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Nov 2023
19 m

The miraculous final Beatles song, Now a...

CBC
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Against all odds, today the world receives a new single from The Beatles. To celebrate, Commotion’s resident Fab Fourologists Paul Myers and Maura Johnston join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to share their reactions to the song, Now and Then, and unpack the fascinating, decades-long story behind its creation. 
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