American Songwriter has highlighted four Beatles songs that fuelled the tensions ultimately leading to the band's split in 1970. While the group's breakup stemmed from many factors, creative disagreements over specific recordings repeatedly exposed and deepened the rifts between its members during the band's final years.

The article points to Paul McCartney's perfectionism during "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" and "Maxwell's Silver Hammer", which reportedly irritated John Lennon and George Harrison, the latter song later convincing the band that Abbey Road would be their last album. John Lennon's "Revolution" caused friction when bandmates rejected his push to release the politically charged track as a single, relegating it to a B-side instead. Meanwhile, "Two Of Us", recorded during the fraught Let It Be sessions, saw George Harrison clash with McCartney over guitar direction, prompting Harrison to briefly walk out – a rift the article says was never fully healed before the band disbanded.