10 tracks
Side one "Love Comes to Everyone" "Not Guilty" "Here Comes the Moon" "Soft-Hearted Hana" "Blow Away" Side two "Faster" "Dark Sweet Lady" "Your Love Is Forever" "Soft Touch" "If You Believe"

10 tracks
Side one "Love Comes to Everyone" "Not Guilty" "Here Comes the Moon" "Soft-Hearted Hana" "Blow Away" Side two "Faster" "Dark Sweet Lady" "Your Love Is Forever" "Soft Touch" "If You Believe"

"Faster" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison from his self-titled 1979 studio album. The song was inspired by Harrison's year away from music-making in 1977, during which he travelled with the Formula 1 World Championship series, and by his friendship with racing drivers such as Jackie Stewart and Niki Lauda. Although equally applicable to other professions, the lyrics address the difficulties of achieving and maintaining success in the field of motorsport, particularly Formula 1.

In Britain, "Faster" was issued as the third single from George Harrison, and was available on a picture disc depicting the faces of several past world champion drivers. The single raised funds for a cancer fund set up following the death of Swedish driver Gunnar Nilsson in 1978, and also commemorated Nilsson's countryman Ronnie Peterson, who died as a result of injuries sustained during the 1978 Italian Grand Prix. Harrison made a video of the song, during which he performs the track in the back of a car chauffeured by Jackie Stewart.

"Are you going to write a song about motor racing, George?" was a question I was asked a lot by various people from the Grand Prix teams … So I did "Faster" to write about something specific, as a challenge.

During 1977 Harrison attended many of the races on the Formula 1 calendar as a break from songwriting and recording. Over the course of that season, he befriended racing drivers such as Niki Lauda, Emerson Fittipaldi and Jody Scheckter, as well as retired triple world champion Jackie Stewart, who continued to be associated with the sport as a commentator. After the United States Grand Prix in October 1977, a conversation with Lauda encouraged Harrison to resume songwriting; he wrote "Blow Away" as a song "that Niki-Jody-Emerson and the gang could enjoy". In addition to attracting further media attention to Formula 1, Harrison's presence at the grands prix led to constant questions about whether he intended to write a song about the sport. He subsequently wrote "Faster" – the original lyrics of which are dated 20 November 1977 – drawing inspiration from Lauda's successful comeback from his near-fatal crash at the Nürburgring the previous year. He titled the new composition after Stewart's autobiography.

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