Don't Let Me Down is a Beatles song written by John Lennon and released in 1969 as the B-side to Get Back, with the band also performing it during their famous rooftop concert in London that January. The track became known for its direct, pleading lyric and its raw, live feel, qualities that helped it endure long after its original release. On soundboards and in short-form video, the isolated ah vocal circulates on its own, stripped of the full arrangement, because listeners instantly recognise the song and the emotion behind that single sound.