The Greatest Love Song of All Time

Love, this one's for you to read. Give the song a listen.

Love has been the subject of different songs from different genres. Still, for me, one song has stood out over that crowded room of love songs for the people that we love.

"Something" by, arguably, the greatest band of all time, The Beatles, was written by guitarist George Harrison. This song was featured on the group 1969 album, Abbey Road. (By the way, congratulations to the Beatles! And to Beatles fans also. The anniversary release of Abbey Road has been #1 on the charts! For a band that has broken up decades ago, that's something!)  Although the title could sound vague, it could be a reflection that love could be really vague, and uncertain, but still be love.

George Harrison from The Beatles' promo video for "Something" from beatlesebooks.com

Regarded by some as George Harrison's song to his wife during that era, Pattie Boyd. However, Harrison claimed in interviews during that '70s that the inspiration was just love in general.

The song starts by saying that there is something in the way she moves that attracts him like no other. For a lot of us, love starts when we start to be attracted to someone in whatever form we can be. We do not know the reason, nor do we know how it happened; but the thing is, we are being pulled deep into the attraction. And as lovers, we want it.

The second stanza opens up and implies that there is an existing interaction. The smile, as implied by the line "That I don't need no other lover", says that the woman is secured enough to know that the lover may be contented, faithful, and at least, happy being with her and seeing that something in her smile.

However, we are given a sort of a little tension in the interaction of the two, the relationship. Just as most lovers do, the characters in the song also experienced the struggle of being with another person - the adjustments, the compromises, and the drive to keep the smile on each others faces.

"You're asking me will my love grow

I don't know, I don't know

You stick around and it may show

I don't know, I don't know"

In terms of love, we do not really have a vision of what will happen between us and our lovers. The best that we can have is a projection of what can happen, of what we want to be the reflection of our love. Will my love grow? I don't know. Will I ever grow as a person, as one-half of this relationship? I don't know. Despite all that, I hope you will still stick around.

The last stanza drives us back to the reality that love is still having its effect on love. Love is sure that love is more than enough. Going back to the stanzas, the way that she woos, her style, and the things that she shows - these are enough for her lover to go head over heels for her.

"I don't want to leave her now,
You know I believe and how"

That is really something, and that is called love.