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Inspiration[edit]

Could somebody with the source add some more detail about the quote by the actual chauffeur? Was McCartney definitely citing this as the source of the song's title? Or could it have occurred after the release of the song, with the chauffeur quoting it back to him? — Labalius (talk) 03:30, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Move[edit]

This page should be moved to Eight Days a Week as there is no other famous "Eight Days a Week". McLerristarr (talk) 05:23, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Move. Jafeluv (talk) 10:06, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Eight Days a Week (song) → Eight Days a Week — Following the suggestion made above (at the Eight Days a Week (song) Talk page), and moves already made by that editor, the song should be moved to the plain title as the clear primary topic. Even at its current disambiguated location, the song gets more hits than the dab page and the two other uses combined. And all current incoming article-space links to Eight Days a Week intend to link to the song. ShelfSkewed Talk 15:10, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support - The other titles are references to the song. Beyond My Ken (talk) 06:00, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above ~DC _{Talk To Me} 06:10, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support – refer to my comment made above McLerristarr (talk) 06:29, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Eight Days a Week Singer[edit]

Even though Eight Days a Week features John Lennon as the lead singer, my beatles book incorrectly credits Paul McCartney as lead singer, probably because the song was his initial idea. I guess they made a mistake when publishing the book. C.Syde (talk | contribs) 23:23, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Release date[edit]

"Eight Days a Week" had its first week of airplay on WLS during the Saturday to Friday week ending 5 February 1965.^[1] Therefore "Eight Days a Week" was released in the United States no later than sometime in January 1965, contradicting the claim that it was released on 15 February 1965. Further, the song debuted at #53 on the Hot 100 for the week ending 20 February 1965, so it must have been released before 15 February 1965, which was inside that week, and most likely weeks before then.107.185.145.26 (talk) 15:12, 21 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, you shouldn't doctor another user's post ...

I've checked a few sources, such as Barry Miles' The Beatles Diary Volume 1 and a great discography book – Castleman & Podrazik's All Together Now – and they all give 15 February. I don't think we should be swayed by the song's appearance on a WLS playlist; that doesn't necessarily mean the single was released yet, in the contemporaneous sense of the record being available in record stores. If we're going to alter the date, we need new sources. Bruce Spizer's The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records would be ideal (I've found his book The Beatles Solo on Apple Records quite useful in clearing up issues over release dates). If only a full preview of page 67, not just a snippet, was available at google books. I can't get any preview at Amazon, unfortunately.

The Billboard and Cash Box collections at worldradiohistory.com might offer something – maybe a mention that the single's release was brought forward a week or so before the scheduled date. JG66 (talk) 21:08, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Silver Dollar Survey". WLS. 1965-02-12. Retrieved 2015-03-21.

Whose other post would that have been? I am the same person who originated the topic and posted the question myself a long time ago. 98.149.97.245 (talk) 21:17, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In any event, a 15 February 1965 release date could not possibly be correct, since the record debuted at # 53 on the Hot 100 for the week ending 20 February 1965, which includes 15 February 1965. Further, the data for any given Billboard magazine required, especially back then, weeks to collect, assemble, proofread, etc., meaning that the record was undoubtedly released weeks before 20 February 1965.98.149.97.245 (talk) 21:21, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Right, but you've just repeated what you've already said. So, I'll do the same: we need a reliable source that gives an alternative date. JG66 (talk) 21:25, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How about removing the release date and not replacing it with anything until such a reliable source materializes? And, if it helps, Billboard, Cash Box, and Record World all featured the song in their 13 February 1965 print editions, again before 15 February 1965.98.149.97.245 (talk) 21:48, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Or how about not. By "featured" in those magazines, do you mean the singles were reviewed (because that's what I've seen in BB and CB)? There's nothing strange about that. Commenting on the Beatles' previous US single "I Feel Fine", Nicholas Schaffner said that it was quite normal for songs to be heard on the radio for ten days before the record was available in the shops. He writes about the fan-ritual aspect of being glued to the radio, waiting for one of the sides to be played again. JG66 (talk) 15:30, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As an example, "Eight Days a Week" was on the WLS playlist, not just airing on the radio, for the week 30 January - 5 February 1965 . But if reviews are all that you would accept, then I refer you to the top left side of page 12 of the 13 February 1965 edition of Cash Box (https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-02-13.pdf) and the top center of page 8 of the 13 February 1965 edition of Record World (https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/65/RW-1965-02-13.pdf). And if you don't accept reviews, then I don't have any idea what you must see for proof.98.149.97.245 (talk) 21:33, 29 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Frenchism[edit]

Don't know if this means anything but the UK is right "next door" to France and in French "in a week" is translated as "dans huit jours" or "in 8 days"...[BTW i'm not attaching that Silver Dollar survey, it's doing it on its own...] 108.20.114.62 (talk) 19:22, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Referenced in Backbeat (1994)[edit]

It could be mentioned that the song's title is referenced in the Beatles biopic Backbeat (1994) about the band's Hamburg days, where it's uttered by Stuart Sutcliffe years before the actual writing of the song. Stuart has been found uncoscious, foreshadowing his tragic death of a cerebral hemorrhage, and while he's getting a medical checkup after waking up, the Hamburg doctor asks him, "Are you working hard lately?", and Stu replies, "Been workin' eight days a week..." --2003:DA:CF0A:F272:39B9:4DDA:A91F:DA4 (talk) 02:46, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, worth mentioning in the Backbeat article but unless we know Sutcliffe actually used the phrase I'd suggest it doesn't belong here. --John (User:Jwy/talk) 18:59, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Silver Dollar Survey". WLS. 1965-02-12. Retrieved 2015-03-21.

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