Every Beatles Album's Opening Track Ranked From Worst To Best
3. Two Of Us - Let It Be
No, this song is not called I Dig a Pygmy.
It’s also not by Charles Hawtry and the Deaf-Aids.
No idea if Doris ever got her oats.
John Lennon’s mad ramblings are technically what starts The Beatles’ final studio release, Let It Be, but the song itself is the wonderfully twee Two of Us.
Much has been said about the collapse of Lennon and McCartney’s partnership - some of it true, some of it rampant speculation. However, the way they sing so closely together on this song is enough to make you question if they ever even fell out at all.
The pair are practical conjoined on this track, their voices clinging to each other like musical limpets. This mirrors the contents of the song itself, which is about two people who do everything together.
Accompanied by a sparse backing of acoustic guitar and bass notes, Two of Us stirs up all kinds of emotions relating to wistfulness and a lost sense of childhood innocence.
The fact that it was one of the last songs John and Paul would ever sing together only adds to its legend.