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“What Is Life” is a song by George Harrison and is the first track on side two of his 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass. It was released as the second single from that album in the United States on February 15, 1971 with another album track, “Apple Scruffs,“ as the B-side. On March 27, “What Is Life” peaked at #10 in the Billboard Hot 100, making Harrison the first member of the Beatles to log two Top 10 solo hits on that chart. The song was written for Billy Preston in 1969, but Harrison decided not to ask Preston to record the song during his “funky” phase, seeing the song as too much of a “catchy pop tune”. The song was co-produced by George Harrison and Phil Spector, who also produced the rest of the All Things Must Pass album. An instrumental outtake version... Read on...