My Sweet Lord is a song.
`` My Sweet Lord '' is a song by English musician and former Beatle , George Harrison . In America and Britain , the song was the first number one single by an ex-Beatle . `` My Sweet Lord '' is ranked 460th on Rolling Stone magazine 's list of `` the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time '' . The song reached number 1 in Britain for a second time when re-released in January 2002 , two months after Harrison 's death .