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Something
(George Harrison)
George
Harrison: Vocals, lead guitar, handclaps
Paul McCartney: Bass guitar, vocals, handclaps
John Lennon: Guitar
Ringo Starr: Drums
Billy Preston: Hammond organ
Uncredited: 12 violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 1 double-bass
Recorded
April 16 , May 2, 5, July 11, 16 and August 15 1969.
Available on:
Abbey
Road
The Beatles 1967-1970(The Blue Album)
Anthology 3
The Beatles 1
George
Harrison's Something is the Beatles song that's been covered
the most by other artists, after Yesterday.
Frank Sintra called it the "the greatest love song
of the past fifty years."
Harrison
was heard playing the song during the recording sessions
for the The
White Album in 1968, but it wasn't recorded until the
Abbey Road sessions, almost a year later. He considered
giving the song to Jackie Lomax, but instead he gave it
to Joe Cocker, who released it as a single in November 1969.
Harrison played guitar on Cocker's version.
The song
is likely to be about George's wife, Patti Harrison. The
opening line could have been borrowed from a James Taylor
song called "Something In The Way She Moves" from
1968.
It took
a while before Harrison was satisfied with the song's guitar
solo. The recording was more or less completed when he asked
to record the solo again. The problem was that at this stage
there was only one track available on the 8 track recording
machine, and this track had been reserved for the orchestrial
overdub. In the end, Harrison had to play his memorable
solo "live" together with the orchestra, in order
to fit it all in on the only available track.
Something
was released as a double A-sided single together with Come
Together in October 1969. The single topped the US charts
for one week, but only made it to number four in the UK.
Something
(George Harrison)
Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
Somewhere
in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
You're
asking me will my love grow
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around and it may show
I don't know, I don't know
Something
in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
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