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"For You Blue" was a Beatles song written by George Harrison for his wife Pattie Boyd, who would be the subject of many of his love songs, including "It's All Too Much" and, possibly, "Something".
"For You Blue" was the B-side to "The Long and Winding Road" (in the U.S.) and the eleventh track on The Beatles' final LP, Let It Be. "For You Blue" was listed with "The Long and Winding Road" as a double-sided hit when the single hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1970.
The song features John Lennon on the slide guitar, as indicated by Harrison's saying "Go, Johnny, go" in the middle of the song, and the fact Lennon played the slide guitar while recording this song in the Let it Be movie. One can also hear mention of Elmore James ("Elmore James got nothing on this baby"), whose song "Madison Blues" sounds very similar to "For You Blue". At the start of the Let It Be version, Lennon can be heard saying, "The Queen says no to pot-smoking FBI members."
The song was originally titled "George's Blues" while it was in its infancy early on in the Let it Be rehearsals. It was formally recorded on January 25, 1969, though Harrison re-recorded the vocal a year later.
Paul McCartney played this song during the Royal Albert Hall tribute concert to George Harrison following his death in 2001.
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1962: Love Me Do | 1963: Please Please Me, From Me to You, She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine | 1965: Ticket to Ride, Help!, Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out | 1966: Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine | 1967: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye | 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude | 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together | 1970: Let It Be
1976: Yesterday, Back in the USSR | 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends | 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley, Love Me Do (reissue) | 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird | 1996: Real Love
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1962: P.S. I Love You | 1963: Ask Me Why, Thank You Girl, I'll Get You, This Boy | 1964: You Can't Do That, Things We Said Today, She's a Woman | 1965: Yes It Is, I'm Down | 1966: Rain | 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus | 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution | 1969: Old Brown Shoe | 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number)
1976: I Should Have Known Better, Twist and Shout | 1978: A Day in the Life | 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, P.S. I Love You (reissue) | 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, Christmas Time (Is Here Again) | 1996: Baby's in Black
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1963: I Want to Hold Your Hand | 1964: Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I'll Cry Instead, And I Love Her, Matchbox, I Feel Fine | 1965: Eight Days a Week, Ticket to Ride, Help!, Yesterday, We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper | 1966: Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer, Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine | 1967: Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever, All You Need Is Love, Hello, Goodbye | 1968: Lady Madonna, Hey Jude | 1969: Get Back / Don't Let Me Down, Ballad of John and Yoko, Something / Come Together | 1970: Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road
1976: Got to Get You into My Life, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da | 1978: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends | 1982: The Beatles Movie Medley | 1986: Twist and Shout | 1995: Baby It's You, Free as a Bird | 1996: Real Love
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1963: I Saw Her Standing There | 1964: You Can't Do That, I Should Have Known Better, I'm Happy Just to Dance with You, If I Fell, Slow Down, She's a Woman | 1965: I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, Yes It Is, I'm Down, Act Naturally | 1966: What Goes On, Rain | 1967: Baby You're a Rich Man, I Am the Walrus | 1968: The Inner Light, Revolution | 1969: Old Brown Shoe | 1970: You Know My Name (Look up the Number), For You Blue
1976: Helter Skelter, Julia | 1978: A Day in the Life | 1982: I'm Happy Just to Dance with You | 1986: There's a Place | 1995: I'll Follow the Sun / Devil in Her Heart / Boys, I Saw Her Standing There / This Boy / Christmas Time (Is Here Again) | 1996: Baby's in Black / Yellow Submarine / Here, There and Everywhere
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