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“Real Love” is a song written by John Lennon. Lennon made six takes of the song in 1979 with “Real Life”, a different song that merged with “Real Love”. The song was ignored until 1988 when the sixth take was used on the documentary soundtrack Imagine: John Lennon. The song was well received and many considered it to be one of Lennon’s best.

“Real Love” was subsequently reworked by the three remaining members of The Beatles (Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) in late 1995. The song was released as a Beatles single in 1996 in the United Kingdom, United States and many other countries; it was the opening track on The Beatles’ Anthology 2 album. It is the last “new” credited Beatles song to originate and be included on an album.

“Real Love” was warmly received by some critics, and the single reached #4 and #11 in the UK and US singles charts respectively and earned a gold record faster than a number of the group’s other singles. The song was not included on the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Radio 1 playlist, prompting criticism from fans and members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

After the release of “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love”, Starr commented, “Recording the new songs didn’t feel contrived at all, it felt very natural and it was a lot of fun, but emotional too at times. But it’s the end of the line, really. There’s nothing more we can do as The Beatles.
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  • BelicoHades

    sweet lovee

    March 2012

  • nopicnic

    DavidSmith98 is spot-on. I was wondering what bothered me about the production. Apart from that it's a very nice arrangement, really fond of this Anthology version.

    March 2012

  • olivermann

    This song is awsome! And Jeff Lynne helped make it so.

    February 2012

  • GreasedFat

    This song reminds me of my fiance with every listen. Beautiful song

    February 2012

  • GrindCrusherrr

    I'm on fire !

    February 2012

  • GrindCrusherrr

    I lost my mind on her :D

    February 2012

  • tito179010

    really really a beautiful song

    January 2012

  • sub_Alinium

    какая же она потрясающая

    December 2011

  • alpusha

    магия

    December 2011

  • napakettunen

    I absolutely love this track.

    December 2011

  • SaukerlZepp

    their most beautiful.

    December 2011

  • Imaginepeace84

    GREAT

    November 2011

  • lennon4009

    Also the reason why they didn't do more was because these were the only two tapes that Yoko gave them. Otherwise they could've done a whole album if they felt like it.

    November 2011

  • lennon4009

    Note: DO not even THINK about listening to this song while doing homework. Your work will soon be covered in tears.

    November 2011

  • DavidSmith98

    underrated..

    October 2011

  • DavidSmith98

    super good but both new beatle songs have that 'cloud nine' jeff lynn snare sound, which isn't ringo at all. his snare on the 60s stuff is always perfect. anyway, great new songs.

    October 2011

  • jorlightpenguin

    Wonderful song. Wish they had done more than this and Free As A Bird! [2]

    September 2011

  • bernlin2000

    Miss you John...

    August 2011

  • Ksimi

    Too much Jeff Lynn at times; still a great one and the last "real" one for all four (see Ringo's comments in the Wiki section), which makes me very sad.

    August 2011

  • ughr

    i love this song!

    June 2011
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