Paul McCartney Said This No. 1 Beatles Song Isn’t a Classic: ‘The Best Thing About It Was the Title’ – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

While many of The Beatles songs are considered classics, Paul McCartney felt one of their No. 1 hits is not a classic. He thought the best thing about the song was its title. Interestingly, he said the lyrics of the song reflected the relative sexual liberation of the time when it was written.

The Beatles had 20 No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100. During an interview with Billboard, Paul discussed the origins of eight of The Beatles No. 1 songs. He said he disagreed with the way some journalists characterized one of The Beatles chart-toppers.

When people review my shows, they say, He opened with a Beatles classic, Eight Days a Week,' Paul said. I wouldnt put it as a classic. Is it the cleverest song weve ever written? No. Has it got a certainjoie de vivrethat The Beatles embodied? Yes. The best thing about it was the title, really.

According to rumor, Ringo Starr thought up the title Eight Days a Week. This is not the case. In actuality, Paul lost his license and someone else drove him to John Lennons house. When Paul arrived at Johns house, they had a conversation that inspired Eight Days a Week.

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Just as we reached Johns, I said, You been busy?' Paul recalled. Just small talk. And he said, Busy? Ive been working eight days a week. I ran into the house and said, Got a title! And we wrote it in the next hour.

Paul discussed the significance of the lyric Hold me, lover in Eight Days a Week. Our parents had been rather repressed, and we were breaking out of that mold, Paul opined. Everyone was let off the leash. Coming down from Liverpool to London, there were all sorts of swinging chicks, and we were red-blooded young men. All thats on your mind at that age is young women or it was, in our case.

Eight Days a Week reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, staying on the chart for 10 weeks. The song appeared on the Fab Fours album Beatles IV, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and stayed on the charts for 41 weeks.

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Eight Days a Week has a legacy outside of its time on the charts. Ron Howard directed a documentary about the Fab Four titled The Beatles: Eight Days a Week. The documentary focused mostly on the bands early period, around the time they released Eight Days a Week. Paul isnt a huge fan of Eight Days a Week, but the song made an impact on the American charts and on cinema.

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