"Get Back" is a song recorded by the English rock band the Beatles and Billy Preston,written by Paul McCartney,and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. It was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969 and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston". The song is one of the few examples of John Lennon featuring prominently as lead guitarist. The album version of this song contains a different mix that features a studio chat between Paul McCartney and John Lennon at the beginning,which lasts for 20 seconds before the song begins,also omitting the coda featured in the single version,and with a final dialogue taken from the Beatles' rooftop concert. This version became the closing track of Let It Be (1970),which was released just after the group split up. The single version was later issued on the compilation albums 1967–1970,20 Greatest Hits,Past Masters,and 1.
"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 4 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,with "Old Brown Shoe" as its B-side. 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,along with its B-side,has subsequently appeared on compilation albums such as Hey Jude,1967–1970,and Past Masters. It was also included on the compilation 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.
"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".
"#9 Dream" is a song written by John Lennon and first issued on his 1974 album Walls and Bridges. It was released as the second single from that album months later,on Apple Records catalogue Apple 1878 in the United States and Apple R6003 in the United Kingdom. It peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100,and it hit number 23 on the British singles chart. A video for the song was made in 2003.
"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 November 1974;it peaked at No. 3 in the United States and No. 16 in the United Kingdom.
"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.
"Eight Days a Week" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon based on McCartney's original idea. It was released in December 1964 on the album Beatles for Sale,except in the United States and Canada,where it was first issued as a single A-side in February 1965 before appearing on the album Beatles VI. The song was the band's seventh number 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100,a run of US chart success achieved in just over a year. The single was also number 1 in Canada,Belgium and the Netherlands.
"Oh Woman,Oh Why" is a song written by English musician Paul McCartney,first released on the Apple Records label in February 1971 as the B-side to McCartney's debut single as a solo artist,"Another Day".
"Got to Get You into My Life" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles,first released in 1966 on their album Revolver. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song is a homage to the Motown Sound,with colourful brass instrumentation and lyrics that suggest a psychedelic experience. "It's actually an ode to pot," McCartney explained.
"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.
