"For You Blue" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1970 album Let It Be. The track was written by George Harrison as a love song to his wife, Pattie Boyd. It was also the B-side to the "Long and Winding Road" single, issued in many countries, but not Britain, and was listed with that song when the single topped the US Billboard Hot 100 and Canada's national chart in June 1970. On the Cash Box Top 100 chart, which measured the US performance of single sides individually, "For You Blue" peaked at number 71.
US picture sleeve
The Catskill Mountains in upstate New York. Harrison's late 1968 visit to Woodstock, where he spent time with Bob Dylan and the Band, served as part of his musical inspiration for the song.
A lap steel guitar. The song features Lennon soloing on a Höfner Hawaiian Standard lap steel.
Dhani Harrison (pictured in 2010) was among the musicians who performed "For You Blue" with McCartney at the Concert for George in 2002. He also recorded a cover of the track in 2013.
Let It Be is the twelfth and final studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 8 May 1970, almost a month after the group's public break-up, in tandem with the documentary of the same title. Concerned about recent friction within the band, Paul McCartney had conceived the project as an attempt to reinvigorate the group by returning to simpler rock 'n' roll configurations. Its rehearsals started at Twickenham Film Studios on 2 January 1969 as part of a planned television documentary showing the Beatles' return to live performance.
Let It Be (album)
Cover of the aborted Get Back album, mirroring the cover of the band's first album, Please Please Me
The original box set packaging of Let It Be. It contained a 160-page booklet with photos and quotes from the film.
