The Beatles Bible - Topic: What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 Linde on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/page-2/#p70610 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/page-2/#p70610 Yeah I think so too, or at least it should have been an A side of SOME single.

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:01:00 +0100 thewordislove94 on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p70564 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p70564 a-hard-days-night-ringo-8 Ha!

Rain should've been the A side and Paperback Writer the B side.

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 01:14:03 +0100 Linde on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p70551 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p70551 Here comes the sun, It won't be long, maybe even No Reply, Drive My Car, Michelle (for a long time I thought DMC and Michelle both were singles!),  Saw her standing there..

Oh and of course Revolution 9. Obviously.

]]> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:17:25 +0100 Beatles in the Blood on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p70487 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p70487 WMGGW would have been fabulous with Hey Bulldog as a Double A-Side. And no dought that Drive My Car/In My Life would've been great as a Double A-Side. Also Here Comes the Sun/Oh! Darling could've worked.

]]> Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:06:14 +0100 ptybeatle on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58765 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58765 Hi this is the biggest panamanian (pty, code for Panama) beatle fan saying hello, I consider that "Rain", the B-side of "Paperback Writer", would have made a good and chart topper single.a-hard-days-night-john-1

]]> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:51:52 +0100 mr. Sun king coming together on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58690 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58690 I think I Am The Walrus is the classic case of great song - shit single, for ally he reasons MMM stated above (and saved me from typing out). And I think it goes to show that what was a single doesn't make it better. The album with the most US #1's was Let It Be - which is not their best.

]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:55:19 +0100 meanmistermustard on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58688 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58688 Or complaining to the radio stations that something was wrong with their broadcast every single time.

]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:50:32 +0100 Von Bontee on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58685 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58685 Ha ha yeah, the very thought of hearing "Walrus" on the radio in '67 - I can imagine all those teenagers fiddling with their transistor-dials, trying in vain to get better reception when that shortwave-static/"King Lear" bit begins!

]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:23:32 +0100 meanmistermustard on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58684 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58684 That footage of SFF & PL being screened on American Bandstand was included on a bootleg dvd and some of the audiende just sit completely lost after witnessing the promo film and the song. And SFF wasnt a number 1 in the US, it only reached #7 and therefore isnt on 1 (but the US chart system was just strange). It might be on youtube. Yip. Reaction to both SFF and PL.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....RV42DMOVYo

]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:22:17 +0100 Zig on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58679 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58679

meanmistermustard said
With I Am The Walrus it comes down to whats more playable on the radio, certainly at that time. There is no doubt in my mind that Hello, Goodbye is the more radio friendly track being catchier for the listeners and filled with hooks. It was the right choice despite how much it irked John, and some music critics. IATW is the better song.

IATW was just too different for the time and you can see the audience scratching their heads and wondering what the heck they were listening too. Some people are still scratching their heads wondering what the heck is going on ...]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:23:46 +0100 meanmistermustard on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58675 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58675 With I Am The Walrus it comes down to whats more playable on the radio, certainly at that time. There is no doubt in my mind that Hello, Goodbye is the more radio friendly track being catchier for the listeners and filled with hooks. It was the right choice despite how much it irked John, and some music critics. IATW is the better song.

IATW was just too different for the time and you can see the audience scratching their heads and wondering what the heck they were listening too. Some people are still scratching their heads wondering what the heck is going on during those 4 1/2 ...]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:58:31 +0100 Von Bontee on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58673 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p58673 I really have to laugh at the notion that "I Am The Walrus" would've been a big hit* as an A-side! Too weird IMO. If it was destined to be a hit, it would've benefited from the A-side's status as a #1, just as Beatles songs like "Revolution" or "Come Together" did regularly.

Like already stated, practically ANYTHING released released on either side of the Atlantic in '64-65 could've been a hit based on pure momentum. As for the first three single-less (in most countries) albums, I would say that the obvious singles would be "Michelle", "Ob-La-Di, Ob-la-Da" and "With A ...]]> Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:24:59 +0100 mr. Sun king coming together on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p42659 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p42659 Zig said:

I firmly believe "It Won't Be Long" would have been a hit if released as a single.

Then again, Ringo reciting "Mein Kampf" would have been a hit for the Beatles in late '63 / early '64. They could do no wrong.

As much as I hate the reference, I still laughed at that. But as for the question, I think they mostly got it right.

]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:53:09 +0100 meanmistermustard on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p42656 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p42656 I agree with any song the beatles released in 1964 in the U.S. would have been a hit. Looking at wiki we have And I Love Her (#12), Matchbox hit #17. Do You Want To Know A Secret made #2.

Ones that werent released: Im A Loser, It Wont Be Long, I've Got A Feeling (sounds very modern when compared to what is out there just now), Girl, Good Day Sunshine.

]]> Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:26:05 +0100 RingoStarr39 on What album songs or B-sides would have been hits if released as a single? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p42635 The songs http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/the-songs/what-album-songs-or-b-sides-would-have-been-hits-if-released-as-a-single/#p42635 I hate to be a know-it-all but Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da was on a single in 1976 with Julia as the b side. I know we're talking about when the beatles were still together though.

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