The B-side for the single “Get Back” was recorded in 1969. “Don’t Let Me Down” had multiple versions, but the most famous one was performed live on the roof of Apple Records. Included on many compilations, it didn’t officially make it onto an album tracklist until 2003, as part of the remixed and remastered project, Let It Be… Naked.

Joining the Fab Four on electric piano is Billy Preston, sometimes referred to as “the fifth Beatle.”

On the single release, no official producer’s credit was given, owing to “the confused roles of George Martin and Glyn Johns”—the first time a producer was named for the song was on the 1967-1970 ‘Blue Album’ compilation, which credits George Martin.