List of songs recorded by George Harrison
was an English musician who gained international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. With his songwriting contributions limited by the dominance of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, Harrison was the first member of the Beatles to release a solo album. Wonderwall Music, a mostly instrumental soundtrack album combining Western and Indian sounds, was followed by Electronic Sound, an experimental album containing two lengthy pieces performed on Moog synthesizer. Following the Beatles' break-up in 1970, Harrison released the triple album All Things Must Pass. Co-produced by Phil Spector, it included the hit singles "My Sweet Lord" and "What Is Life". The album featured musical contributions from Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr, both of whom collaborated regularly with Harrison throughout his solo career, and two signature elements of Harrison's work: his slide guitar playing and spiritually themed songwriting.
While organising the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, Harrison recorded the charity single "Bangla Desh". The Concert for Bangladesh live album included three of Harrison's best-known Beatles songs: "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something". Living in the Material World featured a pared-down sound and increasingly devout lyrics. It included the single "Give Me Love " and a title track in which contrasting sections of Indian music and Western rock mirrored Harrison's struggle to attain his spiritual goals. Dark Horse included songs inspired by the end of his marriage to Pattie Boyd and, particularly in the title track, vocal performances marred by Harrison contracting laryngitis – a result of overexertion as he prepared to launch his Dark Horse record label. Extra Texture contained several songs in a downbeat soul style, reflecting his despondency following the mixed reception afforded his 1974 North American tour with Ravi Shankar. Largely recorded in Los Angeles, the album included "This Guitar ", a sequel to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps".
Thirty Three & 1/3 furthered the American soul influence and, with its singles "This Song" and "Crackerbox Palace", was a more buoyant collection than its predecessors. Marked also by a more subtle approach to religious pronouncements, the album typified Harrison's move towards love songs seemingly addressed to his deity as much as to a romantic partner. Co-produced by Russ Titelman, George Harrison reflected Harrison's contentment after a period spent travelling. It included the hit single "Blow Away", songs celebrating the tranquil surroundings he had discovered on Hawaii, and a tribute to Formula One racing drivers, "Faster". Somewhere in England was released in 1981 and featured "All Those Years Ago", a tribute to Lennon following his murder in December 1980. Gone Troppo included the single "Wake Up My Love" and "Circles", a song that, like "Not Guilty" from George Harrison, had originally been considered for the Beatles' White Album in 1968.
After a four-year hiatus, Harrison returned with Cloud Nine, co-produced by Jeff Lynne. It included a cover version of Rudy Clark's "Got My Mind Set on You" and the Beatles tribute "When We Was Fab". Harrison then formed the Traveling Wilburys with Lynne, Dylan, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty. He issued the 1989 compilation Best of Dark Horse, which included "Cheer Down", co-written with Petty. Harrison's 1992 album Live in Japan, recorded on tour with Clapton, included renditions of "Taxman", "If I Needed Someone" and several other Harrison compositions from the Beatles' catalogue. Harrison then reunited with Starr and McCartney for the Beatles Anthology multimedia project and collaborated extensively with Shankar, but he issued no further recordings under his own name before his death in November 2001. His final album, Brainwashed, included the singles "Any Road" and "Stuck Inside a Cloud", and the slide-guitar instrumental "Marwa Blues".
Songs
| Indicates songs not solely written by George Harrison | |
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track "Ski-ing" in 1968, Eric Clapton played guitar on many of Harrison's recordings as a solo artist.
co-produced Harrison's recordings over 1970–72, including the songs "My Sweet Lord", "Isn't It a Pity" and "Bangla Desh". Harrison subsequently adopted elements of Spector's Wall of Sound in his own production style, particularly on "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long" and "Ding Dong, Ding Dong".
co-wrote "I'd Have You Anytime" with Harrison and provided the inspiration for another All Things Must Pass track reflecting on their friendship, "Behind That Locked Door". Harrison also recorded cover versions of Dylan songs such as "If Not for You" and "I Don't Want to Do It".
played keyboards on all of Harrison's 1970s albums and on Cloud Nine. A fellow devotee of Hindu teachings, Wright also co-wrote "If You Believe" and "That's What It Takes".
estate in Oxfordshire. From 1973, Harrison recorded the majority of his music at his Friar Park studio, while the property's inscriptions and gardens provided lyrical inspiration for songs such as "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp", "Ding Dong", "The Answer's at the End" and "Flying Hour".
through his work with the Beatles, Harrison made only minimal use of Indian instrumentation in his songs after 1968. Among the rare examples are "Living in the Material World", "Be Here Now", "It Is 'He' ", "Writing's on the Wall" and "Ride Rajbun".
was reflected in two songs he wrote in tribute to Smokey Robinson in the mid 1970s, "Ooh Baby" and "Pure Smokey".
's "True Love" on his album Thirty Three & 1/3.
, Harrison covered Carmichael's "Hong Kong Blues" and "Baltimore Oriole" on his 1981 album Somewhere in England.
, who co-wrote "When We Was Fab" and "This Is Love".
co-wrote "Cheer Down" with Harrison, in addition to joining him, Lynne and Dylan in the Traveling Wilburys.
| Song | Writer | Original release | Year | |
| "Absolutely Sweet Marie" | Bob Dylan | ' | 1993 | |
| "All Things Must Pass" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "All Those Years Ago" | George Harrison | Somewhere in England | 1981 | |
| "Almost Shankara" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 2014 | |
| "" | George Harrison | Extra Texture | 1975 | |
| "Any Road" | George Harrison | Brainwashed | 2002 | |
| "Apple Scruffs" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "Art of Dying" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "Awaiting on You All" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "Baby Don't Run Away" | George Harrison | Gone Troppo | 1982 | |
| "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp " | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "Baltimore Oriole" | Hoagy Carmichael | Somewhere in England | 1981 | |
| "Bangla Desh" | George Harrison | 1971 | ||
| "Be Here Now" | George Harrison | Living in the Material World | 1973 | |
| "Beautiful Girl" | George Harrison | Thirty Three & 1/3 | 1976 | |
| "Behind That Locked Door" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" | Harold Arlen Ted Koehler | Brainwashed | 2002 | |
| "Beware of Darkness" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "" | George Harrison | Extra Texture | 1975 | |
| "Blood from a Clone" | George Harrison | Somewhere in England | 1981 | |
| "Blow Away" | George Harrison | George Harrison | 1979 | |
| "Brainwashed" | George Harrison | Brainwashed | 2002 | |
| "Breath Away from Heaven" | George Harrison | Cloud Nine | 1987 | |
| "Bye Bye, Love" | Felice Bryant Boudleaux Bryant George Harrison | Dark Horse | 1974 | |
| "Can't Stop Thinking About You" | George Harrison | Extra Texture | 1975 | |
| "Cheer Down" | George Harrison Tom Petty | Lethal Weapon 2 | 1989 | |
| "Circles" | George Harrison | Gone Troppo | 1982 | |
| "Cloud 9" | George Harrison | Cloud Nine | 1987 | |
| "Cockamamie Business" | George Harrison | Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 | 1989 | |
| "Cowboy Music" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Crackerbox Palace" | George Harrison | Thirty Three & 1/3 | 1976 | |
| "Crying" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Dark Horse" | George Harrison | Dark Horse | 1974 | |
| "Dark Sweet Lady" | George Harrison | George Harrison | 1979 | |
| "" | George Harrison | Living in the Material World | 1973 | |
| "Dear One" | George Harrison | Thirty Three & 1/3 | 1976 | |
| "Deep Blue" | George Harrison | 1971 | ||
| "Devil's Radio" | George Harrison | Cloud Nine | 1987 | |
| "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" | George Harrison | Dark Horse | 1974 | |
| "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long" | George Harrison | Living in the Material World | 1973 | |
| "Dream Away" | George Harrison | Gone Troppo | 1982 | |
| "Dream Scene" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Drilling a Home" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Fantasy Sequins" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Far East Man" | George Harrison | Dark Horse | 1974 | |
| "Faster" | George Harrison | George Harrison | 1979 | |
| "Fish on the Sand" | George Harrison | Cloud Nine | 1987 | |
| "Flying Hour" | George Harrison Mick Ralphs | Songs by George Harrison | 1988 | |
| "For You Blue" | George Harrison | Songs by George Harrison | 1988 | |
| "Gat Kirwani" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Give Me Love " | George Harrison | Living in the Material World | 1973 | |
| "Glass Box" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Gone Troppo" | George Harrison | Gone Troppo | 1982 | |
| "Got My Mind Set on You" | Rudy Clark | Cloud Nine | 1987 | |
| "Greasy Legs" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Greece" | George Harrison | Gone Troppo | 1982 | |
| "Grey Cloudy Lies" | George Harrison | Extra Texture | 1975 | |
| "Guru Vandana" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Hari's on Tour " | George Harrison | Dark Horse | 1974 | |
| "Hear Me Lord" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "Here Comes the Sun" | George Harrison | ' | 1971 | |
| "Here Comes the Moon" | George Harrison | George Harrison | 1979 | |
| "His Name Is Legs " | George Harrison | Extra Texture | 1975 | |
| "Hong Kong Blues" | Hoagy Carmichael | Somewhere in England | 1981 | |
| "Horse to the Water" | George Harrison Dhani Harrison | Small World Big Band | 2001 | |
| "Hottest Gong in Town" | George Harrison | Songs by George Harrison 2 | 1992 | |
| "I Dig Love" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "I Don't Care Anymore" | George Harrison | 1974 | ||
| "I Don't Want to Do It" | Bob Dylan | Porky's Revenge! | 1985 | |
| "I Live for You" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 2001 | |
| "I Really Love You" | Leroy Swearingen | Gone Troppo | 1982 | |
| "I Remember Jeep" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "I Want to Tell You" | George Harrison | Live in Japan | 1992 | |
| "If I Needed Someone" | George Harrison | Live in Japan | 1992 | |
| "If Not for You" | Bob Dylan | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "If You Believe" | George Harrison Gary Wright | George Harrison | 1979 | |
| "In the Park" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "It Is 'He' " | George Harrison | Dark Horse | 1974 | |
| "Isn't It a Pity" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "It's Johnny's Birthday" | George Harrison Bill Martin Phil Coulter | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "It's What You Value" | George Harrison | Thirty Three & 1/3 | 1976 | |
| "I'd Have You Anytime" | George Harrison Bob Dylan | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "Just for Today" | George Harrison | Cloud Nine | 1987 | |
| "Lay His Head" | George Harrison | 1987 | ||
| "Learning How to Love You" | George Harrison | Thirty Three & 1/3 | 1976 | |
| "Let It Be Me" | Gilbert Bécaud Pierre Leroyer Manny Kurtz | ' | 2012 | |
| "Let It Down" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "Life Itself" | George Harrison | Somewhere in England | 1981 | |
| "" | George Harrison | Living in the Material World | 1973 | |
| "Living in the Material World" | George Harrison | Living in the Material World | 1973 | |
| "Looking for My Life" | George Harrison | Brainwashed | 2002 | |
| "" | George Harrison | Living in the Material World | 1973 | |
| "Love Comes to Everyone" | George Harrison | George Harrison | 1979 | |
| "Love Scene" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Mama You've Been on My Mind" | Bob Dylan | ' | 2012 | |
| "Marwa Blues" | George Harrison | Brainwashed | 2002 | |
| "" | George Harrison | Dark Horse | 1974 | |
| "Microbes" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Miss O'Dell" | George Harrison | 1973 | ||
| "Mo" | George Harrison | Mo's Songs | 1994 | |
| "My Sweet Lord" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "Mystical One" | George Harrison | Gone Troppo | 1982 | |
| "Never Get Over You" | George Harrison | Brainwashed | 2002 | |
| "No Time or Space" | George Harrison | Electronic Sound | 1969 | |
| "Not Guilty" | George Harrison | George Harrison | 1979 | |
| "Old Brown Shoe" | George Harrison | Live in Japan | 1992 | |
| "On the Bed" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Ooh Baby " | George Harrison | Extra Texture | 1975 | |
| "Out of the Blue" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "P2 Vatican Blues " | George Harrison | Brainwashed | 2002 | |
| "Party Seacombe" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Piggies" | George Harrison | Live in Japan | 1992 | |
| "Pisces Fish" | George Harrison | Brainwashed | 2002 | |
| "Plug Me In" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "Poor Little Girl" | George Harrison | Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 | 1989 | |
| "Pure Smokey" | George Harrison | Thirty Three & 1/3 | 1976 | |
| "Red Lady Too" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Ride Rajbun" | George Harrison David English | ' | 1992 | |
| "Rising Sun" | George Harrison | Brainwashed | 2002 | |
| "Rocking Chair in Hawaii" | George Harrison | Brainwashed | 2002 | |
| "Roll Over Beethoven" | Chuck Berry | Live in Japan | 1992 | |
| "Run of the Mill" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "Run So Far" | George Harrison | Brainwashed | 2002 | |
| "Sat Singing" | George Harrison | Songs by George Harrison | 1988 | |
| "Save the World" | George Harrison | Somewhere in England | 1981 | |
| "See Yourself" | George Harrison | Thirty Three & 1/3 | 1976 | |
| "Shanghai Surprise" | George Harrison | 1986 | ||
| "Simply Shady" | George Harrison | Dark Horse | 1974 | |
| "Singing Om" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Ski-ing" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "So Sad" | George Harrison | Dark Horse | 1974 | |
| "Soft-Hearted Hana" | George Harrison | George Harrison | 1979 | |
| "Soft Touch" | George Harrison | George Harrison | 1979 | |
| "Someplace Else" | George Harrison | Cloud Nine | 1987 | |
| "Something" | George Harrison | ' | 1971 | |
| "Sour Milk Sea" | George Harrison | 1968 | ||
| "Stuck Inside a Cloud" | George Harrison | Brainwashed | 2002 | |
| "Sue Me, Sue You Blues" | George Harrison | Living in the Material World | 1973 | |
| "Tabla and Pakavaj" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "Taxman" | George Harrison | Live in Japan | 1992 | |
| "Teardrops" | George Harrison | Somewhere in England | 1981 | |
| "Tears of the World" | George Harrison | Songs by George Harrison 2 | 1992 | |
| "Thanks for the Pepperoni" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "That Is All" | George Harrison | Living in the Material World | 1973 | |
| "That Which I Have Lost" | George Harrison | Somewhere in England | 1981 | |
| "That's the Way It Goes" | George Harrison | Gone Troppo | 1982 | |
| "That's What It Takes" | George Harrison Jeff Lynne Gary Wright | Cloud Nine | 1987 | |
| "This Guitar " | George Harrison | Extra Texture | 1975 | |
| "This Is Love" | George Harrison Jeff Lynne | Cloud Nine | 1987 | |
| "This Song" | George Harrison | Thirty Three & 1/3 | 1976 | |
| "Tired of Midnight Blue" | George Harrison | Extra Texture | 1975 | |
| "True Love" | Cole Porter | Thirty Three & 1/3 | 1976 | |
| "Try Some, Buy Some" | George Harrison | Living in the Material World | 1971 | |
| "Unconsciousness Rules" | George Harrison | Somewhere in England | 1981 | |
| "Under the Mersey Wall" | George Harrison | Electronic Sound | 1969 | |
| "Unknown Delight" | George Harrison | Gone Troppo | 1982 | |
| "Wah-Wah" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "Wake Up My Love" | George Harrison | Gone Troppo | 1982 | |
| "What Is Life" | George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | 1970 | |
| "When We Was Fab" | George Harrison Jeff Lynne | Cloud Nine | 1987 | |
| "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" | George Harrison | 1971 | ||
| "Who Can See It" | George Harrison | Living in the Material World | 1973 | |
| "Woman Don't You Cry for Me" | George Harrison | Thirty Three & 1/3 | 1976 | |
| "Wonderwall to Be Here" | George Harrison | Wonderwall Music | 1968 | |
| "World of Stone" | George Harrison | Extra Texture | 1975 | |
| "Wreck of the Hesperus" | George Harrison | Cloud Nine | 1987 | |
| "Writing's on the Wall" | George Harrison | Somewhere in England | 1981 | |
| "You" | George Harrison | Extra Texture | 1975 | |
| "Your Love Is Forever" | George Harrison | George Harrison'' | 1979 | |
| "Zig Zag" | George Harrison Jeff Lynne | 1988 |