My Guitar Gently Weeps
The Beatles
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I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping Still my guitar gently weeps. I don't know why nobody told you How to unfold your love I don't know how someone controlled you They bought and sold you. I look at the world and I notice it's turning While my guitar gently weeps With every mistake we must surely be learning Still my guitar gently weeps. I don't know how you were diverted You were perverted too I don't know how you were inverted No one alerted you. I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping While my guitar gently weeps Look at you all Still my guitar gently weeps.
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Written by: George Harrison
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10 facts about this song
Origin"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was written by George Harrison, the youngest member of The Beatles. The song appeared on their 1968 double-disc album known as "The White Album."
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InfluenceThe song was inspired by the I Ching, an ancient Chinese book of changes. Harrison created the song using the concept of chance introduced by this philosophical text, picking out a random book and composing a song about the first words he read.
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Guest ArtistEric Clapton, a close friend of George Harrison, played the lead guitar solo. Harrison invited him as he believed the rest of The Beatles would be more focused and behaved during recording if there was an outsider present.
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Studio RecordingThe song was recorded in Abbey Road Studios, London. The recording process began on 16th July 1968 and ended in mid-September.
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LyricsThe lyrics of the song express Harrison's disappointment at the disharmony within The Beatles at the time of composition. He used a weeping guitar to metaphorically express his feelings.
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Success"While My Guitar Gently Weeps" is considered one of the finest songs in The Beatles' repertoire. It ranks at 136 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
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ReinterpretationsThere are several notable cover versions of the song by artists such as Peter Frampton, Tom Petty, Prince, and the band Spooky Tooth.
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Alternative VersionAn acoustic demo version of the song, featuring just Harrison on guitar and vocals, was released on the Beatles' Anthology 3 in 1996.
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AnimationsThe song is notably featured in the 2018 animated film, "Kubo and the Two Strings," with a cover version performed by Regina Spektor.
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Iconic GuitarThe guitar that Eric Clapton used on the recording of the song was a red Gibson Les Paul, later famously known as "Lucy," which was a gift from Clapton to Harrison.
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