Just another catchy blues-rocker from the Beatles, right? Nope nope nopenopenope.

“Get Back” went through numerous iterations. (Many versions are publicly available, with the single version and the album version being the most well known.) In one of its earlier forms, “Get Back” was a brash political satire about Pakistani immigration.

McCartney has clarified that this was intended as a parody of racist attitudes. (For reference, see conservative politician Enoch Powell’s infamous “Rivers of Blood” speech, which ignited a wave of neo-Nazism in Britain ⁠— that unfortunately lingers to this day.) Given the touchy subject matter, releasing this song would have been ill-judged. Had this song been released, neo-Nazis might’ve embraced it unironically.