McCartney resurrects John Lennon through song

Jan 3, 2007, 12:10 GMT

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Sir Paul McCartney wants to bring his late Beatles bandmate John Lennon back from the grave on a new song.

Paul is said to be desperate to work on abandoned Lennon solo track 'Now And Then' and possibly release it as a single.

The musician originally wanted to add to the track when he and fellow former Beatles the late George Harrison and Ringo Starr reworked two other Lennon solo songs, 'Free As A Bird' and 'Real Love', for the Fab Four's 'Anthology' albums in the mid-90s.

But George, who died from cancer in November 2001, put a stop to Paul's plans because he didn't think the track was good enough to warrant it being worked on.

A source told Britain's Daily Express newspaper: "It has always bothered Paul a bit that they didn't finish 'Now And Then'. Although George wasn't keen, Paul always felt the song had a lot of potential. He is now hoping to complete it, with him singing the harmonies to John's lead vocal. It would be very moving to hear the two of them singing one last time.”

John Lennon was shot dead outside his Dakota apartment building, in New York, by crazed fan Mark Chapman in 1980.

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