"Yesterday" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles,written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first released on the album Help! in August 1965,except in the United States,where it was issued as a single in September. The song reached number one on the US charts. It subsequently appeared on the UK EP Yesterday in March 1966 and made its US album debut on Yesterday and Today,in June 1966.
"All Those Years Ago" is a song by the English rock musician George Harrison,released in May 1981 as a single from his ninth studio album Somewhere in England. Having previously recorded the music for the song,Harrison tailored the lyrics to serve as a personal tribute to his former Beatles bandmate John Lennon,following the latter's murder in 1980. Ringo Starr is featured on drums,and Paul McCartney overdubbed backing vocals onto the basic track. The single spent three weeks at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100,behind "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes,and it peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. It also topped Canada's RPM singles chart and spent one week at number 1 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary listings.
Red Rose Speedway is the second studio album by the English-American rock band Wings,although credited to "Paul McCartney and Wings". It was released through Apple Records on 5 May 1973,preceded by its lead single,the ballad "My Love". By including McCartney's name in the artist credit,the single and album broke with the tradition of Wings' previous records. The change was made in the belief that the public's unfamiliarity with the band had been responsible for the weak commercial performance of the group's 1971 debut album Wild Life.
"The Ballad of John and Yoko" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in May 1969. It was written by John Lennon and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership,and chronicles the events surrounding the wedding of Lennon and Yoko Ono. The song was the Beatles' 17th UK number-one single and their last for 54 years until "Now and Then" in 2023. In the United States,it was banned by some radio stations due to the lyrics' reference to Christ and crucifixion. The single peaked at number 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song has subsequently appeared on compilation albums such as Hey Jude,1967–1970,Past Masters,and 1.
"Ebony and Ivory" is a song that was released in 1982 as a single by Paul McCartney featuring Stevie Wonder. It was issued on 29 March that year as the lead single from McCartney's third solo album,Tug of War (1982). Written by McCartney,the song aligns the black and white keys of a piano keyboard with the theme of racial harmony. The single reached number one on both the UK and the US charts and was among the top-selling singles of 1982 in the US. During the apartheid era,the South African Broadcasting Corporation banned the song after Wonder dedicated his 1984 Academy Award for Best Original Song to Nelson Mandela.
"Silly Love Songs" is a song by the British–American rock band Wings that was written by Paul and Linda McCartney. The song first appeared in March 1976 on the album Wings at the Speed of Sound, then it was released as a single backed with "Cook of the House" on 1 April in the US,and 30 April in the UK. The song,which features disco overtones,was written in response to music critics accusing McCartney of predominantly writing "silly love songs" and "sentimental slush";however,McCartney has since clarified that the song was actually directed to John Lennon who accused him of writing such songs.
"Another Day" is a song by English rock musician Paul McCartney that was released as the A-side of a non-album single in February 1971. It was his debut single as a solo artist following the Beatles break-up in 1970. McCartney credited his wife Linda as a co-writer on the song,triggering legal action from ATV on behalf of the publishing companies Northern Songs and Maclen Music. The lyrics describe the daily routine of a lonely woman,using an observational style similar to McCartney's narrative in the 1966 ballad "Eleanor Rigby".
"Give Ireland Back to the Irish" is the debut single by the British–American rock band Wings that was released in February 1972. It was written by Paul McCartney and his wife Linda in response to the events of Bloody Sunday,on 30 January that year,when British troops in Northern Ireland shot dead thirteen civil rights protestors. Keen to voice their outrage at the killings,Wings recorded the track two days later at EMI Studios in London. It was the band's first song to include Northern Irish guitarist Henry McCullough.
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" is a song written by Paul and Linda McCartney and released as a non-album single by the British–American rock band Wings in March 1972. It is based on the traditional nursery rhyme of the same name.
"C Moon" is a song with a reggae beat,written by Paul and Linda McCartney and performed by Wings. It was released as a double A-side with "Hi,Hi,Hi" in 1972. The single reached No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart and since "Hi Hi Hi" was banned by the BBC,"C Moon" received much airplay in the United Kingdom. In the United States,"C Moon" did not appear on any of the major record charts.
"Helen Wheels" is a song by the English-American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings. The song was named after Paul and Linda McCartney's Land Rover,which they nicknamed "Hell on Wheels".
"Jet" is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings from their third studio album Band on the Run (1973). It was the first British and American single to be released from the album.
"Band on the Run" is a song by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings,the title track to their 1973 album Band on the Run.
"Junior's Farm" is a song written by Paul McCartney and performed by Paul McCartney and Wings. It was issued as a non-album single by Apple Records in October 1974;it peaked at No. 3 in the United States and No. 16 in the United Kingdom.
"Letting Go" is a song credited to Paul and Linda McCartney and originally released by Wings on their 1975 album Venus and Mars. The song was remixed and released as a single on 4 October 1975 in the United States,and on 18 October 1975 in the United Kingdom. The song peaked at number 41 in the UK,41 on the Cash Box Top 100 and number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Venus and Mars"/"Rock Show" is a medley of two songs written by Paul and Linda McCartney and originally performed by Wings that make up the first two songs of the album Venus and Mars. The single was released in the United States on 27 October 1975 and in the United Kingdom on 28 November 1975. The B-side is "Magneto and Titanium Man",another track from the album. The single version is considerably shorter than the album version of the songs;in the single "Rock Show" is cut by more than 3 minutes and "Venus and Mars" is cut by a few seconds. "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US,but did not chart on the UK singles chart,the first McCartney penned single to do so. In the book The Rough Guide to the Beatles,Chris Ingham praised both songs,describing "Venus and Mars" as "atmospheric" and "Rock Show" as "barnstorming".
"Let 'Em In" is a song by Wings from their 1976 album Wings at the Speed of Sound. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney and reached the top 3 in the United Kingdom,the United States and Canada. It was a No. 2 hit in the UK;in the U.S. it was a No. 3 pop hit and No. 1 easy listening hit. In Canada,the song was No. 3 for three weeks on the pop chart and No. 1 for three weeks on the MOR chart of RPM magazine. The single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for sales of over one million copies. It can also be found on McCartney's 1987 compilation album,All the Best! A demo of the song,featuring Denny Laine on lead vocal,was included as a bonus track on the Archive Collection reissue of Wings at the Speed of Sound.
"I've Had Enough" is a song by the British–American rock band Wings,released as a single from their 1978 album London Town. It reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,No. 24 in Canada and No. 42 in the UK as well as reached No. 11 in Ireland. In the Netherlands,the 2-sided single "I've Had Enough" combined with its B-side "Deliver Your Children" reached No. 13.
"London Town" is a song by the British-American rock band Wings. The title and opening track of their 1978 album London Town,it was the third of three single releases from the album,reaching No. 39 in the US,No. 43 in Canada and No. 60 in the UK. It also reached No. 17 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart in the US.
"Fuh You" is a song by English musician Paul McCartney that was released as the second single from the album Egypt Station on 15 August 2018.
