 The Beatles song " Free as a Bird " was originally composed and recorded in 1977 as a home demo by John Lennon . In 1995 a studio version of the recording , incorporating contributions from Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr , was released as a new single from The Beatles Anthology 1 project , 25 years after their break @-@ up and 15 years after the death of Lennon . In a humorous self @-@ parody and tribute to Lennon , the surviving Beatles inserted a backmasked clip of Lennon saying " Turned out nice again . " at the very end of the song . 
