Why Paul McCartney Didn't Want The Beatles' 'Get Back' to Be a Single
Paul McCartney reacted differently to The Beatles’ “Get Back” than other people did. When others wanted it to be a single, he decided to “give up” and let them have their way. “Get Back” was different from all The Beatles’ other No. 1 singles in a major way.
Paul McCartney said he didn’t initially want The Beatles‘ “Get Back” to become a single. Subsequently, he revealed why he changed his mind. Notably, “Get Back” became a hit twice in the United Kingdom.During a 2002 interview with Hot Press, Paul discussed his then-recent album Driving Rain. He said Ringo Starr helped choose the song “From a Lover to a Friend” as the album’s lead single. “He was in L.A. and we’d been doing a bit of recording and me and Heather [Mills] went round to see him and Barb [Bach] for, like, dinner,” Paul recalled.
Source: Matthew Trzcinski/cheatsheet.com
