4 by the Beatles

4 by the Beatles
4 by the Beatles
EP by the Beatles
Released	1 February 1965
Recorded	1964, EMI Studios, London
Genre	Rock
Length	10:26
Label	Capitol
Producer	George Martin
The Beatles EP chronology

4 by the Beatles is an EP release by The Beatles. It is the third of three EPs released in the United States, the second from Capitol Records (catalogue number R-5365).

History[]

Although the Beatles' first EP released by Capitol, Four by the Beatles, did not achieve the success the label would have hoped, it did well on the singles chart, which enabled Capitol to create a new series called the "4-By" series, which acted like a "super single". The idea was to market a set of four songs to "complement the artist's singles and albums and not compete with the performer's current hit single".^[1] Accordingly, the series' name is a reference to the first Beatles EP from Capitol.

Although initially intended to appear as a single by releasing the "4-By" in a soft sleeve and thus "distinguish the '4-By' product from EP's", 4 by the Beatles was packaged in a cardboard sleeve, similar to regular EP releases.^[1] Billboard did not chart the record as a single either, but as an EP; on the Hot 100, it peaked at number 68, which is also the highest position it achieved on the Cash Box chart.^[1] Capitol deleted 4 by the Beatles from its catalogue on 31 December 1965.^[1]

Track listing[]

4 by the Beatles features four songs that had been released on Beatles '65 in December 1964.

Side one

"Honey Don't" (Carl Perkins) – 2:56
"I'm a Loser" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:30

Side two

"Mr. Moonlight" (Johnson) – 2:39
"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" (Perkins) – 2:25

Chart performance[]

Chart (1965)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	68
US Cash Box Top 100^[1]	68

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Spizer, Bruce (2000). The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records, Part One: Beatlemania and the Singles, pp. 65–66. New Orleans, Louisiana: 498 Productions. ISBN 0-9662649-1-6
^ "The Beatles Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

External links[]

[spizer-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Spizer, Bruce (2000). The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records, Part One: Beatlemania and the Singles, pp. 65–66. New Orleans, Louisiana: 498 Productions. ISBN 0-9662649-1-6

[sc_Billboardhot100_The_Beatles-2] "The Beatles Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

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