Attempted Beatles Version
In 1994, Yoko gave Paul McCartney some cassettes containing demo recordings of four of John Lennon's unfinished songs: "Grow Old With Me", "Free as a Bird", "Real Love" and "Now and Then". The three remaining Beatles (Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) did attempt to work on "Grow Old With Me" in a similar way that they had with the other Beatles "reunion" songs. "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love" were the only ones completed. They were forced to abandon work on "Grow Old With Me" because Lennon's original demo required too much work to bring it up to the standard needed for an official release. There do exist, however, recorded versions of "Grow Old With Me".
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