Let It Be is the fifth album by Laibach

Laibach (band)

Laibach is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with industrial, martial, and neo-classical musical styles. Laibach formed June 1, 1980 in Trbovlje, Slovenia . Laibach represents the music wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst art collective, of which it was a founding member in 1984...

, released in 1988. It is a cover

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of the Beatles

The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...

' album Let It Be

Let It Be (album)

Let It Be is the 12th and final studio album released by the English rock band The Beatles. It was released on 8 May 1970 by the band's Apple Records label shortly after the group announced their break-up....

recorded in Laibach style with military rhythms and choirs, though a few tracks deviate from this formula, most notably "Across the Universe

Across the Universe

"Across the Universe" is a song by the English group The Beatles. It was written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song first appeared on the various artists charity compilation album No One's Gonna Change Our World in December 1969, and later, in different form, on Let It Be,...

". The title track is omitted and "Maggie Mae" is replaced by the German folk song "Auf der Lüneburger Heide

Auf der Lüneburger Heide

The song Auf der Lüneburger Heide was composed in 1912 by Ludwig Rahlfs based on a poem from the collection Der kleine Rosengarten by Hermann Löns....

" in combination with Was gleicht wohl auf Erden. "For You Blue

For You Blue

"For You Blue" is a Beatles song written by George Harrison. It was the B-side to "The Long and Winding Road" and the eleventh track on the Beatles' final LP release, Let It Be...

" begins with Moondog

Moondog

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's "Crescent Moon March", which is subsequently used as a counter-melody

Counter-melody

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. "One After 909

One After 909

"One After 909" is a song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon, with input from Paul McCartney , and originally released in 1970 on the album Let It Be. The album version is the live performance from the rooftop concert which took place on 30 January 1969...

" includes a small piece of "Smoke On The Water

Smoke on the Water

"Smoke on the Water" is a song by the British hard rock band Deep Purple. It was first released on their 1972 album Machine Head. In 2004, the song was ranked number 426 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, and in March 2005, Q magazine placed "Smoke on the Water"...

," originally written and recorded by the band Deep Purple

Deep Purple

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...

.

Track listing

1. "Get Back
   Get Back
   "Get Back" is a song by The Beatles, composed by Paul McCartney and frequently attributed to Lennon–McCartney. The song was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969, and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston." A different mix of the song later became the closing track of Let It Be ,...
   
   " (John Lennon
   John Lennon
   John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
   
   /Paul McCartney
   Paul McCartney
   Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
   
   ) – 4:25
2. "Two of Us" (Lennon/McCartney
   Lennon/McCartney
   The Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership is one of the best-known and most successful musical collaborations in history...
   
   ) – 4:04
3. "Dig a Pony
   Dig a Pony
   "Dig a Pony" is a song by The Beatles, originally released on their 1970 album Let It Be. "Dig a Pony" was the penultimate song played at the concert on the rooftop of Apple Studios in Savile Row, London on 30 January 1969.-Composition:...
   
   " (Lennon/McCartney) – 4:40
4. "I Me Mine
   I Me Mine
   "I Me Mine" is a song by The Beatles, written and sung by George Harrison. I Me Mine is also the title of Harrison's autobiography. The song traces its origins to the January 1969 Get Back/Let It Be sessions, when it was rehearsed by the band at Twickenham Film Studios.-Origin:The set of pronouns...
   
   " (George Harrison
   George Harrison
   George Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
   
   ) – 4:41
5. "Across the Universe
   Across the Universe
   "Across the Universe" is a song by the English group The Beatles. It was written by John Lennon, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song first appeared on the various artists charity compilation album No One's Gonna Change Our World in December 1969, and later, in different form, on Let It Be,...
   
   " (Lennon/McCartney) – 4:15
6. "Dig It" (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Richard Starkey) – 1:32
7. "I've Got a Feeling
   I've Got a Feeling
   "I've Got a Feeling" is a song by The Beatles, from the 1970 album Let It Be. It is one of the songs on the album from the Rooftop Concert...
   
   " (Lennon/McCartney) – 4:34
8. "The Long and Winding Road
   The Long and Winding Road
   "The Long and Winding Road" is a ballad written by Paul McCartney that originally appeared on The Beatles' album Let It Be. It became The Beatles' 20th and last number-one song in the United States on 23 May 1970, and was the last single released by the quartet...
   
   " (Lennon/McCartney) – 1:49
9. "One After 909
   One After 909
   "One After 909" is a song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon, with input from Paul McCartney , and originally released in 1970 on the album Let It Be. The album version is the live performance from the rooftop concert which took place on 30 January 1969...
   
   " (Lennon/McCartney) – 3:20
10. "For You Blue
    For You Blue
    "For You Blue" is a Beatles song written by George Harrison. It was the B-side to "The Long and Winding Road" and the eleventh track on the Beatles' final LP release, Let It Be...
    
    " (Harrison/Hardin) – 5:10
11. "Maggie Mae (Auf der Lüneburger Heide & Was gleicht wohl auf Erden)" (composed by Ludwig Rahlfs with lyrics based upon a poem by Hermann Löns) – 3:41