20 Greatest Hits

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20 Greatest Hits
20 Greatest Hits cover
Greatest hits by The Beatles
Released 11 October 1982 (U.S.)
18 October 1982 (UK)
Recorded Abbey Road 1962–1970
Genre Rock and roll, rock
Length 56:08 (UK)
58:59 (U.S.)
Label Capitol SV 12245 (U.S.)
Parlophone PCTC 260 (UK)
Producer George Martin
Professional reviews
The Beatles chronology
Reel Music
(1982)		 20 Greatest Hits
(1982)		 Past Masters, Volume One
(1988)

20 Greatest Hits was a compilation album featuring a selection of songs by The Beatles that were number ones in the UK and U.S.. It has effectively been superseded by the compilation album 1 released in 2000.

20 Greatest Hits was released to mark the 20th anniversary of The Beatles' first record release, "Love Me Do", in the UK in 1962; it was the last Beatles album to be released with variations in the US and UK versions (because some Beatle hits in the US weren't released as singles in the UK, such as "Eight Days a Week" and "Yesterday"). For the US album, a five minute edited version of "Hey Jude" was used due to time constraints. This edited version dates from 1968 when it was created for use by Capitol Records on the 4-inch flexi "Pocket Discs" that were sold in vending machines during the period. The American version of this LP was released in Canada, although the tracklist does not reflect the number ones from that country, as "Can't Buy Me Love" only reached #3 on the CHUM singles charts, and omits the Canadian #1 hits "All My Loving" and "This Boy". The original issues of this album accidentally indicate the running time of the song "Yesterday" as being 1:04 in length. Later issues have the correct 2:04 running time.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Lennon-McCartney.

[edit] US edition

[edit] Side one

  1. "She Loves You"
  2. "Love Me Do"
  3. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
  4. "Can't Buy Me Love"
  5. "A Hard Day's Night"
  6. "I Feel Fine"
  7. "Eight Days a Week"
  8. "Ticket to Ride"
  9. "Help!"
  10. "Yesterday"
  11. "We Can Work It Out"
  12. "Paperback Writer"

[edit] Side two

  1. "Penny Lane"
  2. "All You Need Is Love"
  3. "Hello, Goodbye"
  4. "Hey Jude" (Edited 5:05 version)
  5. "Get Back"
  6. "Come Together"
  7. "Let It Be"
  8. "The Long and Winding Road"

[edit] UK edition

[edit] Side one

  1. "Love Me Do"
  2. "From Me to You"
  3. "She Loves You"
  4. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
  5. "Can't Buy Me Love"
  6. "A Hard Day's Night"
  7. "I Feel Fine"
  8. "Ticket to Ride"
  9. "Help!"
  10. "Day Tripper"

[edit] Side two

  1. "We Can Work It Out"
  2. "Paperback Writer"
  3. "Yellow Submarine"
  4. "Eleanor Rigby"
  5. "All You Need Is Love"
  6. "Hello, Goodbye"
  7. "Lady Madonna"
  8. "Hey Jude"
  9. "Get Back"
  10. "The Ballad of John and Yoko"
v • d • e
The Beatles' compilations
Bert Kaempfert recordings
(Polydor/Bear Family)
My Bonnie (Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers, Germany, 1962) • The Beatles' First (Germany, 1964 / UK, 1967) • In the Beginning (Circa 1960) (1970) • The Early Tapes of The Beatles (1984) • Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days (2001)
1962–1970 (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)
Hits: A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966) • 1962–1966 (1973) • 1967–1970 (1973) • 20 Greatest Hits (1982) • 1 (2000)

Themes: Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976) • Love Songs (1977) • The Beatles' Ballads (1980) • Reel Music (1982)
Non-album tracks: Hey Jude (US, 1970 / UK, 1979) • Rarities (UK, 1978) • Rarities (US, 1980) • Past Masters, Volume One (1988) • Past Masters, Volume Two (1988)
Alternate versions: Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) • Let It Be… Naked (2003)
Other: The Beatles' Christmas Album (US) / From Then to You (UK) (1970) • Love (2006)

Unreleased: Sessions (due date 1985)
Live albums (Parlophone/
Capitol/Lingasong)
Anthology (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)
Anthology 1 (1995) • Anthology 2 (1996) • Anthology 3 (1996)
Box sets (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)
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Pete Best · Stuart Sutcliffe
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