Let It Be (song) over single notes in the left hand. In his review of the single, for the "NME", Derek Johnson admired McCartney's performance and the lyrics' "pseudo-religious" qualities. Although he considered that the melody paled beside some of the band's previous singles, Johnson added: "As ever with The Beatles, this is a record to stop you dead in your tracks and compel you to listen attentively." John Gabree of "High Fidelity" magazine found the lyrics "dangerous politically", but viewed the song as possibly "the best thing musically that McCartney has done". In 2010, "Rolling Stone" magazine placed "Let It Be" at number
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