It all started with Love Me Do, but now the story has finally come to an end with Now and Then. 

Emotional fans took to social media to hail the ‘compelling, emotional and touching’ music video for The Beatles’s final track.

Using CGI, the clip – directed by the acclaimed Peter Jackson – cleverly brings Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr back together again with the dearly departed John Lennon and George Harrison.

Ending with a poignant fade to black, it is a fitting tribute to a band who brought joy to billions with music which continues to resonate nearly 50 years after they split up.

Just 15 minutes after the video was put on Youtube early this afteroon, more than 60,000 people had seen it. At the latest count that figure was more than 240,000.

One fan called it ‘so compelling, emotional and touching. Fantastic work by all involved.’ Another wrote: ‘Honestly so emotional! Their last work together…’ 

Another wrote: ‘Honestly so emotional! Their last work together…’ 

The song itself was released yesterday and has already been listened to by more than 5million fans on YouTube and millions more on streaming platforms.

Featuring music from John, Paul, Ringo and George, it has received rave reviews from fans all over the world, many of whom admitted crying when they heard it for the first time.  

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The stunning video for new Beatles track Now and Then has been released online

The clip – directed by the acclaimed Peter Jackson – blends moving archive footage of the Fab Four with shots of Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Ringo Starr recording new segments for the song

It includes the earliest ever footage of the band, filmed in a Merseyside church hall in 1962, before they became the world’s most famous rock stars and manager Brian Epstein convinced them to all wear smart suits

The final scene in the video shows the Beatles bowing before they disappear and the camera fades to black` 

The video includes the earliest ever footage of the band, filmed in a Merseyside church hall in 1962, before they became the world’s most famous rock stars and manager Brian Epstein convinced them to all wear smart suits.

Pete Best, The Beatles’ drummer before Ringo star, handed the cine camera footage – which shows the group dressed in leather – to his former band with the help of his brother Roag.

Roag said he purchased the silent footage from a man who filmed the performance at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church Hall in Birkenhead in February 1962, goojara.info (goojara.info) eight months before they released their debut single.

Another fan said under the video on Youtube: ‘Wow, wasn’t expecting this to hit me this hard. I feel the video completes the song.