The Beatle Who Secretly Helped Bring One of Bob Dylan's Most Underrated Love Songs to Life

Tehuan Harris is a news and features journalist at Collider, reporting and writing about all things music and reality TV (sometimes). She is a talented journalist and a natural storyteller who writes with curiosity and interest. After graduating from university, she jumped straight into journalism, with one goal in mind: to tell stories that matter.

Only the Fab Four saw the breakup coming, as tensions had been brewing for a while. However, the show must go on, as all four members of The Beatles pursued solo careers. George Harrison’s first stop was at the studio with Bob Dylan, as he helped him record “If Not for You,” a love song for Dylan’s wife, Sara, before their turbulent divorce.

Although Dylan was friendly with The Beatles, which led the four-piece band to record “I’m a Loser” inspired by the man himself, Dylan was closer to Harrison than to any other member. “If Not for You” helped build a friendship that no one in music can replicate, and the pair came together in a supergroup called The Travelling Wilburys. However, the friendship would not last as long as it should, as Harrison would soon succumb to cancer in 2001.

Harrison grabbed the opportunity to work with the “Like a Rolling Stone” singer almost immediately after he went solo. In fact, news of their collaboration created a buzz in the media while the Beatlemania slowly died down, and fans grieved the Fab Four’s separation. Dylan first recorded the song in March 1970, a month before the Beatles’ breakup hit the tabloids. It was recorded during the Self Portrait sessions, though the song was never meant to be for the album.

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