1. A Day in the Life – The prime inspiration for this song came from the death of Tara Browne, a close friend of McCartney and Lennon and heir to the Guinness fortune. The song includes a piece that McCartney had composed independently.
2. Here Comes the Sun – The song was written by George Harrison while he was having a rough year. He was arrested for possession and temporarily quit the band.
3. Yesterday – McCartney composed the melody of this song in his sleep one night. When he woke up, he ran to the piano and began playing it. He was afraid that he had accidentally plagiarized someone else's work without knowing it.
4. Come Together – This song was the subject of a lawsuit when Morris Levy (Chuck Berry's music publisher) realized the line "Here come ol' flattop, he come groovin' up slowly" is very similar to Berry's lyric, "Here come up flattop, he was groovin' up with me."
5. Get Back – This is the very last Beatles song on the album 'Let It Be,' the final album before the band officially split up. It's the only Beatles song to credit another artist (Billy Preston).
6. In My Life – The song came about when journalist Kenneth Allsop told Lennon he should write songs about his childhood. Lennon wrote a long poem but did not like what he wrote. He and McCartney then worked on the song together, and very little of the original version made it into the song.
7. We Can Work it Out – McCartney wrote the music, verses and bridges to the song before bringing it to Lennon to finish it. Lennon wrote eight lines in the middle section, slightly countering McCartney's optimistic lyrics.
8. Strawberry Fields Forever – This song refers to a Salvation Army Children's Home from John Lennon's childhood. Every year, a Salvation Army band played there.
9. All My Loving – This is one of the few songs where McCartney wrote the lyrics before the melody. He conceived the song as a poem, and later commented that he originally envisioned a country western theme to the song.
10. Let it Be – The song was inspired by a dream Paul McCartney had in which his late mother visited him and told him, "It will be all right, just let it be." McCartney later commented that he felt blessed for the dream, and that he was able to see his mother again.
After Paul's song, "Penny Lane"
became a Beatles hit, the street signs for the actual Penny Lane in Liverpool disappeared with such regularity, that the town reverted to simply painting 'Penny Lane' on the buildings, rather than have street signs.
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