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Songs written by George Harrison

  • All Those Years Ago"All Those Years Ago" arrived in record shops in May 1981, carrying a weight few pop singles ever have to bear. George Harrison had set out to write a simple…
  • Love You To"Love You To" arrived on the Beatles' 1966 album Revolver as something rock audiences had simply never heard before. Tabla drums, a droning tambura, a sitar…
  • When We Was Fab"When We Was Fab" opens with the unmistakable shimmer of a sitar, the low sweep of cellos, and audio running backwards through the tape.
  • Something (Beatles song)George Harrison began writing Something in September 1968 during a session for the Beatles' self-titled double album. He worked on the melody at a piano…
  • Free as a BirdIn 1977, John Lennon recorded a rough demo of Free as a Bird inside his Dakota apartment in New York City. He spoke into the cassette recorder with a thick…
  • Flying (Beatles instrumental)"Flying" holds a quiet distinction in the Beatles catalogue: recorded on the 8th of September 1967, it is the only track officially credited to all four…
  • Here Comes the Sun"Here Comes the Sun" was written in a garden in Ewhurst, Surrey, on a day George Harrison decided not to go to work. That simple act of truancy produced one…
  • Within You Without You"Within You Without You" was written by George Harrison in early 1967 on a harmonium at the north London home of musician Klaus Voormann.
  • Now and Then (Beatles song)"Now and Then" arrived on the 2nd of November 2023 carrying a weight no pop single ever had before: it was billed as the last Beatles song.
  • TaxmanIn April 1966, a report from the London accountancy firm Bryce, Hammer, Isherwood & Co. delivered a stark warning to the Beatles.
  • I Me Mine"I Me Mine" is a song George Harrison wrote on the night of the 7th of January 1969, after one of the most dispiriting days of his career.
  • The Inner Light (song)"The Inner Light" arrived in record shops on the 15th of March 1968, tucked away as the B-side to "Lady Madonna", and most listeners probably flipped the…