Although initially intended to appear as a single by releasing the “4-By” in a soft sleeve and thus “distinguish the ‘4-By’ product from EP’s“, 4 by the Beatles was packaged in a cardboard sleeve, similar to regular EP releases. Billboard did not chart the record as a single either, but as an EP; on the Hot 100, it peaked at number 68, which was also the highest position it achieved on the Cash Box chart.