Get Back
"Get Back"
Get back to where you once belonged with The Beatles' infectious 1969 rock and roll classic, "Get Back"! Featuring Billy Preston on electric piano, this track signaled a return to basics with its driving bluesy groove, making it a timeless hit and perfect cruisin' classic.
- TITLE: Get Back
- BAND: The Beatles
- GENRE: Blues, Rock, Rock And Roll
- OTHER: Cruisin Classic
- RELEASEDAY: April 11
- YEAR: 1969
Released as a number one single credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston," this 1969 track showcased the band stripping back their sound. Eschewing psychedelia for straightforward rock and roll and blues energy, its raw feel and improvisational spirit became instantly iconic, ideal for cruising.
Driven by a simple, insistent rhythm and Paul McCartney's energetic vocals telling tales of Jojo and Loretta, "Get Back" is pure rock fun. Immortalized further by the famous rooftop concert performance, this 1969 blues-infused rock song remains an essential cruisin' classic.
SONG MEANING: The song evolved from initial satirical ideas into character sketches about "Jojo" leaving home for adventure and "Sweet Loretta Martin." Primarily, it became a call to return to simpler, more direct rock and roll roots for the band ("Get back to where you once belonged"), emphasized by the raw, live feel of the recording featuring Billy Preston.
"The Beatles"
- TITLE: The Beatles
- ACTIVE: 1960–1970 (1960)
- BAND: The Beatles
"Drive My Car"
- TITLE: Drive My Car
- BAND: The Beatles
- GENRE: R&B, Rock
- OTHER: Cruisin Classic
- RELEASEDAY: December 03
- YEAR: 1965
