Real Love ( Beatles song ) - wikipedia Real Love ( Beatles song ) `` Real Love '' Song by John Lennon from the album Imagine : John Lennon Released 10 October 1988 Recorded New York City Length 2 : 48 Label Parlophone EMI Songwriter ( s ) John Lennon Producer ( s ) George Martin John Lennon Yoko Ono Phil Spector Jack Douglas `` Real Love '' Single by the Beatles from the album Anthology 2 B - side `` Baby 's in Black '' ( Live ) Released 4 March 1996 Format 7 '' CD Recorded Bermuda July 1980 and Sussex February 1995 Genre Rock Length 3 : 54 Label Apple 58544 Songwriter ( s ) John Lennon The Beatles singles chronology `` Free as a Bird '' ( 1995 ) Free as a Bird 1995 `` Real Love '' ( 1996 ) Real Love1996 Audio sample file help Music video `` Real Love '' on YouTube `` Real Love '' is a song written by John Lennon, and recorded with overdubs by the three surviving Beatles in 1995 for release as part of The Beatles Anthology project. To date, it is the last released record of new material credited to the Beatles. Lennon made six takes of the song in 1979 and 1980 with `` Real Life '', a different song that merged with `` Real Love ''. The song was ignored until 1988 when the sixth take was used on the documentary soundtrack Imagine : John Lennon. `` Real Love '' was subsequently reworked by the three surviving former members of the Beatles ( Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr ) in early 1995, an approach also used for another incomplete Lennon track, `` Free as a Bird ''. `` Real Love '' was released as a Beatles single in 1996 in the United Kingdom, United States and many other countries ; it was the opening track on the Beatles ' Anthology 2 album. It is the last `` new '' credited Beatles song to originate and be included on an album. To date, it is the last single by the group to become a top 40 hit in the US. The song reached number 4 and number 11, respectively, in the UK and US singles charts, and earned a gold record more quickly than a number of the group 's other singles. The song was not included on the BBC Radio 1 playlist, prompting criticism from fans and British members of parliament. After the release of `` Free as a Bird '' and `` Real Love '', Starr commented : `` Recording the new songs did n't feel contrived at all, it felt very natural and it was a lot of fun, but emotional too, at times. But it 's the end of the line, really. There 's nothing more we can do as the Beatles. '' Contents 1 Early origins 2 Reuniting the Beatles 3 Working in the studio 4 Music video 5 Release 6 Lyrics and melody 7 Personnel 8 Track listings 9 Charts and certifications 9.1 Charts 9.2 Certifications 10 Tom Odell version 10.1 Chart performance 11 Other versions 12 Notes 13 External links Early origins According to Beatles biographer John T. Marck, `` Real Love '' originated as part of an unfinished stage play that Lennon was working on at the time titled The Ballad of John and Yoko. The song was first recorded in 1977 with a handheld tape recorder on his piano at home. Eventually the work evolved under the title `` Real Life '', a song which Lennon would record at least six times in 1979 and 1980, and then abandoned. The song was eventually combined with elements of another Lennon demo, `` Baby Make Love to You ''. In June 1978, Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono told the press that they were working on a musical, The Ballad of John and Yoko, which had been planned during the previous year. Songs proposed to be included up to this point were `` Real Love '' and `` Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him ''. In later versions, Lennon altered portions of the song ; for example, `` no need to be alone / it 's real love / yes, it 's real love '' became `` why must it be alone / it 's real / well it 's real life. '' Some takes included an acoustic guitar, while the eventual Beatles release features Lennon on piano, with rudimentary double - tracked vocals, and a tambourine. The version released in 1996 most closely reflected the lyrical structure of the early demo takes of the song. Lennon appears to have considered recording `` Real Love '' for his and Ono 's 1980 album Double Fantasy. A handwritten draft of the album 's running order places it as the possible opening track on side two. The song remained largely forgotten until 1988, when the take 6 of `` Real Love '' appeared on the Imagine : John Lennon soundtrack album. The song was also released on the Acoustic album in 2004. The demo with just Lennon on piano was issued in 1998 on John Lennon Anthology and then later on Working Class Hero : The Definitive Lennon. Reuniting the Beatles Before the Anthology project, the closest the Beatles had come to reuniting on record ( while all four members were still alive ) was for Starr 's Ringo album in 1973, when Lennon, Harrison and Starr collaborated on `` I 'm the Greatest ''. By the early 1990s, the idea of redoing some of Lennon 's old songs was inspired by former Beatles road manager Neil Aspinall and Harrison, who first requested some demos from Ono. In January 1994, McCartney went to New York City for Lennon 's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. While there, he received at least four songs from Ono. According to Aspinall, it was `` two cassettes '' which `` might have been five or six tracks ''. Ono said of the occasion : `` It was all settled before then, I just used that occasion to hand over the tapes personally to Paul. I did not break up the Beatles, but I was there at the time, you know ? Now I 'm in a position where I could bring them back together and I would not want to hinder that. '' In an interview, McCartney remarked : Yoko said `` I 've got a couple of tracks I 'll play you, you might be interested ''. I 'd never heard them before but she explained that they 're quite well known to Lennon fans as bootlegs. I said to Yoko, `` Do n't impose too many conditions on us, it 's really difficult to do this, spiritually. We do n't know, we may hate each other after two hours in the studio and just walk out. So do n't put any conditions, it 's tough enough. If it does n't work out, you can veto it. '' When I told George and Ringo I 'd agreed to that, they were going, `` What ? What if we love it ? '' It did n't come to that, luckily. McCartney, Harrison and Starr then focused their attention on four songs : `` Free as a Bird '', `` Real Love '', `` Grow Old with Me '' and `` Now and Then ''. Of these, they liked `` Free as a Bird '' the most, and worked hard on it. Eventually the song was released as the first new Beatles single since 1970. The remaining Beatles then turned their attention to `` Real Love '', which, co-producer Jeff Lynne later remarked, at least `` had a complete set of words ''. Working in the studio With George Martin declining to produce the new recording, the Beatles brought in Electric Light Orchestra 's Jeff Lynne, who had worked extensively with Harrison, including as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and had already co-produced `` Free as a Bird ''. The first problem that the team had to confront was the low quality of the demo, as Lennon had recorded it on a hand - held tape recorder. Lynne recalled : We tried out a new noise reduction system, and it really worked. The problem I had with `` Real Love '' was that not only was there a 60 cycles mains hum going on, there was also a terrible amount of hiss, because it had been recorded at a low level. I do n't know how many generations down this copy was, but it sounded like at least a couple. So I had to get rid of the hiss and the mains hum, and then there were clicks all the way through it... We 'd spend a day on it, then listen back and still find loads more things wrong... It did n't have any effect on John 's voice, because we were just dealing with the air surrounding him, in between phrases. That took about a week to clean up before it was even usable and transferable to a DAT master. Putting fresh music to it was the easy part ! Although `` Real Love '' was more complete than `` Free as a Bird '', which had required the addition of some lyrics by McCartney, the song also suffered from problems with Lennon 's timing. Lynne recalled that `` it took a lot of work to get it all in time so that the others could play to it. '' Lynne emphasised that the three remaining Beatles were keen to ensure the song sounded very `` Beatles - y '' : `` What we were trying to do was create a record that was timeless, so we steered away from using state - of the - art gear. We did n't want to make it fashionable. '' As with `` Free as a Bird '', the Beatles worked at McCartney 's studio in Sussex, with the intention of producing another single. Added to the demo were the sounds of a double bass ( originally owned by Elvis Presley 's bassist, Bill Black ), Fender Jazz bass guitar, a couple of Fender Stratocaster guitars, one of which was Harrison 's psychedelically - painted `` Rocky '' Strat ( as seen in the `` I Am the Walrus '' video ), as well as a Ludwig drum kit. Other than their regular instruments, a Baldwin Combo Harpsichord ( as played by Lennon on the Beatles song `` Because '' ) and a harmonium ( which appeared on the band 's 1965 hit single `` We Can Work It Out '' ) were also used. During the recording process, it was decided to speed up the tape, thereby raising the key from D minor to E flat minor. As their sound engineer, the Beatles opted for Geoff Emerick, who had not only worked with them to a great extent in the 1960s, but is often credited with many of the Beatles ' audio inventions. The assistant engineer was Jon Jacobs, who had worked with McCartney and Emerick since the late 1970s. The attitude in the studio was very relaxed, according to Lynne : `` Paul and George would strike up the backing vocals -- and all of a sudden it 's the Beatles again !... I 'd be waiting to record and normally I 'd say, ' OK, Let 's do a take ', but I was too busy laughing and smiling at everything they were talking about. '' Starr said that the lightheartedness was key to ensuring he, Harrison and McCartney could focus on the task : `` We just pretended that John had gone on holiday or out for tea and had left us the tape to play with. That was the only way we could deal with it, and get over the hurdle, because ( it ) was really very emotional. '' Music video The single 's video features shots of the three remaining Beatles recording in Sussex, mixed with shots of the Beatles taken during their career. Geoff Wonfor, who directed the Anthology documentary, filmed the Beatles recording in the studio with a handheld camcorder, as they did not want to be aware of the camera recording. Kevin Godley, who co-directed the music video, said that it was meant to be a `` fly on the wall thing ''. Two different versions of the video were made. The first version aired during the second installment of The Beatles Anthology television mini-series on ABC, at the end of the episode. The second version is the more common of the two, and appears on the Anthology DVD set. The most notable difference between the two is in the way the videos begin : the first is presented by a strawberry -- possibly a reference to `` Strawberry Fields Forever '', although also quite likely a nod to Godley 's `` Strawberry Studios '' -- while the second opens with a piano ( the piano chord at the beginning ). Release Although `` Real Love '' was released as single in both the UK and US on 4 March 1996, the first time the song was publicly aired was on 22 November 1995, when the American television network, the American Broadcasting Company ( ABC ) aired the second episode of The Beatles Anthology. The single debuted on the British charts on 16 March 1996 at number 4, selling 50,000 copies in its first week. The single 's chart performance was subsequently hindered by BBC Radio 1 's exclusion of `` Real Love '' from its playlist. Reuters, which described Radio 1 as `` the biggest pop music station in Britain '', reported that the station had declared : `` It 's not what our listeners want to hear... We are a contemporary music station. '' Beatles spokesman Geoff Baker responded by saying that the band 's response was `` Indignation. Shock and surprise. We carried out research after the Anthology was launched and this revealed that 41 % of the buyers were teenagers. '' The station 's actions contrasted strongly with what had occurred at the launch of `` Free as a Bird '' the year before, when Radio 1 became the first station to play the song on British airwaves. The exclusion of `` Real Love '' provoked a fierce reaction from fans also, and elicited comment from two members of parliament ( MPs ). Conservative MP Harry Greenway called the action censorship, and urged the station to reverse what he called a ban. An angry McCartney wrote an 800 - word article for British newspaper The Daily Mirror about the alleged ban, in which he stated : `` the Beatles do n't need our new single, ' Real Love ', to be a hit. It 's not as if our careers depend on it... It 's very heartening to know that, while the kindergarten kings of Radio 1 may think the Beatles are too old to come out to play, a lot of younger British bands do n't seem to share that view. I 'm forever reading how bands like Oasis are openly crediting the Beatles as inspiration, and I 'm pleased that I can hear the Beatles in a lot of the music around today. '' The letter was published on 9 March, the day after Radio 1 announced the `` ban ''. The station 's controller, Matthew Bannister, denied that the failure to include `` Real Love '' was a ban, saying that it merely meant that the song had not been included on the playlist of each week 's 60 most regularly featured songs. The station also hit back by devoting a `` Golden Hour '' to the group 's music as well as music by bands influenced by the Beatles. This `` Golden Hour '' concluded with a playing of `` Real Love ''. `` Real Love '' fell out of the British charts in seven weeks, never topping its initial position of number 4. In the US, the single entered the charts on 30 March, and peaked at number 11. After four months, 500,000 copies had been sold in the US. The Beatles ' compilation album Anthology 2, which included the song, eventually topped the British and American albums charts. John Lennon 's solo versions appear on several Lennon compilations, the film Imagine : John Lennon, and also in a 2007 ad campaign for J.C. Penney. On 6 November 2015, Apple Records released a new deluxe version of the 1 album in different editions and variations ( known as 1 + ). Most of the tracks on 1 have been remixed from the original multi-track masters by Giles Martin. Martin and Jeff Lynne also remixed `` Real Love '' for the DVD and Blu - ray releases. The remix of `` Real Love '' cleans up Lennon 's vocal further, and reinstates several deleted elements originally recorded in 1995, such as lead guitar phrases and drum fills, as well as making the harpsichord and harmonium more prominent in the mix. Lyrics and melody The song 's lyrics have been interpreted by one reviewer to be conveying the message that `` love is the answer to loneliness '' and `` that connection is the antidote to unreality. '' The song has been sped up 12 % from the demo, apparently to `` effect the... snappy tempo '' as Alan W. Pollack has speculated. The tune is nearly completely pentatonic, comprising primarily the notes E, F ♯, G ♯, B and C ♯. The refrain is higher than the verse ; while the verse covers a full octave, the refrain, at its peak, is a fifth higher. The instrumental intro is four measures long, and the verse and refrain are eight measures. The introduction occurs in parallel E minor, with the main thrust of the song being in E major. There are several other occasions where Lennon moves to a chord from the parallel minor, e.g. in the chorus where the progression moves from a major tonic ( I ) chord to a minor subdominant ( iv ) chord. The move to minor harmony happens on the words ' alone ' and ' afraid '. This combination of lyrics and harmony turning at the same point is a common Beatles device, and helps give the song a wistful feeling. The outro largely comprises the last half of the refrain repeated seven times, slowly fading out. Personnel Sixth take John Lennon -- lead vocals, acoustic guitar Beatles version According to Ian MacDonald and Mark Lewisohn : John Lennon -- double - tracked lead vocals, piano Paul McCartney -- backing vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, bass guitar, double bass, harmonium, harpsichord, percussion George Harrison -- backing vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitar, percussion Ringo Starr -- backing vocals, drums, percussion Jeff Lynne -- backing vocals, guitar Track listings All tracks written by Lennon -- McCartney, except where noted. 7 '' ( R6425 ) `` Real Love '' ( Lennon ) -- 3 : 54 Recorded at The Dakota, New York City, circa 1979 ( original demo ) and at The Mill Studio, Sussex, in February 1995. `` Baby 's in Black '' -- 3 : 03 Recorded live at the Hollywood Bowl on 29 August 1965 ( spoken introduction by Lennon ) and 30 August 1965 ( song performance ). CD ( CDR6425 ) `` Real Love '' ( Lennon ) -- 3 : 54 `` Baby 's in Black '' -- 3 : 03 `` Yellow Submarine '' -- 2 : 48 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, on 26 May and 1 June 1966. A new remix with a previously unreleased `` marching '' introduction with the sound effects mixed higher in volume throughout. `` Here, There and Everywhere '' -- 2 : 23 Recorded at EMI Studios, London, on 16 June 1966. This is a combination of take 7 ( a mono mix of the basic track with McCartney 's guide vocal ) with a 1995 stereo remix of the harmony vocals as overdubbed onto take 13 superimposed at the end. Charts and certifications Charts Chart ( 1996 ) Peak position Australia ( ARIA ) 6 Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders ) 50 Germany ( Official German Charts ) 45 Finland ( Suomen virallinen lista ) France ( SNEP ) 36 Ireland ( IRMA ) 8 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 21 Sweden ( Sverigetopplistan ) Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 26 UK ( Official Charts Company ) US Billboard Hot 100 11 US Cash Box Top 100 10 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales United States ( RIAA ) Gold 500,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone Tom Odell version `` Real Love '' Single by Tom Odell Released 6 November 2014 Format Digital download Genre Pop Length 2 : 21 Label Sony Songwriter ( s ) John Lennon Tom Odell singles chronology `` I Know '' ( 2013 ) `` Real Love '' ( 2014 ) `` Wrong Crowd '' ( 2016 ) `` I Know '' ( 2013 ) `` Real Love '' ( 2014 ) `` Wrong Crowd '' ( 2016 ) In 2014, English singer - songwriter Tom Odell released a cover version of the song. It was released on 6 November 2014 in the United Kingdom as a digital download through Sony. The song was selected as the soundtrack to the John Lewis 2014 Christmas advertisement and was later included on the `` Spending All My Christmas With You '' EP released in 2016. Chart performance On 9 November 2014 ( week ending 15 November 2014 ), `` Real Love '' debuted at number 21 in the UK Singles Chart with only 3 days of sales, and then reached a new peak of number 7 the following week. Track listing Digital download No. Title Length 1. `` Real Love '' 2 : 21 Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 2014 ) Peak position Ireland ( IRMA ) 16 Netherlands ( Single Top 100 ) 89 Scotland ( Official Charts Company ) 9 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 7 Release history Region Date Format Label United Kingdom 6 November 2014 Digital download Sony Other versions Regina Spektor recorded a cover version of `` Real Love '' for Instant Karma : The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur, released in June 2007. She performed that cover at Bonnaroo the same month. Adam Sandler performed the song in the 2009 film Funny People. This version is also found on the film 's soundtrack. The Last Royals released a cover version of `` Real Love '' on September 1, 2015 Notes ^ Jump up to : Maclauchlan, Paul ( 1998 ). Gobnotch 's Recording Sessions Update - February 1995 Archived 4 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine... Retrieved 24 June 2005. Jump up ^ Marck, John T. Oh Look Out ! Part 26, Free as a Bird & Real Love. Retrieved 24 June 2005. ^ Jump up to : Miles, Barry ; Badman, Keith, eds. ( 2001 ). The Beatles Diary After the Break - Up : 1970 -- 2001 ( reprint ed. ). London : Music Sales Group. ISBN 978 - 0 - 7119 - 8307 - 6. Jump up ^ Hodgson, Gordon ( 1998 ). `` Real Love History ''. Archived from the original on 3 September 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2005. Jump up ^ http://beatlephotoblog.com/photos/blogger/_AInLCzbQBXM/SgZuzVsJRtI/AAAAAAAAK3w/tGtWh_50au0/s1600/5.jpg ^ Jump up to : Maclauchlan, Paul ( 1998 ). Gobnotch 's Recording Sessions Update - February & March 1994 Archived 23 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine... Retrieved 24 June 2005. ^ Jump up to : ( 2000 ). Jeff Lynne & the Beatles. Retrieved 24 June 2005. Jump up ^ Real Love. Retrieved 24 June 2005. ^ Jump up to : Cross, Craig. Beatles British Singles. Retrieved 24 June 2005. ^ Jump up to : `` BBC in ' oldies ' row over ban on Beatles single ''. Reuters. 8 March 1996. 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Jump up ^ Padgett, Ray ( 2015 - 09 - 01 ). `` Real Love - Single on iTunes ''. iTunes.com. Retrieved 2016 - 05 - 17. Jump up ^ Padgett, Ray ( 2015 - 09 - 01 ). `` Real Love - Single on Spotify ''. Spotify.com. Retrieved 2016 - 05 - 17. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Real Love sheet music 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. 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Question: when was real love by the beatles released
Answer: 10 October 1988