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    "comment": "George Harrison wrote this song and sang lead. It was released as the B-side of \"Lady Madonna\" and was Harrison's first song to appear on a single.\n\nIt's the last in a series of Beatles songs Harrison wrote that were influenced by Indian music and Eastern philosophy, following \"Love You To\" from Revolver (1966) and \"Within You Without You\" from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967).\n\nThe lyrics are a translation of a section of the Tao Te Ching, a sacred Chinese text dating back 2000 years that was written by Lao Tsu, a contemporary of Confucius. The text is a rendering of Tsu's accumulated wisdom; it forms the basis for much of Chinese thought and philosophy, focused on the spiritual aspect of life.\n\nNone of the Beatles played on this track; all the music was recorded by Indian session musicians at the EMI studios in Bombay, India, while Harrison was working on the soundtrack to the movie Wonderwall. Harrison come up with the tune based on how the lyric made him feel; he took the recording back to England, where his lead vocal was added along with John Lennon and Paul McCartney's backing vocals.\n\nInstruments used on this track include harmonium, shehnai, tabla, sarod, and flute.\n\nThe original release was in mono; a stereo version was mixed in 1970 and used on the Past Masters compilation. The mono mix features an extra Indian instrument in the intro that did not make it to the stereo version. https://tinyurl.com/y4r2c7u9",
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