The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

HQ ! / 22 November 1968 Song by from the album The Beatles Published Harrisongs / * Recorded 5–6 September 1968 / * Studio EMI Studios, London / * Genre Hard rock blues rock / * Length 4:46 / * Label Apple / * Songwriter(s) George Harrison / * Producer(s) George Martin Personnel According to Ian MacDonald, Walter Everett and John Winn George Harrison – double-tracked vocals, backing vocal, acoustic guitar, Hammond organ John Lennon – electric guitar with tremolo Paul McCartney – harmony vocal, piano, bass guitar Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine, castanets Eric Clapton – lead guitar “While My Guitar Gently Weeps“ is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles (also known as “the White Album“). It was written by George Harrison, the band’s lead guitarist. The song serves as a comment on the disharmony within the Beatles following their return from studying Transcendental Meditation in India in early 196