Beautiful Girl (George Harrison song)
| "Beautiful Girl" | |
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| Song by George Harrison | |
| from the album Thirty Three & 1/3 | |
| Published | Oops/Ganga |
| Released | 19 November 1976 |
| Genre | Rock, pop |
| Length | 3:39 |
| Label | Dark Horse |
| Songwriter(s) | George Harrison |
| Producer(s) | George Harrison with Tom Scott |
| Thirty Three & 1/3 track listing | |
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10 tracks
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"Beautiful Girl" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1976 album Thirty Three & 1/3. Harrison began writing the song in 1969 and considered recording it for his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass. In its finished, 1976 form, the lyrics of "Beautiful Girl" were inspired by Harrison's second wife, Olivia Arias.
The recording features musical contributions from Billy Preston, Gary Wright and Willie Weeks. Some music critics have noted aspects of the Beatles' mid-'60s sound in "Beautiful Girl"; like much of Thirty Three & 1/3, the song is highly regarded for its melodic qualities. Author Nicholas Schaffner described the track as "a great lost Rubber Soul classic".
In his 1980 autobiography, I, Me, Mine, Harrison states that he began writing "Beautiful Girl" during sessions for singer Doris Troy's eponymous solo album on Apple Records, recording for which commenced in October 1969. Harrison co-produced the album with Troy, and one of the musicians who contributed to the sessions was Stephen Stills, whose "very good" 12-string acoustic guitar Harrison borrowed one evening, during which he came up with the tune to "Beautiful Girl". Harrison's inspiration for the song's lyrics was his wife, Pattie Boyd, but he was unable to write more than a single verse, which begins:
Never seen such a beautiful girl
Got me shaking inside
Calling on me from deep within her eyes ...
After trying out the song at the start of production for All Things Must Pass in May 1970, a month after the Beatles' break-up, "Beautiful Girl" "sank back into the distance", according to Harrison. He returned to the composition in 1976, by which time he had split with Boyd and was living with Olivia Trinidad Arias, his future wife.
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