Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Feb 27, 2005 2:46:28 GMT -5
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - For the first time in nine years, there is a John Lennon/Paul McCartney composition on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Across the Universe" was never a single by the Beatles, nor has it ever appeared on the Hot 100 until now.
The new version of the song was performed on the Grammy Awards by a bevy of artists to raise funds to aid tsunami victims. "Across the Universe" made its first appearance on a charity album in 1969, when the Fab Four contributed their original version to the LP "Nothing's Gonna Change Our World," released as a benefit album for the World Wildlife Fund.
A year later, Phil Spector's production of "Across the Universe" appeared on the Beatles' "Let It Be" album. The song has been covered by Cilla Black, David Bowie, Rufus Wainwright and Fiona Apple.
Available as a digital download, the new "Across the Universe" is the first Lennon/McCartney song to appear on the Hot 100 since the Beatles' "Real Love" peaked at No. 11 in March 1996. It is the first cover of a Lennon/McCartney song to chart since Tiffany remade "I Saw Her Standing There" as "I Saw Him Standing There," a No. 7 hit in April 1988.
By opening at No. 22, "Universe" replaces the Killers' "Mr. Brightside" as the highest-debuting song of 2005. The latter track debuted at No. 40 the week of Feb. 12. "Universe" is the highest-debuting song since Eminem's "Just Lose It" bowed at No. 17 the week of Oct. 9, 2004.
With "Universe" on the Hot 100, the chart span of Lennon and McCartney as songwriters expands to 41 years, eight months and one week, counting back to the debut of Del Shannon's cover of "From Me to You" the week of June 29, 1963.
"Across the Universe" was never a single by the Beatles, nor has it ever appeared on the Hot 100 until now.
The new version of the song was performed on the Grammy Awards by a bevy of artists to raise funds to aid tsunami victims. "Across the Universe" made its first appearance on a charity album in 1969, when the Fab Four contributed their original version to the LP "Nothing's Gonna Change Our World," released as a benefit album for the World Wildlife Fund.
A year later, Phil Spector's production of "Across the Universe" appeared on the Beatles' "Let It Be" album. The song has been covered by Cilla Black, David Bowie, Rufus Wainwright and Fiona Apple.
Available as a digital download, the new "Across the Universe" is the first Lennon/McCartney song to appear on the Hot 100 since the Beatles' "Real Love" peaked at No. 11 in March 1996. It is the first cover of a Lennon/McCartney song to chart since Tiffany remade "I Saw Her Standing There" as "I Saw Him Standing There," a No. 7 hit in April 1988.
By opening at No. 22, "Universe" replaces the Killers' "Mr. Brightside" as the highest-debuting song of 2005. The latter track debuted at No. 40 the week of Feb. 12. "Universe" is the highest-debuting song since Eminem's "Just Lose It" bowed at No. 17 the week of Oct. 9, 2004.
With "Universe" on the Hot 100, the chart span of Lennon and McCartney as songwriters expands to 41 years, eight months and one week, counting back to the debut of Del Shannon's cover of "From Me to You" the week of June 29, 1963.
