"Get Back" is a song by The Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney. The song was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston." It later became the closing track of Let It Be (1970), which was The Beatles' last album released before the group formally split. The single reached number one in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, France, W...
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"Get Back" is a song by The Beatles, written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney. The song was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston." It later became the closing track of Let It Be (1970), which was The Beatles' last album released before the group formally split. The single reached number one in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, France, West Germany, and Mexico. It was The Beatles' only single that credited another artist (Preston), although Tony Sheridan had shared billing with The Beatles on his own single "My Bonnie" when issued in the UK in 1962 (and again in 1964).
"Get Back" was The Beatles' first single release in true stereo in the U.S. In the UK, Beatles singles remained monaural until the following release, "The Ballad of John and Yoko."
"Get Back" is unusual in The Beatles' canon in that almost every moment of the song's evolution has been extensively documented,...
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