"Something" By The Beatles Video Showcase

"Something" is a single released by The Beatles in 1969, and featured on the album Abbey Road.

"Something" was the first song written by George Harrison to appear on the A-side of a Beatles single, sharing top billing on the double A-side single with "Come Together" in the United Kingdom.

It was the first Beatles single to contain tracks already available on a long playing (LP) album, with both "Something" and "Come Together" having appeared on Abbey Road.

"Something" was the only Harrison composition to top the American charts while he was a Beatle. Although John Lennon and Paul McCartney — the two principal songwriting members of the band — both praised "Something" as among the best songs Harrison had written, the recording of the song was marked by acrimonious spats; The Beatles officially dissolved a year after the song's release.

Despite this, the single managed to top the Billboard charts in the United States, and also entered the top 10 in the United Kingdom. After the breakup of The Beatles, the song was covered by many artists including Shirley Bassey, Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Julio Iglesias, Smokey Robinson; becoming the second-most covered Beatles song after "Yesterday."

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