I Wanna Hold Your Hand

" 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' First single. Fucking brilliant. Perhaps the most fucking brilliant song ever written. Because they nailed it. That's what everyone wants. Not 24-7 hot wet sex. Not a marriage that lasts a hundred years. Not a Porsche or a blow job or a million-dollar crib. No. They wanna hold your hand. They have such a feeling that they can't hide. Every single successful love song of the past fifteen years can be traced back to 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' And every single successful exciting moments of hand-holding. Trust me. I've thought a lot about this."

Dev - Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn & David Levithan (p. 118)