A version of Two of Us on the same day is released on Anthology 3. The 38-second song would also end up on the Let It Be album, but is omitted in Let It Be… Naked. In between several takes of the song on 24 January 1969, the band spontaneously started playing a hammed-up version of traditional Liverpudlian song “ Maggie Mae“. The clip was also broadcast on The Ed Sullivan Show on 1 March 1970 as the final appearance by the Beatles on the program.
The Beatles performed a finished version of the song live at Apple Studios on 31 January 1969 this performance was included in both the Let It Be film and album. Unsatisfied with this style, which McCartney described as “chunky”, the band reworked the song around acoustic guitars. “ You Never Give Me Your Money“, a different composition by McCartney from the previously released album, but recorded after Let It Be, Abbey Road, also refers to The Beatles’ contract with Allen Klein as “funny paper”.Īn early performance of the song, in a guitar-driven rock style, can be seen in the Let It Be film. Ian MacDonald claimed the lyrics (e.g.: “you and I have memories/longer than the road that stretches out ahead” or “you and me chasing paper/getting nowhere”) sounded like McCartney was probably addressing Lennon and contractual troubles. The song was originally titled “On Our Way Home”. The song’s title was used for the 2000 TV movie Two of Us, which depicts a fictionalized version of a 1976 reunion between McCartney and Lennon.
An outtake of the song, recorded on 24 January 1969, was released on Anthology 3 (1996). “Two of Us” was originally released as the opening track on Let It Be (1970) and a remix of that recording was later included on Let It Be… Naked (2003). The song was recorded by the Beatles on 31 January 1969. “Two of Us” is a 1969 song written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership.
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