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"Real Love" is a song written by John Lennon, and recorded with overdubs by the three surviving Beatles in 1995 for release as part of the ''Beatles Anthology'' project. To date, it is the last released record of new material credited to the Beatles. Lennon made six takes of the song in 1979 and 1980 with "Real Life", a different song that merged with "Real Love". The song was ignored until 1988 when the sixth take was used on the documentary soundtrack ''Imagine: John Lennon''. "Real Love" was subsequently reworked by the three surviving former members of the Beatles (Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) in early 1995, an approach also used for another incomplete Lennon track, "Free as a Bird". "Real Love" was released as a Beatles single in 1996 in the United Kingdom, United States and many other countries; it was the opening track on the Beatles' ''Anthology 2'' album. It is the last "new" credited Beatles song to originate and be included on an album. To date, it is the last single by the group to become a Top 40 hit in the US. The song reached number four and number 11, respectively, in the UK and US singles charts, and earned a gold record more quickly than a number of the group's other singles. The song was not included on the BBC Radio 1 playlist, prompting criticism from fans and British members of parliament. After the release of "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love", Starr commented, "Recording the new songs didn't feel contrived at all, it felt very natural and it was a lot of fun, but emotional too at times. But it's the end of the line, really. There's nothing more we can do as the Beatles."〔Maclauchlan, Paul (1998). (Gobnotch's Recording Sessions Update - February 1995 ). Retrieved 24 June 2005.〕 ==Early origins== According to Beatles biographer John T. Marck, "Real Love" originated as part of an unfinished stage play that Lennon was working on at the time titled "The Ballad of John and Yoko". The song was first recorded in 1977 with a hand-held tape recorder on his piano at home. Eventually the work evolved under the title "Real Life", a song Lennon would record at least six takes of in 1979 and 1980, and then abandoned. The song was eventually combined with elements of another Lennon demo, "Baby Make Love to You".〔Marck, John T. (Oh Look Out! Part 26, Free as a Bird & Real Love ). Retrieved 24 June 2005.〕 In June 1978, Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono said to the press that they were working on a musical, "The Ballad of John and Yoko", which had been planned a year prior. Songs proposed to be included up to this point were "Real Love" and "Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him".〔 In later versions, Lennon altered portions of the song; for example, "no need to be alone / it's real love / yes, it's real love" became "why must it be alone / it's real / well it's real life." Some takes featured an acoustic guitar, while the eventual Beatles release featured Lennon on piano, with rudimentary double-tracked vocals, and a tambourine. The song eventually released in 1996 most closely reflected the lyrical structure of the early demo takes of the song. Lennon appears to have considered recording "Real Love" for ''Double Fantasy''; a handwritten draft of the album's running order places it as the possible opening track for side 2.〔http://beatlephotoblog.com/photos/blogger/_AInLCzbQBXM/SgZuzVsJRtI/AAAAAAAAK3w/tGtWh_50au0/s1600/5.jpg〕 The song remained largely forgotten until 1988, when the sixth take of "Real Love" appeared on the ''Imagine: John Lennon'' film and soundtrack album. The song was also released on the ''Acoustic'' album in 2004. The demo with just Lennon on piano was released in 1998 on ''John Lennon Anthology'' and then later, on ''Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Real Love (Beatles song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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