From that moment forth, the old Beatles were a thing of the past ... despite McCartney’s assertion that “we had never had it ...

John Lennon was an open critic of The Beatles' last studio album, describing the record as 'junk' and he would hate it so much the band would soon split.

I remember the falling bass line on which the piece is based and the character in the song – a girl standing in front of the mirror putting on make-up,” McCartney said in The Beatles Anthology.