Adam Levine’s falsetto voice reaches a whole new level when singing this Beatles classic

In 2007, The voice Season 27 Coach Adam Levine and his Maroon 5 colleague Jesse Carmichael went to the Howard Stern Show and sang a lesser-known Beatles song, “Don’t Let Me Down,” both playing guitar. It’s a simple but effective song that shows how well the two musicians can handle pop music. It also gives Levine a chance to use his famous falsetto, the high register of his voice that has become his trademark. Listen to it below.

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What you should know about “Don’t Let Me Down” by the Beatles

Released in 1969, the song is a love letter from John Lennon to Yoko Ono, but also a bit of a tortured plea. A decade later, Paul McCartney gave insight into its meaning. “It was a very tense time. John was with Yoko and had turned to heroin use and all the paranoia that came with it, and he went to extremes. I think as much as it excited him and amused him, it also secretly terrified him. So ‘Don’t Let Me Down’ was a real plea,” he said, according to Rolling Stone.

The lyrics of “Don’t Let Me Down” by the Beatles

do not leave me high and dry
do not leave me high and dry
do not leave me high and dry
do not leave me high and dry

No one has loved me like she does
Oh, she does
Yes, it does
And if someone loved me like she did
Ooh, she does it to me
Yes, it does

do not leave me high and dry
do not leave me high and dry
do not leave me high and dry
do not leave me high and dry

I’m in love for the first time
Don’t you know it will last?
It is a love that lasts forever
It is a love that has no past

do not leave me high and dry
Don’t let me down (ooh)
do not leave me high and dry
do not leave me high and dry

And from the first time she really did something to me
Ooh, she got me
She did me good
I don’t think anyone has ever really
Ooh, she got me
She did me good

Don’t let me down, hey
Don’t let me down (hihi)
do not leave me high and dry
Please (ouch!)
(Ouch!) Don’t let me down
(Ouch!) Don’t let me down
(Can you understand?) Don’t let me down

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