New song from this The BeatlesPrepared with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI)It’s on track to become the UK’s best-selling song, according to the official charts, which compiles data on the most popular songs.
“Nowadays“, composed by John Lennon in 1978, completed by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. AI George Harrison to add chords.
The song was released on Thursday and after 10 hours it was already at number 42 in the UK. According to the official chart, it is expected to reach the top spot when the official list of most popular songs is announced next Friday.
It was the band’s 18th UK number one single. The last was “The Ballad of John and Yoko” in 1969, shortly before the group broke up in April 1970.
Despite the anticipation before the release, “Now and then” received lukewarm reviews.
McCartney, 81, announced the song’s release in June, promoting it as “the last song.” The Beatles“.
“Now and thenThis is one of the songs Lennon recorded on tape at his home in New York in 1979, a year before he was murdered. The records were given to McCartney in 1994 by Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono.
Two other songs, “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love”, were recovered by producer Jeff Lynne and released in 1995 and 1996, but “Now and then“The background noise was too much and it could not be used commercially until its development AI.
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