What was the first single released from the Beatles' own record label, Apple Records?

Seven minutes, eleven seconds, to be precise. As a teenager, I set my first record for my longest kiss to "Hey, Jude." She and I went our separate ways about a year later, but remain friends still some fifty years later.

Actually it was a double A side . Like many Beatles singles ( not all ) both sides had melodic gems , hence they would be double A Sides . An interesting single is “ Strawberry Fields “ and “ Penny Lane “ . The Beatles I believe contractually owed EMI a single at the time , although I’m not 100% on that . In any event EMI released those two A Sides as a single ,and it was the first Beatles single not to reach number one on the charts . The songs by all accounts should have, and would have been on the Sgt. Pepper album. George Martin until the time of his psssing had been quoted as saying more than once that releasing the single as a double A side ,and not putting those two songs on Pepper was his biggest miscalculation of his career . One also must remember that ALL Beatles albums up to Sgt Pepper were bastardized / canabalized by Capitol Records in the USA . Meaning the Beatles label in the UK ,and Europe ( as well as most of the world ) were on the Parlophone Record label. ( Until Apple Records came along, the first Apple Album being the White Album aka “ The Beatles “ in Nov. 1968 ) . Capitol would put twelve songs on an album in the USA ,the biggest market in the world for Beatles records . In the original UK Parlophone albums ,each had fourteen songs, AND the Beatles generally would not release a single that was on any album . As they put it “ We want to give people value for their money “ . You’ll notice “ I Want To Hold Your Hand “ which is the single that put the band over the top in the USA was NOT released on any Parlophone Album until they came out with a compilation album called “ Beatles Oldies in 1967 ,four years after its release . The entire album is all their UK singles never released on an album . As an example of some of the songs never on a UK or European Album. You’re not going to believe this if you live in America. 1. She Loves You 2. We Can Work It Out 3. Yesterday 4. I Feel Fine 5. Day Tripper 6. Ticket To Ride 7. Paperback Writer 8. Eleanor Rigby 9. I Want To Hold Your Hand . There are I believe four or five songs I’m not remembering. At the end of the day Capitol Records milked the public for every dime they could get . There were thirteen albums in the UK ,and I can’t imagine how many in the USA . There are too many variables.Vee Jay,United Artists ,and Capitol all released Beatles albums in the USA . Rest assured there are at least an extra six albums in the USA . What was the question : )

patrhea, I believe he sang "Yesterday", as Hey Jude wasn't for a couple of years later.

It was broadcast on "The David Frost Show", lip synced but damn - the Beatles on a stage. Not since Shea Stadium in US anyway.

I remember being bought Mary Hopkin's Eurovision single "Knock knock, who's there?" in 1970, and being very taken with the apple looking different on each side of the record. Was too young to be allowed to go shopping by myself in 1970!

It was fugal in structure.

I remember Apple’s first US recording artist - James Taylor. His self-titled first album remains the highlight of his career, his masterpiece.

Missed it

Missed this one!! Hey Jude was one of my favorites from the Beatles!!

Remembered👏

Kay Eicher Being a former disc jockey I certainly got it.

Terry L Ross, maybe not the worst but certainly top 10 .

We got sick of our sister playing it... and Mom counted the # of Hey Judes. It's a lot..

Got it.

Patrhea, I think you must have seen Paul McCartney song Hey Jude somewhere other than the Ed Sullivan Show. The Beatles last appearance on the Ed Sullivan was in 1965 and Hey Jude was not released until 1968.

I remember Paul McCartney performance on Ed Sullivan show singing Hey Jude the first time.

Jakob Gerber, I meant to hit "like." Those songs weren't on UK albums? Wow. Didn't the "Hey Jude" album (in the US at least) have songs that had never been on an album?