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The song was written by Paul McCartney , in an attempt to soothe Julian Lennon, John Lennon 's son, after his father and mother, John Lennon and his first wife Cynthia , were having a divorce.

It is also said that John originally misunderstood the song and thought that it was Paul telling John that he supported his relationship with Yoko. The Beatles Wiki Explore. Studio Albums. Explore Wikis Community Central. The group sang live to a backing track as selected audience members joined in for the closing sing-along. The Michael Lindsay-Hogg-directed clip also marked the return of Starr, who briefly left the band after McCartney criticized his playing during the tumultuous recording sessions.

There was some initial concern about the song's unaverage length preventing airplay, but as Lennon astutely noted when producer George Martin questioned whether radio would play a track that clocked in at more than seven minutes: " They will if it's us. For a while there, it looked like all the things crashing down and caving in on the Beatles — the arguments, the fame and the increasing expectations from fans to top themselves once more — could easily be pushed aside with a hopeful song that promised to "make it better.

Home News. Michael Gallucci Published: August 26, Next: All Beatles Songs Ranked. Filed Under: The Beatles. Categories: Anniversaries. But neither side was wrong — countless people around the world have heard this homily speaking to them. Yet they still join together to take a sad song and make it better.

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