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Released in 1979

Spin It On

Written by Paul McCartney

Last updated on March 7, 2020

Album This song officially appears on the Back To The Egg Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1979

Master album

Related sessions

This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Related interviews

With “Spin It On,” when I recorded the solo, it was just me sitting in the control room with Paul and basically just playing guitar licks for Paul McCartney. That was kind of a challenge, but it was inspiring. I think the thing that I enjoyed most about that whole process as a lead guitarist is that stuff was drawn out of me that I wasn’t in my comfort zone. I was being pushed, and I liked being pushed like that. And so you got this creative spark that comes out. There’s stuff in “Spin It On” that I would have necessarily thought: ‘Oh, that’s my style.’ But I can look back now and say, actually that’s where I go with things.

Laurence Juber – 2012 interview for Something Else!

Spin It On. Paul played his Epiphone and I played the solo on a Stratocaster.

Laurence Juber, from Club Sandwich N°14, April / May 1979

Lyrics

This is it

*Spin it on,

By yourself (don't stop)

Take it back

To the top

'Cause I've got

Another lot

Of love for you

** (That's why) I wanna spin it on

Spin it on

Off to the flicks

With the piddle

In her nix

To the fair with

Her hair in curlers

Her cousin couldn't get on

Down to the pleasure dome

Her cousin had to

Spend the night

In an aircraft hangar

Memories

Repeat*

***Spin it on

Spin it on

Repeat

Well off to the field

With a missionary zeal

For the life

Of the wife

Of a farmer

Her cousin couldn't

Get on down

To the village hall

Her cousin had to

Spend the night

On a pinball table

Memories

Repeat *

Repeat ***

Repeat ** (twice)

Repeat *

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Live performances

“Spin It On” has been played in 19 concerts.

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Going further

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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ian • 7 years ago

Awesome, underrated and rocking song!!!!!!!!!!

The PaulMcCartney Project • 7 years ago

I can't agree more, Ian ! And I realize this page is so empty :) I will need to work on it soon!

Kitsu Beatles • 2 years ago

He perfomed it live on the Last Resort TV show in 1987.

The PaulMcCartney Project • 2 years ago

Thanks Kitsu - will add this.

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