Eight Days a Week is a Beatles song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on McCartney's idea. It was released in December 1964 on the UK album Beatles for Sale, and as a US single on February 15, 1965 with the B-side I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party, later appearing on Beatles VI. Recorded at EMI Studios in London in October 1964, the pop rock track is noted for its fade-in opening, the handclaps and a guitar-based arrangement with George Harrison on Rickenbacker 12-string in the outro. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming the Beatles seventh US No 1 in just over a year, and also reached No 1 in Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands. The title reportedly came from Ringo Starr's malapropisms or from a Weybridge chauffeur, a story McCartney has cited. The Beatles never performed it live in concert; Paul McCartney did first perform it live in 2013 in Brazil. The song was later included on the compilation 1 and lent its name to Ron Howard's 2016 documentary The Beatles: Eight Days a Week.
