Which song was No. 1 when The Beatles occupied the top five Billboard Hot 100 positions?

The Beatles’ “Can’t Buy Me Love” was No. 1 when the group occupied the top five Billboard Hot 100 positions.

On April 4, 1964, The Beatles held the chart’s top five places, with “Can’t Buy Me Love” at No. 1. The other positions were occupied by “Twist and Shout,” “She Loves You,” “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “Please Please Me.”

The feat came during the group’s explosive first U.S. success, shortly after their appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. “Can’t Buy Me Love” had replaced “She Loves You” at No. 1, showing how rapidly Beatles records were moving through the chart.

The distinction concerns five separate Beatles recordings, not five versions of one song. It remains one of the clearest signs of the group’s extraordinary concentration of popularity in 1964.