Never Without You

"Never Without You" is a tribute song from Ringo Starr to his former Beatles bandmate George Harrison who died on 29 November 2001. The recording appeared on Starr's 2003 album Ringo Rama, and was also released as a single.

History

"Never Without You" was co-written by Starr, Mark Hudson and Gary Nicholson. Starr commented: "Gary Nicholson started that song, and Mark brought it over and we realized we could tailor it. George was really on my mind then." In a 2003 interview, Starr said that he had remained closest to Harrison of all the former Beatles following the group's break-up in 1970, and that the song conveyed "how I miss him in my heart and in music".^[1]

The recording includes a lead guitar part by Harrison's friend Eric Clapton. Starr said of Clapton's contribution: "Eric's on two tracks on the album [Ringo Rama], but I really wanted him on this song because George loved Eric and Eric loved George."

Lyrics

The heartfelt lyrics of "Never Without You" are sometimes misquoted, especially the following lines, which refer to the titles of two of Harrison's songs from the Beatles' Abbey Road and Harrison's All Things Must Pass albums respectively:

"Here Comes the Sun" is about you
"I Dig Love" is about you

Starr uses the riff-driven melody from Harrison's song "What Is Life" in the middle of "Never Without You", right before he makes reference to "All Things Must Pass". The lyrics also mention Harrison's composition "Within You Without You" from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

References

↑ Ruttenberg, Jay (24 July 2003). "R-I-N-G-O". Time Out New York. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

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Ringo Starr singles

1970s

1970	"Beaucoups of Blues" / "Coochy Coochy"

1971	"It Don't Come Easy" / "Early 1970"

1972	"Back Off Boogaloo" / "Blindman"

1973	"Photograph" / "Down and Out" "You're Sixteen"

1974	"Oh My My" "Only You (And You Alone)"

1975	"No No Song" / "Snookeroo" "(It's All Down to) Goodnight Vienna"

1976	"Oh My My" / "No No Song" "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll" "You Don't Know Me at All" (Europe; except UK) "Hey! Baby" "Las Brisas" (Mexico)

1977	"Wings" "Drowning in the Sea of Love" "Sneaking Sally Through the Alley" (Australia)

1978	"Tango All Night" (Spain) "Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)" "Heart on My Sleeve" "Tonight"

1980s

1981	"Wrack My Brain"

1982	"Private Property"

1983	"In My Car" (Germany)

1984	"I Keep Forgettin'" (Mexico)

1985	"Sun City" (with Artists United Against Apartheid)

1986	"You Know It Makes Sense"

1989	"Act Naturally" (with Buck Owens)

1990s

1991	"You Never Know" (promo)

1992	"Don't Go Where the Road Don't Go" "Weight of the World"

1998	"La De Da" "King of Broken Hearts" (promo) "One" (promo) "Mr. Double-It-Up" (promo)

1999	"Come On Christmas, Christmas Come On" (promo)

2000s

2003	"Never Without You" "Imagine Me There" (promo)

2005	"Fading In Fading Out" (promo)

2007	"Liverpool 8"

2009	"The Official BBC Children in Need Medley" (with Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band) "Walk with You" (with Paul McCartney)

2010s

2012	"Wings"

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