In his dream, McCartney's mother told him not to worry, that everything would be all right. McCartney has said of the song that he knew most listeners would assume that "Mother Mary" was a religious reference, a fact that annoyed John Lennon. In his dream, McCartney encountered his mother, Mary, who died of cancer when he was fourteen-years-old. Because it was the last single released by The Beatles as a group and because Let It Be was their final album, the song's message about releasing oneself from problems and sorrow is particularly apt. "Let It Be" topped the charts in several countries, including the United States, Australia, and Switzerland, and was ranked number 20 on the list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published by Rolling Stone.
In March of 1970, The Beatles released the song as a single from their album of the same name (a year before "Bridge Over Troubled Water was released"). In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine had a similar list and placed the track at #8, as well as ranking the track at #20 on its “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.Though John Lennon once explained that he thought Paul McCartney's "Let It Be" was inspired by the Simon and Garfunkel hit "Bridge Over Troubled Water," the idea actually came to McCartney after a dream about his mother. “Let It Be” was ranked #50 on Mojo magazine’s 2006 list of “The 101 Greatest Beatles Songs”. “Let It Be” is certified Gold in both Italy and the UK and 2x Platinum in the US. Producer/s: George Martin (single version) & Phil Spector (album version)Ĭhart Rankings, Certifications & Accolades: “Let It Be” charted highly in its year of release, reaching #1 in Australia and Austria, #3 in Belgium, #1 in Canada and Hungary, #3 in Ireland, #1 in the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, #2 in the UK, #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. There is no music video for “Let It Be”, but the audio upload on the official Beatles YouTube channel has 52.3 million views and 452 thousand likes since it was uploaded in June 2018.
McCartney had later publicly stated “It was great to visit with her again. “Let It Be” originated from a dream that McCartney had about his late mother (Mary McCartney, sadly died of cancer in 1956 when Paul was fourteen) during the production of the sessions for “The Beatles (the White Album)” in 1968, which was apparently a very tense period. The single reached 1 in the U.S., Australia, Italy, Norway and Switzerland and 2 in the UK. Although credited to Lennon/McCartney it is generally accepted to be a Paul McCartney composition. Yeah, th Am ere will be an ans G wer, let it F be C. 'Let It Be' is a song by The Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single, and as the title track of their album Let It Be. Chorus: Let it Am be, let it b G e, let it F be, let it C be. C Speaking words of G wisdom, let it F be C. I C wake up to the G sound of music, Am Mother Mary F comes to me.
Sh C ine on until tom G orrow, let it F be C. The single version was later released and was produced by Sir George Martin, who was often referred to as “the fifth beatle”, due to his extensive involvement in all of the band’s albums. There is Am still a light that F shines on me. The song was written and sung by lead singer and member Paul McCartney, however on the song it is credited to Lennon-McCartney (the song writing partnership between Paul McCartney and John Lennon” and was produced by Phil Spector. Released in May 1970, the album was released a month after the band’s break up. “Let It Be” was a track from English group The Beatles and their twelfth and final album of the same name.