Only Love Remains

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"Only Love Remains"
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Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Press to Play
B-side "Tough on a Tightrope"
Released1 December 1986
RecordedOctober–December 1985
Studio Hog Hill Mill (Icklesham, UK)
Genre Ballad [1]
Length4:11
Label Parlophone
Songwriter(s) Paul McCartney
Producer(s)
Paul McCartney singles chronology
"Stranglehold"
(1986)
"Only Love Remains"
(1986)
"Once Upon a Long Ago"
(1987)

"Only Love Remains" is a song by English musician Paul McCartney, released in 1986 as the fourth single from his sixth solo album, Press to Play . The song reached number 34 on the UK Singles Chart. [2] [3]

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Release

The song was released as a 7" single and a 12" maxi single. [4] The single version of "Only Love Remains" is a remix by Jim Boyer and is different from the album version. The 12" version of the single featured two more remixes of songs from Press to Play.

Cash Box said that "McCartney’s impeccable touch with a ballad shines on this classic-sounding new single." [5]

Track listings

7" single (R 6148)
  1. "Only Love Remains" – 4:11
    • Remix by Jim Boyer
  2. "Tough on a Tightrope" – 4:44
12" single (12R 6148)
  1. "Only Love Remains" – 4:11
    • Remix by Jim Boyer
  2. "Tough on a Tightrope" – 7:03
  3. "Talk More Talk" – 5:56
    • Remix by Paul McCartney and Jon Jacobs

Charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 34
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [7] 9

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