Reception
"All Those Years Ago" was released as the lead-off single that May to a very strong response, reaching number 13 in the United Kingdom and number 2 in the United States. It was Harrison's biggest hit since "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" in 1973, and Somewhere in England benefited from its placement on the album. Peaking at number 13 in the UK and number 11 in the US, these chart positions were, superficially, Harrison's best transatlantic album peaks in some time, yet Somewhere in England actually sold less than it would appear, since its chart life – in both countries – was brief, and it became Harrison's first proper studio album to fail to reach gold status in the US. It was generally overlooked by the public, with follow-up single "Teardrops" reaching only number 102 in the US.
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