I Want To Hold Your Hand: Music Analysis

From the sweat-infested chamber of the Cavern Club, to worldwide stardom on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Beatles *screams* have been highly recognized as one of the most influential bands of all time. They have composed innumerable hits over the years, but few have had as big of an impact on their career as “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” What was it about this song that was so extraordinary, and took them to another level? “She Loves You,” a popular Beatles composition, was released in Britain on August 23, 1963 (I Want to Hold Your Hand, 2015). With its falsetto whooo’s and popular “yeah, yeah, yeah” refrain, the song was one of the most unique of its time. An additional distinctive element, having a third party character in the song, made it …show more content…
altered those plans. When reports of Beatlemania made their way to the United States, DJ Carroll James asked a British Airways flight attendant to sneak him a copy of the track. American listeners were in awe when Carroll began playing the track on his station. They had never heard anything like it. The copy was soon being played by other Top Forty stations throughout the United States. The sensational reaction further convinced Capitol Records to push the release date forward. On December 26, 1963, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” was released in the United States (Gould, 212). The reaction was phenomenal. American poet Allen Ginsberg recalls the first time hearing the …show more content…
“I Want to Hold Your Hand” was an ingenious idea given that many of their fans were young girls. When the song transitions to the bridge, a sense of sereneness is exhibited taking the listener by surprise. Before long, they were rumbling back into the more energetic chorus. It was simple things like this that made “I Want to Hold Your Hand” become the song that revolutionized the Beatles. The musical elements of the song cannot solely be recognized for its success,