Can't Buy Me Love by
Artist: Weeks at #1: 5 weeks Chart dates: April 4, 1964 – May 2, 1964
About
A number-one hit single for The Beatles, primarily written by Paul McCartney, “Can’t Buy Me Love” was one of their favorite live cuts back in the heyday of Beatlemania. Its popularity was partially due to the extended “No!”—which provided the perfect opportunity for the band to shake their moplike haircuts in unison, a tried and tested move that always elicited screams of delight from the crowd. It was written at a hotel in Paris, according to the Beatles Bible; although, at the time, there were misconceptions regarding what the song was about: Personally, I think you can put any interpretation you want on anything, but when someone suggest that Can’t Buy Me Love is about a prostitute, I draw the line. That’s going too far. –Paul McCartney (1966)
