# 45s

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/45s/286>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 6, 1999, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/45s/286 "1999-11-06T03:45:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![BigStar303](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@BigStar303](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigStar303)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/45s/286/1 "1999-11-06T03:45:00Z")

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Since I’m sure Cecil never wants to be less than 100% correct, I caught him on this one…the sort of thing anal rockers like myself would notice.

Cecil said:

\<\< A few musical geniuses were incapable of writing a second-rate song, and both sides of their singles became hits. For example, the Beatles made the top ten with both sides of “I Want to Hold Your Hand”/“I Saw Her Standing There…” \>\>

Not so! “I Saw Here Standing There” only reached #14.

I feel so much better now!