The beatles - Free As A Bird (HD)

"Free as a Bird" is a song performed by The Beatles. The single was released on 4 December 1995, as part of the promotion for the release of The Beatles Anthology video documentary and the band's Anthology 1 compilation album.

The song had been written and recorded as a demo by John Lennon in 1977. Paul McCartney asked Lennon's widow Yoko Ono for any unreleased material by Lennon, and "Free as a Bird" was chosen as being the song all three remaining Beatles could be involved in, as they could finish the arrangement and write extra lyrics. Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra was asked to co-produce the record as he had worked with George Harrison as part of The Traveling Wilburys.

The music video for "Free as a Bird" was produced by Vincent Joliet and directed by Joe Pytka (Space Jam) and depicts, from the point of view of a bird in flight, many references to The Beatles songs, such as "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Penny Lane", "Paperback Writer", "A Day in the Life", "Eleanor Rigby" and "Helter Skelter". "Free as a Bird" later won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, and was The Beatles' 34th Top 10 single in America. It was the first of two singles by the group to become a Top 40 hit in the 1990s [the other being "Real Love" in 1996].

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[rolindadice]

George's solo almost sounds like he is crying over his fallen mate....

[Zapple03]

The saddest Beatles video ever.. all those memories.. from 63 onwards.. all those song titles in the video.. all those Memories.. it's just so wonderful, and soooo sad.. for me, anyway. So sad about John... so very sad.

[5786Dan]

@heartman64 How is it nerdy if a song makes someone sad? Isn't that what a good song is supposed to do, give across the emotions intended?

[StevensNF]

tres de los cuatro grandes!!

[TheWelshCelt]

thank you john,george for all the great music you made and left us with and thank you lord for the beatles

[Solon1]

This is the kind of song that you could listen forever, it's so mellow. :)

[Xmoipe]

No, It's not that the car goes by where Paul was in the Abbey road album's picture , It's just that English drive on the left , mistery resolved.

[heartman64]

wow,look at all the nerdy comments... :oh, this song makes me sad" or, "oh i miss the beatles" and " so beatiful it makes me wana cry". sure it's a great song, but there's no reason to get emotional.

[TheHuseag]

Is just me or at minute 2:59 John is inside the car, right next to the driver?

[lrccifldDG98]

4:43 paul goes where walking in the abbey road 1 car goes

[lrccifldDG98]

2:48 the face of paul

2:53 the car of paul in the crash

4:36 paul walk like the fool in the hill and 1 car going to run over

[rolindadice]

@draizetraine Where in my comment did I imply that the surviving members "mourned over John all the time"? And I doubt that "everyone assumes " that. My comment was descriptive in nature....and merely an opinion. George could have been thinking about the "sugar plum fairy" for all we know when he cut that track. To my ears, my friend, his solo and fills in this song evoke sadness...and, lastly, if you read my comment closely, I said "almost"....peace