The Beatles Heartbreak: Paul McCartney Emotional While Listening to Song About John Lennon's Disputes

Paul McCartney confessed that he still gets emotional whenever he listens to "Dear Friend" - a song he wrote about John Lennon.

McCartney and Lennon's feud earned public attention for years. In fact, some fans assumed it was the reason why the band broke up.

In 1971, he released Wings' debut album, "Wild Life," where he included the song "Dear Friend." Fifty years since he dropped the project, McCartney reissued it with an exclusive A&A on PaulMcCartney.com.

According to the 79-year-old, making the song was emotional for him. Although five decades have already passed, he confessed to feeling emotional whenever he listens to it.

"With 'Dear Friend', that's sort of me talking to John after we'd had all the sort of disputes about The Beatles break up. I find it very emotional when I listen to it now. I have to sort of choke it back," he said, as quoted by The Independent.

He recalled how he heard the song recently while he was in the car. He then reportedly thought that the songs' lyrics - which is about John Lennon - were truly "young."

The singer also noted how the song helped him to try saying to Lennon, "Look, you know, it's all cool. Have a glass of wine. Let's be cool."

Paul McCartney Thankful About Reconciliation With John Lennon Before His Death

What made the song more soundly is that he and his former The Beatles' bandmate were able to fix everything between them before Lennon's tragic death. Per McCartney, things would have been terrible if his bandmate was killed and he never got the chance to reconcile with him.

"This was me reaching out. So, I think it's very powerful in some very simple way. But it was certainly heartfelt," he went on.

McCartney shared in his book "Lyrics: 1956 to the Present," that Lennon turned nasty after The Beatles' split. Fortunately, their public feud soon ceased before the singer's death in 1980. He was killed by an obsessed fan named Mark David Chapman, who once commented that "The Beatles were more popular than Jesus."

He reportedly planned the killing for months before waiting for Lennon at The Dakota. Chapman remained on the scene while reading "The Catcher in the Rye" - the book that inspired him - until the police came and arrested him.

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