Song for Sunday: "I Want to Hold Your Hand"

It was 50 years ago tonight that marked the beginning of the pop culture phenomenon known as the British Invasion. The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, their first performance on American soil. Americans had heard records, though, and eagerly awaited the show. In fact, tickets were so tough to get that Ed Sullivan himself couldn't snag them for his friends.

 The teen idols played and sang for an hour starting with "All My Loving" and ending  with today's Song for Sunday: I Want to Hold Your Hand. I remember this one as a childhood favorite.  

I'll tell you something
I think you'll understand
When I say that something
I want to hold your hand

I want to hold your hand
I want to hold your hand

Oh please say to me
You'll let me be your man
And please say to me
You'll let me hold your hand

Now let me hold your hand
I want to hold your hand

And when I touch you I feel happy inside
It's such a feeling that my love
I can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide

Yeah, you got that something

I think you'll understand

When I say that something
I want to hold your hand

I want to hold your hand
I want to hold your hand

And when I touch you I feel happy inside
It's such a feeling that my love

I can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide

Yeah, you got that something
I think you'll understand
When I feel that something
I want to hold your hand

I want to hold your hand
I want to hold your hand
I want to hold your hand

                 ~John Lennon and Paul McCartney

What's your favorite Beatles' song? 

Or childhood favorite?