim several hits at once, including the current one. The pop-rockers fill multiple spaces on U.K.-based songs rankings and even see one tune return. The same can be said for albums rosters, as The Beatles have multiple titles on several different lists, and one project also manages a comeback, making this one of the biggest frames for the Grammy-winning act in some time.
“I Want to Hold Your Hand” Returns to a Chart
“I Want to Hold Your Hand” is the only comeback hit from The Beatles this week in the U.K. The track, one of the group’s earliest and most famous, rebounds onto the Official Physical Singles chart at No. 92. That tally ranks only the top-selling individual cuts in the nation that are released on a format fans can purchase and hold — usually CD or vinyl, though cassettes are also eligible.
“I Want to Hold Your Hand” has spent 24 weeks on the Official Physical Singles chart and has missed out on becoming a No. 1 for the band by just one spot.
“I’ll Get You,” “All My Loving,” and “Now and Then”
The Beatles have four songs charting in the U.K. at the moment, and all of them appear on the Official Physical Singles ranking. “I’ll Get You,” “All My Loving,” and “Now and Then” drop from where they sat last time around, dipping to Nos. 41, 69, and 80, respectively. The first of that bunch also appears on the Official Vinyl Singles tally, backtracking from No. 13 to No. 30.
1962–1966 and 1967–1970
As is usually the case, two connected compilations from The Beatles continue to perform well enough to appear on multiple rankings. 1962–1966 reenters the Official Albums chart — the list of the 100 most-consumed projects — at No. 94. Its sister project 1967–1970 improves more than 10 spaces to No. 52.
Both of those sets, which feature singles the band released during the years named, live on the Official Albums Streaming chart, and neither finds space on any sales roster. On the streaming list, 1967–1970 climbs to No. 46, while 1962–1966 moves up to No. 78.