Paul McCartney of course went on to have just about as decorated a career as a musician that one can dream of.
This song was composed by the songwriting team of Paul McCartney alongside his co-Beatles’ frontman, if you will, John Lennon. The Beatles, in actuality, was somewhat of a short-lived group, only being around for decade, and so was their collaborative history between these two musical titans. In other words, this pair penned many, if not most of the Fab Four’s biggest hits. It was given this award particularly for accomplishing the feat of achieving the “highest certified sales of any A-side in 1966”. It has also been certified platinum by the RIAA and gold in the UK and Canada. The year following its release, “Yellow Submarine” also won the prestigious Ivor Novello Award. It has been speculated that the reason it didn’t top the Hot 100 as well is because at the time The Beatles were concurrently dealing with the backlash of John Lennon putting forth that they were “more popular than Jesus”. It not only was a number one hit in a dozen countries, including of course the United Kingdom but it also achieved the number 1 spot on the US Cash Box Top 100.Īnd it charted in about 20 nations overall – a pretty amazing feat for the 1960s especially – and in the process peaked at number two on the Billboard US Hot 100. This track served as a double A-side alongside another Beatles’ classic, “ Eleanor Rigby“. But “Yellow Submarine” was more successful on its own. “Yellow Submarine”, which was issued as a single, contributed significantly to that success and can be considered one of The Beatles’ all-around greatest hits.
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