| "This Is Love" | ||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Harrison_this_is_love.jpg) UK picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by George Harrison | ||||
| from the album Cloud Nine | ||||
| B-side | "Breath Away from Heaven" | |||
| Released | June 13, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Studio | FPSHOT, Oxfordshire | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 3:49 | |||
| Label | Dark Horse | |||
| Songwriter(s) | George Harrison, Jeff Lynne | |||
| Producer(s) | Jeff Lynne, George Harrison | |||
| George Harrison singles chronology | ||||
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"This Is Love" is a song by English rock musician George Harrison that was released on his 1987 album Cloud Nine. Harrison co-wrote the song with Jeff Lynne, who also co-produced the track. In June 1988, it was issued as the third single from Cloud Nine, peaking at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart.
The original B-side for the single was going to be "Handle with Care", a collaboration between Harrison, Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty recorded at Bob Dylan's studio in Santa Monica, California. When executives at Harrison's distributor Warner Bros. Records heard the track, they decided it was too good to be released as single "filler", a decision that resulted in the formation of the Traveling Wilburys, and the album Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, with "Handle with Care" as the lead track and single.[1]
Steve Wood and Daniel May composed music to the 1998 IMAX documentary film Everest incorporating melodies from some of Harrison's songs, one of which was "This Is Love".[2] Harrison's Cloud Nine recording also appeared on his third compilation album Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison (2009).
- ^ MacFarlane, Thomas (2019). The Music of George Harrison. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780429941481.
- ^ Keith Badman, The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up 1970–2001, Omnibus Press (London, 2001), pp. 588–89.