Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"The Inner Light\" is a song written by George Harrison that was released by the Beatles in 1968 as the B-side to \"Lady Madonna\". It was the first Harrison composition to be featured on a Beatles single and reflects the band's embracing of Transcendental Meditation. The lyrics are a rendering of a chapter from the Taoist Tao Te Ching, which Harrison set to music on the recommendation of Sanskrit scholar Juan Mascaró, who had translated the passage in his 1958 book Lamps of Fire. A comparative rarity among the Beatles' recordings in the decade following its release, the song has subsequently appeared on compilation albums such as Rarities, Past Masters, Volume Two and Mono Masters.Harrison recorded the instrumental track for \"The Inner Light\" in India in January 1968, during the sessions for his Wonderwall Music soundtrack album. The recording introduced instruments such as sarod, shehnai and pakhavaj to the Beatles' sound and features contributions from Indian classical musicians including Aashish Khan, Hanuman Jadev and Hariprasad Chaurasia. Aside from Harrison's lead vocal, recorded in London, the Beatles' only contribution came in the form of a brief backing vocal from John Lennon and Paul McCartney.Among music critics, the song has received praise for the its melodic qualities and for its evocation of the meditation experience. Jeff Lynne and Anoushka Shankar performed \"The Inner Light\" at the Concert for George tribute in 2002. An instrumental alternate take was released in 2014 as a bonus track on the remastered Wonderwall Music CD."@en }
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- The_Inner_Light_(song) abstract "\"The Inner Light\" is a song written by George Harrison that was released by the Beatles in 1968 as the B-side to \"Lady Madonna\". It was the first Harrison composition to be featured on a Beatles single and reflects the band's embracing of Transcendental Meditation. The lyrics are a rendering of a chapter from the Taoist Tao Te Ching, which Harrison set to music on the recommendation of Sanskrit scholar Juan Mascaró, who had translated the passage in his 1958 book Lamps of Fire. A comparative rarity among the Beatles' recordings in the decade following its release, the song has subsequently appeared on compilation albums such as Rarities, Past Masters, Volume Two and Mono Masters.Harrison recorded the instrumental track for \"The Inner Light\" in India in January 1968, during the sessions for his Wonderwall Music soundtrack album. The recording introduced instruments such as sarod, shehnai and pakhavaj to the Beatles' sound and features contributions from Indian classical musicians including Aashish Khan, Hanuman Jadev and Hariprasad Chaurasia. Aside from Harrison's lead vocal, recorded in London, the Beatles' only contribution came in the form of a brief backing vocal from John Lennon and Paul McCartney.Among music critics, the song has received praise for the its melodic qualities and for its evocation of the meditation experience. Jeff Lynne and Anoushka Shankar performed \"The Inner Light\" at the Concert for George tribute in 2002. An instrumental alternate take was released in 2014 as a bonus track on the remastered Wonderwall Music CD.".