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"Get Back" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Beatles and Billy Preston, written by Paul McCartney, and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. It was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston". [ 4 ]
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The song was recorded live at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado on 8 November 1987. [91] Introducing the song, Bono said, "This is a song Charles Manson stole from the Beatles. We’re stealing it back." [80] Aerosmith included a cover of "Helter Skelter", recorded in 1975, on their 1991 compilation Pandora's Box. [92]
The original recording can also be heard during the loading screen for the song if it is downloaded in the 2009 video game The Beatles: Rock Band. Although Lennon once said of the song that he "wasn't proud of that" and "I was just going through the motions", [20] in 1980 he described it as "pure, like a painting, a pure watercolour". [12]
The lyrics espouse a positive outlook on a sad situation, while also encouraging "Jude" to pursue his opportunities to find love. After the fourth verse, the song shifts to a coda featuring a "Na-na-na na" refrain that lasts for over four minutes. "Hey Jude" was the first Beatles song to be recorded on eight-track recording equipment.
“Get Back to Let It Be” is open at the Rock Hall through March 2023 — fittingly, 60 years to the month of the release of the Beatles’ debut LP, “Please Please Me.” Fans who bought that ...
McCartney said, "It's not a great song but it's a great favourite of mine because it has great memories for me of John and I trying to write a bluesy freight-train song. There were a lot of those songs at the time, like ' Midnight Special ', ' Freight Train ', ' Rock Island Line ', so this was the 'One After 909'; she didn't get the 9:09, she ...
This is a list of cover versions by music artists who have recorded one or more songs written and originally recorded by English rock band The Beatles.Many albums have been created in dedication to the group, including film soundtracks, such as I Am Sam (2001) and Across the Universe (2007) and commemorative albums such as Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father (1988) and This Bird Has Flown (2005).