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Something (Beatles song)

"Something"
Come Together-Something (single cover).jpg
1989 UK re-issue picture sleeve
Single by The Beatles
from the album Abbey Road
B-side "Come Together"
Released 6 October 1969
Format 7-inch single
Recorded 2 May, 5 May, 16 July, 15 August 1969
EMI Studios, London; Olympic Sound Studios, London
Genre
Length 2:59
Label Apple
Writer(s) George Harrison
Producer(s) George Martin
The Beatles singles chronology
"The Ballad of John and Yoko"
(1969)
"Something"/"Come Together"
(1969)
"Let It Be"
(1970)
Music sample
"Something"
Single by Shirley Bassey
from the album Something
B-side "Easy to Be Hard"
Released June 1970
Format 7"
Genre
Length 3:35
Label United Artists
Writer(s) George Harrison
Producer(s)
Shirley Bassey singles chronology
"The Sea and Sand"
(1970)
"Something"
(1970)
"Fool on the Hill"
(1970)

"Something" is a song by the Beatles, written by George Harrison and released on the band's 1969 album Abbey Road. It was also issued as a single coupled with another track from the album, "Come Together". "Something" was the first Harrison composition to appear as a Beatles A-side, and the only song written by him to top the US charts before the band's break-up in April 1970. The single was also one of the first Beatles singles to contain tracks already available on an LP album.

The song drew high praise from the band's primary songwriters, John Lennon and Paul McCartney; Lennon stated that "Something" was the best song on Abbey Road, while McCartney considered it the best song Harrison had written. As well as critical acclaim, the single achieved commercial success, topping the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States and making the top five in the United Kingdom. The song has been covered by over 150 artists, making it the second-most covered Beatles song after "Yesterday". Artists who have covered the song include Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, James Brown, Shirley Bassey, Tony Bennett, Andy Williams, Smokey Robinson, Ike & Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Isaac Hayes, Julio Iglesias and Neil Diamond. Harrison said his favourite version of the song was James Brown's, which he kept in his personal jukebox.


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