Beatles: Hear Their Final Song ‘Now And Then’

The final Beatles song, "Now And Then," is out now. After much buzz, the mid-tempo ballad certainly lives up to the hype.

As previously reported, the track's origins stem from a John Lennon demo that was first worked on by Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in 1995 as part of The Beatles Anthology. Peter Jackson and his team were able to develop new audio technology while making the 2021 docuseries The Beatles: Get Back. As a result, "Now And Then" could be completed.

"Now And Then" is available in a variety of formats at The Beatles.com. Those formats include cassette and a number of vinyl pressings. The track is available for streaming and download here.

A mini-documentary on the making of "Now And Then" was released yesterday (Nov. 1). Jackson says in the mini-doc, "During the course of 'Get Back,' we were paying a lot of attention to the technical restoration. That ultimately led us to develop a technology, which allows us to take any soundtrack and split all the different components into separate tracks based on machine learning."

When Jackson and his team developed this technology, McCartney gave the director Lennon's original demo for him to work with.

McCartney recalls, "They said, 'This is the sound of John's voice.' [imitates computer noise] A few seconds later or however long it took, and there it was: John's voice, crystal clear ... In the mix, we could lift John's voice without lifting the piano, which had always been one of the problems. Now, we could mix it and make a proper record of it."

Starr added, "Since Peter took John off and gave him his own track, it's like John's there, you know. It's far out."

Sean Lennon noted of this technology, "My dad would've loved that, because he was never shy to experiment with recording technology. I think it's really beautiful."

Narrowing down The Beatles catalog to just 50 songs and then ranking those 50 songs is both enjoyable and torture. After all, we're trying to rank The Beatles.

Much like snowflakes, it's unlikely any two rankings will shake out the same, but isn't that the beauty of lists like this? So, without further ado, here are The Beatles' top 50 songs ranked. Let the debating begin!

In February 2024, The Fab Four continue pumping out film content, with the latest project being a unique biopic movie series.

Per TheBeatles.com, the biopic movie series will be broken up into four separate feature films. Each film will tell the story of the legendary band from the perspective of each member. Tentatively, these films will receive a global theatrical release in 2027.

The series is the first time Apple Corps Ltd., The Beatles and their families/estates have agreed to such a project. This project has also acquired music rights permissions. The concept of this series was thought of by director Sam Mendes. He will be helming the films in a joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Neal Street Productions.

In a statement, Mendes said, "I'm honored to be telling the story of the greatest rock band of all time, and excited to challenge the notion of what constitutes a trip to the movies."

One of the latest major film projects about the Fab Four was The Beatles: Get Back. The project was a lengthy three-part, six-hour documentary of the making of the Let It Be album. It was led by Academy Award-winning director Peter Jackson for Disney+.

The Beatles: Get Back was met with critical and commercial acclaim. The doc was nominated for and won five Emmy Awards. Among the honors it won were Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series.

The other Beatles-related film was If These Walls Could Sing, which was also a Disney+ title. The film chronicles the history of Abbey Road Studios and is directed by Mary McCartney, the daughter of Paul and Linda McCartney. Mary says in the trailer below, "Abbey Road Studios has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember." As evident by the trailer, Mary clearly has a tremendous amount of love for the legendary recording studio.

The documentary features new interviews with Elton John, Nile Rodgers, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Noel Gallagher, George Lucus, Roger Waters, David Gilmour and many more.