Despite this, The Beatles’ “The Long and Winding Road” is not one of their prouder moments. Here’s an exploration of why the track just isn’t as good as some of their other slow songs.

Paul McCartney released a version of the album Let It Be that is wildly different from the original and includes a stripped-down recording of The Beatles’ “The Long and Winding Road.” A star ...

By the time the public heard "The Long and Winding Road," the Beatles were broken up.. The song first showed up on the Let It Be album, which came out on May 8, 1970, in the U.K.; ten days later ...