Ticket to Ride

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Written by: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Produced by: George Martin
Released: April '65 on Capitol
Charts: 11 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

By 1965, the Beatles could write uptempo Number One singles pretty much on demand; they called them "potboilers." "We almost invented the idea of a new bit of a song on the fade-out," said McCartney of "Ticket to Ride." "It was quite radical at the time."

Appears on: Help! (Capitol)

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