What Is Life Lune ..." A version by Shawn Mullins was released as a single in 1999 and plays over the closing credits of the Adam Sandler movie "Big Daddy" (1999). Following Harrison's death, Japanese band the Collectors contributed a recording of "What Is Life" to the "Gentle Guitar Dreams" tribute album, released in May 2002. Classical guitarist Joseph Breznikar recorded a version of the song for his 2003 tribute album "George Harrison Remembered: A Touch of Class". In November 2004, Neal Morse released his recording of "What Is Life" on the special-edition version of his album "One". Les Fradkin included a cover
What Is Life a combination that became the top-selling single of 1971 in that country. "What Is Life" is one of Harrison's most commercial and popular songs – a "spiritual guitar quest" that "became [a] classic", according to "Rolling Stone" magazine. On release, "Billboard" magazine's reviewer wrote of "What Is Life" and "Apple Scruffs" as "intriguing rhythm follows-ups" to Harrison's previous single, which were "sure to repeat that success" and "should prove big juke box items". In their "Solo Beatles Compendium", authors Chip Madinger and Mark Easter refer to it as an "intensely catchy track" and view its pairing with "My Sweet Lord"