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The Day the World Gets 'Round
"The Day the World Gets 'Round" is a song by English musician George Harrison, released on his 1973 album ''Living in the Material World''. Harrison was inspired to write the song following the successful Concert for Bangladesh shows, which were held in New York on 1 August 1971 as a benefit for refugees from the country formerly known as East Pakistan. The lyrics reflect his disappointment that such a humanitarian aid project was necessary, given the abundance of resources available across the planet, and his belief that if all individuals were more spiritually aware, there would be no suffering in the world. Adding to Harrison's frustration while writing the song, the aid project became embroiled in financial problems, as commercial concerns delayed the release of the ''Concert for Bangladesh'' album, and government tax departments failed to embrace the goodwill inherent in the venture.
Harrison recorded "The Day the World Gets 'Round" in England between October 1972 and March 1973. The recording features an orchestral arrangement by John Barham and a similarly well-regarded vocal performance from Harrison. The other contributing musicians were Nicky Hopkins, Klaus Voormann, Ringo Starr and Jim Keltner. Reviewers have described the composition variously as a protest song, a devotional prayer, and a counterpart to John Lennon's peace anthem "Imagine".
As with all the new songs released on ''Living in the Material World'', Harrison donated his publishing royalties from the track to the Material World Charitable Foundation, an organisation he set up to avoid the tax problems that had befallen his Bangladesh relief effort. The song typifies Harrison's ideal for a world unencumbered by national, religious or cultural delineation. In 2009, Voormann and Yusuf Islam covered "The Day the World Gets 'Round" and released it as a single to benefit children in war-torn Gaza.
==Background==
In his 1980 autobiography, ''I, Me, Mine'', George Harrison describes the period following the two Concert for Bangladesh shows as "very emotional".〔 The concerts took place at Madison Square Garden, New York, on 1 August 1971, as the first part of his fundraising program for the 8–10 million refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War.〔Lavezzoli, p. 187.〕 The generosity of all the participants, together with the response from the general public,〔Clayson, p. 317.〕 encouraged Harrison to feel "very positive about certain things".〔 At the same time, the fact that it had fallen to musicians such as himself and concert instigator Ravi Shankar to address the issue left Harrison "slightly enraged", given the wealth of resources available to governments around the globe.〔George Harrison, p. 226.〕 Author Gary Tillery writes that, through his humanitarian gesture, Harrison had "changed the perception" of rock musicians, "making it clear they could be good world citizens too",〔Tillery, p. 100.〕 while music critic Mikal Gilmore has noted of Harrison's "cautious yet optimistic and tender" worldview: "() stood in stark contrast to the ugly dissolution of the Beatles and the defeated idealism that then characterised so much of rock & roll culture."〔The Editors of ''Rolling Stone'', p. 40.〕 The day after the Madison Square Garden concerts, Harrison began writing the song "The Day the World Gets 'Round",〔 having stayed in New York to work with producer Phil Spector on the proposed live album of the event.〔Badman, p. 45.〕〔Spizer, p. 241.〕
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