Without Her (Harry Nilsson song)
1967 single by Harry Nilsson
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"Without Her" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, released on his 1967 album Pandemonium Shadow Show.[1]
| "Without Her" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Harry Nilsson | ||||
| from the album Pandemonium Shadow Show | ||||
| B-side | "Cuddly Toy" | |||
| Released | 1967 | |||
| Recorded | 1966 | |||
| Genre | Baroque pop | |||
| Length | 2:18 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Songwriter | Harry Nilsson | |||
| Producer | Rick Jarrard | |||
| Harry Nilsson singles chronology | ||||
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Background
The song, a Baroque pop single, is played with cello and a countermelody performed on a flute, based on about a half dozen chords. One of Nilsson's first hits (although a minor one), it explains the sadness of dreaming each night that the woman he loves will be there but never is, and the melancholy of spending another day without her.
Other recorded versions
- Jack Jones recorded a version which served as the title track of his 1967 RCA Victor Records album.[2] "Without Her" was also the flip to his 1968 single "Follow Me".[3]
- Also in 1967, the song was covered by singer Glen Campbell on his Gentle on My Mind album.[4]
- In 1968, the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears covered it on their debut album, Child Is Father to the Man.[5]
- A version by Herb Alpert appeared on the Warm album by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.[6]
- Brazilian bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto recorded it in 1969, for her, I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do album.[7]
- Scottish singer Lulu covered the song as "Without Him". Lulu's version was the B-side of her 1968 single "I'm A Tiger".
- Julie London also recorded the song as "Without Him" on the last album she ever released, Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, in 1969.[8]
- In Spanish the song was recorded by the Mexican singer José José, "Sin Ella" (Without Her), and is included on his first 1969 album Cuidado in a bossa nova version.
- Triste Janero released the song as "Without Him" on their singular album Meet Triste Janero in 1969.
- Okay Kaya covered the song on her 2021 mixtape The Incompatible Okay Kaya.
- Eddy Mitchell covered the song with French lyrics as "Un nouveau jour sur la Terre" in his 1969 album Mitchellville
