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“All Those Years Ago” by George Harrison
From the album Somewhere in England (1981)
“All Those Years Ago” by George Harrison appears on 5 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 2011 and 2025. It was first released in 1981 on the album Somewhere in England. Its best result is #496 on the Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,050 classic rock song of all time.
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George Harrison had already cut the music for "All Those Years Ago" when John Lennon was murdered in 1980, and he reworked the words into a personal tribute to his former Beatles bandmate. Dark Horse Records issued it in May 1981, a single off Somewhere in England, Harrison's ninth studio album, and it drew old friends onto the tape: Ringo Starr on drums, and Paul McCartney overdubbing backing vocals with Linda McCartney and Denny Laine from Wings. No other recording had put Harrison, McCartney and Starr together since "I Me Mine" in 1970.
Harrison produced it with Ray Cooper, who also plays on it alongside Al Kooper, and Phil McDonald engineered. On the Billboard Hot 100 it spent three weeks at number two, stuck behind Kim Carnes' "Bette Davis Eyes", and in Canada it went to the top.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1005 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 1061 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2019 | 885 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 | 1025 |
| 2020 | 726 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Classic Rock Top 1025 (2020) | 1025 |
| 2025 | 496 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2025) | 1043 |
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