One of the most popular Beatles songs and a Harrison creation, "Here Comes the Sun" was written during a difficult year for George. In 1969, "he was arrested for marijuana possession, he had his tonsils removed, and he had quit the band temporarily." So, he took a little vacation to Eric Clapton's house. Spring had finally arrived after a long winter, and George walked around the garden with one of Clapton's acoustic guitars and composed this song.
John was the only Beatle who didn't work on this track; he was recovering from a car crash (1 July 1969). Also, during this time John would often absent himself whenever George was working on a song--one of the many impending signs of doom for the group. Paul and Ringo each contributed, however; McCartney and Starr both sang backup vocals and provided handclaps, while Paul also played bass.
Wikipedia tells us an interesting fact about "Here Comes the Sun":
Astronomer and science popularizer Carl Sagan had wanted the song to be included on the Voyager Golden Record, copies of which were attached to both spacecraft of the Voyager program to provide any entity that recovered them a representative sample of human civilization. Although The Beatles favoured the idea, EMI refused to release the rights and when the probes were launched in 1977 the song was not included.
Too bad the aliens won't get to enjoy a Beatles song--although, according to this chart, if there's any intelligent life near Beta Aquilae or Capella, they've been enjoying The Beatles ever since their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
That's all for today! See you tomorrow. :)
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Heard It Tally: 42
Songs Completed: 178
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