Paul McCartney and John Lennon were friends and collaborators for years. While their relationship grew fraught in their post-Beatles days, they repaired their friendship before Lennon’s death in 1980. Long before the public breakdown of their relationship in the early 1970s, McCartney and Lennon had a breakthrough emotional moment while in Florida. McCartney shared what they bonded over.In 1982, McCartney released the song “Here Today,” which he wrote shortly after Lennon’s death.
“What about the night we cried/Because there wasn’t any reason left to keep it all inside?/Never understood a word/But you were always there with a smile/And if I say/I really loved you/And was glad you came along/Then you were here today.”
The song was about his relationship with Lennon and referenced specific moments in their friendship.
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