There is a span of 25 years between the Beatles' break-up and the song's charting. The song secured the group at least one Top 40 hit in four different decades (1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s).
"Free as a Bird" won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and was The Beatles' 34th Top 10 single in the United States. The music video for "Free as a Bird" was produced by Vincent Joliet and directed by Joe Pytka from the point of view of a bird in flight, it depicts many references to Beatles songs, such as "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Penny Lane", "Paperback Writer", "A Day in the Life", "Eleanor Rigby" and "Helter Skelter". Jeff Lynne of Electric Light Orchestra, who had worked with Harrison on Harrison's album Cloud Nine and as part of the Traveling Wilburys, was asked to co-produce the record. "Free as a Bird" was one of two such songs (along with "Real Love") for which McCartney, Harrison, and Starr contributed additional instrumentation, vocals, and arrangements. For the Anthology project, McCartney asked Lennon's widow Yoko Ono for unreleased material by Lennon to which the three remaining ex-Beatles could contribute. The single was released as part of the promotion for The Beatles Anthology video documentary and the band's Anthology 1 compilation album. In 1995 a studio version of the recording, incorporating contributions from Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, was released as a single by the Beatles, 25 years after their break-up. In 1995 a studio version of the recording, incorporating contributions from Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, was released as a single by the Beatles, 25 years after their break-up. 'Free as a Bird' is a song originally composed and recorded in 1977 as a home demo by John Lennon. "Free as a Bird" is a song originally composed and recorded in 1977 as a home demo by John Lennon. Jeff Lynne, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr The kind of weird, wonderful, haunting, beautiful music that you expect in a weird wonderful place that Lennon went to when he went down to Strawberry Fields. Original composition by Lennon the Beatles version by Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starkey The title 'Strawberry Fields Forever' means never let go of your imagination, your escape. Cyndi Lauper performed this at the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park as part of the 2001 special Come Together: A Night For John Lennons Words And Music. New York City, circa 1977 and Sussex, England, February-March 1994 'Strawberry Fields Forever' is the name of a US fan club that publishes a popular Beatles magazine.
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