Get Back - wikipedia Get Back This article is about the song by the Beatles. For other uses, see Get Back ( disambiguation ). `` Get Back '' US picture sleeve Single by the Beatles with Billy Preston B - side `` Do n't Let Me Down '' Released 11 April 1969 Format 7 - inch single Recorded 27 -- 28 January 1969 Genre Rock Length 3 : 14 Label Apple Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) George Martin The Beatles singles chronology `` Hey Jude '' ( 1968 ) Hey Jude 1968 `` Get Back '' ( 1969 ) Get Back1969 `` The Ballad of John and Yoko '' ( 1969 ) The Ballad of John and Yoko 1969 Billy Preston singles chronology `` Hey Brother '' ( 1968 ) Hey Brother1968 `` Get Back '' ( 1969 ) Get Back1969 `` That 's the Way God Planned It '' ( 1969 ) That 's the Way God Planned It 1969 Audio sample file help `` Get Back '' Song by the Beatles from the album Let It Be Released 8 May 1970 Length 3 : 07 Label Apple Songwriter ( s ) Lennon -- McCartney Producer ( s ) Phil Spector `` Get Back '' is a song recorded by 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 ''. Contents 1 Composition 1.1 Musical development 1.2 Early protest lyrics 2 Recordings and post-production work 3 Releases 3.1 Single version 3.2 Let It Be version 3.3 Let It Be... Naked version 3.4 Love version 4 Late Show performance 5 Saturday Night Live performance 6 Personnel 7 Charts and certifications 7.1 Charts 7.2 Certifications 8 Covers 9 In popular culture 10 Notes 11 References 12 External links Composition 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 ''. ( Originally he said that at the end of the rooftop concert, 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 whose racially charged speeches had recently gained much media attention. The lyrics addressed attitudes toward immigrants in the United States and the United Kingdom : ``... do n't need no Puerto Ricans living in the USA '' ; and `` do n'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 ''. 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 deter bickering among the Beatles. The group with Preston playing Fender Rhodes electric piano recorded about ten takes on 23 January. On 27 January they made a concerted effort to perfect `` Get Back '', 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 eleven ) 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 does n't like that... she gets angry... she 's gon na 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, `` Do n'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 This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2013 ) Single version On 11 April 1969, Apple Records released `` Get Back '' as a single in the UK, paired with `` Do n'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 / Do n'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 / Do n'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. 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. 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 ostensibly a cleaned up version of the single version albeit much shorter as there is a fade immediately before the final `` whoo '' and coda. The single 's reverb effect was also omitted from this remix. 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. 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. Late Show performance 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. Saturday Night live performance 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 '' ). 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. Personnel Paul McCartney -- lead vocal, bass guitar John Lennon -- lead guitar, harmony vocal George Harrison -- rhythm guitar Ringo Starr -- drums Billy Preston -- electric piano Charts and certifications Charts Chart ( 1969 ) Peak position Australian Kent Music Report Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40 ) Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) Ireland ( IRMA ) Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) Norway ( VG - lista ) Swedish Kvällstoppen Chart Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 US Cash Box Top 100 West German Media Control Singles Chart Chart ( 1976 ) Peak position Ireland ( IRMA ) 8 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 28 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) 2 × Platinum 2,000,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone Covers Billy Preston, who played electric piano on the original version, did a cover for the 1978 film Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Steve Wariner covered the song on the 1995 album Come Together : America Salutes the Beatles. His rendition charted at number 72 on Hot Country Songs, In popular culture At the end of The Simpsons episode `` Homer 's Barbershop Quartet '', all the members of the Be Sharps sing their first hit on Moe 's rooftop while George Harrison, driving by, says `` It 's been done. '' Also, at the end of their song, Homer says the ending comments ``... I hope we pass the audition '', followed by everyone laughing and Barney saying `` I do n't get it. '' In the 2007 film, Across the Universe, directed by Julie Taymor, most characters are named after lyrics in Beatles songs. A principal character is named Jojo, an African American who was played by Martin Luther McCoy. In February 2010, NBC used a cover of the song in commercials to promote Jay Leno 's return to the 11 : 35pm time slot for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In the manga series JoJo 's Bizarre Adventure, at the end of the series ' third story arc Stardust Crusaders, the character Joseph Joestar can be seen listening to the song on his Walkman. Notes ^ Jump up to : Lewisohn 1988, p. 172. ^ Jump up to : Sulpy & Schweighardt 2003, p. 84. Jump up ^ Sulpy & Schweighardt 2003, p. 152. Jump up ^ The Beatles 2000, p. 319. Jump up ^ The Mike Douglas Show. 7 February 1972. ^ Jump up to : Lewisohn 1988, p. 169. Jump up ^ Sheff 2000, p. 201 -- 202. Jump up ^ Sulpy & Schweighardt 2003, p. 153. Jump up ^ Sulpy & Schweighardt 2003, p. 158. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1988, p. 166. Jump up ^ Lewisohn 1996a. Jump up ^ `` Number One Hits : Facts & Feats ''. Retrieved 13 December 2013. section = ignored ( help ) ( On the NME chart eight earlier Beatles singles entered at the top. ) Jump up ^ Spizer, Bruce ( 2003 ). The Beatles on Apple Records. 498 Productions. p. 47. Jump up ^ `` The Beatles as nature intended '' ( PDF ). Billboard. New York : Billboard Publications, Inc. 26 April 1969. Retrieved 30 January 2018. Jump up ^ Miami Herald 2006. Jump up ^ `` Paul McCartney Stuns Manhattan With Set on Letterman 's Marquee ''. Rolling Stone. 2009 - 07 - 16. Retrieved 2014 - 11 - 28. Jump up ^ `` McCartney Rocks the `` Late Show '' ``. CBS News. 2009 - 07 - 15. Retrieved 2014 - 11 - 28. Jump up ^ Kent, David ( 2005 ). Australian Chart Book ( 1940 -- 1969 ). Turramurra : Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0 - 646 - 44439 - 5. Jump up ^ `` Austriancharts.at -- The Beatles with Billy Preston -- Get Back '' ( in German ). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Ultratop.be -- The Beatles with Billy Preston -- Get Back '' ( in Dutch ). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Singles : Issue 6006. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 16 May 2016. ^ Jump up to : `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Get Back ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Dutchcharts.nl -- The Beatles with Billy Preston -- Get Back '' ( in Dutch ). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Norwegiancharts.com -- The Beatles with Billy Preston -- Get Back ''. VG - lista. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Swedish Charts 1966 -- 1969 / Kvällstoppen -- Listresultaten vecka för vecka > Maj 1969 '' ( PDF ) ( in Swedish ). hitsallertijden.nl. Retrieved 21 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` Swisscharts.com -- The Beatles with Billy Preston -- Get Back ''. Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Official Singles Chart Top 100 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` The Beatles Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Jump up ^ Hoffmann, Frank ( 1983 ). The Cash Box Singles Charts, 1950 - 1981. Metuchen, NJ & London : The Scarecrow Press, Inc. pp. 32 -- 34. Jump up ^ `` Offizielle Deutsche Charts '' ( Enter `` Beatles '' in the search box ) ( in German ). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` Official Singles Chart Top 100 ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 May 2016. Jump up ^ `` American single certifications -- The Beatles -- Get Back ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 14 May 2016. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Single, then click SEARCH Jump up ^ Film Flashback : Aerosmith Kicks Butt in ' Sgt. Pepper ' Jump up ^ Get Back at AllMusic Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 447 -- 448. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ `` Homer 's Barbershop Quartet ''. The Simpsons. 30 September 1993. Jump up ^ Holden 2007. Jump up ^ McKenzie 2010. Jump up ^ Araki, Hirohiko ( August 4, 1992 ). `` Chapter 265 ''. JoJo 's Bizarre Adventure. 28. Shueisha. ISBN 4 - 08 - 851634 - 6. References The Beatles ( 2000 ). The Beatles Anthology. San Francisco : Chronicle Books. ISBN 0 - 8118 - 2684 - 8. Castleman, Harry ; Podrazik, Walter J. ( 1976 ). All Together Now. Ann Arbor, MI : Pierian Press. Holden, Stephen ( 14 September 2007 ). `` Movie Review -- Across the Universe -- Lovers in the ' 60s Take a Magical Mystery Tour ''. The New York Times. Lewisohn, Mark ( 1988 ). The Beatles Recording Sessions. New York : Harmony Books. ISBN 0 - 517 - 57066 - 1. Lewisohn, Mark ( 1996a ). The Complete Beatles Chronicle. Chancellor Press. ISBN 0 - 7607 - 0327 - 2. Lewisohn, Mark ( 1996b ). Anthology 3 ( booklet ). Apple Records. Matteo, Stephen ( 2004 ). Let It Be. Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0 - 8264 - 1634 - 9. McKenzie, Julian ( 19 February 2010 ). `` Jay Leno uses Beatles song to promote his return to late night ''. BeatleNews.com. `` It 's hard not to LOVE the new Beatles album ''. Miami Herald. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2006. Sheff, David ( 2000 ). All We Are Saying : The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. New York : St. Martin 's Press. ISBN 0 - 312 - 25464 - 4. 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Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` The Israelites '' by Desmond Dekker & the Aces UK Singles Chart number - one single 23 April 1969 ( six weeks ) Succeeded by `` Dizzy '' by Tommy Roe Preceded by `` Hair '' by the Cowsills Canadian RPM Top 100 number - one single 19 May 1969 ( six weeks ) Succeeded by `` Good Morning Starshine '' by Oliver Preceded by `` Medley : Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In ( The Flesh Failures ) '' by the 5th Dimension Billboard Hot 100 number - one single 24 May 1969 ( five weeks ) Succeeded by `` Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet '' by Henry Mancini Let It Be Let It Be ( film ) Let It Be... Naked Songs Side one `` Two of Us '' `` Dig a Pony '' `` Across the Universe '' `` I Me Mine '' `` Dig It '' `` Let It Be '' `` Maggie Mae '' Side two `` I 've Got a Feeling '' `` One After 909 '' `` The Long and Winding Road '' `` For You Blue '' `` Get Back '' Non-album B - side `` Do n't Let Me Down '' Outtakes `` All Things Must Pass '' `` Another Day '' `` The Back Seat of My Car '' `` Gimme Some Truth '' `` Hear Me Lord '' `` Let It Down '' `` Teddy Boy '' `` Watching Rainbows '' Related articles Rooftop concert Billy Preston Phil Spector Let It Be ( Laibach album ) Kum Back Let It Be ( musical ) Let It Be... Naked The Beatles discography Please Please Me With the Beatles A Hard Day 's Night Beatles for Sale Help ! Rubber Soul Revolver Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band Magical Mystery Tour The Beatles ( White Album ) Yellow Submarine Abbey Road Let It Be Past Masters The Beatles singles discography UK and US ( all labels ) 1963 `` Please Please Me '' / `` Ask Me Why '' `` From Me to You '' / `` Thank You Girl '' `` She Loves You '' / `` I 'll Get You '' 1964 `` Ca n't Buy Me Love '' / `` You Ca n't Do That '' `` I Feel Fine '' / `` She 's a Woman '' 1965 `` Ticket to Ride '' / `` Yes It Is '' `` Help ! '' / `` I 'm Down '' `` We Can Work It Out '' / `` Day Tripper '' 1966 `` Paperback Writer '' / `` Rain '' `` Yellow Submarine '' / `` Eleanor Rigby '' 1967 `` Penny Lane '' / `` Strawberry Fields Forever '' `` All You Need Is Love '' / `` Baby, You 're a Rich Man '' `` Hello, Goodbye '' / `` I Am the Walrus '' 1968 `` Lady Madonna '' / `` The Inner Light '' `` Hey Jude '' / `` Revolution '' 1969 `` Get Back '' / `` Do n't Let Me Down '' `` The Ballad of John and Yoko '' / `` Old Brown Shoe '' `` Something '' / `` Come Together '' 1970 `` Let It Be '' / `` You Know My Name ( Look Up the Number ) '' 1978 `` Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends '' / `` A Day in the Life '' 1982 `` The Beatles Movie Medley '' / `` I 'm Happy Just to Dance with You '' 1995 `` Free as a Bird '' / `` Christmas Time ( Is Here Again ) '' `` Real Love '' / `` Baby 's in Black '' UK only ( Parlophone, Apple ) 1962 `` My Bonnie '' / `` The Saints '' `` Love Me Do '' / `` P.S. I Love You '' 1963 `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' / `` This Boy '' 1964 `` Ai n't She Sweet '' / `` If You Love Me, Baby '' `` A Hard Day 's Night '' / `` Things We Said Today '' 1976 `` Yesterday '' / `` I Should Have Known Better '' `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' / `` Twist and Shout '' US only ( Vee - Jay, Swan, Tollie, Capitol, Apple ) 1963 `` I Want to Hold Your Hand '' / `` I Saw Her Standing There '' 1964 `` Twist and Shout '' / `` There 's a Place '' `` Do You Want to Know a Secret '' / `` Thank You Girl '' `` Love Me Do '' / `` P.S. I Love You '' `` Sie liebt dich '' / `` I 'll Get You '' `` I 'll Cry Instead '' / `` I 'm Happy Just to Dance with You '' `` And I Love Her '' / `` If I Fell '' `` A Hard Day 's Night '' / `` I Should Have Known Better '' `` Matchbox '' / `` Slow Down '' 1965 `` Eight Days a Week '' / `` I Do n't Want to Spoil the Party '' `` Yesterday '' / `` Act Naturally '' 1966 `` Nowhere Man '' / `` What Goes On '' 1970 `` The Long and Winding Road '' / `` For You Blue '' 1976 `` Got to Get You into My Life '' / `` Helter Skelter '' `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` Julia '' Other countries ( Odeon, Parlophone, Apple ) 1963 `` All My Loving '' / `` This Boy '' ( Canada ) 1964 `` Komm, gib mir deine Hand / Sie liebt dich '' ( Germany ) 1966 `` Norwegian Wood ( This Bird Has Flown ) '' / `` Nowhere Man '' ( Australia ) 1968 `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' ( Europe, Japan, Australia ) `` Ob - La - Di, Ob - La - Da '' / `` I Will '' ( Philippines ) `` Back in the U.S.S.R. '' / `` Do n't Pass Me By '' ( Sweden ) 1969 `` You 're Going to Lose That Girl '' / `` Tell Me What You See '' ( Japan ) 1970 `` Oh ! Darling '' / `` Here Comes the Sun '' ( Japan ) 1972 `` All Together Now '' / `` Hey Bulldog '' ( Europe ) 1978 `` Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help from My Friends '' / `` Within You Without You '' ( Germany ) Rod Stewart singles 1970s `` It 's All Over Now '' ( 1970 ) `` Reason to Believe '' / `` Maggie May '' ( 1971 ) `` Every Picture Tells a Story '' / `` Reason to Believe '' ( 1971 ) Spain only `` ( I Know ) I 'm Losing You '' / `` Mandolin Wind '' ( 1971 ) `` Handbags and Gladrags '' ( 1972 ) `` You Wear It Well '' ( 1972 ) `` Angel '' ( 1972 ) `` What 's Made Milwaukee Famous ( Has Made a Loser Out of Me ) '' ( 1972 ) `` Twistin ' the Night Away '' ( 1973, 1987 ) `` Oh ! No Not My Baby '' ( 1973 ) `` Farewell '' / `` You Send Me '' ( 1973 ) `` Mine for Me '' ( 1974 ) `` You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything '' ( 1974 ) Stewart / Faces `` Sailing '' ( 1975 ) `` This Old Heart of Mine '' ( 1975 ) `` Tonight 's the Night '' ( 1976 ) `` The Killing of Georgie '' ( 1976 ) `` Get Back '' ( 1976 ) `` The First Cut Is the Deepest '' ( 1977 ) `` I Do n't Want to Talk About It '' ( 1977, 1990 ) `` You 're in My Heart ( The Final Acclaim ) '' ( 1978 ) `` Hot Legs '' ( 1978 ) `` I Was Only Joking '' ( 1978 ) `` Da Ya Think I 'm Sexy ? '' ( 1978, 1997 ) `` Ai n't Love a Bitch '' ( 1979 ) `` Blondes ( Have More Fun ) '' ( 1979 ) 1980s `` ( If Loving You Is Wrong ) I Do n't Want to Be Right '' ( 1980 ) `` Passion '' ( 1980 ) `` Tonight, I 'm Yours ( Do n't Hurt Me ) '' ( 1981 ) `` Young Turks '' ( 1982 ) `` How Long ? '' ( 1982 ) `` Baby Jane '' ( 1983 ) `` That 's What Friends Are For '' ( 1983 ) `` Infatuation '' ( 1984 ) `` Some Guys Have All the Luck '' ( 1984 ) `` All Right Now '' ( 1984 ) `` People Get Ready '' ( 1985, 1991, 1993 ) Stewart / Beck `` Love Touch '' ( 1986 ) `` In My Life '' ( 1987 ) `` Forever Young '' ( 1988 ) `` My Heart Ca n't Tell You No '' ( 1988 ) `` This Old Heart of Mine ( Is Weak for You ) '' ( 1989 ) Stewart / Isley `` Downtown Train '' ( 1989 ) 1990s `` It Takes Two '' ( 1990 ) Stewart / Turner `` Rhythm of My Heart '' ( 1991 ) `` The Motown Song '' ( 1991 ) `` Your Song '' ( 1992 ) `` Ruby Tuesday '' ( 1993 ) `` Have I Told You Lately '' ( 1993 ) `` Reason to Believe '' ( unplugged, 1993 ) `` All for Love '' ( 1993 ) Stewart / Adams / Sting `` Leave Virginia Alone '' ( 1995 ) `` Lady Luck '' ( 1996 ) `` Ooh La La '' ( 1998 ) `` Rocks '' ( 1998 ) `` Cigarettes and Alcohol '' ( 1998 ) `` Faith of the Heart '' ( 1999 ) 2000s `` These Foolish Things '' ( 2002 ) `` They Ca n't Take That Away from Me '' ( 2003 ) `` Time After Time '' ( 2003 ) `` What a Wonderful World '' ( 2004 ) `` Blue Moon '' ( 2004 ) `` Baby, It 's Cold Outside '' ( 2005 ) `` I 've Got a Crush on You '' ( 2005 ) `` I 've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm '' ( 2006 ) `` Have You Ever Seen the Rain ? '' ( 2006 ) 2010s `` Let It Snow ! Let It Snow ! Let It Snow ! 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Question: who sang get back to where you once belonged
Answer: Paul McCartney