Apple Records released Living in the Material World in late May 1973,[REF] with "The Day the World Gets 'Round" appearing as the penultimate track [REF].
The release reflected Harrison's continued belief in the power of music to instigate change in the world,[REF] an ideal that distinguished Material World as the last of "rock's grand statements", Leng suggests, and "the final fading of the 1960s dream into middle-age contentment and fiscal luxury" [REF].