The Beatles: Don't Let Me Down (1969) watch online HD

"Don't Let Me Down" is a song by the Beatles (with Billy Preston), recorded in 1969 during the Let It Be sessions. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon-McCartney. The Beatles performed "Don't Let Me Down" during their rooftop concert of 30 January 1969. The performance was included in the Let It Be (1970) film, which was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg.

In 1969, Dillard & Clark covered the song on their album Through the Morning, Through the Night.

Written by Lennon as an anguished love song to Yoko Ono, it was interpreted by Paul McCartney as a "genuine plea", with Lennon saying to Ono, "I'm really stepping out of line on this one. I'm really just letting my vulnerability be seen, so you must not let me down."

The song is in the key of E major and is in 4/4 time during the verse, chorus and bridge, but changes to 5/4 in the pick-up to the verse.

Alan W. Pollack states that "the counterpoint melody played in octaves during the Alternate Verse by the bass and lead guitars is one of the more novel, unusual instrumental touches you'll find anywhere in the Beatles catalogue.

Multiple versions of "Don't Let Me Down" were recorded by the Beatles during the tumultuous Get Back (Let It Be) recording sessions.

Richie Unterberger of AllMusic called it "one of the Beatles' most powerful love songs".

In 1971, Charlotte Dada recorded an Afro-rhythm version in Ghana.

In 2008, Maroon 5 covered the song for ReAct Now: Music & Relief.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic described the song as "heart-wrenching soul".

Author Ian MacDonald praised "Don't Let Me Down" and declared that "this track vies with Come Together for consideration as the best of Lennon's late-style Beatles records".