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Written by: Harrison
Recorded: 2-3 February 1971; April – June 1975
Producer: George Harrison
Released: 12 September 1975 (UK), 15 September 1975 (US)

Available on:
Extra Texture (Read All About It)

Personnel

George Harrison: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Ronnie Spector: vocals
Leon Russell: piano
Gary Wright: electric piano
David Foster: organ, synthesizer
Carl Radle: bass guitar
Jim Horn: saxophone
Jim Gordon: drums, tambourine
Jim Keltner: drums

‘You’ is the opening track on George Harrison’s sixth solo album Extra Texture (Read All About It).

Written in 1970, Harrison recorded a demo of the song during the All Things Must Pass sessions. It was recorded properly in February 1971 at Abbey Road , when Harrison and Phil Spector were co-producing several songs for Ronnie Spector including ‘Try Some, Buy Some’. See more…

‘You’ was written for Phil Spector’s wife Ronnie. I wrote it and laid the track down with Leon Russell. I tried to write a Ronette sort of song. We never got to make a whole album because we only did four or five tracks before Phil fell over, and then he decided to release ‘Try Some, Buy Some’ as a single.

I forgot about it and years later dug the tape out and re-worked it, overdubbed on it and did it myself even though it was recorded in Ronnie’s register – a bit high for me.