George Harrison Parody , What is Life

What Is Life is a song by George Harrison released on his 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass. In many countries, it was issued as a second single from the album, in February 1971, becoming a top 10 hit in the United States and a European number 1. In the United Kingdom, What Is Life appeared as the Bside to My Sweet Lord. The song was originally intended for Harrison s friend and Apple Records protégé Billy Preston. . What Is Life was written very quickly in mid 1969, while Harrison was driving from his home in Surrey up to a London studio, where he was producing Billy Preston s first release for Apple, That s the Way God Planned it would be a perfect, catchy pop song for Preston to record, he soon changed his mind once he d arrived at Olympic Studios and found the singer busy working on more typical material playing his funky than attempt it with The Beatles dur