{"id":565033,"date":"2026-05-04T03:49:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/565033\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T03:49:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:49:22","slug":"five-george-harrison-songs-that-eclipse-his-beatles-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/565033\/","title":{"rendered":"Five George Harrison songs that eclipse his Beatles songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/22Its-serious-business22-The-musician-George-Harrison-called-his-greatest-teacher-Far-Out-Magazine-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"It\u2019s serious business- The musician George Harrison called his greatest teacher -\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Far Out \/ Bradford Timeline<\/p>\n<p>Because most conversations about The Beatles quickly turn to the Lennon-McCartney writing partnership, many frequently overlooked unsung hero is the songwriting talents of <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/tags\/george-harrison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">George Harrison<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This makes sense, to a point: after all, Paul McCartney and John Lennon are both responsible for some of the greatest Beatles records across their entire career, like \u2018She Loves You\u2019, \u2018I Want to Hold Your Hand\u2019, \u2018And I Love Her\u2019, and countless others, all songs that are still heavily associated with the Fab Four\u2019s longstanding popularity and legacy.<\/p>\n<p>However, Harrison came up with a fair few gems himself, many of which also went on to take on a life of their own. <a href=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/big-problem-ringo-starr-had-the-beatles-here-comes-the-sun\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">\u2018Here Comes The Sun\u2019<\/a> and \u2018While My Guitar Gently Weeps\u2019, for instance, are two songs that most people immediately think of whenever it comes to The Beatles, standing out as some of the band\u2019s most celebrated material and showing a different side to their tone and style.<\/p>\n<p>However, as was the case with some of the members\u2019 solo careers once the band split, Harrison penned most of his best material after The Beatles. In many ways, the band stood as a thorough test-run of everything he\u2019d go on to achieve after, with his later work demonstrating the best of his abilities both as a songwriter and an independent artist.<\/p>\n<p>Five George Harrison songs that surpass his Beatles work:  <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"\"> ADD AS A PREFERRED SOURCE ON GOOGLE <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/faroutmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/far-out-magazine\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/a>  The Far Out Beatles Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>All the latest stories about The Beatles from the independent voice of culture.<br \/>Straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Far Out \/ Bradford Timeline Because most conversations about The Beatles quickly turn to the Lennon-McCartney writing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,26940,128,10447,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-565033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-george-harrison","tag-music","tag-the-beatles","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}