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20 Greatest Hits
Greatest hits by The Beatles
Released 11 October 1982
Recorded 1962–1970, Abbey Road Studios, London, United Kingdom
Genre Rock
Length 56:08
Language English
Label Capitol (U.S.)/Parlophone (UK)
Producer George Martin and Phil Spector
Professional reviews
The Beatles chronology
Reel Music
(1982)		 20 Greatest Hits
(1982)		 Past Masters
(1988)

20 Greatest Hits was a compilation album featuring a selection of songs by The Beatles that were number ones in the UK and U.S.. It was released on 11 October 1982 in the United States and one week later in the United Kingdom.

20 Greatest Hits was released to mark the 20th anniversary of The Beatles' first record release, "Love Me Do," in the UK in 1962; it was the last Beatles album to be released with variations in the US and UK versions (some Beatles hits in the US weren't released as singles in the UK, such as "Eight Days a Week" and "Yesterday").

For the US album, catalogue number SV 12245, a five-minute edited version of "Hey Jude" was used due to time constraints; this edited version dates from 1968 when it was created for use by Capitol Records on the four-inch flexi "Pocket Discs" that were sold in vending machines at that time. The US cassette release, not constrained by the limits of LPs, contains the normal seven-minute version.

The American version of this LP was released in Canada, although the track list does not reflect the number ones from that country, as "Can't Buy Me Love" only reached #3 on the CHUM singles charts, and omits the Canadian #1 hits "All My Loving" and "This Boy."

The original issues of this album accidentally indicates the running time of "Yesterday" as being 1:04 in length. Later issues have the correct 2:04 running time.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Lennon/McCartney.

UK edition

Side one
  1. "Love Me Do"
  2. "From Me to You"
  3. "She Loves You"
  4. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
  5. "Can't Buy Me Love"
  6. "A Hard Day's Night"
  7. "I Feel Fine"
  8. "Ticket to Ride"
  9. "Help!"
  10. "Day Tripper"
  11. "We Can Work It Out"
Side two
  1. "Paperback Writer"
  2. "Yellow Submarine"
  3. "Eleanor Rigby"
  4. "All You Need Is Love"
  5. "Hello, Goodbye"
  6. "Lady Madonna"
  7. "Hey Jude"
  8. "Get Back"
  9. "Ballad of John and Yoko"

US edition

Side one
  1. "She Loves You"
  2. "Love Me Do"
  3. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
  4. "Can't Buy Me Love"
  5. "A Hard Day's Night"
  6. "I Feel Fine"
  7. "Eight Days a Week"
  8. "Ticket to Ride"
  9. "Help!"
  10. "Yesterday"
  11. "We Can Work It Out"
  12. "Paperback Writer"
Side two
  1. "Penny Lane"
  2. "All You Need Is Love"
  3. "Hello, Goodbye"
  4. "Hey Jude" (edited 5:05 version on LP)
  5. "Get Back"
  6. "Come Together"
  7. "Let It Be"
  8. "The Long and Winding Road"

Europe

Side one
  1. "Love Me Do"
  2. "From Me to You"
  3. "She Loves You"
  4. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
  5. "Can't Buy Me Love"
  6. "A Hard Day's Night"
  7. "Eight Days a Week"
  8. "Day Tripper"
  9. "We Can Work It Out"
Side two
  1. "Paperback Writer"
  2. "Yellow Submarine"
  3. "Eleanor Rigby"
  4. "All You Need Is Love"
  5. "Help!"
  6. "Yesterday"
  7. "Hey Jude" (edited 5:05 version on LP)
  8. "Don't Let Me Down"
  9. "Ballad of John and Yoko"
  10. "Let It Be"
  11. "The Long and Winding Road"
The Beatles' compilations
Bert Kaempfert recordings
(Polydor/Bear Family)
My Bonnie (Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers, Germany, 1962) • The Beatles' First (Germany, 1964 / UK, 1967) • In the Beginning (Circa 1960) (1970) • The Early Tapes of The Beatles (1984) • Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days (2001)
1962–1970 (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)

Hits: A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966) • 1962–1966 (1973) • 1967–1970 (1973) • 20 Greatest Hits (1982) • 1 (2000)
Themes: Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976) • Love Songs (1977) • The Beatles' Ballads (1980) • Reel Music (1982)
Non-album tracks: Hey Jude (USA, 1970 / UK, 1979) • Rarities (UK, 1978) • Rarities (USA, 1980) • Past Masters, Volume One (1988) • Past Masters, Volume Two (1988)
Alternate versions: Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) • Let It Be… Naked (2003)
Other: The Beatles' Christmas Album (USA) / From Then to You (UK) (1970) • Love (2006)

Unreleased: Sessions (due date 1985)
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Capitol/Lingasong)
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Apple/Capitol)
Anthology 1 (1995) • Anthology 2 (1996) • Anthology 3 (1996)
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Apple/Capitol)
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