"Let It Be" by The Beatles, was released in March 1970 as a single.
It was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was their final single before McCartney announced his departure from the band.
Inspired by the church-born soul of Aretha Franklin, an anxious Paul McCartney started writing "Let It Be" in 1968, during the contentious sessions for the White Album.