+ scroll down for She Came in Through the Bathroom Window and Carry That Weight, also from Abbey Road
Single:
The double-A side single Something / Come Together entered the Australian singles chart* on 25 October 1969 and was a #1 hit. The record was #1 on the Top 100 of 1969.
Album:
Both songs are on Abbey Road which entered the Australian albums chart* on 25 October 1969 straight into the #1 position, where it remained for 18 weeks.
Songwriters:
Something – George Harrison
Come Together – John Lennon
Producer:
George Martin
Record label of Australian release:
Apple
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
SOMETHING
Wikipedia:
Something was written by George Harrison. Together with his second contribution to Abbey Road, Here Comes the Sun, it is widely viewed by music historians as having marked Harrison’s ascendancy as a composer to the level of the Beatles’ principal songwriters, John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
The track features a guitar solo that several music critics identify among Harrison’s finest playing. The song also drew praise from the other Beatles and their producer, George Martin, with Lennon stating that it was the best song on Abbey Road.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_(Beatles_song)
COME TOGETHER
BONUS SONGS BELOW – Something performed by Jeff Lynne, Joe Walsh and Dhani Harrison; and She Came in Through the Bathroom Window and Carry That Weight, also from Abbey Road.
Wikipedia:
Come Together started as an idea for a political campaign jingle for Timothy Leary, who was an acquaintance of John Lennon. It didn’t end up being used as such, but John worked on it some more and turned it into a full song, with lyrics inspired by songs by Chuck Berry and other artists. The music came together during recording sessions for Abbey Road.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Together
Lyrics:
Something
Come Together
Both songs are also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 60s
Also on Bang a Gong from Abbey Road: Here Comes the Sun
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BONUS SONGS
Jeff Lynne, Dhani Harrison and Joe Walsh perform SOMETHING
Also from Abbey Road… SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW
Songwriter: Paul McCartney
Also from Abbey Road… CARRY THAT WEIGHT
Songwriters: Paul McCartney, with John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr
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