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| "All Those Years Ago" | ||||
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 UK picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by George Harrison | ||||
| from the album Somewhere in England | ||||
| B-side | "Writing's on the Wall" | |||
| Released | 11 May 1981 (US) 15 May 1981 (UK)[1] | |||
| Recorded | FPSHOT, 19–25 November 1980, 6 February 1981 (new lead vocal and backing vocals)[2] | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:42 | |||
| Label | Dark Horse | |||
| Songwriter(s) | George Harrison | |||
| Producer(s) | George Harrison, Ray Cooper | |||
| George Harrison singles chronology | ||||
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| Somewhere in England track listing | ||||
10 tracks
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"All Those Years Ago" is a song by the English rock musician George Harrison, released in May 1981 as a single from his ninth studio album Somewhere in England. Having previously recorded the music for the song, Harrison tailored the lyrics to serve as a personal tribute to his former Beatles bandmate John Lennon, following the latter's murder in 1980. Ringo Starr played drums, and Paul McCartney (along with his Wings bandmates Linda McCartney and Denny Laine) overdubbed backing vocals onto the basic track. The single spent three weeks at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, behind "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes, and it peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. It also topped Canada's RPM singles chart and spent one week at number 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary listings.[3]
"All Those Years Ago" was the first recording on which Harrison, McCartney and Starr all appeared since the Beatles' "I Me Mine" (1970), and their last recording together until "Free as a Bird" (1995). Other musicians performing on the track include Al Kooper and Ray Cooper. The song has appeared on the Harrison compilations Best of Dark Horse 1976–1989 and Let It Roll, and a live version recorded in 1991 with Eric Clapton was included on Harrison's Live in Japan double album.
- ^ Badman, Keith (1999). The Beatles After the Breakup 1970-2000: A day-by-day diary. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-7119-7520-5.
- ^ "George Harrison - All Those Years Ago". FaceOff.
- ^ The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th Edition, 1996