“Please come on back to me, I'm lonely as can be”
Harrison's first solo composition on a Beatles album, written for Pattie Boyd during the band's separation while filming Help! Built around his foot-pedal-controlled volume-swell guitar technique, with Lennon working the pedal at Harrison's feet.
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The Nostalgia motif is rare for George Harrison – it appears in just 9% of his sole-written songs (2 of 22), against 14% for John and 29% for Paul: 'Long, Long, Long' and 'I Need You'.
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realize
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Tags on this page are original analysis, transcribed and cross-checked against the fine work of others: Alan W. Pollack's “Notes on…” series, the Beatles Complete Scores (Hal Leonard), Mark Lewisohn's session histories, Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, Dave Rybaczewski's Beatles Music History and Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear for the instruments and studio equipment, and others besides – then verified by ear against the recordings. Full bibliography: Sources & thanks.
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