Every Billboard Hot 100 Single 1970: #132: “Let It Be”- The Beatles. March 17, 1970.
- Single:”Let It Be”- The Beatles
- Record Company- Apple
- Genre: Rock
- Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
- Time: 3:50
- B-side: “You Know My Name [ Look Up The Number}
- Album- Let It Be
- Grade: A+
- Peaked at #1 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.
“Let It Be” would become the 19th Beatles #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was released a couple weeks before the official break up of The Beatles was announced. There would be one more Beatles #1- “The Long And Winding Road.” Rolling Stone magazine ranked “Let It Be” at #20 on their 500 Greatest Songs Ever list. While it is listed as a Lennon-McCartney song- this was all Paul McCartney.
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It’s up there for good reason.
While overexposed, this beautiful ballad remains a timeless classic.
Have you ever heard the “naked” version? It strips out most of Phil Spector’s ‘Wall of Sound’ overproduction – pretty cool!
The naked version of the album is good–I like the addition of Don’t Let Me Down. A classic