The Beatles discography

The Beatles discography
Worldwide, the British rock band the Beatles released 12 studio albums (17 in the US), 5 live albums, 51 compilation albums, 36 extended plays (EPs), 63 singles, 17 box sets, 22 video albums and 53 music videos. In their native United Kingdom, during their active existence as a band, they released 12 studio albums (including 1 double album), 1 compilation album, 13 EPs (including 1 double EP), and 22 singles (including 4 double A-sided singles). The early albums and singles released from 1962 to 1967 were originally on Parlophone, and their albums and singles from 1968 to 1970 were on their subsidiary label Apple. Their output also includes vault items, remixed mash-ups and anniversary box-sets.
With the first CD releases of their albums in 1987 and 1988, the Beatles' core catalogue was harmonised worldwide to encompass their 12 original UK studio albums, the 1967 US Magical Mystery Tour album and the newly assembled Past Masters: Volumes One and Two compilation albums consisting of all the studio recordings released during 1962 to 1970 that are not present on the UK studio albums or Magical Mystery Tour (mainly non-album singles, B-sides and EP tracks). When the core catalogue was reissued in remastered editions in 2009, the two volumes of Past Masters were combined into one double album. Since then, other past releases have been reissued in digital formats and on vinyl. The catalogue is currently distributed by Universal Music Enterprises' Calderstone Productions. This core catalogue contains all 219 tracks intended for commercial release, either as album tracks, EP tracks, or singles, that were put out by the Beatles from 1962 to 1970.
The Beatles' international discography is more complicated due to different versions of their albums sometimes being released in other countries, particularly during their early years on Capitol Records in North America. Prior to 1967, it was common practice for British releases to be reconfigured for the American market. The first seven British Beatles albums were converted into ten LPs for the American market, adding material from singles and the UK EPs; the band were unhappy with these reconfigurations. With the exception of Magical Mystery Tour, studio releases from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967 forward were uniform in both the UK and the US. The band's first eight albums were released on Parlophone. From 1968, in both the UK and the US, starting with the single "Hey Jude" and the album The Beatles (better known as "the White Album"), new releases appeared on the Beatles' own Apple record label, although Parlophone and Capitol catalogue numbers continued to be used for contractual reasons.
The Beatles' discography was originally released on the vinyl format, with full-length long plays (LPs), shorter EPs and singles. Over the years, the collection has also been released on cassette, 8-track, compact disc (CD), on a USB flash drive in MP3 and 24-bit FLAC format, and on digital media streaming services. The Beatles' UK discography was first released on CD in 1987 and 1988. Between 1962 and 1968, the Beatles released their songs in both mono and stereo versions. The band's catalogue was remastered in both mono and stereo in 2009.
Albums
Original UK studio albums
Notes
Original US studio albums
Notes
Standardised studio albums
Since the first release of their music on CD during 1987–1988, the Beatles' studio albums have been standardised worldwide to the following albums:
Please Please Me (original UK album)
With the Beatles (original UK album)
A Hard Day's Night (original UK album)
Beatles for Sale (original UK album)
Help! (original UK album)
Rubber Soul (original UK album)
Revolver (original UK album)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (original UK and US album)
Magical Mystery Tour (original US album)
The Beatles ("The White Album") (original UK and US album)
Yellow Submarine (original UK and US album)
Abbey Road (original UK and US album)
Let It Be (original UK and US album)
Past Masters (see Compilation albums; compiles all studio recordings the Beatles commercially released during 1962–1970 that do not appear on the thirteen previously listed albums)
Live albums
Notes
Compilation albums
Notes
Mash-up albums
Box sets
Notes
EPs
Singles
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications
|+
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year
! scope="col" colspan="11"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| Certifications
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| UK Album
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;"| US Album
|-
! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| UK
! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| AUS
! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| AUT
! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| BEL
! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| CAN
! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| GER
! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| NLD
! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| NOR
! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| NZ
! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| SWI
! scope="col" style="width:2.6em; font-size:90%;"| US
|-
! scope="row"| "My Bonnie""The Saints"
| rowspan="2" | 1962
| 48— || 29— || —— || —— || —— || 32— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 26—
|
| My Bonnie
|
|-
! scope="row" | "Love Me Do""P.S. I Love You"
| 17— || 1— || —— || 37— || 8— || —— || 32— || —— || 1— || —— || 110
|
BPI: Silver
RIAA: Platinum
| A-side on Past Masters (different version on Please Please Me)
B-side on Please Please Me
| rowspan="2" |Introducing... The Beatles
|-
! scope="row"| "Please Please Me""Ask Me Why"
| rowspan="7"| 1963
| 2— || 52— || —— || —— || —— || 20— || —— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
|Please Please Me
|-
! scope="row"| "From Me to You""Thank You Girl"
| 1— || 9— || —— || —— || 6— || —— || —— || 9— || —— || —— || ——
|
|rowspan="3"| A-side on A Collection of Beatles Oldies
B-side on Past Masters
| Jolly What! The Beatles and Frank Ifield on Stage
The Beatles' Second Album
|-
! scope="row"| "She Loves You""I'll Get You"
| 1— || 3— || —— || —— || 1— || 7— || 7— || 1— || 1— || —— || 1—
|
BPI: Silver
| The Beatles' Second Album
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want to Hold Your Hand""This Boy"
| 1— || 1— || —— || 6— || —— || 1— || 1— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
BPI: Gold
| Meet the Beatles!
|-
! scope="row"| "Roll Over Beethoven""Please Mister Postman"
| —— || 1— || —— || —— || 2— || 3147 || —— || 2— || —— || —— || 68—
|
| With the Beatles
| The Beatles' Second Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Misery""Ask Me Why"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 37— || —— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
| Please Please Me
| Introducing... The Beatles
|-
! scope="row"| "I Want to Hold Your Hand""I Saw Her Standing There"
| —— || —1 || —— || —— || 11 || —— || —— || —— || 11 || —— || 114
|
BPI: Silver
RIAA: Gold
| A-side on A Collection of Beatles Oldies
B-side on Please Please Me
| Meet the Beatles!
|-
! scope="row"| "Please Please Me""From Me to You"
| rowspan="19"| 1964
| —— || 3621 || —— || —— || 5— || —— || —— || —— || 21 || —— || 341
|
RIAA: Platinum
| A-side on Please Please Me
B-side on A Collection of Beatles Oldies
| A-side on Introducing... The Beatles
B-side on Jolly What! The Beatles and Frank Ifield on Stage
|-
! scope="row"| "Sweet Georgia Brown""Nobody's Child"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
| My Bonnie
The Beatles' First
|
|-
! scope="row"| "All My Loving""This Boy"
| —— || 1— || —— || 16— || 11 || 32— || 2— || 2— || 1— || —— || 45—
|
|A-side on With the Beatles
B-side on Past Masters
| Meet the Beatles!
|-
! scope="row"| "Why""Cry for a Shadow"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 88—
|
| The Beatles' First
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Twist and Shout""There's a Place"
| —— || 5— || —— || —— || 5— || 10— || 9— || 7— || 1— || —— || 274
|
BPI: Platinum
RIAA: Platinum
|Please Please Me
| Introducing... The Beatles
|-
! scope="row"| "Komm, gib mir deine Hand""Sie liebt dich"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 17 || —— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
| Past Masters
| A-side on Something New
B-side on Past Masters
|-
! scope="row"| "Can't Buy Me Love""You Can't Do That"
| 1— || 1— || —— || 5— || 333 || 24— || 1— || 3— || 1— || —— || 148
|
RIAA: Gold
BPI: Silver
| A Hard Day's Night
| A Hard Day's Night
|-
! scope="row"| "Do You Want to Know a Secret""Thank You Girl"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 34— || —— || —— || 2— || —— || 235
|
RIAA: Gold
| A-side on Please Please Me
B-side on Past Masters
| A-side on Introducing... The Beatles
B-side on The Beatles' Second Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Sie liebt dich""I'll Get You"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || 20— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 97—
|
|Past Masters
| A-side on Past Masters
B-side on The Beatles' Second Album
|-
! scope="row"| "Ain't She Sweet""If You Love Me, Baby"
| 29— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
| The Beatles' First
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Sweet Georgia Brown""Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
| My Bonnie
The Beatles' First
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Ain't She Sweet""Nobody's Child"
| —— || 16— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 19—
|
|The Beatles' First
|
|-
! scope="row"| "A Hard Day's Night""Things We Said Today"
| 1— || 1— || —— || 4— || —— || 2— || 1— || 1— || 1— || —— || ——
|
| rowspan="4"|A Hard Day's Night
| A-side on A Hard Day's Night
B-side on Something New
|-
! scope="row"| "A Hard Day's Night""I Should Have Known Better"
| —— || —1 || —— || —— || 1— || —6 || —1 || —1 || —— || —— || 153
|
RIAA: Gold
| rowspan="2"|A Hard Day's Night
|-
! scope="row"| "I'll Cry Instead""I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || 20— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 2595
|
|-
! scope="row"| "And I Love Her""If I Fell"
| —— || —1 || —— || 10— || 15— || —25 || —3 || —1 || —— || —— || 1253
|
| A-side on A Hard Day's Night
B-side on Something New
|-
! scope="row"| "Matchbox""Slow Down"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || 6— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 1725
|
| Long Tall Sally (EP)
| Something New
|-
! scope="row"| "I Feel Fine""She's a Woman"
| 1— || 1— || 3— || 3— || 1— || 3— || 1— || 1— || 11 || —— || 14
|
RIAA: Gold
| A-side on A Collection of Beatles Oldies
B-side on Past Masters
| Beatles '65
|-
! scope="row"| "If I Fell""Tell Me Why"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
| A Hard Day's Night
| Something New
|-
! scope="row"| "Eight Days a Week""I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
| rowspan="10"| 1965
| —— || —— || —— || 9— || 1— || 5— || 1— || —— || —— || —— || 139
|
BPI: Silver
RIAA: Gold
|Beatles for Sale
| Beatles VI
|-
! scope="row"| "Ticket to Ride""Yes It Is"
| 1— || 1— || 8— || 10— || 1— || 2— || 1— || 1— || —— || —— || 146
|
BPI: Silver
| A-side on Help!
B-side on Past Masters
| A-side on Help!
B-side on Beatles VI
|-
! scope="row"| "Rock and Roll Music""I'm a Loser"
| —— || 1— || 4— || 3— || —— || 2— || —— || 1— || —— || —— || ——
|
| rowspan="2"| Beatles for Sale
| rowspan="2"| Beatles '65
|-
! scope="row"| "No Reply""Rock and Roll Music"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 5— || 62 || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
|-
! scope="row"| "Help!""I'm Down"
| 1— || 1— || 5— || 5— || 1— || 2— || 1— || 1— || —— || —— || 1—
|
BPI: Gold
RIAA: Gold
| A-side on Help!
B-side on Past Masters
| A-side on Help!
B-side on Past Masters
|-
! scope="row"| "Yesterday""Act Naturally"
| —— || 2— || 10— || 1— || 4— || 6— || 1— || 1— || 2— || —— || 147
|
BPI: Platinum
RIAA: Gold
| Help!
| Yesterday and Today
|-
! scope="row"| "I'll Follow the Sun""I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 10— || —— || —— || ——
|
| Beatles for Sale
| A-side on Beatles '65
B-side on Beatles VI
|-
! scope="row"| "Roll Over Beethoven""Misery"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
| A-side on With the Beatles
B-side on Please Please Me
| The Beatles' Second Album
Introducing... the Beatles
|-
! scope="row"| "Boys""Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || 32— || —18 || —— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
| A-side on Please Please Me
B-side on Beatles For Sale
| A-side on The Early Beatles
B-side on Beatles VI
|-
! scope="row"| "We Can Work It Out""Day Tripper"
| 1 || 1— || —— || 3— || 1— || 2— || 1 || —1 || 98 || —— || 15
|
BPI: Silver
RIAA: Gold
| A Collection of Beatles Oldies
| Yesterday and Today
|-
! scope="row"| "Michelle""Girl"
| rowspan="4"| 1966
| —— || —— || 3— || 1— || —— || 6— || 1— || 1— || 1— || —— || ——
|
| rowspan="2"|Rubber Soul
| Rubber Soul
|-
! scope="row"| "Nowhere Man""What Goes On"
| —— || 1— || 8— || —— || 1— || 3— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 381
|
RIAA: Gold
| Yesterday and Today
|-
! scope="row"| "Paperback Writer""Rain"
| 1— || 1— || 4— || 7— || 1— || 1— || 1— || —— || 1— || —— || 123
|
RIAA: Gold
| A-side on A Collection of Beatles Oldies
B-side on Hey Jude
| Hey Jude
|-
! scope="row"| "Yellow Submarine""Eleanor Rigby"
| 1 || 1— || 1— || 1— || 11 || 1— || 1 || 1— || 11 || —— || 211
|
BPI: Gold
RIAA: Gold
| Revolver
| Revolver
|-
! scope="row"| "Penny Lane""Strawberry Fields Forever"
| rowspan="3"| 1967
| 2 || 1— || 513 || 4— || 11 || 1— || 1 || —1 || 15 || —— || 18
|
BPI: Silver
RIAA: Gold
| The Beatles 1967-1970
| rowspan="3"| Magical Mystery Tour
|-
! scope="row"| "All You Need Is Love""Baby, You're a Rich Man"
| 1— || 1— || 1— || 4— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || —— || 134
|
BPI: Silver
RIAA: Gold
| A-side on Yellow Submarine
B-side on Magical Mystery Tour
|-
! scope="row"| "Hello, Goodbye""I Am the Walrus"
| 1— || 1— || 2— || 2— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 117 || 2— || 156
|
RIAA: Gold
|A-side on The Beatles 1967-1970
B-side on Magical Mystery Tour (EP)
|-
! scope="row"| "Lady Madonna""The Inner Light"
| rowspan="3"| 1968
| 1— || 1— || 1— || 3— || 1— || 2— || 1— || 2— || 1— || 1— || 496
|
RIAA: Platinum
| A-side on The Beatles 1967-1970
B-side on Past Masters
| A-side on Hey Jude
B-side on Past Masters
|-
! scope="row"| "Hey Jude""Revolution"
| 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 11 || 1— || 112
|
BPI: Gold
RIAA: 4× Platinum
| The Beatles 1967-1970
| Hey Jude
|-
! scope="row"| "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da""While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
| —— || 1— || 1— || 5— || —— || 1— || 3— || —— || 1— || 1— || ——
|
| colspan="2"| The Beatles
|-
! scope="row"| "Get Back""Don't Let Me Down"
| rowspan="3"| 1969
| 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 135
|
BPI: Silver
RIAA: 2× Platinum
| The Beatles 1967-1970(different version of A-side on Let It Be)
| A-side on The Beatles 1967-1970(different version on Let It Be)
B-side on Hey Jude
|-
! scope="row"| "The Ballad of John and Yoko""Old Brown Shoe"
| 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || —— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 2— || 1— || 8—
|
RIAA: Gold
| The Beatles 1967-1970
|Hey Jude
|-
! scope="row"| "Something""Come Together"
| 4 || 1— || 112 || —2 || 1— || 13 || —2 || 2— || 11 || —2 || 1
|
BPI: Gold
RIAA: 2× Platinum
| colspan="2"|Abbey Road
|-
! scope="row"| "Let It Be""You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"
| rowspan="2"| 1970
| 2— || 1— || 1— || 3— || 1— || 2— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1— || 1—
|
BPI: Platinum
BVMI: Gold
RIAA: 2× Platinum
SNEP: Gold
| colspan="2"|A-side on The Beatles 1967-1970(different version on Let It Be)
B-side on Past Masters
|-
! scope="row"| "The Long and Winding Road""For You Blue"
| —— || 7— || —— || 8— || 14 || 26— || 11— || —— || 3— || 8— || 1
|
BPI: Silver
RIAA: Platinum
| colspan="2"|Let It Be
|-
! scope="row"| "All Together Now""Hey Bulldog"
| 1972
| —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 16— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
| colspan="2"|Yellow Submarine
|-
! scope="row"| "Yesterday""I Should Have Known Better"
| rowspan="4"| 1976
| 8— || 86— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 26— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
| A-side on Help!
B-side on A Hard Day's Night
| A-side on Yesterday and Today
B-side on A Hard Day's Night|-
! scope="row"| "Got to Get You into My Life""Helter Skelter"
| —— || 93— || —— || —— || 1— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 7—
|
RIAA: Gold
|colspan="2"| A-side on Revolver
B-side on The Beatles
|-
! scope="row"| "Back in the U.S.S.R.""Twist and Shout"
| 1948 || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || ——
|
BPI: Silver
|A-side on The Beatles
B-side on Please Please Me
||A-side on The Beatles
B-side on Introducing The Beatles
|-
! scope="row"| "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da""Julia"
| —— || —— || —— || —— || 19— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 49—
|
| colspan="2"|The Beatles
|-
! scope="row"| "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" / "With a Little Help from My Friends""A Day in the Life"
| 1978
| 63— || 78— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || —— || 71—
|
BPI: Silver
|colspan="2"|Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
|-
! scope="row"| "The Beatles Movie Medley""I'm Happy Just to Dance with You"
| 1982
| 10— || 33— || —— || 35— || —— || —— || 24— || —— || —— || —— || 12—
|
| A-side non-album track
B-side onA Hard Day's Night
| A-side non-album track
B-side on A Hard Day's Night
|-
! scope="row"| "Baby It's You"
| rowspan="2"| 1995
| 7 || 33 || — || 43 || 67 || 94 || 44 || — || — || — || 67
|
| colspan= "2"|Live at the BBC
|-
! scope="row"| "Free as a Bird""Christmas Time (Is Here Again)"
| 2— || 6— || 32— || 11— || 6— || 37— || 9— || —— || —— || 25— || 6—
|
BPI: Silver
RIAA: Gold
| colspan="2"|A-side on Anthology 1
B-side non-album track
|-
! scope="row"| "Real Love""Baby's in Black"
| 1996
| 4— || 6— || —— || 50— || 12— || 45— || 21— || —— || —— || 26— || 11—
|
RIAA: Gold
| colspan="2"|A-side on Anthology 2
B-side non-album track
|-
| colspan="18" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes that the recording did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}
Billboard Year-End performancesNotesFlexi discs
The Beatles released seven consecutive Christmas records on flexi disc for members of their UK and US fan clubs, from 1963 to 1969, ranging in length between 3:58 and 7:48. These short collections had a mix of spoken and musical messages for their official fan clubs.
Other appearances
The Beatles notably very rarely appear on compilation albums with other artists.
Videography
Films
Concert films, TV specials and documentaries
Home videosNotesTV series
Notes
Music videosNotes'''
TV appearances
See also
Outline of the Beatles
The Beatles timeline
Apple Records discography, the albums and singles of the Beatles' record label, many of which had involvement by members of the Beatles
The Beatles bootleg recordings
The Beatles' recording sessions
List of songs recorded by the Beatles
The Beatles Tapes from the David Wigg Interviews'', a collection of interviews with the band
References
Sources
External links
Discography on the Beatles' official website
Beatles LPs, EPs and singles all over the world
A UK discography, including details on bootleg releases
The Beatles in Canada, includes Canada-only discography
The Beatles on Vee-Jay Records
The Beatles album discography timeline on Histropedia
The Beatles discography on the Beatles Bible
Discography
Beatles, The
Beatles, The
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