All Those Years Ago Lyrics

[Instrumental Break]
All those years ago
All those years ago

[Bridge]
Deep in the darkest night
I send out a prayer to you
Now in the world of light

Where the spirit free of the lies
All else that we despised

[Verse 4]
They've forgotten all about God
He's the only reason we exist

Yet you were the one that they said was so weird
All those years ago
You said it all, though not many had ears
All those years ago
You had control of our smiles and our tears
All those years ago

[Outro]
All those years ago
All those years ago

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Initially a track written for Ringo Starr (who found the vocal range too high), George reworked it and released it in 1981 as a tribute to his dear friend and former Beatles bandmate John Lennon, who was murdered in 1980.

Ringo, Paul McCartney and his wife Linda, and George Martin contributed to the track as well, making it one of the few post-Beatles collaborations between the surviving members.

The song peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, #13 on the U.K. Singles chart, topped Canada’s RPM Singles chart and topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for a week in July of 1981.

Credits
Written By
Synthesizer
Electric Guitars
Electric Piano
Tambourine
Recorded At
Friar Park Studios, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Release Date
May 11, 1981
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