The Beatles Top 60 Solo Songs: #7: “My Sweet Lord”- George Harrison. After the break up of The Beatles became official in early 1970- the first Beatle to have a solo #1 hit single wasn’t John Lennon or Paul McCartney but The Quiet Beatle- George Harrison. ‘My Sweet Lord” was the first single off of his fantastic All Things Must Pass album released in late 1970. George would go on to have a total of three #1’s and 13 Top 40 hits but “My Sweet Lord” is the song from his solo career that he is most identified with. George wrote “My Sweet Lord” in late 1969- The Beatles hadn’t broken up yet and since he had no plans at the time on making a solo album- his friend Billy Preston became the first to record the song.
George wrote “My Sweet Lord” in praise of the Hindu god Krishna. The recording was produced by Phil Spector and it does feature the famous Spector Wall of Sound and also the recording features George’s slide guitar skills.
George did get into some legal issues over “My Sweet Lord” in 1976 he was found to hve subconsciously plagiarised the Chiffons song “He’s So Fine.”
the flipside to “Imagine” if you will in a project like this. To me, a really GOOD song with a fine message but a little ways down the list of best-sounding singles by the artist. But it’s the one that people would quickly think of when they think “George Harrison” and may well be the one he was most proud of.
Glad to see it made #7. Still burns me up that he was sued over it and all of the sordid details of that suing.
i agree with you..
This is my favorite solo song from a former Beatle. I’m now curious to see the remaining six songs that you think top this.
I guess it’s fair to say “My Sweet Lord” is George’s signature solo tune. I’ve always loved it in spite of the litigation. That sweet slide guitar sound is sheer magic!
Another one of his I love.
this is my highest ranked song by George.
Such a spiritual dude…