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"This Is Love" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison that was released on his 1987 album Cloud Nine. Harrison co-wrote the song with Jeff Lynne , who also co-produced the track. In June 1988, it was issued as the third single from Cloud Nine , peaking at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart .
The cover features Harrison's first American-made guitar, a 1957 Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet that he purchased in Liverpool in 1961. He gave his "old black Gretsch" to his longtime friend Klaus Voormann, who had it for 20 years before Harrison asked for it back. After having it restored, Harrison used the guitar for the Cloud Nine cover shoot. [2] [3]
Harrison began writing the song in 1988 in Maui. He was filming a music video for This is Love. [1] Harrison's only known public performance of "Any Road" was a solo acoustic rendition in 1997, during an interview with Ravi Shankar conducted by VH1. It was Harrison's last television appearance before his death.
Also missing is the song "Sat Singing" that was among other songs intended for Somewhere in England in 1980 but rejected by Dark Horse distributor Warner Bros. Records, forcing Harrison to record new material for that album. On the DVD, the videos for his singles "True Love", "Blow Away" and "All Those Years Ago" are similarly not included.
The following is a list of songs that have been the subject of plagiarism disputes. In several of the disputes the artists have stated that the copying of melody or chord progression was unconscious. In some cases the song was sampled or covered. Some cases are still awaiting litigation.
Among the items on offer is a love letter written by Clapton in 1970, when Boyd was already married to Harrison, one of the songwriter’s close friends.
Let It Roll contains Harrison songs originally released on the Beatles' EMI-affiliated Apple Records and his Dark Horse label. All the tracks are presented in digitally remastered form, and the collection includes a 28-page booklet featuring previously unseen and rare photos together with an essay by music historian Warren Zanes.
Harrison directed a music video for the song, [18] which was filmed in a Los Angeles courthouse and satirised the 1976 plagiarism hearing. The clip was first shown on the 20 November 1976 episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Paul Simon, in which Harrison was a special musical guest. It features Harrison in a courtroom along with a cast of ...