10 Incredible Songs From Musicians Who Knew They Were Dying

10. Stuck Inside A Cloud - George Harrison

"Just talking to myself, crying as we part. Knowing as you leave me, I also lose my heart."

Like the rest of his former Beatles bandmates, George Harrison ventured into a career of a solo musician following the band's demise in 1970. Harrison infused classical Indian music with a rock sound he had carried throughout his career. This all came to a sad end when he passed away in November 2001 following a four year battle with cancer.

Harrison had been working on a follow-up to 1987's Cloud Nine for over a decade, but was repeatedly met with delays or setbacks. When he was told that his cancer was terminal, Harrison worked harder than ever on the album, enlisting the help of his son Dhani and friend Jeff Lynne of ELO fame. The end result, Brainwashed, would finally be released a year after Harrison's passing.

With an affinity towards the number seven, Dhani opted to put personal favourite Stuck Inside a Cloud as track seven on the album, almost honouring it the same way his father would have.

Though actual correlation between the song and Harrison's diagnosis is up for debate, the overall theme of the track does point towards something of a poignant reflection of one's life and references Hindu symbolism, of which Harrison proudly converted to in the late '60s.