'My Sweet Lord' Tops No1 spot In Canada, No2 seller In US

NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts) - George Harrison has scored another posthumous No1 with the reissue of his 1970 hit "My Sweet Lord." The charity single, rereleased in the wake of Harrison's November 29 death from cancer, is the top seller in Canada (Top40), according to industry figures (although it only moved about 340 copies).

The single did better volume-wise in the U.S., where more than 11,000 copies changed hands, good enough for the No2 spot in terms of national sales. It's Number 94 on the magazine's Hot 100 chart, which is based on a combination of sales and airplay.

The original 1970 "My Sweet Lord" single reached Number One on the Hot 100 and sold more than 500,000 copies, and was certified gold by the RIAA.
The single is already at the top of the UK chart, which is based on sales, not airplay.

In most of the world, the proceeds from "My Sweet Lord" are going to the Material World Charitable Foundation, which Harrison started in 1973 to fund a variety of charities. Those benefiting from the new single's sales include Jubilee Action, BBC Children In Need, Great Ormand Street Children's Hospital, the National Deaf Children Society, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), and Macmillan Nurses.

In the U.S., proceeds from "My Sweet Lord" are earmarked for the Self-Realization Fellowship, a California-based spiritual foundation dedicated to the teachings of yoga and meditation pioneer Paramahansa Yogananda.

The re-released "My Sweet Lord" single is filled out with new version of the song as well as a stripped-down version of "Let It Down," another track from Harrison's All Things Must Pass 1970 solo album.