While My Guitar Gently Weeps - wikipedia While My Guitar Gently Weeps Jump to : navigation , search `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' Cover of the Apple Publishing sheet music Song by the Beatles from the album The Beatles Published Harrisongs Released 22 November 1968 ( 1968 - 11 - 22 ) Recorded 5 -- 6 September 1968 Studio EMI Studios , London Genre Heavy rock , blues Length 4 : 46 Label Apple Songwriter ( s ) George Harrison Producer ( s ) George Martin Audio sample file help `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 double album The Beatles ( also known as `` the White Album '' ) . It was written by George Harrison , the band 's lead guitarist . The song serves as a comment on the disharmony within the Beatles following their return from studying Transcendental Meditation in India in early 1968 . This lack of camaraderie was reflected in the band 's initial apathy towards the composition , which Harrison countered by inviting his friend and occasional collaborator , Eric Clapton , to contribute to the recording . Clapton overdubbed a lead guitar part , although he was not formally credited for his contribution . Harrison wrote `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' as an exercise in randomness inspired by the Chinese I Ching . The song conveys his dismay at the world 's unrealised potential for universal love , which he refers to as `` the love there that 's sleeping '' . Harrison first recorded it with a sparse backing of acoustic guitar and harmonium -- a version that appeared on the 1996 Anthology 3 outtakes compilation and , with the addition of a string arrangement by George Martin , on the Love soundtrack album in 2006 . The full group recording was made in September 1968 , at which point the song 's folk - based musical arrangement was replaced by a production in the heavy rock style . The recording was one of several collaborations between Harrison and Clapton during the late 1960s and was followed by the pair co-writing the song `` Badge '' for Clapton 's group Cream . On release , the song received praise from several music critics , and it has since been recognised as an example of Harrison 's continued maturity as a songwriter beside his Beatles bandmates John Lennon and Paul McCartney . Rolling Stone ranked `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' 136th on its list of `` The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time '' , seventh on the `` 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time '' , and at number 10 on its list of `` The Beatles 100 Greatest Songs '' . Clapton 's performance was ranked 42nd in Guitar World 's 2008 list of the `` 100 Greatest Guitar Solos '' . Harrison and Clapton often performed the song together live , during which they shared the lead guitarist 's role over the closing section . Live versions featuring the pair were included on the Concert for Bangladesh album in 1971 and Live in Japan in 1992 . Backed by a band that included McCartney and Ringo Starr , Clapton performed the song at the Concert for George in November 2002 , a year after Harrison 's death . Contents ( hide ) 1 Background and inspiration 2 Composition 2.1 Music 2.2 Lyrics 3 Recording 3.1 Early attempts and basic track 3.2 Overdubs 3.3 Mixing 4 Release and reception 5 Harrison live performances 6 Cover versions 7 2016 music video 8 Personnel 9 Notes 10 References 11 Sources 12 External links Background and inspiration ( edit ) The Eastern concept is that whatever happens is all meant to be ... every little item that 's going down has a purpose . `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' was a simple study based on that theory ... I picked up a book at random , opened it , saw `` gently weeps '' , then laid the book down again and started the song . -- George Harrison George Harrison wrote `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' after his return from India , where the Beatles had been studying Transcendental Meditation under Maharishi Mahesh Yogi during the spring of 1968 . The visit had allowed Harrison to re-engage with the guitar as his primary instrument , after focusing on the Indian sitar for the previous two years , and also marked the start of a prolific period for him as a songwriter . Inspiration for the song came to him when he was visiting his parents in Warrington , Cheshire , and he began reading the I Ching , or `` The Book of Changes '' . As Harrison put it , `` ( the book ) seemed to me to be based on the Eastern concept that everything is relative to everything else , as opposed to the Western view that things are merely coincidental . '' Embracing this idea of relativism , he committed to writing a song based on the first words he saw upon opening a book , which happened to be `` gently weeps '' . Harrison continued to work on the lyrics after this initial writing session . The song reflects the disharmonious atmosphere within the Beatles following their return from India . Harrison had led the band in their highly publicised endorsement of Transcendental Meditation and viewed this spiritual pursuit as superior in importance to their career momentum . When discussing another song he wrote at this time , `` Not Guilty '' , Harrison said it referred to `` the grief I was catching '' from John Lennon and Paul McCartney for leading them to Rishikesh and supposedly hindering the group 's career and the launch of their Apple record label . Eric Clapton , with whom Harrison collaborated on several recordings throughout 1968 as a distraction from the Beatles , said that `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' conveyed Harrison 's spiritual isolation within the group . A demo that Harrison recorded at his home in Esher includes an unused verse : `` I look at the trouble and see that it 's raging / While my guitar gently weeps / As I 'm sitting here , doing nothing but ageing ... '' This version also includes the line `` The problems you sow are the troubles you 're reaping '' , which he similarly discarded . An early acoustic guitar and harmonium performance of the song features a slightly different third verse : `` I look from the wings at the play you are staging / While my guitar gently weeps / As I 'm sitting here , doing nothing but ageing ... '' This version was released on the 1996 compilation Anthology 3 and was used as the basis of the 2006 Love remix , with a string arrangement by George Martin . Composition ( edit ) Music ( edit ) `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' was one of the few Beatles compositions from early 1968 that changed markedly from demo form to the official recording . Harrison 's demos suggest the influence of folk music , yet the Beatles ' version is in the heavy rock style typical of much of the band 's late 1960s work . While noting the importance of Harrison 's return to the guitar during this period , Beatles biographer Jonathan Gould describes the song as `` virtually a declaration of his recommitment to rock '' . The song as originally issued by the Beatles is in the key of A minor , changing to A major over the bridges . Aside from the intro , the composition is structured into two rounds of verse and bridge , with an instrumental passage extending the second of these verse sections , followed by a final verse and a long instrumental passage that fades out on the released recording . All the sections consist of an even sixteen bars or measures , which are divided into four phrases . The chord progression over the verses includes a shift to a ♭ 7 ( Am / G ) on `` all '' ( bass note G ) and a 6 ( D9 ( major 3rd F ♯ ) ) after `` love '' ( bass note F ♯ ) to a ♭ 6 ( Fmaj7 ) on `` sleeping '' ( bass note F ) . According to musicologist Dominic Pedler , the 8 -- ♭ 7 -- 6 -- ♭ 6 progression represents a hybrid of the Aeolian and Dorian modes . The change to the parallel major key is heralded by a C chord as the verse 's penultimate chord ( replacing the D used in the second phrase of each verse ) before the E that leads into the bridge . Musicologist Alan Pollack views this combination of C and E as representing a sense of `` arrival '' , after which the bridge contains `` upward ( harmonic ) gestures '' that contrast with the bass descents that dominate the verse . Such contrasts are limited by the inclusion of minor triads ( III , VI and II ) played over the E chord that ends the bridge 's second and fourth phrases . Lyrics ( edit ) In his lyrics to `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' , Harrison revisits the theme of universal love and the philosophical concerns that were evident in his overtly Indian - influenced compositions , particularly `` Within You Without You '' . The song is a lament for how a universal love for humankind is latent in all individuals yet remains unrealised . In the description of theologian Dale Allison , the song `` conveys spiritual angst and an urgent religious point of view without being explicitly theological '' . Harrison sings of surveying `` you all '' and seeing `` the love there that 's sleeping '' . Musicologist Walter Everett comments that the change from the minor - mode verse to the parallel major might express hope that `` unrealized potential '' described in the lyrics is to be `` fulfilled '' , but the continued minor triads `` seem to express a strong dismay that love is not to be unfolded '' . During the bridges , Harrison adopts a repetitive rhyming scheme in the style of Bob Dylan to convey how humankind has become distracted from its ability to manifest this love . He sings of people that have been `` inverted '' and `` perverted '' from their natural perspective . According to Harrison biographer Joshua Greene , the song 's message reflects the pessimism encouraged by world events throughout 1968 , such as the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy in the United States , and the Soviet Russian oppression of Czechoslovakia . Allison writes that the lyrics represent the `` antithesis of spiritual triumphalism '' , in which Harrison `` mourns because love has not conquered all '' . Recording ( edit ) Early attempts and basic track ( edit ) The Beatles recorded `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' several times during the sessions for their self - titled double album , also known as `` the White Album '' . The recording sessions , which began in late May 1968 , were characterised by a lack of cooperation among the four band members , and by what Lennon 's bandmates regarded as the overly intrusive presence of his new romantic partner , Yoko Ono . In this atmosphere , Harrison had initially been reluctant to present his new compositions to the group . Take 1 on 25 July -- the version later issued on Anthology 3 -- was a solo performance by Harrison , playing his Gibson J - 200 acoustic guitar , with an overdubbed harmonium part . Sessions on 16 August and 5 September produced full band recordings of the song . In the case of the 16 August version , an overdubbing session on 3 September marked the first time that the Beatles had used eight - track recording at EMI Studios . At the same session , Harrison overdubbed a backwards ( or `` backmasked '' ) guitar solo , as he had done two years before on `` I 'm Only Sleeping '' , on the Revolver album , but he was not satisfied with the results . The Beatles then remade the basic track on 5 September -- a session that marked Ringo Starr 's return to the group after he had walked out on 22 August , upset at the unpleasant atmosphere . While Harrison led the band in welcoming back their drummer , by installing a large flower display all over Starr 's drum kit , he continued to think that his bandmates were not giving their best to the song . Overdubs ( edit ) Clapton had given Harrison his red Gibson Les Paul shortly before the session and subsequently used it on the song . On 6 September , during a ride from Surrey into London , Harrison asked Clapton to play guitar on the track . Clapton , who recognised Harrison 's talent as a songwriter , and considered that his abilities had long been held back by Lennon and McCartney , was nevertheless reluctant to participate ; he later recalled that his initial response was : `` I ca n't do that . Nobody ever plays on Beatles records . '' Harrison convinced him , and Clapton 's lead guitar part , played on Harrison 's Gibson Les Paul electric guitar `` Lucy '' ( a recent gift from Clapton ) , was overdubbed that evening . Recalling the session in his 2007 autobiography , Clapton says that , while Lennon and McCartney were `` fairly non-committal '' , he thought the track `` sounded fantastic '' , adding : `` I knew George was happy , because he listened to it over and over in the control room . '' Harrison recalled that Clapton 's presence also ensured that his bandmates `` tr ( ied ) a bit harder '' and `` were all on their best behaviour '' . The Beatles carried out the remaining overdubs , which included an ascending piano motif , played by McCartney , over the introduction , Hammond organ by Harrison , and further percussion by Starr . McCartney also added a second bass part , played on his Fender Jazz Bass rather than on either of his preferred Hofner or Rickenbacker models . Mixing ( edit ) Still wary that his contribution might present too much of a departure from the band 's sound , Clapton requested that Harrison give the lead guitar track a more `` Beatley '' sound when mixing the song . During final mixing for the White Album , on 14 October , the guitar part was run through an ADT circuit with `` varispeed '' , with engineer Chris Thomas manipulating the oscillator to achieve the desired `` wobbly '' effect . According to Everett , Lennon 's tremolo - rich guitar part , recorded on 5 September , was retained only in the song 's coda . Clapton 's guitar contribution has been described as making this a `` monumental '' track . As particularly notable features , Everett highlights the increasing lengths of thrice - heard first scale degrees ( 0 : 17 -- 0 : 19 ) , the restraint shown by rests in many bars then unexpected appearances ( as at 0 : 28 -- 0 : 29 ) , commanding turnaround phrases ( 0 : 31 -- 0 : 33 ) , expressive string bends marking modal changes from C to C ♯ ( 0 : 47 -- 0 : 53 ) , power retransition ( 1 : 21 -- 1 : 24 ) , emotive vibrato ( 2 : 01 -- 2 : 07 ) , and a solo ( 1 : 55 -- 2 : 31 ) with a `` measured rise in intensity , rhythmic activity , tonal drive and registral climb '' . In October 1968 , Harrison reciprocated by co-writing `` Badge '' with Clapton and playing on Cream 's recording of the track . Released on Cream 's final album , Goodbye , `` Badge '' reflected Harrison 's pop sensibilities and helped Clapton transition from the heavy blues style and its reliance on extended soloing , and onto the more song - based approach that he and Harrison admired in the Band 's 1968 album Music from Big Pink . Release and reception ( edit ) Apple Records released The Beatles on 22 November 1968 . One of four Harrison compositions on the double album , `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' was sequenced as the penultimate track on side one in the LP format , between Lennon 's `` The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill '' and `` Happiness Is a Warm Gun '' . The song was issued as the B - side of `` Ob - La - Di , Ob - La - Da '' , a McCartney - written song that had also tested the Beatles ' patience during the White Album sessions . This single was an international hit , topping charts in Australia , Austria , Switzerland and West Germany , but was not released in Britain or the United States . LP cover of The Beatles . Some music critics have recognised `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' as a highlight of the Beatles ' 1968 double album . According to music critic Tim Riley , Harrison 's writing contributions `` regain ( ed ) the promise '' evident in his three songs on the Beatles ' 1966 album Revolver . Recalling the release in his 1977 book The Beatles Forever , Nicholas Schaffner said that , in returning to pop / rock songwriting after his excursions into the Indian classical style , Harrison 's four White Album songs `` firmly established him as a contender '' beside Lennon and McCartney . In Schaffner 's description , `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' was the most instantly popular of `` a quartet of more conventionally accessible pop songs ( written by Harrison ) that many felt were among the finest on the album '' . Among contemporary reviews , Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone said that `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' was `` one of George Harrison 's very best songs '' , and likened it to `` Blue Jay Way '' in that it `` recalls California , the simple Baja California beat , the dreamy words of the Los Angeles haze , the organic pace lapping around every room as if in invisible waves '' . Wenner found the lyrics `` slightly self - righteous and preaching '' , representing `` a general set of incidents , a message , like a sermon , impersonally directed to everyone '' , and concluded : `` I am willing to bet something substantial that the lead guitarist on this cut is Eric Clapton , yet another involution of the circular logic on which this song ( is ) so superbly constructed as a musical piece . '' In his review for the International Times , Barry Miles said the song was a `` great tune '' with `` nice hi - hats '' but a `` lifeless '' guitar part , while Alan Smith of the NME wrote : `` the words are evocative and the melody line is creeping into my mind to stay . '' Geoffrey Cannon wrote in The Guardian : `` George Harrison has seen the truth , and is anxious that we should see our truth . He 's a preacher , man of fire . When his songs speak of ' you , ' the address is direct . He achieves his character in ' While My Guitar Gently Weeps ' , which , with Phil Ochs 's ' Tape from California ' , is the first track I know that succeeds in making magnanimous love serious and touching . '' `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' became a staple of US rock radio during the early 1970s , on a par with songs such as `` Layla '' by Clapton 's short - lived band Derek and the Dominos , Led Zeppelin 's `` Stairway to Heaven '' and the Who 's `` Wo n't Get Fooled Again '' . In 1973 , it appeared on the Beatles ' double album compilation 1967 -- 1970 , as one of only three tracks representing the White Album . Capitol Records included it on The Best of George Harrison in 1976 ; a year before this , Harrison released a sequel to the song , titled `` This Guitar ( Ca n't Keep from Crying ) '' , which also served as the final single issued by Apple in its original incarnation . The Beatles ' recording also appeared on the soundtrack to Withnail and I , a 1987 comedy film set in late - 1960s London and produced by Harrison 's company HandMade Films . Despite his reluctance to record `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' , McCartney later identified it as one of his favourite selections on the 1995 -- 96 Anthology outtakes series , and he grouped the song with `` Something '' and `` Here Comes the Sun '' as candidates for Harrison 's `` greatest track '' . Starr paired it with `` Something '' as `` Two of the finest love songs ever written '' , adding : `` they 're really on a par with what John and Paul or anyone else of that time wrote . '' In their written tributes to Harrison following his death in November 2001 , Mick Jagger and Keith Richards each expressed their admiration for the song . Jagger said : `` It 's lovely , plaintive . Only a guitar player could write that ... '' Harrison Live performances ( edit ) Harrison and Clapton performing `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' at the 1987 Prince 's Trust Concert in London Harrison played `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' at every one of his comparatively rare concerts as a solo artist . Writing for Mojo in 2003 , Ashley Kahn attributed the track 's `` classic '' status to its evocation of `` a band falling out of harmony '' and , with regard to the enduring musical bond between Harrison and Clapton , its standing as `` their song '' . At Harrison 's Concert for Bangladesh , held at Madison Square Garden in New York on 1 August 1971 , Clapton performed the song on a Gibson Byrdland , a hollow - body guitar more suited to jazz or country music than rock . He later said that this was a poor decision and , as with his substandard playing at the event , one indicative of his descent into heroin addiction . The version performed by Harrison during his set at the 1987 Prince 's Trust Concert reunited him with Starr and Clapton , and features an extended coda with the guitars of Harrison and Clapton interweaving . On their 1991 tour of Japan , Harrison and Clapton performed `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' with additional background vocals . An edit combining parts of the 14 December and 17 December Tokyo Dome performances of the song was included on Harrison 's 1992 double album Live in Japan . Harrison also featured the song in the set list for his only other tour as a solo artist , a series of North American concerts over November -- December 1974 with Ravi Shankar . Harrison shared the lead guitarist 's role with Robben Ford , often extending the piece to eight minutes . While it was a popular inclusion in a set list that barely acknowledged Harrison 's past as a former Beatle , his alteration of some of the lyrics -- so that his guitar `` gently smiles '' and `` tries to smile '' -- disappointed many concert - goers and reviewers . Author Simon Leng comments that on Harrison 's return to Madison Square Garden towards the end of the tour , his playing on the song nevertheless received a standing ovation . Cover versions ( edit ) Canadian guitarist Jeff Healey covered `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' on his 1990 album Hell to Pay . Harrison participated in the recording , contributing on acoustic guitar and backing vocals . Also issued as a single , Healey 's version peaked at number 27 in Canada , number 85 in the UK and number 25 in New Zealand . During the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II concert at Buckingham Palace Garden on 3 June 2002 , McCartney performed the song with Clapton , as a tribute to Harrison . The performance appears on the DVD release Party at the Palace . On 29 November the same year , Clapton , McCartney , Starr , Dhani Harrison , Jeff Lynne and Marc Mann performed `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' at the Concert for George in memory of Harrison . This version showcased Clapton singing the lead vocal while McCartney provided background vocals and piano ; Mann played Clapton 's original fills and the mid-song solo . Author Ian Inglis writes that while Clapton was already `` permanently associated '' with `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' due to his presence on the White Album recording and the Concert for Bangladesh and Live in Japan versions , Clapton 's long , closing solo at the Concert for George contained `` perhaps the most expressive '' playing of all these versions . American musician Todd Rundgren covered `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' for the 2003 album Songs from the Material World : A Tribute to George Harrison . Rundgren said of his contribution to the multi-artist tribute : `` ( Before the Beatles ) , I 'd never heard the term ' lead guitarist . ' George created the job description for my first paying gig , the vocation that I 'm still lucky enough to practice today ... '' Johnny Loftus of AllMusic views the recording as one of the collection 's highlights , saying that Rundgren `` effortlessly replicates the grandeur '' of the Beatles ' track . As his personal tribute to Harrison , Peter Frampton released a version of the song on his 2003 album Now . In 2004 , when Harrison was inducted posthumously into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist , `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' was played in tribute by a large band that included Tom Petty , Lynne , Steve Winwood , Marc Mann and Dhani Harrison . The performance concluded with an extended guitar solo by Prince , who was also being inducted into the Hall of Fame . Among other cover versions , the song has also been recorded by guitarists such as Marc Ribot , Phish and Charlie Byrd , and on ukulele by Jake Shimabukuro . Toto did a cover version for their album Through the Looking Glass and in a live performance in Live in Amsterdam . Santana did a cover for his twentieth album Guitar Heaven : The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time , in 2010 , featuring singer India Arie and cellist Yo - Yo Ma . Released as a single , it charted on Billboard 's Adult Contemporary . In 2016 , Regina Spektor performed the song for the soundtrack to the film Kubo and the Two Strings , accompanied by Kevin Kmetz on a shamisen . 2016 music video ( edit ) In June 2016 , Apple Corps and Cirque du Soleil released a music video for `` While My Guitar Gently Weeps '' . The video was created for the tenth anniversary re-staging of Cirque du Soleil 's Love theatrical production . The video was directed by Dandypunk , André Kasten and Leah Moyer . Ryan Reed , describing the clip for rollingstone.com , wrote that `` Dandypunk 's hand - drawn illustrations depict Harrison 's lyrics falling off the page into the air , transporting LOVE performer Eira Glover into a series of fantastical locations . Projection mapping -- and no CGI -- was used to create the clip . '' Personnel ( edit ) According to Ian MacDonald , Walter Everett and John Winn : White Album version George Harrison -- double - tracked vocals , backing vocal , acoustic guitar , Hammond organ John Lennon -- electric guitar with tremolo Paul McCartney -- harmony vocal , piano , bass guitar Ringo Starr -- drums , tambourine , castanets Eric Clapton -- lead guitar Anthology 3 version George Harrison -- vocals , acoustic guitar Paul McCartney -- organ Notes ( edit ) Jump up ^ Having contributed to `` Ski - ing '' on Harrison 's debut solo album , Wonderwall Music , in January 1968 , Clapton played on `` Sour Milk Sea '' , a song that Harrison wrote and produced for his Apple Records signing Jackie Lomax . Another Harrison composition from 1968 , `` Savoy Truffle '' , was inspired by Clapton 's love of chocolate . Jump up ^ Greene comments that `` Wilting Flowers '' was the title of Time magazine 's article summarising the year . By contrast , at the start of 1968 , Life had declared it `` the Year of the Guru '' , partly as a result of the Beatles ' championing of Eastern religion , and had featured the Maharishi on the cover of the magazine . Jump up ^ This version remained in EMI 's archives through the 1980s . It was first presented for public hearing when Abbey Road Studios ( formerly EMI Studios ) hosted The Beatles at Abbey Road in 1983 , at which point EMI reported that Harrison was keen that the song be released `` as soon as possible '' . When remixing the recording for inclusion on the planned Sessions compilation album in 1984 , however ( and as later heard on Anthology 3 ) , Geoff Emerick chose to loop and repeat Harrison 's concluding guitar phrase into a fadeout , and increased the volume of the harmonium . Jump up ^ In Ken Scott 's recollection , the need to manually work the ADT oscillation was a result of the Beatles ' impatience to use EMI 's new eight - track recording equipment . 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Rick and Morty - Wikipedia Rick and Morty Jump to : navigation , search Rick and Morty Genre Animated sitcom Science fiction Dark comedy Created by Justin Roiland Dan Harmon Voices of Justin Roiland Chris Parnell Spencer Grammer Sarah Chalke Composer ( s ) Ryan Elder Country of origin United States Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons No. of episodes 31 ( list of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) Dan Harmon Justin Roiland James A. Fino ( seasons 1 -- 2 ) Joe Russo II ( seasons 1 -- 2 ) Producer ( s ) J. Michael Mendel Kenny Micka ( pilot ) Running time 22 minutes Production company ( s ) Justin Roiland 's Solo Vanity Card Productions Harmonious Claptrap Starburns Industries ( seasons 1 -- 2 ) Williams Street Distributor Warner Bros. Television Distribution Release Original network Adult Swim Picture format 1080i ( 16 : 9 HDTV ) Original release December 2 , 2013 ( 2013 - 12 - 02 ) -- present External links Website www.adultswim.com/videos/rick-and-morty/ Rick and Morty is an American adult animated science - fiction sitcom created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network 's late - night programming block Adult Swim . The series follows the misadventures of cynical mad scientist Rick Sanchez and his fretful , easily influenced grandson Morty Smith , who split their time between domestic life and interdimensional adventures . The series premiered on December 2 , 2013 , and the third season concluded on October 1 , 2017 . A fourth season has been mentioned , first by Harmon in a September 2017 interview , and later in the post-credits scene of the third season 's finale . Roiland voices the eponymous characters , with Chris Parnell , Spencer Grammer , and Sarah Chalke voicing the rest of the family . The series originated from an animated short parody film of Back to the Future , The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti , created by Roiland for Channel 101 , a short film festival co-founded by Harmon . When Adult Swim approached Harmon for television show ideas , he and Roiland decided to develop a program based on the short . The series has received universal acclaim for its originality , creativity and humor . Contents ( hide ) 1 Premise 2 Production 2.1 Development 2.2 Writing 2.3 Animation and voice recording 2.4 Future 3 Themes and analysis 4 Home media 5 Reception 5.1 Critical reception 5.2 Awards and nominations 6 Impact on popular culture 7 Other media and products 7.1 Comics 7.2 Video games 7.3 Tabletop games 7.4 Other 8 See also 9 References 10 External links Premise See also : List of Rick and Morty characters File : Rick and Morty characters. jpg The members of the Smith household . From the left : Jerry Smith , Beth Smith , Summer Smith , Morty Smith and Rick Sanchez . The show revolves around the adventures of the members of the Smith household , which consists of parents Jerry and Beth , their kids Summer and Morty , and Beth 's father , Rick Sanchez , who lives with them as a guest . According to Justin Roiland , the family lives outside of Seattle in the U.S. state of Washington . The adventures of Rick and Morty , however , take place across an infinite number of realities , with the characters travelling to other planets and dimensions through portals and Rick 's flying car . Rick is an eccentric and alcoholic mad scientist , who eschews many ordinary conventions such as school , marriage , love , and family . He frequently goes on adventures with his 14 - year - old grandson , Morty , a kind but easily distressed boy , whose naive but grounded moral compass plays counterpoint to Rick 's Machiavellian ego . Morty 's 17 - year - old sister , Summer , is a more conventional teenager , who worries about improving her status among her peers and sometimes follows Rick and Morty on their adventures . The kids ' mother , Beth , is a generally level - headed person and assertive force in the household , though self - conscious about her professional role as a horse doctor . She is dissatisfied with her marriage with Jerry , a simple - minded and insecure person , who disapproves of Rick 's influence over his family . Different versions of the characters inhabit other dimensions throughout the multiverse and their personal characteristics can vary from one reality to another . The show 's original Rick identifies himself as `` Rick Sanchez of Earth Dimension C - 137 '' , in reference to his original universe , but this does n't necessarily apply to every other member of the Smith household . For instance , in the first - season episode `` Rick Potion # 9 '' , after turning the entire world population into monsters , Rick and Morty move to a different dimension , leaving Summer , Beth and Jerry behind . Production Development Creators Dan Harmon ( left ) and Justin Roiland Rick and Morty was created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon . The duo first met at Channel 101 , a non-profit monthly short film festival in Los Angeles co-founded by Harmon . At Channel 101 , participants submit a short film in the format of a pilot , and a live audience decides which pilots continue as a series . Roiland , then a producer on reality programming , began submitting content to the festival a year after its launch , in 2004 . His pilots typically consisted of shock value -- `` sick and twisted '' elements that received a confused reaction from the audience . Nevertheless , Harmon took a liking to his humor and the two began collaborating . In 2006 , Roiland was fired from working on a television series he regarded as intensely creatively stifling , and funneled his creative energies into creating a webisode for Channel 101 . The result was The Real Animated Adventures of Doc and Mharti , an animated short starring parodies of Doc Brown and Marty McFly , characters from the Back to the Future film trilogy . In the short , which Harmon would dub `` a bastardization , a pornographic vandalization '' , Doc Smith urges Mharti that the solution to all of his problems is to give him oral sex . The audience reacted to it wildly , and Roiland began creating more shorts involving the characters , which soon evolved beyond his original intentions and their obvious origin within the film from which it was culled . Harmon would later create and produce Community , an NBC sitcom , while Roiland would work primarily in voice acting for Disney 's Fish Hooks and Cartoon Network 's Adventure Time . In 2012 , Harmon was briefly fired from Community . Adult Swim , searching for a more prime - time , `` hit '' show , approached Harmon shortly afterward , who initially viewed the channel as unfit for his style . He also was unfamiliar with animation , and his process for creating television focuses more heavily on dialogue , characters , and story . Instead , he phoned Roiland to inquire if he had any ideas for an animated series . Roiland immediately brought up the idea of using the Doc and Mharti characters , renamed Rick and Morty . Roiland initially wanted the show 's run time to consist of one eleven - minute segment , but Adult Swim pushed for a half - hour program . Harmon felt the best way to extend the voices into a program would be to build a family around the characters , while Adult Swim development executive Nick Weidenfeld suggested that Rick be Morty 's grandfather . Having pitched multiple television programs that did not get off the ground , Roiland was initially very unreceptive to others attempting to give notes on his pitch . Prior to developing Rick and Morty , he had created three failed animated pilots for Fox , and he had begun to feel `` burned out '' with developing television . The first draft was completed in six hours on the Paramount Pictures lot in Dan Harmon 's unfurnished Community office . The duo had broken the story that day , sold the pilot , and then sat down to write . Roiland , while acknowledging a tendency for procrastination , encouraged Harmon to stay and write the entire first draft . `` We were sitting on the floor , cross-legged with laptops and I was about to get up and go home and he said , ' Wait , if you go home , it might take us three months to write this thing . Stay here right now and we can write it in six hours . ' He just had a premonition about that , '' recalled Harmon . Adult Swim was initially unsure of Roiland doing both voices , partially due to the undeveloped nature of the character of Morty . Harmon wrote four short premises in which Morty took a more assertive role and sent it to Mike Lazzo . Adult Swim placed a tamer TV - 14 rating on the program , which initially was met with reluctance from the show 's staff . The network 's reason behind the rating was that it would soon begin broadcasting in prime - time , competing with major programs . The main theme for Rick and Morty by Ryan Elder was originally used in a rejected Cartoon Network pilot Roiland made called `` Dog World '' , which was referenced in the episode `` Lawnmower Dog '' . Writing The general formula of Rick and Morty consists of the juxtaposition of two conflicting scenarios : an extremely selfish , alcoholic grandfather dragging his grandson along for intergalactic and / or interdimensional adventures , intercut with domestic family drama . This has led Harmon to describe the series as a cross between Matt Groening 's two shows The Simpsons and Futurama , balancing family life with heavy science fiction . The series is inspired by British - style storytelling , as opposed to traditional American family TV stories . Roiland has stated his and Harmon 's intentions for the series to lack traditional continuity , opting for discontinuous storylines `` not bound by rules '' . In producing the series ' first season , episodes were occasionally written out of order . For example , `` Rick Potion # 9 '' was the second episode written for the series , but was instructed to be animated as the fifth , as it would make more sense within the series ' continuity . Many episodes are structured with use of a story circle , a Harmon creation based largely on Joseph Campbell 's monomyth , or The Hero 's Journey . Its two - act structure places the act break at an odd location in the stages of the monomyth : after The Meeting with the Goddess , instead of Atonement with the Father . Harmon has stated that his inspiration behind much of the concept and humor for the series comes from various British television series , such as The Hitchhiker 's Guide to the Galaxy and Doctor Who . He figures that the audience will only understand developments from Morty 's point of view , but stated `` we do n't want to be the companions . We want to hang out with the Doctor , we idolize the Doctor , but we do n't think like him , and that 's really interesting , Rick is diseased , he 's mentally ill , he 's an absolute lunatic because he lives on this larger scale . '' Harmon has noted that the writers room at the show 's studio bears a striking resemblance to the one used for Community . In comparing the two , he noted that the writing staff of Rick and Morty was significantly smaller , and more `` rough and tumble verbally '' . The first season writing staff consisted of Roiland , Harmon , Tom Kauffman , Ryan Ridley , Wade Randolph , and Eric Acosta , while writer 's assistant Mike McMahan was also given writing credit . Described as a `` very , very tiny little writers ' room with a lot of heavy lifting from everybody , '' the show 's writing staff , like many Adult Swim productions , is not unionized with the Writers ' Guild of America . The writing staff first meets and discusses ideas , which evolve into a story . Discussions often include anecdotes from personal life as well as thoughts on the science fiction genre . After breaking the story -- which consists of developing its consistency and logical beginning , middle , and conclusion -- a writer is assigned to create an outline . Roiland and Harmon do a `` pass '' on the outline , and from there the episode undergoes several more drafts . The final draft of the script is last approved by either of the co-creators . Harmon has admitted that his perfectionism can some times be disruptive and cause writing schedule delays . For the most part , this was the reason why the third season of the show consisted of only ten episodes instead of fourteen , as was initially intended . Animation and voice recording Animation for the show is done using Toon Boom Harmony , post-production work is done in Adobe After Effects , and background art is done in Adobe Photoshop . Production of animation is handled by Bardel Entertainment in Canada . Roiland 's cartooning style is heavily indebted to The Simpsons , a factor he acknowledged in a 2013 interview , while also comparing his style to that of Pendleton Ward ( Adventure Time ) and J.G. Quintel ( Regular Show ) : `` You 'll notice mouths are kind of similar and teeth are similar , but I think that 's also a stylistic thing that ... all of us are kind of the same age , and we 're all inspired by The Simpsons and all these other shows we 're kind of subconsciously tapping into . '' John Kricfalusi 's The Ren & Stimpy Show was another strong influence for Rick and Morty , which is why , according to Roiland , the small `` w - shaped mouths '' that the characters occasionally make is a reference to a similar expression that Ren frequently makes . When recording dialogue , Roiland does a considerable amount of improvisation , in order to make the characters feel more natural . Future Although there has not been an official renewal announcement by Adult Swim , Dan Harmon talked about the possibility of creating more than ten episodes per season , in a September 2017 interview , where he stated `` I 'm about to do season 4 of Rick and Morty and want to prove that I 've grown . '' On October 1 , 2017 , similarly to the second - season finale , the animated character Mr. Poopybutthole re-appeared in the post-credits scene of the third - season finale and said that it will be a long wait until the fourth season of the show . Writer Ryan Ridley , in a December 2017 interview with The Detroit Cast , said that he `` highly doubts '' there will not be a fourth season , but he does not expect it to air any sooner than late 2019 . In January 2018 , Adult Swim told Variety that `` there is no timing to share on premiere or status of production . '' Themes and analysis Nobody exists on purpose , nobody belongs anywhere , everybody 's gon na die . Come watch TV . `` '' Morty Smith , `` Rixty Minutes '' Rick and Morty has been described as `` a never - ending fart joke wrapped around a studied look into nihilism . '' The series addresses the insignificance of human existence as compared to the size of the universe , with no recognizable divine presence , as described by Lovecraft 's philosophy of cosmicism . The characters of the show find ways to deal with cosmic horror and existential dread , either by asserting the utility of science over magic or by choosing a life in ignorant bliss . Co-creator Dan Harmon , talking about the philosophy guiding the show and Rick 's nihilistic apathy , stated that `` the knowledge that nothing matters , while accurate , gets you nowhere . '' To find a sense of purpose and live a better life , one needs to focus on human relationships and experiences , as the other members of the Smith household are trying to do , and not preoccupy our minds with unanswerable questions . Other philosophies that have been referenced in the characters ' behavior and observations include : existentialism , anarchism , absurdism , and the work of Friedrich Nietzsche . Home media The complete first season was released on DVD and Blu - ray on October 7 , 2014 , containing uncensored audio tracks . The complete second season was released on DVD and Blu - ray on June 7 , 2016 . Adult Swim has also made uncensored versions of the show available to purchase on various digital platforms , including iTunes and Amazon , with the digital releases of each season containing bonus material . The digital release of the first season includes the 2013 Rick and Morty Comic - Con panel , the digital release of the second season includes the 2015 ATX Television Festival panel , and the digital release of the third season includes commentary on every episode , as well as seven more short videos featuring co-creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland . The first two seasons of the show are available to stream on Hulu . The first season was made available on May 1 , 2015 , and the second season was made available on June 26 , 2016 . The show is also available to watch on Netflix , in a number of countries outside the United States , including the United Kingdom . Following the conclusion of the show 's third season , Adult Swim has made a livestream marathon of Rick and Morty available to watch on its official website in select regions , hoping to dissuade viewers from watching other illegal livestreams . Reception Critical reception Season Critical response Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic 100 % ( 5 reviews ) 85 ( 8 reviews ) 95 % ( 9 reviews ) N / A 97 % ( 13 reviews ) N / A Rick and Morty has received universal critical acclaim , holding a 97 % approval rating by critics on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes . Additionally , the first season of Rick and Morty holds a Metacritic score of 85 based on eight reviews , indicating `` universal acclaim '' . David Weigand of San Francisco Chronicle described it as `` offbeat and occasionally coarse ... the take - away here is that it works '' . He praised the animation direction by James McDermott for being `` fresh , colorful and as wacky as the script '' , and states that the series possesses `` shades of Futurama , South Park and even Beetlejuice '' , ultimately opining that its humor felt `` entirely original '' . Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times praised the series and stated that it was `` Grandparenting at its unhinged finest . '' Todd Spangler of Variety gave the series a lukewarm review ; while he found the series was passable , he contrasted it with other Adult Swim series as `` often seems overly reliant on simply being frenetic at the expense of being witty '' and enjoyed it as `` a welcome attempt to dream just a little bigger '' . David Sims of The A.V. Club gave the series an `` A − '' . In reviewing the first two episodes , he complimented the animation for its `` clean , simple style '' . He stated that while the series has `` a dark , sick sensibility '' , he praised its `` effort to give each character a little bit of depth '' , further applauding Roiland 's voice talent for the eponymous characters . The third season of Rick and Morty was the highest rated comedy show on television with adults , delivering the highest ratings in Adult Swim 's history . Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominee ( s ) Result Ref . 2015 Annie Award Best General Audience Animated TV / Broadcast Production Rick and Morty Nominated 2016 Gold Derby Awards Best Animated Series Rick and Morty Nominated 2017 Teen Choice Awards Choice Animated TV Show Rick and Morty Nominated 2018 Critics ' Choice Television Awards Best Animated Series Rick and Morty Pending 2018 Annie Award Best General Audience Animated TV / Broadcast Production Rick and Morty Pending Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production Ryan Ridley , Dan Guterman Pending Impact on popular culture This section appears to contain trivial , minor , or unrelated references to popular culture . Please reorganize this content to explain the subject 's impact on popular culture rather than simply listing appearances ; add references to reliable sources if possible . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . ( December 2017 ) On May 17 , 2015 , the finale of the twenty - sixth season of the animated sitcom , The Simpsons , opened with an elaborate couch gag featuring Rick and Morty , written by Harmon and Roiland . Matt Groening , creator of The Simpsons , described it as `` probably the most ambitious and lengthy couch gag '' on The Simpsons to date . On November 30 , 2015 , the fast food restaurant chain Carl 's Jr. and Hardee 's released a television commercial , in which Rick brings several sentient burgers into a sleeping Morty 's room . The burgers run amok and steal objects . On May 13 , 2017 , in a promotional short film for the 2017 film Alien : Covenant , Rick and Morty land on an Engineer 's ship in the Alien dimension in response to a distress signal , wherein a facehugger attaches itself to Rick 's face and dies from the toxicity of the drugs and alcohol in Rick 's body . On October 7 , 2017 , McDonald 's served Szechuan sauce , months after it was referenced several times in the Season 3 premiere , `` The Rickshank Redemption '' . Google Assistant is programmed to recognize and reply accordingly to various catchphrases from the show . For example , if the user says `` Wubba lubba dub dub '' , Assistant will reply either `` Sorry , I do n't speak Birdperson '' or `` Are you in pain ? How can I help ? '' , in reference to the first - season episode `` Ricksy Business '' , where Birdperson explains to Morty that Rick 's catchphrase means `` I am in great pain , please help me . '' Another example is the command `` Get Schwifty '' , to which Assistant replies `` Ohhhh yeah , you got ta get Schwifty ! '' , which are lyrics from the song `` Get Schwifty '' that was sung by Rick and Morty in the titular episode of the second season . Other media and products Comics At New York Comic Con 2014 , editor - in - chief of Oni Press , James Lucas Jones , announced that a Rick and Morty comic book adaptation would be released in early 2015 . On April 1 , 2015 , the series debuted with its first monthly issue , entitled `` BAM ! '' The series is written by Zac Gorman and illustrated by CJ Cannon . Artist Tom Fowler wrote a multi-issue story arc that began in March , 2016 . Using the television series ' established premise of alternate timelines , the comic book expressly features the Rick and Morty ( and supporting cast ) of a different timeline , allowing the comics to tell stories without conflicting with the canon of the show . Video games In 2014 , Rick and Morty 's Rushed Licensed Adventure , a Flash point - and - click adventure game , was released on the Adult Swim website . In December 2014 , Rick and Morty : Jerry 's Game was released for iOS and Android . The game consists of the player popping balloons and air filled condoms endlessly . Characters show up from time to time . The amount of balloons popped is counted and used as currency for unlocking special balloons , backdrops , and features . The game is based on a game Jerry was seen playing in an episode . The game includes micro-transactions . On August 10 , 2015 , a Rick and Morty - themed announcer pack was released for the competitive multiplayer video game Dota 2 . The announcer pack can be purchased by players and replaces the Default announcer and Mega-Kills announcer with characters from Rick and Morty , voiced by Justin Roiland . Pocket Mortys is a Pokémon parody game set in the `` Rick and Morty Rickstaverse '' , released on iOS and Android as a free - to - play game from Adult Swim Games , released early on January 13 , 2016 . Coinciding with the many - worlds interpretation , the game follows versions of Rick and Morty that belong to an alternate timeline , rather than the duo followed in the show . The game uses a style and concept similar to the Pokémon games , with catching various `` wild '' Mortys , battling them with a variety of Aliens , Ricks , and Jerrys . The game features voice acting from Roiland and Harmon . Rick and Morty : Virtual Rick - ality , announced on July 15 , 2016 and released on April 20 , 2017 , is a VR game for HTC Vive VR and Oculus Rift developed by Owlchemy Labs , the developers of Job Simulator . Tabletop games On June 22 , 2016 , Cryptozoic Entertainment released Total Rickall , a co-operative strategy card game based on the plot of the second - season episode of the same name , where players must determine which characters are real or parasites . On August 3 , 2016 , Cryptozoic Entertainment released Mr. Meeseeks ' Box o ' Fun , a game combining elements of dice games and truth or dare featuring the popular Mr. Meeseeks character from the first - season episode `` Meeseeks and Destroy '' . On July 12 , 2017 , Cryptozoic Entertainment released Anatomy Park -- The Game , a co-operative tile - placing strategy game based on the plot of the first - season episode of the same name , where players score points by placing park tiles into the best spots within the body . Other On May 11 , 2017 , the Rickmobile , a traveling shop with exclusive merchandise , made its first stop in Atlanta for the Rick and Morty Do n't Even Trip Road Trip . See also Animation portal Cartoon portal Cartoon Network portal Television portal 2010s portal References Jump up ^ Justin Roiland ( @ JustinRoiland ) ( September 4 , 2016 ) . `` Washington state - outside of Seattle '' ( Tweet ) . 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