With advance orders of over 500,000, it was released in January 1962 on the Columbia (EMI) label and went straight to No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart. It was the first British single to do so since Elvis Presley's "It's Now or Never" in November 1960.[1] It held that position for six weeks and spent 20 weeks in the chart.[1] It has sold 1.06 million copies in the UK, and 2.6m worldwide.[2][3][4]
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^Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (18 August 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 22. ISSN0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (31 March 1962). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 15. ISSN0006-2510. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^Salaverri, Fernando (September 1979). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN84-8048-639-2.
^Johansson, Carl-Owe (1980). Rock Around the Clock - Saturday Night Fever 1955-1978. Vara, Sweden: Dominique muzic-club.