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from his 1970 triple album ''

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''. A paean to

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, it marks a departure from the more profound, spiritually oriented subject matter of much of that album. Musically, the song reflects Harrison's early experimentation with

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, a technique that he was introduced to while touring with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends in December 1969. Typically of much of the material on ''All Things Must Pass'', the recording features an extended line-up of musicians, including three guitarists, two drummers and three keyboard players. Among the musicians were former Delaney & Bonnie band members

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and

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, along with

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and

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. The track was co-produced by

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and recorded in London. On release, it was among the album's most popular songs on US radio. Given the high standard of Harrison's songwriting on ''All Things Must Pass'', however, several of his biographers have since held "I Dig Love" in low regard and consider it to be one of the album's weakest tracks. Indian singer

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and American band

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have both covered the song. Part of Puthli's version was sampled by British rapper

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for his 2005 track "Reload It".

Background

Like " Woman Don't You Cry for Me" and "

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", "I Dig Love" originated from

's initial experimentation with slide-guitar playing, in

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. His introduction to this technique occurred in December 1969, when he joined

as a guest on

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's European tour. In his autobiography, ''

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'', Harrison recalls that

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"handed me a

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slide and asked me to play a line which

had played on the Coming Home'record", since Mason had recently quit the tour.John Harris, "A Quiet Storm", ''

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'', July 2001, p. 70. With Harrison travelling without his wife,

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, the Delaney & Bonnie tour revealed an aspect of his persona that was at odds with his public image as the

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most preoccupied with Eastern religion and spirituality. Despite Harrison's strong ties to the

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, whose core principles espoused a life of abstinence, Bramlett later recalled him "let

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his hair down" on the tour, in a manner reminiscent of the Beatles' pre-fame years in Hamburg. With regard to the inclusion of "I Dig Love" on Harrison's first post-Beatles solo album, ''

'', author Simon Leng describes it as an "unusually libidinous detour", similar to the "brief sensory interlude" offered by the track "

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". Leng notes that the composition is one of the few that Harrison fails to either discuss in his autobiography or include in the two-volume '' Songs by George Harrison''; this repeated omission, Leng concludes, "perhaps suggests what its writer ultimately thought of

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Composition

Musically, "I Dig Love" is built around a

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, played primarily on piano, that first descends before retracing the same notes back to its starting point. In a contemporary review of ''All Things Must Pass'', music journalist Alan Smith likened the sequence to "

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" by

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. Leng writes that, with the repeated declaration of "''I dig love every morning / I dig love every evening''", Harrison's lyrics reflect the "loosening of social taboos about sex and sexuality", an issue that was at the forefront of the 1960s countercultural revolution. While also viewing the lyrics as a marked departure from the predominantly spiritual themes found on ''All Things Must Pass'', theologian

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describes "I Dig Love" as an endorsement of that era's

movement. Leng cites lines from the song's first verse as being a mix of "Pseudo-

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wordplay" and "George's schoolboy jokes":Leng, p. 97. Leng draws parallels between "I Dig Love" and the Beatles' more free-form compositions of the late 1960s. Among these,

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's "

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" exemplifies what

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termed in the 1990s the "long-gone let-it-all-hang-out era". In his book ''Working Class Mystic'',

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identifies "I Dig Love" as one of two ''All Things Must Pass'' tracks (the other being " Wah-Wah") that could have been sung by

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, whose style increasingly embraced provocative artistic statements following the start of his relationship with

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in 1968. Leng also compares "I Dig Love" with "

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", a "hymn to hedonism" by

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, with whom Harrison worked on

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's eponymous album for

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, in 1969–70.

Recording

The basic track for "I Dig Love" was recorded in London, either at

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, between June and August 1970.Badman, p. 10. As on many of the sessions for ''All Things Must Pass'', the contributing musicians included members of Delaney & Bonnie's 1969 tour band, including

and Jim Gordon, both of whom formed

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with Clapton at this time. According to Leng and author

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, Whitlock provided the piano part on the recording, while the

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and

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were played by

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and

, respectively. In his autobiography, however, Whitlock states that, being a non-pianist at this stage of his career, he played organ on the track, while Preston supplied the piano part. Accompanying Harrison on electric guitars (at least two of which were played using a slide) were Clapton and Mason, while

contributed the drum fills that complement the main riff, alongside Gordon on a second drum kit. While Leng and Spizer credit

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for the bass guitar part, Whitlock lists

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,Whitlock, p. 81. his former Delaney & Bonnie bandmate and the fourth member of Derek and the Dominos. In Whitlock's recollection, Mason joined the proceedings right at the end of the sessions for the album's basic tracks, making "I Dig Love" one of the final songs recorded. Described by Leng as "sassy", Harrison's slide guitar solo was added during the album's principal

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phase, which ended on 12 August. Frequently absent from the ''All Things Must Pass'' sessions, his co-producer,

, had recommended in a letter dated 19 August that a synthesizer be added onto the song's intro – a suggestion that Harrison apparently ignored, according to authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter.

Release and reception

"I Dig Love" was released in November 1970 as the opening track on side four of ''All Things Must Pass'', in its original LP format. Reviewing the album for the ''

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'', Alan Smith described the song as a "simple and effective opener"Alan Smith, "George Harrison: ''All Things Must Pass'' (Apple)", ''

'', 5 December 1970, p. 2; available a
Rock's Backpages
(''subscription required''; retrieved 18 August 2012). that would "stand the passage of time". Author Robert Rodriguez includes the track among examples of how the musical diversity on ''All Things Must Pass'' surprised listeners, following Lennon and McCartney's dominance as songwriters in the Beatles.Rodriguez, pp. 5, 147. Rodriguez writes: "That the 'Quiet Beatle' was capable of such range – from the joyful '

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' to the meditative '

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' to the steamrolling ' Art of Dying' to the playful 'I Dig Love' – was truly revelatory." In addition to receiving critical acclaim for the quality of its songs, the album was noted for introducing Harrison as a slide guitarist, a role that contributed to his signature sound as a solo artist. After "

", "Isn't It a Pity" and "What Is Life" – all of which were featured single tracks and enjoyed heavy airplay on US radio – "I Dig Love" was among the album's most-played songs in America, along with "Wah-Wah", "

" and " Awaiting on You All". Among Harrison and Beatles biographers, opinions on "I Dig Love" have been less favourable in the ensuing decades.

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suggests that, given the abundance of quality music on Harrison's triple album, the track "could have been ditched without any hardship", together with the second of the two versions of "Isn't It a Pity". Bruce Spizer finds the song "catchy and at times interesting" musically, with "some excellent guitar playing", but considers the words "trite" by Harrison's standards.Spizer, p. 225. Simon Leng bemoans the song's "hackneyed, falling-and-rising chromatic chord pattern" and lyrics that are "probably the weakest of Harrison's career", and suggests that the 1970 outtake " I Live for You" would have been a preferable inclusion. Leng adds that Harrison's guitar solo and "particularly strong" vocal performance on "I Dig Love" "almost save the day", yet the song "lacks the expressive clout" of the rest of its parent album. Ian Inglis similarly dismisses "I Dig Love", describing it as repetitive and lyrically simplistic.Inglis, p. 30. While also comparing the composition with Stills' "Love the One You're With", he opines: "But whereas that song is a celebratory endorsement of 'free love,' Harrison's is a gloomy and unconvincing contribution." Elliot Huntley views the track as "a rather scantily clad four-chord throwaway" and "the closest thing to filler on the entire album". Recognising the need for "a little light relief", Huntley concludes: "'I Dig Love' can best be described as audacious songwriting, believing that everything will work out in the studio. And the song succeeds almost despite itself."Huntley, p. 59.

Cover versions

Indian singer

recorded "I Dig Love", creating a version that

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'' describes as "a wild, post-

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artifact, complete with sound effects, soul horns and Ms. Puthli alternately breathy and giggling".Jon Pareles
"Asha Puthli, an Indian Singer Who Embraces Countless Cultures"
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'', 12 August 2006 (retrieved 18 January 2015). The recording appeared on her self-titled debut album, released in 1973. Speaking to Pareles in 2006, Puthli explained that she had viewed Harrison's reading of "I Dig Love" as a "spiritual song", adding: "They did it like a

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, an Indian religious song. In 1973, when I did it, I felt I was already Indian, and the spirituality was inside me. I was trying to become Western, so I brought out the material aspect, the sexual aspect." In 2005, Puthli's recording was sampled by British rapper

on his track "

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have regularly performed the song live, notably during their 2001 Brotherly Love tour with

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(retrieved 18 August 2012).

Personnel

The musicians who performed on "I Dig Love" are believed to be as follows: *

– vocals,

s *

– electric guitar *

– piano *

– electric piano *

– organ *

– bass *

– drums * Jim Gordon – drums *''uncredited'' – tambourine

Notes

References

Sources

* Dale C. Allison Jr., ''The Love There That's Sleeping: The Art and Spirituality of George Harrison'', Continuum (New York, NY, 2006; ). * Keith Badman, ''The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up 1970–2001'', Omnibus Press (London, 2001; ). * Harry Castleman & Walter J. Podrazik, ''All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975'', Ballantine Books (New York, NY, 1976; ). * Eric Clapton, ''Eric Clapton: The Autobiography'', Random House (New York, NY, 2008; ). * Alan Clayson, ''George Harrison'', Sanctuary (London, 2003; ). * Peter Doggett, ''You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup'', It Books (New York, NY, 2011; ). * George Harrison, ''I Me Mine'', Chronicle Books (San Francisco, CA, 2002; ). * Chris Hunt (ed.), ''

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: Beatles – The Solo Years 1970–1980'', IPC Ignite! (London, 2005). * Elliot J. Huntley, ''Mystical One: George Harrison – After the Break-up of the Beatles'', Guernica Editions (Toronto, ON, 2006; ). * Ian Inglis, ''The Words and Music of George Harrison'', Praeger (Santa Barbara, CA, 2010; ). * Peter Lavezzoli, ''The Dawn of Indian Music in the West'', Continuum (New York, NY, 2006; ). * Simon Leng, ''While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison'', Hal Leonard (Milwaukee, WI, 2006; ). * Ian MacDonald, ''Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties'', Pimlico (London, 1998; ). * Chip Madinger & Mark Easter, ''Eight Arms to Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium'', 44.1 Productions (Chesterfield, MO, 2000; ). * Barry Miles, ''The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years'', Omnibus Press (London, 2001; ). * Robert Rodriguez, ''Fab Four FAQ 2.0: The Beatles' Solo Years, 1970–1980'', Backbeat Books (Milwaukee, WI, 2010; ). * Harry Shapiro, ''Eric Clapton: Lost in the Blues'', Da Capo Press (New York, NY, 1992; ). * Bruce Spizer, ''The Beatles Solo on Apple Records'', 498 Productions (New Orleans, LA, 2005; ). * Gary Tillery, ''Working Class Mystic: A Spiritual Biography of George Harrison'', Quest Books (Wheaton, IL, 2011; ). * Bobby Whitlock with Marc Roberty, ''Bobby Whitlock: A Rock 'n' Roll Autobiography'', McFarland (Jefferson, NC, 2010; ). {{authority control 1970 songs George Harrison songs Songs written by George Harrison Song recordings produced by George Harrison Song recordings produced by Phil Spector Music published by Harrisongs