"Let It Be" is a song written by Paul McCartney (but credited to Lennon-McCartney when released) and produced by the Beatles. It was released as a single and later on the album Let It Be in 1970.

Origins

Although the song's lyrics are misinterpreted by some as being a hymn to the Virgin Mary due to the lyrics, the song was written as a tribute by McCartney after he had a dream about his mother, Mary, who died when he was fourteen. [1](John Lennon was allegedly critical of the song upon McCartney's introduction, assuming that the "Mother Mary" mention was merely a self-righteous allusion to Christianity.)

Versions

There are several officially released recordings of the song. It was originally released as a single in 1970, backed by "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) " and produced by George Martin. Later the same year, Phil Spector remixed the song for the Let It Be album. This version features a different guitar solo.

An early version of the song also appears on the third Anthology volume.

Finally, another retooled version of the song appears on 2003's Let It Be... Naked album.

Parodies

The children's television show Sesame Street parodied "Let It Be" with the song "Letter B" (lyrics).

"Write in C" is a parody of "Let It Be" about the C programming language (lyrics). It was rewritten by Omri Weisman, a university student in Israel. The song was sometimes used by the IT industry to persuade programmers to use C instead of other languages.

The parody band Beatallica did a version called "That Thing That Should Not Let It Be" (lyrics), which also parodied the Metallica song "That Thing That Should Not Be."

External links

• Song lyrics