| Here Comes
the Sun" is a song by George Harrison from The Beatles' 1969
album Abbey Road.
The song, one of Harrison's
best-known Beatles contributions alongside "Something", originated from
a songwriting collaboration between Harrison and close friend Eric
Clapton called "Badge," recorded by Clapton's group Cream,
and featuring an arpeggiated guitar riff that is similar to the one
that forms the bridge of "Here Comes the Sun". 1969 was a difficult
year for Harrison: he was arrested for marijuana possession, he had his
tonsils removed, and he had temporarily quit the band. The song was
written while Harrison was away from all of these troubles.
Harrison stated in The Beatles Anthology:
| "Here Comes the Sun" was
written at the time when Apple was getting like school, where we had to
go and be businessmen: 'Sign this' and 'sign that'. Anyway, it seems as
if winter in England goes on forever, by the time spring comes you
really deserve it. So one day I decided I was going to sag off Apple
and I went over to Eric Clapton's house. The relief of not having to go
see all those dopey accountants was wonderful, and I walked around the
garden with one of Eric's acoustic guitars and wrote "Here Comes The
Sun". |
Harrison sang lead vocals and played acoustic guitar
and Moog synthesizer. Paul McCartney sang backing vocals and played
bass guitar. Ringo Starr played drums, with all three Beatles providing
handclaps. John Lennon did not contribute to the song as he was
recovering from a recent car crash (he was also absent from George
Harrison's "Long, Long, Long"). Unnamed musicians played violas,
cellos, double bass, piccolos, flutes, alto flutes, and clarinets.
Harrison capoed his guitar on
the 7th fret, resulting the final key of A major. He also used the same
technique on his 1965 song "If I Needed Someone," which shares a
similar melodic pattern.
Harrison, McCartney and Starr recorded the
rhythm track in 13 takes
on 7 July, 1969. Towards the end of the session Harrison spent an hour
re-recording his acoustic guitar part. The following day he taped his
lead vocals, and he and McCartney recorded their backing vocals twice
to give a fuller sound.
A harmonium and handclaps
were added on 16 July. Harrison's guitar solo was overdubbed on 6
August, and the orchestral parts were added on 15 August. Here Comes
The Sun was completed four days later with the addition of Harrison's
Moog part. Source: wikipedia
Mikes Notes:
George
wrote this song at Eric Clapton's house. He was actually
playing one of Eric's guitars at the time. After Brian Epstein
died , the Beatles started becoming more involved in their
own business affairs and George wrote this after attending
a business meeting.
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