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Songs written by George Harrison

  • All Those Years Ago"All Those Years Ago" put three Beatles on one record for the first time since 1970. It mourns John Lennon.
  • Love You ToWho really played the sitar on the Beatles song "Love You To"? Tabla player Anil Bhagwat said George Harrison did.
  • When We Was FabA walrus suit in a George Harrison video started a Paul McCartney mystery. The bassist played left-handed.
  • Something (Beatles song)The Beatles song "Something" once had a hole in its second line. At a rehearsal being filmed for a documentary, George Harrison could get as far as the words "Attracts me" and no further. John Lennon offered a stand-in phrase, "like a…
  • Free as a BirdPaul McCartney asked Yoko Ono if any unreleased John Lennon recordings still existed.
  • Flying (Beatles instrumental)"Flying" is the only Beatles song credited to all four band members. It was recorded in September 1967.
  • Here Comes the SunIn May 2023, "Here Comes the Sun" became the first 1960s song to pass one billion Spotify plays.
  • Within You Without YouGeorge Harrison added crowd laughter to "Within You Without You" over his producer's objection.
  • Now and Then (Beatles song)George Harrison disliked the Lennon demo "Now and Then", so the Beatles shelved it in 1995.
  • TaxmanBefore the first note of "Taxman" sounds, a cough rings out and George Harrison begins to count the band in. His "one, two, three, four" is delivered in a grim, miserly voice, and a second, real count can be heard faintly behind it. The…
  • I Me MineThe last new Beatles song was recorded without John Lennon. "I Me Mine" was a waltz about ego, and it runs 1:34.
  • The Inner Light (song)A Beatles B-side was recorded in Bombay with Indian musicians. Harrison's "The Inner Light" used words by Lao-Tzu.

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