<Table> <Tr> <Td> "I Feel Fine" (1964) </Td> <Td> "Eight Days a Week" (1965) </Td> <Td> "Ticket to Ride" (1965) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "I Feel Fine" (1964) </Td> <Td> "Eight Days a Week" (1965) </Td> <Td> "Ticket to Ride" (1965) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Eight Days a Week" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles . It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon based on McCartney's original idea . The song was released in the United Kingdom in December 1964 on the album Beatles for Sale . In the United States, it was first issued as a single in February 1965 before appearing on the North American release Beatles VI . The song was the band's seventh number 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, a run of US chart success achieved in just over a year . The single was also number 1 in Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands . </P> <P> The Beatles recorded "Eight Days a Week" at EMI Studios in London in October 1964 . The track opens with a fade - in, marking the first time that this technique had been used on a pop studio recording . The song was reissued worldwide in 2000 on the Beatles compilation album 1 . It also provided the title for director Ron Howard's 2016 documentary film on the band's years as live performers, The Beatles: Eight Days a Week . </P>

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