A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles
1964
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
Release: 1964
Release: 1964Source checked
Release year checked against the official Beatles song catalog. Exact regional dates and mix variants are not inferred from the annual listening-list year.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
The Beatles official song catalog
Artist catalog row for A Hard Day's Night gives 1964. Only year precision is used; some displayed dates refer to single or market-specific issues.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Title came from a Ringo Starr malapropism, written for the Beatles' first feature film.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1964.html, song-list position 13
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1964 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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