1963 Songs: I Want to Hold Your Hand
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (82106)
United States
April 10, 2023 10:29am CST
And now, ladies and gentlemen, you see what sixty years have done to us. This song is now the big six-oh. OH! That’s not meant to make your back hurt (although it probably does…I know mine does 
); rather, to point out the lasting power of music. Sing along.
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The other day I mentioned that Capitol Records turned down the song “He’s So Fine” because it was too simple and trite. Then along came the Beatles with this (and “She Loves You”) and they realized just how well “simple” and “trite” sells.
No, this isn’t “Yesterday,” “Let It Be,” or any of the later Beatles classics. But, as I said with the Stones, they all started somewhere.
And, let’s face it, people who weren’t born 20 years ago (never mind 60 years) know this song.
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Recorded by The Beatles
Released as a single, 1963
And when I touch you I feel happy inside:
); rather, to point out the lasting power of music. Sing along.
I Want to Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
The other day I mentioned that Capitol Records turned down the song “He’s So Fine” because it was too simple and trite. Then along came the Beatles with this (and “She Loves You”) and they realized just how well “simple” and “trite” sells.
No, this isn’t “Yesterday,” “Let It Be,” or any of the later Beatles classics. But, as I said with the Stones, they all started somewhere.
And, let’s face it, people who weren’t born 20 years ago (never mind 60 years) know this song.
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Recorded by The Beatles
Released as a single, 1963
And when I touch you I feel happy inside:
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@RebeccasFarm (91202)
• United States
10 Apr 23
I had this and every other Beatle record, album
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@RebeccasFarm (91202)
• United States
10 Apr 23
@JamesHxstatic I can understand why you would keep them til last James.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Apr 23
I still have most of their albums in a shelf here. I'm selling some LPs on Discogs, but not theirs yet.
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@RasmaSandra (93101)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Apr 23
I have heard this song in Latvian, German, and English and loved it a lot. I have danced to it and ti always makes me feel really good,
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@FourWalls (82106)
• United States
12 Apr 23
Those were the days when music was made to make you feel good!
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Apr 23
A great upbeat song with good rhythm and harmonies. I first heard the Beatles in early '64. A guy on the next bunk at MP school had a radio .
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@FourWalls (82106)
• United States
10 Apr 23
I think my brother had the “Eight Days a Week” 45, because that seems to be the first song of theirs I heard.
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@LindaOHio (211150)
• United States
23 Apr 23
I prefer the more complicated songs of the "later" Beatles; but this brings back a lot of memories. They were such a big deal back then...and their music is still enjoyed today. Hope you are having a good weekend.
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@FourWalls (82106)
• United States
23 Apr 23
I’m having a good weekend.
There was a “mid-point” in their career, between “Revolution #9” and this, where the songs were their best. My favorite Beatles album is still Revolver.
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@LindaOHio (211150)
• United States
23 Apr 23
@FourWalls I love Eleanor Rigby and Got to Get You Into My Life.
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@FourWalls (82106)
• United States
10 Apr 23
“Simple” but not simplistic. That’s why it’s endured for so long.
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@FourWalls (82106)
• United States
10 Apr 23
Yes it, is! People will still be enjoying this in another 60 years!
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