Without Her (Harry Nilsson song)

"Without Her"
Single by Harry Nilsson
from the album Pandemonium Shadow Show
B-side "Cuddly Toy"
Released 1967 (1967)
Format 7" single
Recorded 1966 (1966)
Genre Baroque Pop
Length 2:18
Label RCA Victor
Writer(s) Harry Nilsson
Producer(s) Rick Jarrard
Harry Nilsson singles chronology
"You Can't Do That"
(1967)
"Without Her"
(1967)
"One"
(1968)

"Without Her" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, released on his 1967 album Pandemonium Shadow Show.

The song, a Baroque pop single, is played with cello and a countermelody performed on a flute, based on only about a half of dozen chords. One of Nilsson's first hits (although a minor one), it explains the sadness and melancholy of spending a day without the loved one, when the person has gone from you. Despite the melancholic theme, the song is described as a joyous song, too.

The song was covered by singer Glen Campbell, American band Blood, Sweat & Tears and Brazilian Bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto (as "Without Him").

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