- The Heart Gently Weeps
Infobox Single
Name = The Heart Gently Weeps
Artist =Wu-Tang Clan
from Album =8 Diagrams
Released = October 3, 2007
Recorded = 2007
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 5:05
Label =SRC /Universal Motown /Loud Records
Writer =Wu-Tang Clan
Producer = RZA
Chronology =Wu-Tang Clan singles
Last single = "Gravel Pit "
(2000)
This single = "The Heart Gently Weeps"
(2007)
Next single ="The Heart Gently Weeps" is ahip hop song written by theWu-Tang Clan . The song features an interpolation of theBeatles song "While My Guitar Gently Weeps ", played byJohn Frusciante of TheRed Hot Chili Peppers on lead guitar andDhani Harrison on rhythm guitar. The vocals are done by R&B singerErykah Badu . This song was made using a cover version of theGeorge Harrison song played by the blues guitarist Jimmy Ponder. It is the official first single of Wu-Tang Clan's fifth studio album8 Diagrams , and was #50 on "Rolling Stone "'s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. [No byline ( December 11 ,2007 ). [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17601363/the_100_best_songs_of_2007/13 "The 100 Best Songs of 2007"] "Rolling Stone". Retrieved2007-12-21 ]Out of respect for George Harrison, RZA, who produced this song, asked Harrison's son Dhani to play rhythm guitar. It was played using a mint condition
Gretsch guitar from 1961 which was given to RZA as a gift fromRussell Crowe after they had finished filming American Gangster.Chart position
References
External links
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=QfjqZC5iTU8 Video interview with RZA about the song]
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