Lennon himself was unhappy with the song as it was recorded . In his 1980 '' Playboy '' interview , Lennon says that the Beatles " did n't make a good record of it " and says of the '' Let It Be '' version that " the guitars are out of tune and I 'm singing out of tune ... and nobody 's supporting me or helping me with it and the song was never done properly " . He further accused McCartney of ruining the song : On 4 February 2008 , at 00:00 UTC , NASA transmitted the Interstellar Message " Across the Universe " in the direction of the star Polaris , 431 light years from Earth . The transmission was made using a 70m antenna in the Deep Space Network 's Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex , located outside of Madrid , Spain . It was done with an " X band " transmitter , radiating into the antenna at 18 kW . This was done to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the song 's recording , the 45th anniversary of the Deep Space Network ( DSN ) , and the 50th anniversary of NASA . The idea was hatched by Beatles historian Martin Lewis , who encouraged all Beatles fans to play the track as it was beamed to the distant star . The event marked the first time a song had ever been intentionally transmitted into deep space , and was approved by McCartney , Yoko Ono , and Apple Corps . ( The first musical interstellar message was " 1st Theremin Concert to Aliens " , section 2 of the Teen Age Message , in 2001 . ) '' No One 's Gon na Change Our World '' / '' Past Masters '' version : '' Let It Be '' version : '' Let It Be ... Naked '' version : '' Anthology 2 '' Version White Album Anniversary Edition Version Elements of the performance recorded on 8 February 1968 were replaced by an orchestra and choir recorded on 1 April 1970
Teen Age Message
Teen Age Message
Across the Universe