| "Let It Be" | ||||
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| Single by the Beatles | ||||
| from the album Let It Be | ||||
| B-side | "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" | |||
| Released | 6 March 1970 | |||
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| Label | Apple | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lennon–McCartney | |||
| Producer(s) | George Martin (single version)
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"Let It Be" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 6 March 1970 as a single, and (in an alternative mix) as the title track of their album Let It Be. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney, and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single version of the song, produced by George Martin, features a softer guitar solo and the orchestral section mixed low, compared with the album version, produced by Phil Spector, featuring a more aggressive guitar solo and the orchestral sections mixed higher.
At the time, it had the highest debut on the Billboard Hot 100, beginning its chart run at number 6 and eventually reaching the top. It was the Beatles' final single before McCartney announced his departure from the band. Both the Let It Be album and the US single "The Long and Winding Road" were released after McCartney's announced departure from and the subsequent break-up of the group.
- ^ Wyman, Bill (7 June 2017). "All 213 Beatles Songs, Ranked From Worst to Best". Vulture. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Pitchfork Staff (22 August 2016). "The 200 Best Songs of the 1970s". Pitchfork. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
It is pop's OG "Keep Calm and Carry On", which is only fitting given that it soundtracked the end of pop's OG innovators.
- ^ Norman, Phillip (2016). Paul McCartney: The Biography. Hachette UK. ISBN 978-0297870777.
The soft-rock hymn reached number one in America