Beatlemania

English

Alternative forms

• Beatlesmania

Etymology

Beatle +‎ -mania.

Noun

Beatlemania (uncountable)

1. Intense fanatical enthusiasm for The Beatles.
   • 1964 July 12, “The Beatles meet Margaret”, in The Straits Times, page 3:

     BEATLEMANIA caught up with Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon last week.

   • 1979, “London Calling”, The Clash (music):

     London calling, now don't look to us / Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust

   • 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 2, 51-52:

     Berlin's six-decade career began before the advent of radio and ended during the height of Beatlemania.

Translations

intense fanatical enthusiasm for The Beatles

• Belarusian: бітлама́нія f (bitlamánija)
• French: Beatlemania (fr) f
• Georgian: ბიტლომანია (biṭlomania)
• German: Beatlemania f
• Japanese: ビートルマニア (bītorumania)
• Korean: 비틀마니아 (biteulmania)
• Russian: битлома́ния (ru) f (bitlománija)
• Ukrainian: бітлома́нія f (bitlománija)