![]() Bruce Springsteen started the tribute train, followed by Elton John, Paul McCartney with Eric Clapton, and Bob Dylan. When George Harrison passed away in 2001, many artists played “Something” as a tribute to the Beatle. George Harrison’s favorite cover, however, was James Brown’s version of the song. Other notable covers are by Shirley Bassey, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, and Elvis Presley. Cocker’s cover of the song was the first of many. But Cocker didn’t release the song until late 1969, a month after The Beatles released “Abbey Road”. George Harrison initially gave “Something” to Joe Cocker. The Beatles’ “Something” is one of the most covered songs of all time, with over 200 known covers. ![]() It also topped the charts in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and West Germany. The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. A unique occurrence, for a George Harrison song was never assigned as an A-side Beatles single before. As a result, “Something” was released as an A-side single. The other Beatles held the finished song in high regard, with John Lennon stating it was the best song on “Abbey Road”. Eventually, the extended jam was removed, reducing the song to just over 3 minutes. At one point, the song ran over 8 minutes long due to an extended John Lennon jam. The recording of “Something” took place over several sessions. Although he desired to change the words, Harrison eventually decided to leave the lyrics as is and titled the song “Something”. The only words that came to Harrison’s mind were “Something in the way she moves”, which was the song title of a James Taylor song. But Harrison struggled to finish the song because he couldn’t come up with suitable lyrics. George Harrison wrote the melody to “Something” at the end of recording The Beatles’ ninth studio album “The Beatles” (the white album). ![]() “ beatles 4” by beatles maniac11 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. So the song is most likely just a love song written for Pattie Boyd. Besides that, changing your mind about a love song after a divorce isn’t an uncommon practice in the music scene ( Elton John’s Tiny Dancer for instance). Something Lyrics Verse 1 Something in the way she moves Attracts me like no other lover Something in the way she woos me Chorus I dont want to leave her now You know I believe. But this doesn’t mean Charles is the inspiration behind the song’s meaning. It is known Harisson imagined Ray Charles singing “Something” when he wrote the song. So then, everybody presumed I wrote it about Patti, but actually, when I wrote it, I was thinking of Ray Charles.” And what they did was they went out and got some footage of me and Pattie, Paul and Linda, Ringo and Maureen, it was at that time, and John and Yoko and they just made up a little video to go with it. In an interview with Paul Cashmere in 1994, Harrison denied the song was written for Boyd: “I just wrote it, and then somebody put together a video. When Harrison’s marriage with Pattie Boyd fell apart, his opinion about the song’s meaning changed. ![]()
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