Yellow Submarine (song)

"Yellow Submarine" is a 1966 song by the Beatles and a 1968 animated United Artists film based on the music of The Beatles. It is also the title for the soundtrack album to the film, released as part of the Beatles' music catalogue.

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1966 - The Beatles - 1968 - Animated - United Artists - Soundtrack - Film - Catalogue

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The 45 disc single of "Yellow Submarine" was The Beatles' thirteenth UK single. Contrary to popular belief was written by Lennon-McCartney and not Ringo Starr, although featured lead vocals by Ringo Starr, it was released in Britain on August 5 1966 and in the United States on August 8. It includes uncredited lyric contributions and (probable) backing vocals by Donovan, and was promoted in Britain as a 'double A side' with its flip side, "Eleanor Rigby".

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45 disc - UK - Single - Lennon-McCartney - Vocal - Ringo Starr - August 5 - 1966 - United States - August 8 - Donovan - Eleanor Rigby

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The single went to #1 on every major British chart, remained at #1 for four weeks and charted for 13 weeks. It won an Ivor Novello Award for the highest certified sales of any single issued in the UK in 1966. No promotional film clip was made, so some TV programs (including the BBC's Top Of The Pops) created their own clips from stock footage.

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Ivor Novello Award - Top Of The Pops

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In the United States, the single was #2 on the Billboard "Hot 100", and #1 in Record World and #2 in Cashbox, where it was held off #1 by The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love". The single was released at the height of the controversy surrounding John Lennon's comments about the Beatles being "bigger than Jesus" and this has been cited as part of the reason that it failed to reach #1 on all US charts. Despite this, it sold 1,200,000 copies in only four weeks and earned the Beatles their twenty-first US Gold Record award, beating the record set by Elvis Presley.

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Billboard - Record World - Cashbox - The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love - Gold Record - Elvis Presley

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