![]() Placing third is singalong classic Hey Jude, one of the band's later Number 1s, spending two weeks at the top in September 1968. In second is the band's last single from their main period of success, Let it Be, with 26 million plays and 159,000 downloads. Here Comes The Sun is an album track – featuring on Abbey Road – and was never an official single, but it did finally get to chart in 2010, when the Beatles' back catalogue was finally made available to download, peaking at 58. ![]() It's amassed 50.3 million streams, way ahead of its nearest rival, plus 164,000 downloads. The most popular Beatles' song on streaming services is not your typical Fab Four track – Paul McCartney isn't on lead vocals, John Lennon doesn't appear on the track at all, neither of them wrote it, and it wasn't even a hit! The honour goes to the uplifting Here Comes The Sun, written and sung by George Harrison, and a staple of any summer playlist. MORE: Look back at every hit Beatles song and album in their Official Chart archive Six of their songs are million-sellers, but when it comes to the digital age, how do those hits hold up? Brilliantly, there's a HUGE shock at the top. The Fab Four's Official UK Chart history takes in 38 Top 40 hits, of which 28 went Top 10, with 17 of those going to Number 1. To mark the occasion, we've teamed up with BBC Radio 2 to reveal which of The Beatles' songs are being listened to most in the digital era of downloads and streaming. ![]() This month marks 50 years since the release of Beatles' Abbey Road album the last album they recorded together – though not the last one they released.
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