Editing Get Back (section)

{{Short description|1969 single by the Beatles with Billy Preston}}
{{about|the song by the Beatles}}
{{for|the 2021 television documentary|The Beatles: Get Back{{!}}''The Beatles: Get Back''}}
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{{Infobox song
| name          = Get Back
| cover         = Beatles Get Back.jpg
| alt           = 
| border        = yes
| caption       = Picture sleeve for 1989 UK reissue
| type          = single
| artist        = [[the Beatles]] with [[Billy Preston]]
| album         = [[Let It Be (album)|Let It Be]]
| B-side        = [[Don't Let Me Down (Beatles song)|Don't Let Me Down]]
| released      = {{Start date|1969|04|11|df=y}}
| recorded      = 27–28 January 1969
| studio        = [[Apple Corps#Apple Studios|Apple]], London
| genre         = {{hlist|[[Rock and roll]]<ref>{{cite book|title=1,000 UK Number One Hits|first1=Jon|last1=Kutner|first2=Spencer|last2=Leigh|date=2010|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857123602}}</ref>|[[blues]]<ref>{{noteson|http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/gb2.shtml|Get Back}}</ref>|[[rock music|rock]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-beatles-songs-ranked.html | title=All 214 Beatles Songs, Ranked from Worst to Best | date=2 November 2023 }}</ref>}}
| length        = {{Duration|3:09}} (album version)<br>{{Duration|3:13}} (single version)
| label         = [[Apple Records|Apple]]
| writer        = [[Lennon–McCartney]]
| producer      = [[Glyn Johns]] and [[George Martin]] (single version)<br>[[Phil Spector]] (album version)
| prev_title    = 
| prev_year     = 
| next_title    = 
| next_year     = 
| misc          = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[The Beatles]]
 | type       = single
 | prev_title = [[Hey Jude]]
 | prev_year  = 1968
 | title      = Get Back
 | year       = 1969
 | next_title = [[The Ballad of John and Yoko]]
 | next_year  = 1969
 }}{{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[Billy Preston]]
 | type       = single
 | prev_title = Hey Brother
 | prev_year  = 1968
 | title      = Get Back
 | year       = 1969
 | next_title = [[That's the Way God Planned It (song)|That's the Way God Planned It]]
 | next_year  = 1969
 }}{{Extra album cover
 | header  = Alternative cover
 | type    = single
 | cover   = Beatles Get Back (1969).jpg
 | border  = yes
 | caption = Picture sleeve for 1969 UK and Scandinavian release
}}{{Audio sample
 | type        = single
 | file        = Getbacksample.ogg
 | description = "Get Back"
}}
}}
"'''Get Back'''" is a song recorded by the English rock band [[the Beatles]] and [[Billy Preston]], written by [[Paul McCartney]], and credited to the [[Lennon–McCartney]] partnership. It was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston".{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=172}} The song is one of the few examples of [[John Lennon]] featuring prominently as [[lead guitar]]ist. The album version of this song contains a different mix that features a studio chat between Paul McCartney and [[John Lennon]] at the beginning, which lasts for 20 seconds before the song begins, also omitting the coda featured in the single version, and with a final dialogue taken from [[the Beatles' rooftop concert]]. This version became the closing track of ''[[Let It Be (album)|Let It Be]]'' (1970), which was released just after the group split up. The single version was later issued on the compilation albums ''[[The Beatles 1967-1970|1967–1970]]'', ''[[20 Greatest Hits (The Beatles album)|20 Greatest Hits]]'', ''[[Past Masters]]'', and ''[[1 (Beatles album)|1]]''.

The single reached number one in the United Kingdom, the United States, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Australia, France, West Germany, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, Austria, and Belgium. It was the Beatles' only single that credited another artist at their request. "Get Back" was the Beatles' first single release in true [[stereophonic sound|stereo]] in the US. In the UK, the Beatles' singles remained [[monaural]] until the following release, "[[The Ballad of John and Yoko]]". It was also the only Beatles single to debut on the UK singles charts at number one.