Released in 1993
Keep Coming Back To Love
Written by Paul McCartney • Hamish Stuart
Last updated on June 11, 2019
Released in 1993
Written by Paul McCartney • Hamish Stuart
Last updated on June 11, 2019
Album This song officially appears on the C'Mon People EP.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1993
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
December 1991 - July 1992
September - October 1992
Officially appears on This One / The First Stone
Officially appears on Hope Of Deliverance
Officially appears on Hope Of Deliverance
Officially appears on C'Mon People / I Can't Imagine
Officially appears on Hope Of Deliverance
Unreleased song
Officially appears on Off the Ground
Officially appears on C'Mon People
Officially appears on Off The Ground
Officially appears on Off the Ground
“Keep Coming Back To Love” is a ballad recorded during the sessions for 1993 album “Off The Ground“, released as a B-Side on the “C’Mon People” single, and co-written with Hamish Stuart.
Hamish Stuart is a really good soul singer and because he’s in the group and he’s a writer, it was a natural thing to suggest, ‘why don’t we try to write together?’ […] We wrote a couple. I think our voices blend amazingly well together when we sing harmonies.
Paul McCartney, Movin’ On home video 1993
Ev'ry time I see you
Admit into something new
Doing unimportant things
All the foolish things that other people do
Ev'rything I'm trying
Doesn't feel quite right
And I can't help wondering
Why I ever let you out of my sight.
So I keep coming back to love
Yes, I keep coming back to love
Must I keep moving along this track
I might get restless
Won't you, please, hold me back
Won't you, please, hold me back
Because I keep coming back to love.
Ev'rywhere I get to
I'm always on my own
Tryin' to solve a mystery
And if it was up to me I wouldn't be alone.
Anytime I miss you
The feeling is so strong
But the road I'm travelling
Is filled with echoes of your sweet song.
So I keep coming back to love
Yes I keep coming back to love
Must I keep moving along this track
If I get restless
Won't you, please, hold me back
Won't you, please, hold me back
Because I keep coming back to love.
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to love
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
Keep coming, keep coming back to
EP • Released in 1993
5:02 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric piano (?), Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Tambourine (?) Robbie McIntosh : Electric guitar Hamish Stuart : Electric guitar, Vocals Paul Wickens : Keyboards, Piano (?) Blair Cunningham : Drums Julian Mendelsohn : Producer Bob Kraushaar : Recording engineer
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
Off the Ground - The Complete Works
Official album • Released in 1993
5:00 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric piano (?), Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Tambourine (?) Robbie McIntosh : Electric guitar Hamish Stuart : Electric guitar, Vocals Paul Wickens : Keyboards, Piano (?) Blair Cunningham : Drums Julian Mendelsohn : Producer Bob Kraushaar : Recording engineer
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
Unofficial album • Released in 2000
5:00 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric piano (?), Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Tambourine (?) Robbie McIntosh : Electric guitar Hamish Stuart : Electric guitar, Vocals Paul Wickens : Keyboards, Piano (?) Blair Cunningham : Drums Julian Mendelsohn : Producer Bob Kraushaar : Recording engineer
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
UK Singles Collection - Volume 05
Unofficial album • Released in 2007
5:02 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric piano (?), Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Tambourine (?) Robbie McIntosh : Electric guitar Hamish Stuart : Electric guitar, Vocals Paul Wickens : Keyboards, Piano (?) Blair Cunningham : Drums Julian Mendelsohn : Producer Bob Kraushaar : Recording engineer
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
Off The Ground - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
5:01 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Electric piano (?), Producer, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Tambourine (?) Robbie McIntosh : Electric guitar Hamish Stuart : Electric guitar, Vocals Paul Wickens : Keyboards, Piano (?) Blair Cunningham : Drums Julian Mendelsohn : Producer Bob Kraushaar : Recording engineer
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
Unofficial album • Released in 2016
4:36 • Studio version • Backing track channel mix
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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