Now and Then's eventful journey to fruition took place over five decades and is the product of conversations and collaborations between the four Beatles that go on to this day.

The long mythologised John Lennon demo was first worked on in February 1995 by Paul, George and Ringo as part of The Beatles Anthology project but it remained unfinished, partly because of the impossible technological challenges involved in working with the vocal John had recorded on tape in the 1970s.

For years it looked like the song could never be completed. But in 2022 there was a stroke of serendipity. A software system developed by Peter Jackson and his team, used throughout the production of the documentary series Get Back, finally opened the way for the uncoupling of John’s vocal from his piano part.

As a result, the original recording could be brought to life and worked on anew with contributions from all four Beatles.

Directed by Peter Jackson, the official music video was created using footage McCartney and Starr took of themselves performing plus 14 hours of “long forgotten film shot during the 1995 recording sessions,” including several hours of Paul, George and Ringo working in studio on the song.

It also uses previously unseen home movie footage provided by Lennon's son Sean, Olivia Harrison - George's wife, and “a few precious seconds of The Beatles performing in their leather suits, the earliest known film of The Beatles and never seen before that was provided by Pete Best, the band's original drummer.