George Harrison's rejected Beatles song was recorded more than 100 times
The Beatles didn't want to spend time on George Harrison's song so they locked it away and forgot about it for almost 30 years. The Quiet Beatle himself admitted he really enjoyed the track. When The Beatles were composing their albums through the decades, George Harrison always fell short when the track listing was finalised. Because John Lennon and Paul McCartney were the primary songwriters for the Fab Four, Harrison and Ringo Starr only had a handful of their tracks included on their records. When The Beatles ventured to India in 1968, Harrison penned one long-forgotten track that the band simply did not want to work with.
Harrison wrote Not Guilty in 1968 while on a trip with the rest of his band.
He wrote both the music and lyrics, and painstakingly perfected the song to the best of his ability - but he couldn't get it exactly right.
Not Guilty was reportedly recorded and re-recorded just over 100 times, but the Fab Four simply "couldn't find a place for it".
Source: Callum Crumlish/express.co.uk
