It has been called "the last Beatles song" and appeared on a double A-side single, paired with a new stereo remix of the band's first single, "Love Me Do" (1962), with the two serving as "bookends."“served for the history of the band.Both songs were included on the expanded reissues of the 1973 compilations 1962-1966 and 1967-1970.

"Now and Then" is a psychedelic soft rock ballad that John Lennon wrote and recorded as a solo home demo in 1977, but left unfinished.

After Lennon's death earlier this year, it was shelved for nearly three decades until it was completed by his surviving bandmates Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr