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The Beatles released the song While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Date of release: 22/11/1968.

Release date: 22/11/1968
Duration: 04:45
Writer(s): George Harrison
Producer(s): George Martin
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The meaning of the song 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps ', based on the lyrics
What is While My Guitar Gently Weeps about?
🎶 While My Guitar Gently Weeps song analysis
The song's lyrics tell how love can be misunderstood and manipulated.

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.
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The Beatles - Short Biography

- The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
- They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and popular music's recognition as an art form.
- Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock 'n' roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways; the band also explored music styles ranging from folk and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock.
- As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects of the music industry
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- The song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" was written by George Harrison
- The song is taken from the 1968 album The Beatles.
- The song is about the world's unrealized potential for universal love.
- The song reflects the lack of harmony within the Beatles after they returned from a transcendental meditation course in India in early 1968.
- Harrison invited his friend and occasional collaborator, Eric Clapton, to participate in the recording.
- Clapton added a lead guitar part.
- The full band recording was made in September 1968.
- This recording is one of many collaborations between Harrison and Clapton in the late 1960s.

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