The jam did not constitute a complete Beatles reunion. Of the group, only Harrison and Ringo Starr attended. Yoko Ono appeared with Julian and Sean on behalf of John Lennon, who had died in 1980, while Paul McCartney elected to stay away. With Lennon and McCartney missing, Harrison and Starr relied on a larger company of fellow musicians to perform material from the band’s catalog.

Written by Lennon and McCartney, “I Saw Her Standing There” appeared on March 22, 1963, at the start of the Beatles’ British debut LP, Please Please Me. In the United States, it was issued behind “I Want to Hold Your Hand” on the single. The song subsequently rose to No. 14 on this Billboard Hot 100 in 1964. Its economical, taut rhythm differed sharply from the size of the ensemble performing it at the hotel.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame placed its official footage of the performance on YouTube on October 4, 2012. A viewer who said they were 73 described the song as beautiful and said it made them cry. By January 10, 2026, the upload had accumulated almost 25 million views, along with another recorded figure of approximately 123,000 whose measure was not specified in the source.