The Beatles- Something

"Something" is a single released by The Beatles in 1969, and featured on the album Abbey Road. It was the first song written by George Harrison to appear on the A-side of a Beatles single. It was one of the first Beatles singles to contain tracks already available on a long playing (LP) album, with both "Something" and "Come Together" having appeared on Abbey Road. "Something" was the only Harrison composition to top the American charts while he was a Beatle.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney—the two principal songwriting members of the band—both praised "Something" as among the best songs Harrison had written. As well as critical acclaim, the single achieved commercial success, topping the Billboard charts in the United States, and entering the top 10 in the United Kingdom. The song's success continued after the breakup of The Beatles, when it was covered by over 150 artists including Elvis Presley, Shirley Bassey, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, James Brown, Julio Iglesias, Smokey Robinson and Joe Cocker becoming the second-most covered Beatles song after "Yesterday".

During the 1968 recording sessions for The Beatles (also referred to as the White Album), Harrison began working on a song that eventually became known as "Something". Initially based on the James Taylor song "Something in the Way She Moves", the song's first lyrics ("Something in the way she moves/Attracts me like no other lover") were used as filler while the melody was being developed.

Harrison later said that "I had a break while Paul was doing some overdubbing so I went into an empty studio and began to write. That's really all there is to it, except the middle took some time to sort out. It didn't go on the White Album because we'd already finished all the tracks." A demo recording of the song by Harrison from this period appears on the Beatles Anthology 3 collection, released in 1996.

Many believe that Harrison's inspiration for "Something" was his wife at the time, Pattie Boyd. Boyd also claimed that inspiration in her 2007 autobiography, Wonderful Tonight, where she wrote: "He told me, in a matter-of-fact way, that he had written it for me."

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[mincer123]

I prefer Shirley Bassey's version so much more!!

[RobOnDaCob]

@mincer123 ask me if i care

[Jpdezordi]

@RobOnDaCob Do you care?

[RobOnDaCob]

@Jpdezordi nope lol

[cackm]

This song is really something............

[Pastanoodle934]

Great song

[barricade456]

George Harrison sure is something.

[rache94rock]

It's official. I am in love with George Harrison. stupid cancer...

[neversolost]

The GREATEST love song ever composed!!!!

[gearwing1]

@bluematter /somthing will make you feel better

[enjoiskaterguy]

This is in the top 5 romanitc songs ever written for sure

[alecriou99]

@mincer123 u neeed a hearing aid desperately

[drummerboyz24]

@RobOnDaCob do you care?