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Say Say Say had gone to the top in America, and now the title track from Pipes of Peace did the same in the UK. It was January 1984 and Paul was still having number one singles. One of the many excellent songs in his canon that Macca has never played live. The second single from 1982’s ‘return to form’ Tug Of War has aged far better than Ebony and Ivory. I thought the record company had a nerve changing it round on him.” I liked that freak version he made is his barn, better than that live Glasgow version. Lennon said “ I thought that Coming Up was great. This live version became the ‘hit’ side in America after the record company didn’t like the processed vocals on the studio cut.

A brilliant pop song – all the more incredible when you consider Paul composed and recorded everything by himself for 1980’s McCartney II. The best thing Paul has done outside The Beatles. Paul plays lead guitar on this fun track.įrom 1979’s Back to the Egg (A-Side was ‘sunny side up, B-side ‘over easy’), Winter Rose / Love Awake is a rather underrated balled combo. Although critics would claim these medleys indicate that Paul can’t finish a song, he does do them well and in fact this follows another pairing on the album After The Ball / Million Miles, that’s similarly good. This London Town (1978) album track was supposedly written for Elvis (can you tell?) but plans scuppered when The King died. Laine’s own Time To Hide is another highlight from the same album. This is written by Paul with vocals by Denny Laine. Here’s Paul performing on the Wings Over America tour.īeautiful, haunting song from the ‘democratic’ Wings at the Speed of Sound album (1976), where everyone (even Linda) had a ‘go’ at singing a song. It wasn’t even a top 40 hit in the UK, and peaked at number 39 Stateside which is poor considering that they’d just had a number one with Listen To What The Man Said. The public for some reason hated Letting Go which was a single from Venus and Mars (1975). Here’s a rare version of Jet as performed by Paul and makeshift band on BBC TV’s Wogan, from 1987. Tony Visconti arranged the horns on this track (although remained uncredited until Band on the Run was reissued in 1999). Jet from 1973’s Band on the Run is undeniably such a song. Sometimes the BIG hit single just does the job. No? Luckily, Macca got their first as this slight but memorable tune from Red Rose Speedway (1973) confirms. Your task? Write a little ditty about a Pigeon that is charming and strangely moving. As a ‘protest’ song (of sorts), it’s certainly much better than Give Ireland Back To The Irish. That said, our highlight is the title track, which has a very interesting, yearning tone and unlike virtually anything else Paul produced in the 1970s. There’s no denying it has its moments, particularly the conciliatory Dear Friend, but the album feels lazy with simplistic arrangements often in dire need of editing. The fact that the rather amateurish Wild Life (1972) album, followed the sophisticated and musically complex RAM is hard to believe. The 2013 updated version, which was a ‘soundtrack’ to a Linda McCartney Foods advert, is best forgotten. Paul’s love letter to his new bride Linda was featured on his first solo album McCartney and became an instant classic, with the Faces and Sandie Shaw recording versions in 1971.ġ971’s RAM offers an abundance of delights but Heart of the Country is a melodic gem and embodies the rustic, homely delights Paul sings about.

Check out our selections below with many rare videos and audio for each song…

One track per album (except Driving Rain, which hasn’t got a good track on it). With the release of Pure McCartney today, SDE picks its own top 20 Wings and solo McCartney recordings.