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I Want to Hold Your Hand

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney; first recorded by The Beatles
VisualArtwork musical_work_composition Q609104
I Want to Hold Your Hand
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I Want to Hold Your Hand

Summary

I Want to Hold Your Hand is a musical work/composition[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • I Want to Hold Your Hand's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand's composer is recorded as John Lennon[4].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand's composer is recorded as Paul McCartney[5].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand's genre is popular music[6].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand was performed by The Beatles[7].
  • Among the performers on I Want to Hold Your Hand was The Supremes[8].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand's collection is recorded as British Library[9].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand's Commons category is recorded as I Want To Hold Your Hand (song)[10].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand was published on 1963[12].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand's lyricist is recorded as John Lennon[13].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand's lyricist is recorded as Paul McCartney[14].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'}[15].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand's different from is recorded as I Want to Hold Your Hand[16].
  • I Want to Hold Your Hand's form of creative work is recorded as song[17].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include The Beatles[7] and The Supremes[8].

Publication

I Want to Hold Your Hand was released on 1963[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Its genre is popular music[6].

Why It Matters

I Want to Hold Your Hand has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Related Entities

John Lennon Paul McCartney The Beatles

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . searcharchives.bl.uk. Retrieved . searcharchives.bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26d ago · IanTEB · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → I Want to Hold Your Hand Record Store Day 2024.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P18]]: I Want to Hold Your Hand Record Store Day 2024.jpg"
  2. 16w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → The Beatles, The Supremes
    Form of creative work → song
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P1827]]: T9000391968, см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P1827]]"
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