SOMETHING/COME TOGETHER

Simply the best love song every written from The Beatles and written by George no less . . . . . . . .and a double-A sider no less with John's junk peon in 

Here come old flat top 
He come groovin' up slowly 
He got joo joo eyeballs

He got monkey finger
He shoot Coca-Cola

He one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair
You can feel his disease . . . . . . . 

versus one of the simplest yet most beautiful lyrics from George

Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how . . . . . . 

On this day in music history: October 6, 1969 - “Something” b/w “Come Together” by The Beatles is released (UK release date is on October 31, 1969). Written by George Harrison/John Lennon & Paul McCartney, it is the eighteenth US chart topper for the Fab Four. The lone single issued from the bands recently released album “Abbey Road”, for the first time a song not written by Lennon/McCartney is released as the A-side of a Beatles single (sanctioned by the band). The ballad “Something” is written by George Harrison while the flip side “Come Together” is actually written by John Lennon but is credited to Lennon/McCartney. By the time the single reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on November 29, 1969, both sides are listed at the top (w/ “Come Together” listed first) due to a change in chart policy. Billboard begins listing the A and B sides of a single receiving radio airplay and generating sales in the same chart position rather than separately. Initially, the two sides debut on the chart separately with “Something” entering the Hot 100 at #20 and “Come Together” at #23 on October 18, 1969. “Come Together” climbs as high as #2 and “Something” at #3 before “Come Together” slips back to #7 and “Something” holds at #3. Billboard then combines the airplay and sales chart information for both sides of the single, providing the momentum for both to ascend to number one. “Come Together/Something” is certified 2x Platinum in the US by the RIAA.