“Get Back” by The Beatles with Billy Preston

"Get Back" hit the shops as a single on 11 April 1969, billed to the Beatles with Billy Preston, the only time they asked to share a single's credit with another artist, and a different mix later closed Let It Be, the 1970 album that came out just after the band broke up. Paul McCartney wrote it, though the Lennon–McCartney credit stands, and it's a lean, rolling blues-rock shuffle with a rare treat: John Lennon out front on lead guitar.

The album take opens with some studio chatter between Lennon and McCartney, drops the single's coda and signs off with banter from the rooftop concert. The single went to number one in Britain, America and 12 other countries, and in the UK it was the only Beatles single to enter the chart at the top. In the US it was their first single in true stereo.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.