That's exactly how it was. 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' was very co-written." MUST-READ: 60 Years of Beatlemania — 10 Fab Beatles Moments from 1964 2. Peter Asher confirms John's view of the story ...

In 1980, John Lennon told author David Sheff: “In ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand,’ I remember when we got the chord that made the song. We were in Jane Asher’s house, downstairs in the cellar ...