THIS SONG
“This Song” is the fourth track on George Harrison’s 1976 album Thirty Three & 1/3. “This Song” was written after the week Harrison spent in a New York courtroom, unsuccessfully trying to convince a judge that his 1970 song “My Sweet Lord” did not intentionally infringe the Chiffons’ 1963 hit “He’s So Fine”. According to Harrison, the plaintiff got ridiculously in-depth, breaking “My Sweet Lord” down into several melody lines, or “motifs”, as they referred to them. It was released as the first single from the album and reached number 25 on the American pop charts, although like all three singles from the album, it failed to chart in the UK. (More from Wikipedia)
George Harrison released the fairly bitter “This Song” about his experience during the lawsuit involving “My Sweet Lord”, a hit single from his 1970 double-album All Things Must Pass, and “He’s So Fine”, a major hit for the Chiffons in 1963. “This Song” became a minor hit as the first single from his 1976 album Thirty-Three and a 1/3.
(August 2012)
