While My Guitar Gently Weeps (track)
by The Beatles
Year: 1968
From the album The Beatles (The White Album) (track #7)
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While My Guitar Gently Weeps appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- The Beatles (The White Album) (track #7) (this album) (1968)
- 1967-1970 (track #16) (compilation) (1973)
- Love (track #22) (2006)
- The Beatles Box Set (track #137) (compilation) (1988)
- Anthology 3 (track #16) (compilation) (1996)
- The Beatles In Mono (track #128) (compilation) (2009)
- Mono Collection (track #128) (compilation) (1982)
- Anthology Highlights (track #21) (compilation) (2011)
- The Beatles (track #128) (compilation) (2009)
- The Collection (track #117) (compilation) (1982)
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| ! | 3 days ago |  talinhosgameplay | 1,487 | 85/100 |
| ! | 01/20/2026 18:59 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 |
| ! | 01/18/2026 10:28 | wizardalien | 8,999 | 67/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 17:08 | jwalsh97 | 161 | 89/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2026 10:50 | aramsamsam | 335 | 67/100 |
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Primera pieza de Harrison en el album, es una pieza representativa de su estilo
AAL2014 03/12/2023 21:10 | #294959
If we’re talking about my favorite songs, be they Beatles tunes or not, I don’t know if I feel all that strongly about While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
However, the score I’ve given it reflects the objective quality George composed here and the high point it is on its act of the White Album.
Plus, it led to Prince absolutely fucking shredding the solo like it was nothing nearly 4 decades later. An all time great guitar moment.
Una de mis 10 canciones favoritas de todos los tiempos, especialmente en la versión del Concierto para Bangladesh.
George wrote this song after the Beatles' return from India, and it was the song that rekindled his love for the guitar, after having studied the sitar for two years. It was the start of a new period of songwriting for him. George famously asked his friend Eric Clapton to help him out with the track. Although Clapton declined at first ("I can't do that. Nobody ever plays on Beatles records."), George persuaded hum to come to the studio and play lead guitar on the song. Harrison recalled that John and Paul, who weren't very interested in the song at first, "tried a bit harder" in the presence of guitar god Clapton.
Very nice song that is rightly appreciated here on the site. Although excerpts from the lyrics ("I look at the floor and see it needs sweeping") sound at least somewhat strange and far-fetched, the strong composition makes up for everything. Unbelievable how Harrison, who for a long time was completely in the shadow of McCartney and Lennon when it comes to writing songs, suddenly pulled it off with songs that effortlessly matched those of his fellow musicians.
VictorVale 12/14/2018 12:57 | #227057
Como daria errado! O melhor de Harrison mais a guitarra de Clapton!
One of the greatest rock songs of all time.
Also, this song being ranked as the 2nd greatest Beatles song on this website is simply ridiculous.
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