If “When I’m Sixty-Four” sounds so simple a child could have written it, well, that’s kind of what happened. Paul McCartney wrote it when he was a teenager.

In the lyrics, a young McCartney muses about growing old. Uncover what prompted McCartney's look into the future, below. Behind the Meaning of "When I’m Sixty Four" by the Beatles ...

“When I’m Sixty-Four” appeared on The Beatles’ 1967 album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band. Years after writing the song, McCartney joked that updated lyrics might be appropriate ...

Dear Paul McCartney, I hear that your were 16 or so when you wrote the Beatles hit "When I’m 64." Having just attained the title age, I feel qualified to offer this critique of the lyrics: W… ...