# What is the best song off of "Let It Be"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 8, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520 "2010-10-08T17:47:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/1 "2010-10-08T17:47:17Z")
Previous polls (still active): [**Please Please Me**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577382), [**With the Beatles**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577641), **[A Hard Day’s Night](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=577812)**, [**Beatles For Sale**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578134), [**Help!**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578532), [**Rubber Soul**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578957), [**Revolver**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=579255), [\*\*Sgt. Pepper’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=579797%5B/url)\*\*, **[Magical Mystery Tour/Yellow Submarine](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=579983)**, **The White Album** (Discs [One](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=580335) and [Two](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=580336)), and \*\*[Abbey Road\*\*](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=580794). Please note: If you want to vote for “Across the Universe”, “Get Back” or “Let It Be”, you must do so in **this poll**. Those songs will not be options in the “Past Masters 2” poll. That said, there can be only one–which would you choose? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/2 "2010-10-08T18:04:43Z")
“Get Back” is the real standout, though I also like “Across the Universe,” “Two of Us,” and “Let it Be.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/3 "2010-10-08T18:10:44Z")
Two of Us. (Great [movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228979/) too, by the way.) ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/4 "2010-10-08T18:16:34Z")
“Two of Us” by a country mile. My least favorite Beatles album. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/5 "2010-10-08T18:46:08Z")
I voted “Across the Universe,” but with “I’ve Got a Feeling” in the running, it was a tough choice. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/6 "2010-10-08T18:53:31Z")
I voted for Across the Universe, which is a gorgeous, vulnerable song. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/7 "2010-10-08T18:58:46Z")
Across the Universe - the phrasing of the verse lines works, but I could never explain to you why. I love that. Ethereal stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/8 "2010-10-08T19:13:58Z")
I’d love to vote for one of the more obscure tracks, but I’ve got to choose between two obvious ones–the hit singles. “Get Back” would be my choice if not for the fact that the version on this album peters out prematurely instead of continuing with Ringo’s _ **monster** _ drum fill into the coda. Scientists know this disease as _Getbackus interruptus_. So “Let It Be” it is. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/9 "2010-10-08T19:18:32Z")
The problem with this one is that the best versions of the songs on Let it Be aren’t on Let it Be. The single version of Get Back is much better than the version here. I have a bootleg version of the complete Dig It which is lots of fun, but I can’t vote for the tiny version on the album. This version of “The Long and Winding Road” is my least favorite Beatles song, in some part because I was working in a lab the summer of 1973 and had to listen to a radio tuned to an AM station that played it every five minutes. The version on Naked, which I also have had for decades on a bootleg, is not good but is at least tolerable. If I were on Phil Spector’s jury I would have voted for death - not for the murder, which was bad enough, but for this travesty. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/10 "2010-10-08T19:22:04Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > The problem with this one is that the best versions of the songs on Let it Be aren’t on Let it Be. The single version of Get Back is much better than the version here. If you prefer the single, still vote for it here–you are voting for the song, not this particular version of the song. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/11 "2010-10-08T19:51:06Z")
I was strongly tempted by “Two of Us,” briefly considered “Across the Universe,” but settled on “Get Back.” ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/12 "2010-10-08T19:57:52Z")
I went with Get Back, but it was harder than I thought it would be. I love Dig a Pony (I think I am the only one) and Across the Universe, and Two of us, and Let it Be. For an album that so many people dislike it has a lot of great songs. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/13 "2010-10-08T20:48:30Z")
I _know_ I’m going to be the only person who votes for “One After 909.” What can I say? It’s a catchy little number with a good beat. Sometimes the oldest song is the best one. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/14 "2010-10-08T21:08:42Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > I love Dig a Pony (I think I am the only one) Well, you can celebrate anything you want. 🙂 I love it too, **NAF1138**. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/15 "2010-10-08T21:40:42Z")
> [@NAF1138](#): > > I love Dig a Pony (I think I am the only one) That one was definitely on my short list. Fantastic guitar riff. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/16 "2010-10-08T22:01:09Z")
“Dig a Pony” it is, by a nose. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/17 "2010-10-08T22:25:18Z")
I like _Let It Be_, but I like _The Long And Winding Road_ better. Olivia Newton-John does a great cover of it on her album _Come On Over_ ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/18 "2010-10-08T23:33:27Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > > [@Voyager](#): > > > > The problem with this one is that the best versions of the songs on Let it Be aren’t on Let it Be. The single version of Get Back is much better than the version here. > > If you prefer the single, still vote for it here–you are voting for the song, not this particular version of the song. You mean I should have voted for Revolution on the White Album side 2 for the single? The Get Backs are much more similar, though. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/19 "2010-10-08T23:37:35Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > > [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > > > If you prefer the single, still vote for it here–you are voting for the song, not this particular version of the song. > > You mean I should have voted for Revolution on the White Album side 2 for the single? > The Get Backs are much more similar, though. I’m pretty sure the single version of “Revolution” _will_ be included on the **Past Masters** poll, since it’s different enough from the album version. But I don’t mean to speak for the OP. ETA: Also, he made no such caveat in the White Album poll, which is more reason to assume. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520/20 "2010-10-08T23:45:51Z")
Yeah, Revolution and Revolution 1 are different songs with the same lyrics. They even have different names. That’s not the same as what we have going on here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-song-off-of-let-it-be/556520.md?page=2)