"
My Sweet Lord" is a song by English musician and former
Beatle George Harrison that was released in November 1970 on his triple album
All Things Must Pass. Also issued as a single, Harrison's first as a solo artist, "My Sweet Lord" topped charts worldwide and was the biggest-selling single of 1971 in the UK. In America and Britain, the song was the first number 1 single by an ex-Beatle. Harrison originally gave the song to his fellow
Apple Records artist
Billy Preston to record; this version, which Harrison co-produced, appeared on Preston's
Encouraging Words album in September 1970.