Released in 2008
Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight
Written by Paul McCartney
Last updated on August 4, 2021
Released in 2008
Written by Paul McCartney
Last updated on August 4, 2021
Album This song officially appears on the Electric Arguments Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 2008
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
December 2007 - June 2008
Percy Thrillington, Magritte & me
Nov 29, 2008 • From The Guardian
It seems the 2008 song “Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight” was named after an expression used by Jimmy Scott:
A fella who used to hang around the clubs used to say Jamaican accent , “OB-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on,” and he got annoyed when I did a song of it, ’cause he wanted a cut. I said, “Come on, Jimmy, it’s just an expression. If you’d written the song, you could have had to cut.” He also used to say, “Nothin’s too much, just outa sight.” He was just one of those guys who had great expressions, you know.
Paul McCartney – Interview with Playboy, 1984
Nothing too much
Just out of sight
You say you love me
If this is true
The best thing to do
Is to lye down beside me
I said I love you
Well nothing too much
Just out of sight
Oh don't you want to be fair?
When you went away
In the twilight
It was alright
It was alright
Alright
I love you
I said I love you
I thought you knew
The last thing to do was
To try to betray me
The new morning light
I'll never forget it
Nothing much just out of sight
Twilight
Out of my sight
I was more than upset
Nothing too much
Alright
I can remember
Your beautiful hair
I can remember
Why can't you take me there?
Don't you try betray me?
Oh wanna betray me?
I was ready to test
I was ready to test with the whites of your ribs
It was alright
Alright
Not nothing too much
Just out of sight
Well nothing too much
Just out of sight
Out of my sight
Beautiful hair
I was really upset
In the moonlight
In the twilight
Of the last night
It was alright
Alright
Alright
Well nothing too much
It's alright
Just out of sight
The last thing to do was to try to betray me
Official album • Released in 2008
4:55 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Harmonica, Producer, Slide guitar, Vocals Youth : Producer Clive Goddard : Recording engineer Tim Bran : Programming (?) David Nock : Programming (?)
Session Recording: December 2007 - June 2008 • 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
7" Single • Released in 2022
4:55 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Harmonica, Producer, Slide guitar, Vocals Youth : Producer Clive Goddard : Recording engineer Tim Bran : Programming (?) David Nock : Programming (?)
Session Recording: December 2007 - June 2008 • 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
Electric Arguments - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
4:55 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Harmonica, Producer, Slide guitar, Vocals Youth : Producer Clive Goddard : Recording engineer Tim Bran : Programming David Nock : Programming
• 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
Electric Arguments - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
3:46 • Studio version • [Promo Edit]
Give Us That Knowing Wink - Official Rarities - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2016
4:54 • Studio version • [Wall Of Sound mix]
Album Electric Arguments
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present
"Nothing Too Much Just Out Of Sight" is one of the songs featured in the book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present," published in 2021. The book explores Paul McCartney's early Liverpool days, his time with the Beatles, Wings, and his solo career. It pairs the lyrics of 154 of his songs with his first-person commentary on the circumstances of their creation, the inspirations behind them, and his current thoughts on them.
Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 2) 1990-2012
This new book by Luca Perasi traces Paul McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1990 to 2012 in the form of 250 song entries, filled with details about the recordings, stories behind the sessions and musical analysis. His pop albums, his forays into classical and avant-garde music, his penchant for covering old standards: a complete book to discover how these languages cross-pollinate and influence each other.
The second volume in a series that has established itself as a unique guide to take the reader on a journey into the astonishing creativity of Paul McCartney.
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