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“For You Blue” is a Beatles song written by George Harrison. It was the B-side to “The Long and Winding Road” (in the US) and the eleventh track on The Beatles’ final LP release, Let It Be. “For You Blue” was listed with “The Long and Winding Road” as a double-sided hit when the single reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1970.
The song features John Lennon playing lap steel guitar.[1] Harrison makes a few spoken comments during the song, including, “Go, Johnny, go”, “There go the twelve-bar blues”, and “Elmore James got nothin’ on this baby”, referring to the legendary slide guitar player.

The song’s working title was “George’s Blues (Because You’re Sweet and Lovely)” when it was recorded on 25 January 1969.[2] It was renamed sometime between 10 March and 28 May when it was listed as “For You Blue” on the final mix for the unreleased Get Back album.[3] Lennon can be heard on the session tapes reading this title off a list of songs The Beatles had been working on, and dialog suggests that this was an error in writing and the title was actually meant to be “For You Blues”.[4] When Phil Spector remixed the song for inclusion on the Let It Be album, he added an introduction by Lennon, “The Queen says no to pot-smoking FBI members.” This comment was edited in from dialog recorded at Twickenham Studios in early January 1969, long before “For You Blue” was recorded.[5]
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  • Let It Be
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  • Anthology 3 (disc 2)
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  • foolsfallinlove

    Go Johnny, Go! [4]

    13 days ago

  • WWOMENN

    ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪COOOOOLLLL!!!!!!♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪

    February 2012

  • Nakkinak

    Queen says No to pot-smoking FBI members!

    December 2011

  • DrKerryKing

    Elmore James got nothin' on this, baby

    October 2011

  • melilot_909

    Queen says No to pot-smoking FBI members!

    October 2011

  • husarzX

    Go Johnny, Go! [3]

    October 2011

  • PyroMonkeyWv

    Does anyone besides me think of "stuck in the middle with you" when they hear this?

    June 2011

  • carlaxmariel

    Go Johnny, Go! [2]

    June 2011

  • BallPapers

    Bop cat bop.

    May 2011

  • RafaelDivoz

    George and John <3 my favorite Beatles. Amazing song.

    March 2011

  • xpldng_hlcptr

    Absolutely love it. I can imagine listening to this with my future girlfriend... It creates such warm and cozy atmosphere! A touch of a genius.

    March 2011

  • Jayryn

    for you elmore

    March 2011

  • faventiabeat

    There goes the twelve bar blues!

    February 2011

  • blaze1289

    Queen says "no" to pot-smoking FBI members. [4]

    January 2011

  • JPsartre

    because you're sweet

    January 2011

  • deviltohell

    Go Johnny, Go!

    January 2011

  • bawdo

    Queen says "no" to pot-smoking FBI members. [3]

    November 2010

  • noideaasusualxD

    so cute and beautiful

    October 2010

  • Norsunkarva

    Queen says "no" to pot-smoking FBI members. [2]

    September 2010

  • backtothelight

    love it! Nice 'n bluesy.

    September 2010
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