01-04-2025
The Beatles Chart Multiple Top 40 Hits, With Both New And Old Records
The Beatles land two tracks in the U.K. top 40 this week, with 'Now and Then' and 'I Want to Hold ... More Your Hand' proving their timeless popularity. 25th November 1963: Liverpudlian beat combo The Beatles, from left to right Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon (1940 - 1980), and George Harrison (1943 - 2001), performing in front of a camera-shaped drum kit on Granada TV's Late Scene Extra television show filmed in Manchester, England on November 25, 1963. (Photo by)
The Beatles started a global takeover from the U.K., and more than six decades later, the country is still showering the iconic band with love. This week, the Fab Four proves just how popular its music still is by landing not one, but two tracks inside the top 40 on the charts in the homeland. One tune is on the rise, while another returns to multiple tallies, helping the group double up in a big way.
The bigger of the two Beatles hits this week is 'I Want to Hold Your Hand.' The beloved single reappears on two U.K.-based tallies after not being present on any just a few days ago.
'I Want to Hold Your Hand' appears at No. 36 on the Official Vinyl Singles chart, breaking into the top 40 yet again. It also returns to the Official Physical Singles chart, landing just outside the same tier, at No. 45.
At the same time 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' rebounds, another Beatles composition is rising. 'Now and Then,' the track that made headlines in 2023 as the band's 'last song,' improves slightly this frame. It pushes from No. 40 to No. 38 on the Official Physical Singles chart.
With 'Now and Then' inside the top 40 on one ranking and 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' reaching the same tier on another, The Beatles can now claim top 40 smashes on both the Official Vinyl Singles and Official Physical Singles charts at the same time. That's a notable feat for an act that split up more than half a century ago.
Between the two tracks, 'Now and Then' has clearly become the bigger hit – at least on these charts. The song reached No. 1 on both tallies it appears on and, for a time, was the top-selling physical track in the U.K. by a wide margin.
'I Want to Hold Your Hand,' by contrast, has peaked at No. 2 on both the Official Vinyl Singles and Official Physical Singles charts.
Beyond chart peaks, 'Now and Then' has also managed a longer run. That smash has spent more time on the Official Physical Singles chart than 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' has on both of the rankings it's currently charting on — combined.
It's not just singles that are working for The Beatles this week. The group is also performing well on a number of albums charts across the Atlantic. Two greatest-hits collections, 1962 to 1966 and 1967 to 1970, rise everywhere they appear.
