# The Beatles reunited around John Lennon’s unfinished songs. One love song was beyond their reach

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-beatles-reunited-around-john-lennons-unfinished-songs-one-love-song-was-beyond-their-reach/
- Published: 2026-11-01T17:35:06+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T19:39:14+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-beatles-reunited-around-john-lennon-but-one-song-was-out-of-their-reach/

## Key points

- The surviving Beatles considered recording Lennon’s ‘Grow Old With Me’.
- McCartney said the demo needed too much work.
- Ringo Starr recorded the song in 2019, with McCartney’s help.

## Summary

After John Lennon’s death, the surviving Beatles reunited to complete two of his unfinished demos, ‘Free as a Bird’ and ‘Real Love’, for The Beatles Anthology. Yoko Ono suggested they also work on ‘Grow Old With Me’, a song Lennon had imagined as a lasting wedding standard, but Paul McCartney felt the demo needed too much work.

Lennon wrote the song for Double Fantasy, but it was held back for Milk and Honey because the couple did not want to rush it for a Christmas release. Its lyrics drew on Robert Browning’s poetry, while Ono wrote a companion song inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Ringo Starr later recorded ‘Grow Old With Me’ for his 2019 album What’s My Name, with McCartney contributing bass and backing vocals.

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