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Record label that released the song – Parlophone (UK 1962-68), Apple (1968+), Capitol (US Beatles primary), Vee-Jay/Swan/Tollie/United Artists (early US before Capitol deal), Polydor (Germany pre-Beatles).

8
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451
total uses
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All Values(8)

#ValueSongs% of total
1Parlophone

The EMI subsidiary label that released all UK Beatles records from 1962 through 1968 – George Martin's home label before Apple.

140
31.0%
2Capitol

EMI's US subsidiary. Handled nearly all Beatles US releases from Meet The Beatles! (Jan 1964) onward. Repackaged many UK albums into different US tracklists (see US Release tag).

133
29.5%
3Apple US

Apple's US arm, distributed by Capitol. Marks an ORIGINAL US Apple issue between 1968 and 1970: the albums, the singles, and the 1970 Hey Jude compilation that put earlier songs on the label. The May 1971 re-press of the whole back catalogue is deliberately excluded.

74
16.4%
4Apple

The Beatles' own label (Apple Records), launched August 1968. Used for UK releases from Hey Jude onward and for the Let It Be era; all Apple UK releases were still distributed through EMI. Marks an original Apple issue, not the 1971 reissue of the back catalogue.

73
16.2%
5Vee-Jay

Chicago-based independent that licensed early Beatles tracks for US release in 1963–64 before Capitol committed. Released Introducing The Beatles and the US version of A Hard Day's Night's singles.

16
3.5%
6United Artists

Released the US soundtrack version of A Hard Day's Night (1964) – a very different album from the UK Parlophone release, with orchestral George Martin tracks alongside the band's songs.

8
1.8%
7Tollie

Vee-Jay subsidiary label that issued the US single of Twist and Shout / There's a Place (1964) during the Beatlemania rush.

4
0.9%
8Swan

Philadelphia label that licensed She Loves You for US release in Sep 1963 after Capitol passed. Reissued it to a #1 hit after Beatlemania broke in early 1964.

3
0.7%

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