The track is being released today.

By Molly Moss

Published: Thursday, 02 November 2023 at 12:44 PM


The Beatles’ highly-anticipated emotional farewell song Now and Then is being made available today (Thursday 2nd November), with the Peter Jackson-led music video set to premiere the following day.

This marks Jackson’s first foray into music video production, and he has admitted he was initially “reluctant” to take on such an immense challenge.

“To be honest, just thinking about the responsibility of having to make a music video worthy of the last song The Beatles will ever release produced a collection of anxieties almost too overwhelming to deal with,” he said. 

“My lifelong love of The Beatles collided into a wall of sheer terror at the thought of letting everyone down.

“This created intense insecurity in me, because I’d never made a music video before, and was not able to imagine how I could even begin to create one for a band that broke up over 50 years ago, had never actually performed the song, and had half of its members no longer with us. It was going to be far easier to do a runner.”

If you’re wondering how to listen to Now and Then, and how to watch the accompanying music video, read on for the latest information.

How to listen to The Beatles’ final song Now and Then

The Beatles backstage at Top of the Pops wearing suits, looking into camera
The Beatles backstage at Top of the Pops.
BBC/Harry Goodwin

In the UK, Now and Then will first be played on BBC Radio 2 and 6 Music at 2pm on Thursday.

Simultaneously, the song will become available on various streaming services including Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Prime Music, while CD, vinyl and cassette releases will debut the following day. 

You can now listen to the official audio on YouTube.