The Real Meaning Behind Here Comes The Sun By The Beatles

May 2024 ยท 1 minute read

Besides the in-fighting The Beatles were experiencing at the time, the company they had recently launched, Apple Corps, meant they were no longer just musicians. Apple Corps put out music by other musicians, among other things, but was mostly a tax dodge, according to NPR. It was also a time suck for Harrison and the others. According to "I, Me, Mine," George Harrison thought of Apple as having to attend school "where we had to go and be businessmen" who had to "sign this and sign that."

Per "Story of 'Abbey Road' and the End of the Beatles," Eric Clapton later recalled that it "was a beautiful spring morning" and he and Harrison were sitting in a big field at the back of his garden on his country estate. They were strumming their guitars and singing "de da de de, it's been a long cold lonely winter." Between the sunshine and Harrison's relief at "not having to go see all those dopey accountants" a new song began to take shape. Harrison later finished the lyrics during a holiday with his wife Pattie in Sardinia in June, per "The Beatles' Recorded Legacy, Volume 2" and "The Beatles Book." That summer, Harrison played the new tune for his bandmates for the first time.

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