Album This song officially appears on the Press / It's Not True 12" Single.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1986
Timeline This song was written, or began to be written, in 1985, when Paul McCartney was 43 years old)
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
October 1st - December 6th 1985
12" Single • Released in 1986
5:18 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Keyboards (?), Mixing engineer, Producer Eric Stewart : Electric guitar (?), Keyboards (?) Matt Butler : Mixing engineer Hugh Padgham : Producer
Session Recording: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
On The Run - Hartwall Areena, Helsinki December 12, 2011
Unofficial live • Released in 2011
2:59 • Live • Pre-show music
Concert From the concert in Helsinki, Finland on Dec 12, 2011
Unofficial album
5:14 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Keyboards (?), Mixing engineer, Producer Eric Stewart : Electric guitar (?), Keyboards (?) Matt Butler : Mixing engineer Hugh Padgham : Producer
Session Recording: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Unofficial album • Released in 2000
5:17 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Keyboards (?), Mixing engineer, Producer Eric Stewart : Electric guitar (?), Keyboards (?) Matt Butler : Mixing engineer Hugh Padgham : Producer
Session Recording: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
UK Singles Collection - Volume 03
Unofficial album • Released in 2007
5:21 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Keyboards (?), Mixing engineer, Producer Eric Stewart : Electric guitar (?), Keyboards (?) Matt Butler : Mixing engineer Hugh Padgham : Producer
Session Recording: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Press To Play - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
5:19 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Keyboards (?), Mixing engineer, Producer Eric Stewart : Electric guitar (?), Keyboards (?) Matt Butler : Mixing engineer Hugh Padgham : Producer
Session Recording: October 1st - December 6th 1985 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989
With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.
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