Album This song officially appears on the Off The Ground Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1993
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
December 1991 - July 1992
September - October 1992
Mar 01, 1993 • From Club Sandwich
“Get Out Of My Way” is a track from 1993 album “Off The Ground“. From Club Sandwich 65:
That was really an attempt at writing a straightforward rock and roll song. A lot of people will tell you that they’re often the hardest songs to write, even though they sound very simple. To get them to sound authentic is difficult. So I just put the character in a car and he’s basically talking to the blues – saying “get out of my way, don’t tell me what to do, I know what’s happening, I’m going to see my woman tonight”. So it’s a kind of rock and roll love song.
Paul McCartney
From the “New World Tour” tour book:
PAUL: That’s a trucking song, I’m gonna see my girl, get outta my way.
ROBBIE McINTOSH: The big thing about the album for me was that nearly everything I did was done live on the backing track — and the band wouldn’t let me change it! On Get Out Of My Way I did a guitar solo when we were bashing through it which I thought was only all right, so I had another couple of cracks at it and they all said, Naah, leave it. So it’s the original on the record.
PAUL WIX WICKENS: “I was locked in the box for that one, playing rock’n’roll on the Magic Piano, the painted one, beside the toilet. They built an acoustic box round me to stop sound spill. Good fun.
Crash bang wallop I'm a lover again
I've got my eyes on the road
And I'm feeling no pain
I've found a real fine woman
I'm heading to see her.
Bye bye melancholy listen to me
We had a long long ride
But it isn't to be
I've got a real fine woman
I'm heading to see her now.
Get out of my way
Get out of my life
I don't need anybody to tell me
How to be right
Don't try to stop me
I've got the answer
I won't need anybody except my woman tonight.
I can't help it if I'm starting to smile
I've got a full gas tank
And it's only a mile
'Till I'll be with my little woman
I'm ready to see her.
So I say ...
Bye bye melancholy listen to me
We had a long long ride
But it isn't to be
I've got a real fine woman
I'm heading to see her now.
Get out of my way
Get out of my life
I don't need anybody to tell me
How to be right
Don't try to stop me
I've got the answer
I won't need anybody except my woman tonight.
Off the Ground - The Complete Works
Official album • Released in 1993
3:33 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Harmonium, Percussion Robbie McIntosh : Electric guitar Hamish Stuart : Electric guitar Paul Wickens : Piano Blair Cunningham : Drums Julian Mendelsohn : Producer Bob Kraushaar : Recording engineer Frank Mead : Alto sax Nick Payn : Baritone sax Andy Hamilton : Tenore sax Nick Pentelow : Tenore sax Martin Drover : Trumpet
Session Recording: December 1991 - July 1992 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: September - October 1992 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Official album • Released in 1993
3:32 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Harmonium, Percussion Robbie McIntosh : Electric guitar Hamish Stuart : Electric guitar Paul Wickens : Piano Blair Cunningham : Drums Julian Mendelsohn : Producer Bob Kraushaar : Recording engineer Frank Mead : Alto sax Nick Payn : Baritone sax Andy Hamilton : Tenore sax Nick Pentelow : Tenore sax Martin Drover : Trumpet
Session Recording: December 1991 - July 1992 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Mixing: September - October 1992 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon
Rehearsals For The New World Tour 1993
Unofficial live
4:17 • Live
Concert From "New World Tour - Rehearsal Concert" in London, United Kingdom on Feb 05, 1993
Unofficial live • Released in 1993
3:37 • Live • Recorded Live at The Ed Sullivan Theatre, New York 10 December, 1992 - for the "Up Close" TV show
Paul McCartney : Bass guitar, Piano, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Background vocals, Keyboard Robbie McIntosh : Guitar Hamish Stuart : Bass guitar Paul Wickens : Keyboard Blair Cunningham : Drums
1993 • For Paul McCartney
Album Off The Ground
“Get Out Of My Way” has been played in 17 concerts and 1 soundchecks.
Auckland • Western Springs Stadium • New Zealand
Mar 27, 1993 • Part of The New World Tour
Parramatta • Parramatta Stadium • Australia
Mar 23, 1993 • Part of The New World Tour
Parramatta • Parramatta Stadium • Australia
Mar 22, 1993 • Part of The New World Tour
Sydney • Sydney Entertainment Centre • Australia
Mar 20, 1993 • Part of The New World Tour
Sydney • Sydney Entertainment Centre • Australia
Mar 17, 1993 • Part of The New World Tour
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