1179 – George Harrison – Bangla Desh (1971)

Escrita por George Harrison, foi gravada em julho de 1971 e lançada em 28 de julho de 1971, em um compacto que tinha Deep blue como Lado B. A intenção da música era trazer atenção pros milhares de refugiados de um país que era chamado de Paquistão do Leste e viraria Bangladesh através de uma guerra de libertação.

Ravi Shankar pediu ajuda a George, pra ver se aliviam o sofrimento daquele povo. Chegou ao número 23 nos charts pop americanos. Foi produzido por Phil Spector e George Harrison cantando, tocando uitarra, slide guitar e fazendo backing vocals. Leon Russel tocou piano. Jim Horn tocou sax tenor e sax baritono. Billy Preston tocou orgao. Klaus Voorman tocou baixo. Ringo tocou bateria e bateu palmas. Jim Keltner tocou bateria e Chuck Findley tocou trompete.

Chegou ao número 10 nos charts britânicos.

A letra:

My friend came to me
With sadness in his eyes
Told me that he wanted help
Before his country dies

Although I couldn't feel the pain
I knew I had to try
Now I'm asking all of you
Help us save some lives

Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh
Where so many people are dying fast
And it sure looks like a mess
I've never seen such distress
Now won't you lend your hand
Try to understand
Relieve the people of Bangla Desh

Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh
Such a great disaster
I don't understand
But it sure looks like a mess
I never known such distress
Please don't turn away
I want to hear you say
Relieve the people of Bangla Desh

Relieve the people of Bangla Desh

Bangla Desh, Bangla Desh
Though it may seem so far
From where we all are
It's something we can't reject
That suffering I can't neglect
Now won't you give some bread
Get the starving fed
We got to relieve Bangla Desh

Relieve the people of Bangla Desh
We got to relieve Bangla Desh

Now won't you lend your hand
Try to understand
Relieve the people of Bangla Desh

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