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“Something” is the first George Harrison penned track on Abbey Road. It is hailed as one of the greatest love songs of all time by Frank Sinatra, who mistakenly introduced it in live performance as a Lennon-McCartney song.
The song is likely about Pattie Boyd – Harrison’s then-wife (she would go on...
[Verse 1]
Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
[Chorus]
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
[Verse 2]
Somewhere in her smile, she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
[Chorus]
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
[Bridge]
You're asking me, will my love grow?
I don't know, I don't know
You stick around, now, it may show
I don't know, I don't know
[Instrumental Break 01:39-02:14]
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
[Chorus]
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
Something was written by George Harrison.
Something was produced by George Martin.
The Beatles released Something on Fri Sep 26 1969.
It has probably got a range of five notes, which fits most singers' needs best. When I wrote it, in my mind I heard Ray Charles singing it, and he did do it some years later. At the time I wasn’t particularly thrilled that Frank Sinatra did “Something”. I’m more thrilled now than I was then. I wasn’...
I wrote it at the time when we were making the last double album. And it’s just the first line, ‘Something in the way she moves’ which has been in millions of songs. It’s not a special thing. But it just seemed quite apt. I usually get the first few lines of lyrics and melody both at once. And then...