![]() Harrison identified Ray Charles as one of his sources of inspiration for the song. In 2002, a year after Harrison's death, McCartney and Eric Clapton performed it at the Concert for George tribute at London's Royal Albert Hall. ![]() In 2000, Mojo ranked "Something" at number 14 in the magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Songs of All Time" it was ranked 110th on Rolling Stone 's 2021 list of the " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". In 1999, Broadcast Music Incorporated named "Something" as the 17th-most performed song of the twentieth century, with 5 million performances. & the M.G.'s, James Brown, Smokey Robinson and Johnny Rodriguez. Other artists who have covered it include Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Booker T. Shirley Bassey had a top-five UK hit with her 1970 recording, and Frank Sinatra regularly performed the song. By the late 1970s, it had been covered by over 150 artists, making it the second-most covered Beatles composition after " Yesterday". "Something" received the Ivor Novello Award for the " Best Song Musically and Lyrically" of 1969. Harrison subsequently performed the song at his Concert for Bangladesh shows in 1971 and throughout the two tours he made as a solo artist. The promotional film for the single combined footage of each of the Beatles with his respective wife, reflecting the estrangement in the band during the months preceding their break-up in April 1970. The song also drew praise from the other Beatles and their producer, George Martin, with Lennon stating that it was the best song on Abbey Road. As recorded by the Beatles, the track features a guitar solo that several music critics identify among Harrison's finest playing. Owing to the difficulty he faced in getting more than two of his compositions onto each Beatles album, Harrison first offered the song to Joe Cocker. The track is generally considered a love song to Pattie Boyd, Harrison's first wife, although Harrison offered alternative sources of inspiration in later interviews. While the single's commercial performance was lessened by this, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States as well as charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and West Germany, and peaked at number 4 in the UK. The pairing was also the first time in the United Kingdom that the Beatles issued a single containing tracks already available on an album. Two weeks after the album's release, the song was issued on a double A-side single, coupled with " Come Together", making it the first Harrison composition to become a Beatles A-side. Together with his second contribution to Abbey Road, " Here Comes the Sun", it is widely viewed by music historians as having marked Harrison's ascendancy as a composer to the level of the Beatles' principal songwriters, John Lennon and Paul McCartney. It was written by George Harrison, the band's lead guitarist. ![]() " Something" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album Abbey Road. ![]()
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