Song – The Beatles ‘While my Guitar Gently Weeps’

This song by ‘The Beatles’ – from their 1968 double album – was written by George Harrison.

According to the Wikipedia entry for the song, it conveys Harrison’s dismay at the world’s unrealised potential for universal love, which he refers to as ‘the love that’s sleeping’; but also reflected the disharmony within The Beatles after their return from studying transcendental meditation in India in early 1968.

In addition to penning the song, Harrison performed the principal vocals and acoustic guitar. Paul McCartney was harmony vocal.  Lead guitar was performed by an additional musician, Eric Clapton, no less.