THE BALLAD OF JOHN AND YOKO
by BEATLES


The 17th UK Number 1 single by The Beatles, The Ballad of John and Yoko was the full stop of an incredible career, that changed and shaped pop and rock in The Beatles' relatively short shelf life. The track toppled Tommy Roe's dizzy to claim the top spot on the UK singles chart in June 1969 where it stayed for three weeks before being knocked off by Thunderclap Newman's Something In The Air.

Lennon and McCartney recorded the The Ballad Of John and Yoko - which chronicles the wedding of Lennon and Yoko Ono -  without George Harrison and Ringo Starr, it was one of the last time that the two friends would collaborate in the studio together.

A bittersweet coda to the most enduring partnership in all of pop. 

The Ballad Of John and Yoko - The Beatles

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Chart facts

  • Peak position1
  • LabelAPPLE
  • Catalogue numberR5786
  • First Chart Date

Weeks on chart

  1. 3No. 1
  2. 6Top. 10
  3. 8Top. 20
  4. 12Top. 40
  5. 14Top. 75
  6. 14Top. 100

Chart run

= Peak position = This week

14 weeks - 10/06/1969 to 06/09/1969

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