Who did George Harrison write The Beatles “greatest love song” 'Something' for?
We’re dipping into the Far Out Magazine vault and looking back to one of George Harrison’s best songs with The Beatles, the beautiful and timeless love song ‘Something’. Released in 1969 the single would be Harrison’s first number one and mark him out as a wildly talented songwriter.
When artists such as Frank Sinatra pick out your work and label it as “the greatest love song of the past 50 years,” you know you’re doing something right. But who was this pop ode in aid of? Many people pointed to Pattie Boyd but the answer is a little more convoluted than that.
‘Something’ will forever remain a special track for George Harrison. Not only was it the first song he was able to releases with The Beatles as a fully-fledge single. But it was also the first song fro The Beatles to reach number one that wasn’t suffixed with “written by Lennon-McCartney.”
Source: Jack Whatley/faroutmagazine.co.uk
