Faster (George Harrison song)

Infobox Single
Name = Faster
Artist = George Harrison
Album = George Harrison
B-side =
Released = Start date|1979
Format =
Recorded = Start date|1978 at F.P.S.H.O.T.
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:46
Label = Dark Horse, Warner Bros.
Writer = George Harrison
Producer = George Harrison and Russ Titelman
Certification =
Last single = "Love Comes to Everyone"
(1979)
This single = "Faster"
(1979)
Next single = "All Those Years Ago"
(1981)
Misc = Extra track listing
Album = George Harrison
Type = studio
prev_track = Blow Away
prev_no = 5
this_track = Faster
track_no = 6
next_track = Dark Sweet Lady
next_no = 7

"Faster" is a single from George Harrison's 1979 eponymous album "George Harrison". "Faster" begins the B-side of the LP, and is the sixth track on the CD.

History

During 1977 Harrison went to a lot of Formula One races instead of writing any songs.cite album-notes |title=George Harrison |albumlink=George Harrison (album) |bandname=George Harrison |year=2004 |pages= p. 1-2|format=CD booklet |publisher=Dark Horse Records |mbid=7348b488-90e1-48e6-94f0-8e97b86dc574] Harrison had been talking to Niki Lauda after the Watkins Glenn Race, and became inspired to write a song "that Niki-Jody-Emerson and the gang could enjoy". Harrison got the title of the song from Jackie Stewart's book, and then wrote the chorus. He wrote the rest of the song in a way that didn't limit it to only motor cars, the only car-related word being "machinery". However, when sound effects from the 1979 British Grand Prix were added to the song, it was clearly associated to motor cars.Harrison later stated thatThe song was dedicated to "the Entire Formula One Circus" and in memory of Ronnie Peterson.cite album-notes |title=George Harrison |albumlink=George Harrison (album) |bandname=George Harrison |year=1979 |format=LP sleeve |publisher=Dark Horse Records |mbid=7348b488-90e1-48e6-94f0-8e97b86dc574] cite album-notes |title=George Harrison |albumlink=George Harrison (album) |bandname=George Harrison |year=2004 |pages= p. 9|format=CD booklet |publisher=Dark Horse Records |mbid=7348b488-90e1-48e6-94f0-8e97b86dc574]

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