<P> On 23 August 1963, the "She Loves You" single was released in the United Kingdom with "I'll Get You" as the B - side . The songwriting credit on the label was switched to "Lennon--McCartney" for this release--a switch from the "McCartney--Lennon" order of nearly all prior Beatles releases--and would remain this way during the remainder of the band's tenure . </P> <P> There was tremendous anticipation ahead of the release--thousands of fans had ordered the group's next single as early as June, well before a title had been known . By the day before it went on sale, some 500,000 advanced orders had been placed for it . The single set several British sales records . It entered the charts on 31 August and remained in the charts for 31 consecutive weeks, 18 of those weeks in the top three (including every week of the months of September, October, November and December 1963). During that period, it claimed the ranking of number one on 14 September, stayed number one for four weeks, dropped back to the top three, then regained the top spot for two weeks starting on 30 November . This re-gaining of the top spot was very unusual at the time . It then made its way back into the charts for two weeks on 11 April 1964, peaking at No. 42 . It passed sales of a half million copies by early June and a million by late November, whereupon it was awarded a gold record . The song's run on the charts coincided with the 13 October 1963 performance of the group on Sunday Night at the London Palladium and the emergence of full - blown Beatlemania in the United Kingdom . </P> <P> It was the best - selling single of 1963, and is the Beatles' all - time best - selling single in the UK . It was the best - selling single of any artist in the UK for 14 years until it was surpassed by "Mull of Kintyre" by Wings (written by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine). As of November 2012, it is the eighth best - selling single of all time by any artist in the UK, with sales of 1.9 million copies . </P> <P> The group's lack of success in the US puzzled the Beatles' producer George Martin and manager Brian Epstein given their huge hits in the UK . Their only US release that had charted was "From Me to You", which lasted three weeks in August 1963, never going higher than No. 116 on the Billboard Hot 100 . Capitol Records had been stubborn in turning down the chance to become their record label in the US, and consequently the Beatles had been with Vee - Jay Records until that label failed to pay their royalties on time . Transglobal Music, an affiliate of EMI, held the licenses to their output in the US, and promptly ordered Vee - Jay to halt their manufacturing and distribution of Beatles records . Epstein, who needed a record label to release "She Loves You" in the US, asked Transglobal to find another label for him, and Transglobal came up with Swan Records . To avoid potential disagreements and lawsuits, the contract signed with Swan licensed to them only "She Loves You" and "I'll Get You", enough only for the A - and B - sides of a single--and only for two years . </P>

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