If you're going to be knocked off Number 1 by anybody, it may as well be by somebody you really care about – yourself! Ousting your own work off the top spot is a pretty rare occurrence on the Official Chart, but it does happen, albeit very, very rarely.
But who's managed it? We've don some digging in the archives. Singles W/E December 14, 1963 1963 was the year The Beatles truly hit their stride, landing their first three of their overall 17 Number 1s.
Advance orders of I Want To Hold Your Hand reportedly exceeded 1 million and would have debuted at the top on the day of its release, had it not been blocked by their first million-seller She Loves You.
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