The Beatles Free As A Bird

The Beatles performing Free As A Bird. The Beatles Anthology project was a huge undertaking and to complement the historical and archival material that was made available both on CD and on video, the band recorded two new tracks. Released in December 1995, Free As A Bird was the first of the new songs. Instead of recording a completely new composition together, Paul, George and Ringo created a track based on Johns 1977 demo, recorded at his and Yokos home in the Dakota in New York City. Jeff Lynne, a good friend of George Harrisons and a fellow member of the Travelling Wilburys, was drafted in to help with production. The Free As A Bird video had its first public outing on Americas ABC TV on Sunday November 19th 1995, and the track was subsequently aired on BBC Radio 1 the day after the day before Anthology came out. The single release followed two weeks later and made No. 2 on the UK charts, while in the US Free As A Bird enjoyed an 11week run on the bestseller list, peaking at