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Due to The Beatles' age, on a level, it's understandable why BBC Radio 1 felt 'Real Love' wasn't appropriate for their playlist. However, occasionally, there are exceptions to the rule, and this song wholly deserved to receive airplay. Exploring the release of 'Real Love' by The Beatles in 1996, and why BBC Radio 1 deemed it not fit ...

The song was not included on the BBC Radio 1 playlist, prompting criticism from fans and British Members of Parliament. The track opened the Beatles' Anthology 2 album. "Real Love" was the last new Beatles song released in the lifetime of George Harrison, who died in 2001, and the last single by the group until "Now and Then" in 2023.

"Real Love" had been previously released after Lennon's death as a solo record, but to hear and see it as a song by The Beatles is a whole other experience. So, it baffled the band that unlike "Free As A Bird," BBC Radio 1 didn't add their new song to their playlist. And, in BBC's defense, "Real Love" wasn't exactly a "new ...