Get Back

Written by Lennon - McCartney

Album This song officially appears on the Let It Be (Limited Edition) LP.
Timeline This song has been officially released in 1970

Master release


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Song facts

Many people have since claimed to be the Jo Jo and they’re not, let me put that straight! I had no particular person in mind, again it was a fictional character, half man, half woman, all very ambiguous. I often left things ambiguous, I like doing that in my songs.

Paul McCartney – From “Many Years From Now” by Barry Miles, 1997

From Wikipedia:

“Get Back” is a song recorded by the English rock band the Beatles and written by Paul McCartney (though credited to Lennon–McCartney), originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to “The Beatles with Billy Preston”. A different mix of the song later became the closing track of Let It Be (1970), which was the Beatles’ last album released just after the group split. The single version was later issued on the compilation albums 1967–1970, 20 Greatest Hits, Past Masters, and 1.

The single reached number one in the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Australia, France, West Germany, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, and Belgium. It was the Beatles’ only single that credited another artist at their request. “Get Back” was the Beatles’ first single release in true stereo in the US. In the UK, the Beatles’ singles remained monaural until the following release, “The Ballad of John and Yoko“.

Musical development

“Get Back” is unusual in the Beatles’ canon in that almost every moment of the song’s evolution has been extensively documented, from its beginning as an offhand riff to its final mixing in several versions. Much of this documentation is in the form of illegal (but widely available) bootleg recordings, and is recounted in the book Get Back: The Unauthorized Chronicle of the Beatles’ Let It Be Disaster by Doug Sulpy and Ray Schweighardt.

The song’s melody grew out of some unstructured jamming on 7 January 1969 during rehearsal sessions on the sound stage at Twickenham Studios. Over the next few minutes, McCartney introduced some of the lyrics, reworking “Get back to the place you should be” from fellow Beatle George Harrison’s “Sour Milk Sea” into “Get back to where you once belonged”. McCartney had played bass on Jackie Lomax’s recording of “Sour Milk Sea” a few months earlier. On 9 January McCartney brought a more developed version of “Get Back” to the group, with the “Sweet Loretta” verse close to its finished version. For the press release to promote the “Get Back” single, McCartney wrote, “We were sitting in the studio and we made it up out of thin air … we started to write words there and then … when we finished it, we recorded it at Apple Studios and made it into a song to roller-coast by.”

At the beginning of the Let It Be version of the song, Lennon can be heard jokingly saying “Sweet Loretta Fart (often misheard as “fat”, due to Lennon’s pronunciation), she thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan.” The album version of the song also ends with Lennon famously quipping “I’d like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we passed the audition”. (He had said that at the end of their 30 January 1969 rooftop concert on the roof of Apple Studios, but Phil Spector edited it into the “Get Back” song on the Let It Be album.)

In an interview in Playboy magazine in 1980, Lennon described “Get Back” as “… a better version of ‘Lady Madonna‘. You know, a potboiler rewrite.” Lennon also said that “there’s some underlying thing about Yoko in there”, saying that McCartney looked at Yoko Ono in the studio every time he sang “Get back to where you once belonged.”

Early protest lyrics

When McCartney introduced the song to the group during the Twickenham rehearsals, the lyrics were mostly incomplete except for the “Get Back” chorus. McCartney improvised various temporary lyrics leading to what has become known in Beatles’ folklore as the “No Pakistanis” version. This version parodied the anti-immigrant views of Enoch Powell, a Member of Parliament (MP) whose racist speeches had recently gained much media attention. The lyrics addressed attitudes toward immigrants in the United States and the United Kingdom: “… don’t need no Puerto Ricans living in the USA”; and “don’t dig no Pakistanis taking all the people’s jobs”, though these lyrics were meant to be a parody and a criticism of those prejudiced against immigrants. Later during the same session, the subject of immigration came up again in an improvised jam that has become known as “Commonwealth”. The lyrics included a line “You’d better get back to your Commonwealth homes”.

On 23 January, the group (now in Apple Studios) tried to record the song properly; bootleg recordings preserve a conversation between McCartney and Harrison between takes discussing the song, and McCartney explaining the original “protest song” concept. The recording captures the group deciding to drop the third verse largely because McCartney does not feel the verse is of high enough quality, although he likes the scanning of the word “Pakistani”.[clarification needed] Here the song solidifies in its two-verse, three-solo format.

Recordings and post-production work

Billy Preston joined the Beatles on keyboards from 22 January, having been recruited by Harrison partly with a view to deterring bickering among the Beatles. The group, with Preston playing Fender Rhodes electric piano, recorded about ten takes on 23 January. They made a concerted effort to perfect “Get Back” on 27 January, recording about 14 takes. By this time the song had the addition of a false ending and reprise coda. After numerous takes, the band jammed some old numbers and then returned to “Get Back” one last time in an attempt to record the master take. This performance (Take 11) was considered to be the best yet: it was musically tight and punchy without mistakes, though the song finishes without the restart. On the session tape, George Harrison comments “we missed that end”; this is the version heard on the Let It Be… Naked album. On 28 January the group attempted to recapture the previous day’s performance and recorded several new takes each including the coda. Whilst these takes were good, they did not quite achieve the quality of the best take from the previous day. The line-up for the released versions of “Get Back” was Paul McCartney, lead vocal and bass; John Lennon, lead guitar and backing vocal; George Harrison, rhythm guitar; Ringo Starr, drums; and Billy Preston, electric piano. Harrison, the usual lead guitarist, had temporarily quit the group on 10 January, so Lennon worked out the lead guitar.

The Beatles had EMI produce a mono remix of the track on 4 April, completed by Jeff Jarrett. The Beatles were unhappy with the mix and on 7 April McCartney and Glyn Johns worked at Olympic Studios to produce new remixes for the single release. They made an edited version using the best take of the main part of the song (Take 11) from 27 January and the ‘best coda’ ending from 28 January. The edit is so precise that it appears to be a continuous take, achieving the ending the Beatles had desired all along. This was a divergence from the concept of straight live performance without studio trickery, but a relatively minor one, and avoids the somewhat abrupt ending of the version that is used on the Let It Be… Naked album.

The Beatles performed “Get Back” (along with other songs from the album) as part of the Beatles’ rooftop performance, which took place on the roof of Apple Studios in Savile Row, London on 30 January 1969, an edited version of which was included in the Let It Be film. “Get Back” was performed in full three times. During the third, which marked the end of the rooftop performance, the Beatles were interrupted by the police who had received complaints from office workers nearby. After the police spoke to Mal Evans, he turned off Lennon and Harrison’s amplifiers only for Harrison to switch them back on, insisting that they finish the song. It was during this period that McCartney ad-libbed, “You’ve been playing on the roofs again, and that’s no good, and you know your Mummy doesn’t like that … she gets angry … she’s gonna have you arrested! Get back!” The third rooftop performance of “Get Back” is available on Anthology 3: the last song of the Beatles’ final live performance.

At the end of the last rooftop performance of “Get Back”, the audience applauds and McCartney says “Thanks, Mo” in reply to Maureen Starkey’s cheering. Lennon adds: “I’d like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we’ve passed the audition”. Spector used some of the talk preceding the master take of 27 January and edited on these comments to make the album version sound different from the single.

The stereo single version, and that of the B-side, “Don’t Let Me Down”, were the first Beatles recordings to feature Starr’s drum kit in true stereo, mixed across the left and right channels. This utilised the then-fairly new 8-track recording technology and was a result of the growing popularity of stereo over mono. The only other Beatles’ track to employ this recording method was “The End” on Abbey Road.

Releases – Single version

On 11 April 1969, Apple Records released “Get Back” as a single in the UK, paired with “Don’t Let Me Down” on the B-side. The single began its 17-week stay in the charts on 26 April at No. 1, a position it held for six weeks. It was the first Beatles single to enter the official UK singles chart at the top. In the US, “Get Back” began its first of 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart the week ending 10 May. Two weeks after the song’s chart debut it hit No. 1, where it stayed for five weeks. “Get Back” became the band’s 17th No. 1 song in Billboard, matching Elvis Presley’s previous record of 17 number ones.

In both the UK and US, the single was released by Apple, although EMI retained the rights to the song as part of their contract. It was the only Beatles’ single to include an accompanying artist’s name, crediting “Get Back/Don’t Let Me Down” to “The Beatles with Billy Preston”. Neither Apple nor Capitol Records created a picture sleeve for the single—it was simply packaged in a sleeve stating “The Beatles on Apple”. Apple launched a print ad campaign for the song concurrent with its release showing a photo of the band with the slogan The Beatles as Nature Intended, indicating that the sound of “Get Back” harked to the group’s earlier days.

The single version of the song contains a chamber reverb effect throughout and a coda after a false ending, with the lyrics “Get back Loretta / Your mommy’s waiting for you / Wearing her high-heel shoes / And her low-neck sweater / Get back home, Loretta.” This does not appear on the album version; the single version’s first LP appearance would come three years later on the 1967–1970 compilation. This version also appeared in the albums 20 Greatest Hits, Past Masters and 1. It was also included in the original line-up of the proposed Get Back album that was scheduled to be released during the fall of 1969.

In the UK and Europe “Get Back/Don’t Let Me Down” was the Beatles’ last single to be released in mono, but in the US the single was released in stereo. It was the Beatles’ first single to be released in true stereo instead of mono as part of the “stereo only” movement gaining force in 1969. In both versions the lead guitar played by Lennon is in the left channel, and the rhythm guitar played by Harrison is in the right channel. The single was also released in the experimental PocketDisc format by Americom in conjunction with Apple and Capitol in the late 1960s.

Releases – Let It Be version

When Phil Spector came to remix “Get Back” he wanted to make it seem different from the version released as the single, though both versions were the same take. The previous unreleased Get Back albums included elements of studio chatter to add to the live feel of the recordings. In this spirit, Spector included part of the studio chatter recorded immediately before a take recorded on 27 January, slightly crossfaded it onto the beginning of the same master take (recorded on January 28), and added McCartney and Lennon’s remarks after the close of the rooftop performance. This created the impression that the single and album versions are different takes. The single’s reverb effect was also omitted from this remix.

Releases – Let It Be … Naked version

In 2003, “Get Back” was re-released on the Let It Be… Naked album, remixed by independent producers with the sanction of the surviving ex-Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, with John Lennon’s and George Harrison’s widows. The “Naked” version of “Get Back” is a remix of the take recorded on 27 January 1969 used for both the single and album versions, without the coda recorded the following day or the framing dialogue from the studio and rooftop concert added to the album version. The single’s reverb effect was also omitted from this remix, and the song fades immediately before the final “whoo”. Apple also prepared a specially-created music video of the Let It Be … Naked release of the song to promote that album in 2003. This video is edited together using stock footage of the band, along with Billy Preston, George Martin and others.

Releases – Love version

In 2006, a newly mixed version of “Get Back” produced by George Martin and his son Giles was included on the album Love. This version incorporates elements of “A Hard Day’s Night” (the intro chord), “A Day in the Life” (the improvised orchestral crescendo), “The End” (Ringo Starr’s drum solo, Paul McCartney’s second guitar solo, and John Lennon’s last guitar solo), and “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)” (Take 1’s drum count-off intro). However, there are several edits in this piece, including an extended intro, and the second verse is removed completely.

Releases – The Beatles: Get Back version

In 2021, take 8 from the recording sessions was released by Universal Music in advance of the extended edition of Let It Be and the documentary The Beatles: Get Back. This version has McCartney ad libbing a different spoken word section over the bridge, beginning with “It’s five o’clock … your momma’s got your tea on.”

McCartney live performances

McCartney performed “Get Back” on the Late Show with David Letterman on 15 July 2009. Letterman’s show was taped in the Ed Sullivan Theater, the same theatre that hosted the Beatles’ performances on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 and 1965. McCartney’s performance was not on the stage, however. Instead, he performed atop the theatre’s marquee overlooking Broadway. In the interview preceding the performance, Letterman asked McCartney if he had ever played on a marquee before. “I’ve done a roof”, McCartney replied, referring to the Beatles’ 1969 performance atop the Apple Corps building in London.

McCartney also performed the song as a kind of encore on Saturday Night Live on 11 December 2010. The performance was unusual for the show because McCartney had played the two standard songs that musical guests play, then had played a third song (“A Day in the Life“/”Give Peace a Chance“). At the normal conclusion of the show, when host Paul Rudd thanked the cast, McCartney took the stage again for “Get Back”, the broadcast of which was partially cut off due to time constraints.

McCartney performed this live during his 1989/1990 World Tour, and it was released on both the full-length and highlights versions of the subsequent live album Tripping the Live Fantastic (1990). In 2014, a performance was included on the Good Evening New York City album. […]

When we were doing Let It Be, there were a couple of verses to Get Back which were actually not racist at all – they were anti-racist. There were a lot of stories in the newspapers then about Pakistanis crowding out flats – you know, living 16 to a room or whatever. So in one of the verses of Get Back, which we were making up on the set of Let It Be, one of the outtakes has something about ‘too many Pakistanis living in a council flat’ – that’s the line. Which to me was actually talking out against overcrowding for Pakistanis… If there was any group that was not racist, it was the Beatles. I mean, all our favourite people were always black. We were kind of the first people to open international eyes, in a way, to Motown.

Paul McCartney – From a Rolling Stone interview, 1986

They had some good things going at Apple. Paul was on piano and invited me to join in. I started playing and we all just fell on into it. The track was called ‘Get Back’ and I played solo piano on it. My solo on ‘Get Back’ was my own creation. They said then that it was good enough to become their next single. The next thing I knew, they had put ‘Get Back’ out with my name on it. You know, it was a great honour and then they asked me to join Apple. At the time, I was at Capitol and they talked to somebody at the label and they got me a release to record on Apple. It was a great experience.

Billy Preston – from Badman, Keith. The Beatles: Off the Record

The thing about the Beatles was, we were a damn good little band. The four of us just knew how to fall in with each other and play, and that was our real strength. That made it all the more sorrowful to think that our breaking up was almost inevitable. So there’s a wistful aspect to Get Back. The idea that you should get back to your roots, that the Beatles should get back to how we were in Liverpool. And the roots are embodied in the style of the song, which is straight-up rock and roll. Because that was definitely what I thought we should do when we broke up — that we should “get back to where we once belonged” and become a little band again. We should just play and do the occasional little gig.

The others laughed at that — quite understandably — because by then it was not really a practical solution. John had just met Yoko, and he clearly needed to escape to a new place, whereas I was saying we should escape to an old place. Reviving the old Beatles just wasn’t on the cards. It was too late to be recommending that we not forget who we were and where we once were from. If my dream at the time really was to get back to where we once belonged, John’s dream was to go beyond where we once belonged, to go somewhere we didn’t yet belong.

Paul McCartney – From The Times, October 18, 2021 – From “The Lyrics”, 2021

From The Usenet Guide to Beatles Recording Variations:

[a] mono 7 Apr 1969 at Olympic Sound. edited.
UK: Apple R5777 single 1969. CD: EMI single 1989.

[b] stereo 7 Apr 1969 at Olympic Sound. edited. [edit: was more likely 3 Apr]
UK: Apple PCSP 718 The Beatles 1967-1970 1973.
US: Apple 2490 single 1969, Apple SKBO-3404 The Beatles 1967-1970 1973, Capitol SV-12245 20 Greatest Hits 1982.
CD: EMI CDP 7 90044 2 Past Masters 2 1988, EMI CDP 7 97039 2 The Beatles 1967-1970 1993.

[c] stereo 26 Mar 1970. edited.
UK: Apple PXS 1 and PCS 7096 Let It Be 1970.
US: Apple AR 34001 Let It Be 1970.
CD: EMI CDP 7 46447 2 Let It Be 1987.

The exact recording date is still not resolved. Lewisohn says the version with the coda as heard in [a] and [b] is from Jan 28; Sulpy and Schweighardt confirm that this is the date of the coda alone but date the body of the song to Jan 27, and I’m following that for now. This may have to be changed later.

The mono and stereo versions [a] [b] for the single are similar. After a pause, after a high “woo”, they continue into a coda with half-spoken words into a fadeout. Mono [a] fades slightly longer, but [b] is heard a second longer than usual on Capitol’s “20 Greatest Hits”. The mono mix was first issued worldwide on a 3-inch CD single in 1989.

The take of the main body of the song actually ends with the “woo”. The March 1969 stereo mix (as heard on bootleg) ends there, with off-mike talking, and continues a few seconds into silence and a guitar noise. The unreleased “Get Back” albums compiled later use the [b] from the stereo single, and, as a reprise at the end, they use more from the same take as the coda (Jan 28?).

The “Phil Spector version” [c] is edited after the “woo” into speech recorded 30 Jan 1969, at the end of the last “rooftop” performance of Get Back: “(cheers) Thanks Mo. . . we hope we passed the audition”. The speech at the beginning with “Rosetta” belongs there as part of the body (Jan 27?) take, as evidenced again in the March 1969 mix, but the “Sweet Loretta Fart” verse has come in from another source unknown.

Last updated on November 28, 2021

The book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present", published in 2021, covers Paul McCartney's early Liverpool days, the Beatles, Wings, and solo careers, by pairing the lyrics of 154 of his songs with first-person commentaries of the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now.

"Get Back" is one of the 154 songs covered.

Lyrics

Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner
But he knew it couldn't last.
Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
For some California grass.
Get back, get back.
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back.
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back Jojo, go home
Get back, get back.
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back.
Back to where you once belonged.
Get back Jo.

Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman
But she was another man
All the girls around her say she's got it coming
But she gets it while she can
Get back, get back.
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back.
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back Loretta

Your mother's waiting for you
Wearing her high-heel shoes
And her low-neck sweater
Get back Loretta,
Get back, get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back.
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back, get back.
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back, get back.
Get back to where you once belonged.

Officially appears on


Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (UK - Mono)

7" Single • Released in 1969

3:14 • Studio versionA • Mono

Paul McCartney :
Bass, Lead vocal
Ringo Starr :
Drums
John Lennon :
Backing vocal, Lead guitar
George Harrison :
Rhythm guitar
George Martin :
Producer
Glyn Johns :
Engineer
Billy Preston :
Electric piano
Jerry Boys :
Second engineer

Session Recording:
Jan 27, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Recording:
Jan 28, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Mixing:
Apr 07, 1969
Studio :
Olympic Sound Studios, London


Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (US - Stereo)

7" Single • Released in 1969

3:14 • Studio versionB • Stereo

Paul McCartney :
Bass, Lead vocal
Ringo Starr :
Drums
John Lennon :
Backing vocal, Lead guitar
George Harrison :
Rhythm guitar
George Martin :
Producer
Glyn Johns :
Engineer
Billy Preston :
Electric piano
Jerry Boys :
Second engineer

Session Recording:
Jan 27, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Recording:
Jan 28, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Mixing:
Apr 03, 1969
Studio :
Olympic Sound Studios, London


Let It Be (Limited Edition)

LP • Released in 1970

3:14 • Studio versionC • Stereo

Paul McCartney :
Bass, Lead vocal
Ringo Starr :
Drums
John Lennon :
Backing vocal, Lead guitar
George Harrison :
Rhythm guitar
George Martin :
Producer
Glyn Johns :
Engineer
Billy Preston :
Electric piano
Jerry Boys :
Second engineer

Session Recording:
January 27, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Recording:
January 28, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Mixing:
Mar 26, 1970
Studio :
EMI Studios, Room 4, Abbey Road


Let It Be

LP • Released in 1970

3:14 • Studio versionC • Stereo

Paul McCartney :
Bass, Lead vocal
Ringo Starr :
Drums
John Lennon :
Backing vocal, Lead guitar
George Harrison :
Rhythm guitar
George Martin :
Producer
Glyn Johns :
Engineer
Billy Preston :
Electric piano
Jerry Boys :
Second engineer

Session Recording:
January 27, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Recording:
January 28, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Mixing:
Mar 26, 1970
Studio :
EMI Studios, Room 4, Abbey Road


1967-1970 (US version, 1973)

Official album • Released in 1973

3:14 • Studio versionB • Stereo

Paul McCartney :
Bass, Lead vocal
Ringo Starr :
Drums
John Lennon :
Backing vocal, Lead guitar
George Harrison :
Rhythm guitar
George Martin :
Producer
Glyn Johns :
Engineer
Billy Preston :
Electric piano
Jerry Boys :
Second engineer

Session Recording:
Jan 27, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Recording:
Jan 28, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Mixing:
Apr 03, 1969
Studio :
Olympic Sound Studios, London


1967-1970 (UK version, 1973)

LP • Released in 1973

3:14 • Studio versionB • Stereo

Paul McCartney :
Bass, Lead vocal
Ringo Starr :
Drums
John Lennon :
Backing vocal, Lead guitar
George Harrison :
Rhythm guitar
George Martin :
Producer
Glyn Johns :
Engineer
Billy Preston :
Electric piano
Jerry Boys :
Second engineer

Session Recording:
Jan 27, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Recording:
Jan 28, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Mixing:
Apr 03, 1969
Studio :
Olympic Sound Studios, London


Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (UK - 1976)

7" Single • Released in 1976

3:14 • Studio versionA • Mono

Paul McCartney :
Bass, Lead vocal
Ringo Starr :
Drums
John Lennon :
Backing vocal, Lead guitar
George Harrison :
Rhythm guitar
George Martin :
Producer
Glyn Johns :
Engineer
Billy Preston :
Electric piano
Jerry Boys :
Second engineer

Session Recording:
Jan 27, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Recording:
Jan 28, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Mixing:
Apr 07, 1969
Studio :
Olympic Sound Studios, London


Rock 'n' Roll Music

LP • Released in 1976

Studio version



Past Masters Volume 2

Official album • Released in 1988

3:14 • Studio versionB • Stereo

Paul McCartney :
Bass, Lead vocal
Ringo Starr :
Drums
John Lennon :
Backing vocal, Lead guitar
George Harrison :
Rhythm guitar
George Martin :
Producer
Glyn Johns :
Engineer
Billy Preston :
Electric piano
Jerry Boys :
Second engineer

Session Recording:
Jan 27, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Recording:
Jan 28, 1969
Studio :
Apple Studios, 3 Savile Row, London

Session Mixing:
Apr 03, 1969
Studio :
Olympic Sound Studios, London


Bootlegs


O.P.D.

Unofficial album • Released in 1969

3:01 • Studio version • From Glyn Johns' 2nd "Get Back" compilation

Session Mixing:
March - May 1969
Studio :
Olympic Sound Studios, London

Session Mixing:
May 09, 1969
Studio :
Olympic Sound Studios, London


O.P.D.

Unofficial album • Released in 1969

0:42 • Studio version • From Glyn Johns' 2nd "Get Back" compilation

Session Mixing:
March - May 1969
Studio :
Olympic Sound Studios, London

Session Mixing:
May 09, 1969
Studio :
Olympic Sound Studios, London





Films


Get Back

1969 • For The Beatles • Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg


Get Back

1991 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Richard Lester


Get Back

2003 • For The Beatles • Directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Live performances

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Going further


Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989

With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.

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