Led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, the Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over three years from 1960, initially with Stuart Sutcliffe playing bass. The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, together since 1958, went through a succession of drummers, eventually settling with Pete Best in 1960, who played with them for two years before being replaced with then Rory Storm & The Hurricanes drummer Ringo Starr in 1962. Manager Brian Epstein molded them into a professional act and producer George Martin guided and developed their recordings, greatly expanding their domestic success after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962. As their popularity grew into the intense fan frenzy dubbed "Beatlemania", the band acquired the nickname "the Fab Four", with Epstein, Martin and other members of the band's entourage sometimes given the informal title of "fifth Beatle".
By early 1964, the Beatles were international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market and breaking numerous sales records. They soon made their film debut with A Hard Day's Night (1964). From 1965 onwards, they produced increasingly innovative recordings, including the albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver (1966) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), and enjoyed further commercial success with The Beatles (also known as "the White Album", 1968) and Abbey Road (1969). In 1968, they founded Apple Corps, a multi-armed multimedia corporation that continues to oversee projects related to the band's legacy. After the group's break-up in 1970, all four members enjoyed success as solo artists. Lennon was shot and killed in December 1980, and Harrison died of lung cancer in November 2001. McCartney and Starr remain musically active.
The Beatles are the best-selling music act of all time, with estimated sales of 600 million units worldwide. They hold the record for most number-one albums on the UK Albums Chart, most number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and most singles sold in the UK. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, and all four main members were inducted individually between 1994 and 2015. In 2008, the group topped Billboard's list of the all-time most successful artists on the Billboard Hot 100. The band received seven Grammy Awards, four Brit Awards, an Academy Award (for Best Original Song Score for the 1970 film Let It Be) and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. Time magazine named them among the 20th century's 100 most important people.
Former Rolling Stone associate editor Robert Greenfield compared the Beatles to Picasso, as "artists who broke through the constraints of their time period to come up with something that was unique and original "... In the form of popular music, no one will ever be more revolutionary, more creative and more distinctive ..." The British poet Philip Larkin described their work as "an enchanting and intoxicating hybrid of African-American rock-and-roll with their own adolescent romanticism", and "the first advance in popular music since the War".
They not only sparked the British Invasion of the US, they became a globally influential phenomenon as well. From the 1920s, the US had dominated popular entertainment culture throughout much of the world, via Hollywood films, jazz, the music of Broadway and Tin Pan Alley and, later, the rock and roll that first emerged in Memphis, Tennessee. The Beatles are regarded as British cultural icons, with young adults from abroad naming the band among a group of people that they most associated with UK culture.
Their musical innovations and commercial success inspired musicians worldwide. Many artists have acknowledged the Beatles' influence and enjoyed chart success with covers of their songs. On radio, their arrival marked the beginning of a new era; in 1968 the programme director of New York's WABC radio station forbade his DJs from playing any "pre-Beatles" music, marking the defining line of what would be considered oldies on American radio. They helped to redefine the album as something more than just a few hits padded out with "filler", and they were primary innovators of the modern music video. The Shea Stadium show with which they opened their 1965 North American tour attracted an estimated 55,600 people, then the largest audience in concert history; Spitz describes the event as a "major breakthrough ... a giant step toward reshaping the concert business". Emulation of their clothing and especially their hairstyles, which became a mark of rebellion, had a global impact on fashion.
According to Gould, the Beatles changed the way people listened to popular music and experienced its role in their lives. From what began as the Beatlemania fad, the group's popularity grew into what was seen as an embodiment of socio-cultural movements of the decade. As icons of the 1960s counterculture, Gould continues, they became a catalyst for bohemianism and activism in various social and political arenas, fuelling movements such as women's liberation, gay liberation and environmentalism. According to Peter Lavezzoli, after the "more popular than Jesus" controversy in 1966, the Beatles felt considerable pressure to say the right things and "began a concerted effort to spread a message of wisdom and higher consciousness".
Other commentators such as Mikal Gilmore and Todd Leopold have traced the inception of their socio-cultural impact earlier, interpreting even the Beatlemania period, particularly on their first visit to the US, as a key moment in the development of generational awareness. Referring to their appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show Leopold states: "In many ways, the Sullivan appearance marked the beginning of a cultural revolution ... The Beatles were like aliens dropped into the United States of 1964.
In 1965, Queen Elizabeth II appointed Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starr Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE). The Beatles won the 1971 Academy Award for Best Original Song Score for the film Let It Be (1970). The recipients of seven Grammy Awards and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards, the Beatles have six Diamond albums, as well as 20 Multi-Platinum albums, 16 Platinum albums and six Gold albums in the US. In the UK, the Beatles have four Multi-Platinum albums, four Platinum albums, eight Gold albums and one Silver album. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.
The best-selling band in history, the Beatles have sold more than 800 million physical and digital albums as of 2013. They have had more number-one albums on the UK charts, fifteen, and sold more singles in the UK, 21.9 million, than any other act. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the Beatles as the most significant and influential rock music artists of the last 50 years. They ranked number one on Billboard magazine's list of the all-time most successful Hot 100 artists, released in 2008 to celebrate the US singles chart's 50th anniversary. As of 2017, they hold the record for most number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100, with twenty. The Recording Industry Association of America certifies that the Beatles have sold 178 million units in the US, more than any other artist. They were collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people. In 2014, they received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
There are two holidays celebrated for the Beatles: Global Beatles Day on 25 June each year. On that date in 1967, the band performed "All You Need Is Love" on television. In 2001, UNESCO created World Beatles Day on 16 January each year. This date has direct relation to the opening of The Cavern Club in 1957.
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I'm in Love
The Beatles Lyrics
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And every little thing that you do
And I'm telling all my friends I'm in love
And I'm telling the world you
Make me feel proud
You make me want to shout out aloud
So I'm telling all my friends I'm in love
I'm in love with a wonderful girl
I've never felt this way before
If this is love, give me more, more, more
More
I'm telling you thing that you do
I'm telling all my friends I'm in love
In love
Yes, I'm telling all my friends I'm in love
In love
I'm telling all my friends I'm in love
The lyrics to The Beatles' song "I'm in Love" express the overwhelming excitement and joy that comes with being in love. The singer starts by confessing that they can't sleep at night because their thoughts are consumed by the person they love. Every little thing that the object of their affection does captivates their attention and fills them with happiness. This infatuation is so strong that the singer proudly shares their feelings with their friends and even the world, wanting everyone to know how much in love they are. The love they feel is so intense that it makes them want to shout from the rooftops, expressing their adoration for this person.
The second verse reinforces the singer's euphoria. They declare that they feel like they are on top of the world because they are in love with a wonderful girl. This feeling of love is completely new to them, and they express their desire for more of this intoxicating emotion. The repetition of the word "more" emphasizes their insatiable craving for love and affection.
Line by Line Meaning
Every night I can't sleep thinking of you
Each night, I struggle to fall asleep as thoughts of you consume my mind.
And every little thing that you do
Every small action or gesture you make holds great significance.
And I'm telling all my friends I'm in love
I cannot contain my excitement, joy, and affection for you, so I share my feelings with my closest companions.
And I'm telling the world you
Make me feel proud
I want the world to know that you bring immense happiness and a sense of pride into my life.
You make me want to shout out aloud
Your presence and influence in my life evoke such overwhelming emotions that I feel compelled to express them loudly and energetically.
So I'm telling all my friends I'm in love
Once again, I emphasize the intensity of my feelings for you by sharing them with those closest to me.
Oh, I'm feeling on the top of the world
I am experiencing a euphoric state of elation and immense happiness.
I'm in love with a wonderful girl
I have fallen deeply in love with a truly remarkable and incredible woman.
I've never felt this way before
This is an entirely new and unfamiliar sensation that I have never experienced previously.
If this is love, give me more, more, more
If this extraordinary feeling is indeed love, I crave and desire even greater measures of it.
I'm telling you thing that you do
I am communicating to you the impact and significance of your actions and behavior.
I'm telling all my friends I'm in love
Continuing to convey my overwhelming affection to my closest companions.
In love
Completely and deeply consumed by the powerful emotion of love.
Yes, I'm telling all my friends I'm in love
Affirming once again my eagerness to share the profound love I feel for you with those who are dear to me.
In love
Still immersed in the all-encompassing state of love.
I'm telling all my friends I'm in love
Reiterating my desire to inform my closest friends about the overwhelming love that has taken hold of my heart.
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@billybeverweyk6494
I've got something to tell you , I'm in love.
I've been longing to tell you, I'm in love.
You'll believe me, when I tell you, I'm in love with you.
You're my kind of girl,
you make me feel pround,
you make me want to shout aloud,
yes, I'm telling all my friends, I'm in love.
Every night I can't sleep, thinking of you,
and every little thing that you do,
yes, I'm telling all my friends, I'm in love.
Oh yeah, I'm sittin' on the top of the world,
I'm in love with a wonderful girl,
and I never felt so good before,
if this is love, give me more, more, more.
Every night I can't sleep, thinking of you,
and every little thing that you do,
yes, I'm telling all my friends, I'm in love.
Yes, I'm telling all my friends, I'm in love, in love.
Yes, I'm telling all my friends, I'm in love.
@jonathanwhitfield2864
Would have been amazing if the Beatles had released an album in 1963/1964 with songs like this and "Bad To Me" etc. on it.
They gave away so many great songs.
@linaurin9240
This is the best song I've ever heard in my life
@tamioftroy
This is by The Beatniks, from a Beatles tribute album called 'Its Four You'. Its an album of songs Lennon/McCartney wrote for others but didn't do themselves. The Beatkniks did them as the Beatles might have.
@tusitutusitu2
Imaginan que los beatles hubieran grabado apropiadamente esta canción??... Número 1 seguro!!! Es tan sentida, la letra y la melodía, es mágica como todo lo que los fab four sacaban!!! xD
@ringnostarr4043
Love this song, my boyfriend told me to listen to it when we first started dating :) 9 months strong now, thanks Beatles <3 :3
@wowitsjazz2630
still going strong ?
@somethingamazing3758
@wowitsjazz Hopefully they are.
@maccaoxy7539
It's been 9 years now
Plz do update......
@risa-rupta-pictures
You married yet?
@tusitutusitu2
ay diosssssssssss.... el coro de esta canción me pone los pelos de punta!!!!... pienso en la chica q me gusta... pienso en la energía y la pasión con la que se puede amar a alguien y a través de melodías como estas que sólo los beatles creaban!!! LONG LIVE BEATLES!!!... Imaginan los beatles hubieran grabado este tema y como single hubiera sido hit 1 seguro!!!!