A HARD DAY'S NIGHT / THINGS WE SAID TODAY
Parlophone A8123
Released 10 July 1964
Original recommended retail price: 10/-
The first Beatles single to be released in Australia on the same day as its British counterpart.
Matrix Information
Side 1: (mono) 7AXPA728
Side 2: (mono) 7AXPA729

June 1982
Side 1: (stereo) A8123 A AP
Side 2: (stereo) A8123B AP

Overview
By now EMI (Australia) had caught up to the point where this single was released in Australia on the same day that it was released in the UK. This was a necessity to circumvent excessive imports (and radio broadcast!) before local release, which had been a problem for EMI (Australia) and other majors.

Deleted in December 1969, the single would not be reissued until 1982, where in June it was recut (both sides in stereo) at Studios 301 by Allan Parsons for inclusion in The Australian 20th Anniversary Singles Collection. It subsequently went out of print again before returning on 7 December 1987.
Chart Performance

Brisbane

(QLD)

Sydney

(NSW)

Melbourne

(VIC)

Hobart

(TAS)

Adelaide

(SA)

Perth

(WA)

Chart Entry

11-Jul-64

17-Jul-64

18-Jul-64

17-Jul-64

11-Jul-64

10-Jul-64

Highest Position

1

1

1

1

1

1

Weeks In

20

20

19

14

21

13
Listed as "A Hard Day's Night"

Chart Re-entry

25-Jul-64

-

-

-

-

24-Jul-64

Highest Position

14

 

 

 

 

11

Weeks In

7

 

 

 

 

10
Listed as "Things We Said Today"
Silver/Black Style 'A'
AUSP8123SBA.a

LEEDS MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
AUSP8123SBA.b

LEEDS MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
AUSP8123SBA.c

As per variation 'b' except:
- LEEDS MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
- transposed sub-title and author-credit (side 1 label)
- spacing differences in some non-templated elements
AUSP8123SBA.d

As per variation 'c' except:
- LEEDS MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
- spacing differences in some non-templated elements
Silver/Black Style 'C'
AUSP8123SBC.a

First appeared in October 1982 with the release of The Australian 20th Anniversary Singles Collection

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