"Beatles Forever" is an unreleased song by Electric Light Orchestra in 1983, written by Jeff Lynne and intended for the album Secret Messages.
[2] When the album was shortened to a single LP by CBS Records, eight of the eighteen total tracks were removed, including "Beatles Forever."
"[4] Along with the songs "Train of Gold", "No Way Out" and "Motor Factory" (early version of "Rock 'n' Roll Is King") that were all started during that same session, "Beatles Forever" is known as one of the four tracks bassist Kelly Groucutt performed on the album.
[5] Throughout the chorus, various Beatles' song titles are sung and quoted,[5] with some including their corresponding motifs played on either Lynne's guitar or Richard Tandy's synthesizers.
Along with drummer Bev Bevan's playing and common on the parent album, the drum machine Oberheim DMX is featured, providing additional percussion elements, though it is unclear whether Lynne or Tandy specifically contributed this.
"[9]Although not released on any official medium, a small snippet of the song's intro can be heard on the final fade-out of the 2018 double LP version of "No Way Out" via print-through, if the volume is turned up.