"Stuck Inside a Cloud" is a song by

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and is the seventh track to his posthumous

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''. It was released to radio stations in the

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and the

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in 2002, peaking at number 27 on '' Billboard's''

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chart in the US in 2003, and peaking at number 15 on ''Billboard's''

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charts in 2003. Harrison's favourite number was seven, and his favourite track on any of his albums was always the seventh. Dhani Harrison chose "Stuck Inside a Cloud" as his personal favourite track from his father's ''Brainwashed'' album, and thus gave it the "honour" of being the seventh track. Dhani Harrison explains in detail his late father's system for picking the sequence of songs on his albums on the ''Brainwashed'' DVD bundled with the bonus edition.

Track listing

*Promo CD GEORGE1 (UK), DPRO-17572 (U.S.) #"Stuck Inside a Cloud"

Personnel

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Jeff Lynne Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the co-founder of the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), which was formed in 1970. As a songwriter, he has cont ...

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Dhani Harrison Dhani Harrison (; born 1 August 1978) is an English musician, composer and singer-songwriter. He is the only child of George and Olivia Harrison. Dhani debuted as a professional musician assisting in recording his father's final album, ''Brainw ...

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External links

eil.com listing: George Harrison Stuck Inside A Cloud UK Promo 5" CD SINGLE (230241)eil.com listing: George Harrison Stuck Inside A Cloud USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (227999)
* George Harrison: Artist Chart History 2002 songs George Harrison songs Song recordings produced by George Harrison Song recordings produced by Jeff Lynne Songs written by George Harrison Songs released posthumously {{2000s-rock-song-stub