Here`s a couple of personal Beatles records concerning the performance of their singles in Billboard`s Hot 100 chart:

Highest Debuts

Date – debut position – song
03-21-1970 06 Let It Be
09-14-1968 10 Hey Jude
05-10-1969 10 Get Back
12-30-1995 10 Free As A Bird
03-23-1996 11 Real Love
10-18-1969 20 Something
07-18-1964 21 A Hard Day`s Night
12-05-1964 22 I Feel Fine
03-23-1968 23 Lady Madonna
10-18-1969 23 Come Together
03-05-1965 25 Nowhere Man
03-28-1964 27 Can`t Buy Me Love
06-11-1966 28 Paperback Writer
05-23-1970 35 The Long And Winding Road / For You Blue
12-18-1965 36 We Can Work It Out


Lowest debuting A-Sides

Date – debut position – song
06-27-1964 97 Sie Liebt Dich
07-18-1964 90 Ain`t She Sweet
09-16-1978 87 Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band – With A Little Help From My Friends
02-25-1967 85 Penny Lane
04-11-1964 81 Love Me Do
09-05-1964 81 Matchbox
07-25-1964 80 And I Love Her
11-20-1976 79 Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
03-28-1964 78 Do You Want To Know A Secret?
07-22-1967 71 All You Need Is Love
06-14-1969 71 The Ballad Of John & Yoko
03-27-1982 70 Beatles Movie Medley


Biggest Jumps to Number One

Date – jump  – song
04-04-1964 27-1 Can`t Buy Me Love
06-25-1966 15-1 Paperback Writer
05-23-1970 10-1 The Long And Winding Road / For You Blue
03-13-1965 5-1 Eight Days A Week
03-18-1967 5-1 Penny Lane

Biggest Falls from Number One

Date – fall – song
05-09-1964 1-5 Can`t Buy Me Love
09-25-1965 1-5 Help!
07-16-1966 1-5 Paperback Writer
03-27-1965 1-4 Eight Days A Week
02-05-1966 1-4 We Can Work It Out

Biggest Jumps

Date – # of positions – song (jump)
03-04-1967 49 Penny Lane (85-36)
02-01-1964 48 She Loves You (69-21)
03-21-1964 48 Twist And Shout (55-7)
06-21-1969 47 The Ballad Of John & Yoko (71-24)
08-27-1966 45 Yellow Submarine (52-8)
10-02-1965 42 Yesterday (45-3)
07-29-1967 42 All You Need Is Love (71-29)
05-01-1965 41 Ticket To Ride (59-18)
09-12-1964 39 Matchbox (81-42)
03-04-1967 38 Strawberry Fields Forever (83-45)
05-02-1964 35 Love Me Do (67-32)
02-27-1965 34 Eight Days A Week (53-19)
09-12-1964 33 Slow Down (99-67)
03-04-1967 38 Strawberry Fields Forever (83-45)
04-04-1964 32 Do You Want To Know A Secret? (78-46)
05-16-1964 31 P.S. I Love You (64-33)
06-18-1966 30 Rain (72-42)


Most Weeks at Number One

# of weeks – song (year)
09 Hey Jude (1968)
07 I Want To Hold Your Hand (1964)
05 Can`t Buy Me Love (1964)
05 Get Back (1969)
04 Yesterday (1965)
03 I Feel Fine (1965)
03 Help! (1965)
03 We Can Work It Out (1965-6)
03 Hello Goodbye (1967-8)
02 She Loves You (1964)
02 A Hard Day`s Night (1964)
02 Eight Days A Week (1965)
02 Paperback Writer (1966)
02 Let It Be (1970)
02 The Long And Winding Road / For You Blue (1970)
01 Love Me Do (1964)
01 Ticket To Ride (1965)
01 Penny Lane (1967)
01 All You Need Is Love (1967)
01 Something / Come Together (1969)

Most Weeks inside the Top 10

# of weeks – song (year)
14 Hey Jude (1968)
12 I Want To Hold Your Hand (1964)
11 She Loves You (1964)
11 Let It Be (1970)
09 Get Back (1969)
08 A Hard Day`s Night (1964)
08 Hello Goodbye (1967-8)
08 Something / Come Together (1969)
07 Please Please Me (1964)
07 Twist And Shout (1964)
07 I Feel Fine (1964)
07 We Can Work It Out (1966)
07 All You Need Is Love (1967)
07 Lady Madonna (1968)


Most Weeks inside the Hot 100

# of weeks – song (year)
26 Twist And Shout (1964 & 1986)
19 Hey Jude (1968-9)
16 Something / Come Together (1969-70)
16 Got To Get You Into My Life (1976)
15 I Want To Hold Your Hand (1964)
15 She Loves You (1964)
14 Love Me Do (1964)
14 Let It Be (1970)
13 Please Please Me (1964)
13 A Hard Day`s Night (1964)
13 Help! (1965)
12 We Can Work It Out (1965-6)
12 Get Back (1969)


Fastest climb to Number One

# of weeks – song (dates)
02 Can`t Buy Me Love (28 March – 4 April 1964)
03 I Want To Hold Your Hand (18 January – 1 February 1964) 
03 A Hard Day`s Night (18 July – 1 August 1964)
03 Yesterday (25 September – 9 October 1965)
03 Paperback Writer (11 June – 25 June 1966)
03 Hey Jude (14 September – 28 September 1968)
03 Get Back (10 May – 25 May 1969)
04 I Feel Fine (5 December – 26 December 1964)
04 Eight Days A Week (20 February – 14 March 1965)
04 We Can Work It Out (18 December 1965 – 8 January 1966)
04 Penny Lane (25 February – 18 March 1967)
04 Let It Be (21 March – 11 April 1970)
04 The Long And Winding Road / For You Blue (23 May – 13 June 1970)
05 Ticket To Ride (24 April – 22 May 1965)
05 Help! (7 August – 4 September 1965)
05 All You Need Is Love (22 July – 19 August 1967)
05 Hello Goodbye (2 December – 30 December 1967)
07 Something / Come Together (18 October – 29 November 1969)
08 Love Me Do (11 April – 30 May 1964)
09 She Loves You (25 January – 21 March 1964)

Thanks Wolf - I love all your chart stats; do you work in that field?

Thank you!

It`s just a hobby.