The Beatles land first BRIT Award nomination in 42 years for their last ever song Now and Then - featuring John Lennon's vocals thanks to AI
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They were last nominated 42 years ago for their Outstanding Contribution to Music. And now The Beatles have been nominated for a BRIT Award for a song written 45 years ago by the late John Lennon. Announced on Thursday night, this year’s BRIT Awards see 70 nominees over 13 categories.
![[Nominated for 2025 Song of the Year was The Beatles' 2023 single Now and Then which was dubbed their last song ever (pictured in 1964)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/16/94442223-0-image-a-19_1737650918879.jpg)
Nominated for 2025 Song of the Year was The Beatles' 2023 single Now and Then which was dubbed their last song ever. The song originated as a ballad that John Lennon, who died in 1980, wrote and recorded in 1977 as a solo home demo but ended up leaving it unfinished.
![[The song originated as a ballad that John Lennon (pictured in 1968), who died in 1980, wrote and recorded in 1977 as a solo home demo but ended up leaving it unfinished]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/16/94442367-0-The_song_originated_as_a_ballad_that_John_Lennon_pictured_in_196-a-21_1737650950218.jpg)
After Lennon’s assassination, the song was considered as potential third Beatles reunion single for their 1996 project The Beatles Anthology, but due to production difficulties it was shelved for nearly three decades. The Beatles have been nominated for a BRIT Award for a song written 45 years ago by the late John Lennon (L-R Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison in 1969).
![[Then surviving bandmates Paul McCartney, 82, and Ringo Starr, 84, used overdubs and guitar tracks by George Harrison, who died in 2001 from the abandoned session (Paul pictured)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/16/77286963-0-It_s_not_over_yet_Talking_on_the_short_film_which_premiered_on_t-a-22_1737650989378.jpg)
Nominated for 2025 Song of the Year was The Beatles' 2023 single Now and Then which was dubbed their last song ever (pictured in 1964). The song originated as a ballad that John Lennon (pictured in 1968), who died in 1980, wrote and recorded in 1977 as a solo home demo but ended up leaving it unfinished.
![[The Beatles first received a BRIT nomination in 1977 – the first ever BRIT Awards – despite breaking up in December 1974 (pictured in 1965)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/16/77038899-0-Release_News_of_the_final_song_was_announced_earlier_this_summer-a-23_1737651018073.jpg)
Then surviving bandmates Paul McCartney, 82, and Ringo Starr, 84, used overdubs and guitar tracks by George Harrison, who died in 2001 from the abandoned session. The final version features additional lyrics by McCartney. Lennon's voice was extracted from the demo using the machine-learning-assisted audio restoration technology.
![[Other artists nominated for Song of the Year include Dua Lipa (pictured in October), Coldplay, Chase and Status and Sam Ryder, 35]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/16/94432675-0-Dua_has_been_awarded_four_nods_as_she_goes_head_to_head_against_-a-24_1737651038758.jpg)
