Let It Be (song) Let It Be (song) "Let It Be" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single, and (in an alternate mix) as the title track of their album "Let It Be". At the time, it had the highest debut on the "Billboard" Hot 100, beginning its chart run at number 6. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney. It was their 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
Run for Your Life (Beatles song) and later said it was the song he most regretted writing. He also stated that it was one of George Harrison's favourites on "Rubber Soul" at that time, despite Lennon's dislike of it. Lennon revisited this theme in a more apologetic fashion with his post-Beatles song "Jealous Guy". Ian MacDonald criticised the vocal performance and added these comments about the guitar: "The guitar-work, some of which is badly out of tune, is similarly rough, the piercingly simplistic blues solo suggesting that the player was not Harrison but Lennon himself." A 1966 version of "Run for Your Life" performed by Nancy