Give My Regards to Broad Street | ||||
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Released | 22 October 1984 | |||
Recorded | December 1982 – May 1984 | |||
Studio | Abbey Road Studios, AIR Studios and CTS, London | |||
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Length | 43:52 (LP) 61:10 73:35 (1993 re-issue) | |||
Label | Parlophone/EMI (UK) Columbia/CBS (US) | |||
Producer | George Martin | |||
Paul McCartney chronology | ||||
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Singles from Give My Regards to Broad Street | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
The Essential Rock Discography | 3/10 [3] |
MusicHound | [4] |
Q | [5] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [6] |
Give My Regards to Broad Street is the fifth solo studio album by Paul McCartney and the soundtrack to the film of the same name. The album reached number 1 on the UK chart. The lead single, "No More Lonely Nights", was BAFTA and Golden Globe Award nominated. It was also to be his final album to be released under Columbia Records, which had been his US label for over five years.[ citation needed ]
The majority of the album is a retrospective – sequenced in the order of the songs' appearance in the film – which features re-interpretations of many of Paul McCartney's past classics of the Beatles and Wings: "Good Day Sunshine", "Yesterday", "Here, There and Everywhere", "Silly Love Songs" , "For No One", "Eleanor Rigby" and "The Long and Winding Road". There were also interpretations of songs from McCartney's more recent albums; "Ballroom Dancing" and "Wanderlust" from Tug of War and "So Bad" from Pipes of Peace . [7] Besides "No More Lonely Nights" (also heard in a dance version), the only previously-unheard tracks were "Not Such a Bad Boy", "No Values" and a symphonic extension of "Eleanor Rigby" entitled "Eleanor's Dream". The album running time was so long that its vinyl release had edited versions of the songs. [8] The cassette and the later CD edition preserved the tracks' full lengths, while the CD went one further by including a bonus 1940s-styled piece called "Goodnight Princess". The Beatles cover versions are dedicated to McCartney's fellow Beatle John Lennon, who had been killed four years earlier.
Preceded by "No More Lonely Nights (Ballad)", a worldwide Top 10 hit featuring guitar work by David Gilmour, Give My Regards to Broad Street entered the UK charts at number 1 and was certified platinum, while also going gold with a number 21 peak in the United States (where it sold and charted under expectations). It would also mark the end of McCartney's association with Columbia Records in the US, which began in 1979 with the final Wings album Back to the Egg . McCartney would re-sign with EMI Records worldwide (where he remained until 2007) with his Columbia output reverting to his new – and original – label in the US, Capitol Records.[ citation needed ]
Simultaneously with the film's premiere in November, McCartney's Rupert Bear recording, "We All Stand Together", started back in 1980 and credited to "Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus", was released and became a hit single in the UK, reaching number 3. The accompanying animated film was shown in cinemas immediately preceding the main feature that was Give My Regards to Broad Street.
The soundtrack's original release was on Columbia Records in 1984 in North America. It was remastered in 1993 and reissued on CD as part of The Paul McCartney Collection series with two extended dance mixes of "No More Lonely Nights (playout version)" as bonus tracks.
All songs by Paul McCartney, except where noted.
CD Track | Cassette Track | LP Track | Title | CD Time | LP Time | Notes |
1 | A1 | A1 | "No More Lonely Nights (ballad)" | 5:13 | 4:42 | Features David Gilmour on lead guitar |
2 | A2 | A2 | "Good Day Sunshine" | 2:33 | 1:49 | (Lennon–McCartney) Original version on the Beatles album Revolver |
A3 | A3 | "Corridor Music" | 0:19 | |||
3 | A4 | A4 | "Yesterday" | 1:43 | 1:43 | (Lennon–McCartney) Original version on the Beatles album Help! |
4 | A5 | A5 | "Here, There and Everywhere" | 1:43 | 1:45 | (Lennon–McCartney) Original version on the Beatles album Revolver |
5 | A6 | A6 | "Wanderlust" | 4:07 | 2:48 | Original version on solo album Tug of War |
6 | A7 | A7 | "Ballroom Dancing" | 4:51 | 4:35 | Features John Paul Jones on bass guitar. Original version on solo album Tug of War |
7 | A8 | A8 | "Silly Love Songs" | 5:27 | 4:31 | Original version on Wings album Wings at the Speed of Sound |
A9 | B1 | "Silly Love Songs (reprise)" | 0:36 | |||
8 | A10 | B2 | "Not Such a Bad Boy" | 3:29 | 3:19 | |
9 | B1 | – | "So Bad" | 3:25 | – | Original version on solo album Pipes of Peace |
10 | B2 | B3 | "No Values" | 4:12 | 4:13 | "No More Lonely Nights (ballad reprise)" is incorrectly listed as being segued with "No Values" on many CD releases |
11 | B3 | B4 | "No More Lonely Nights (ballad reprise)" | 2:12 | 0:13 | |
B4 | B5 | "For No One" | 1:58 | (Lennon–McCartney) Original version on the Beatles album Revolver | ||
12 | B5 | B6 | "Eleanor Rigby" | 9:10 | 2:07 | (Lennon–McCartney) Original version on the Beatles album Revolver |
B7 | "Eleanor's Dream" | 1:01 | ||||
13 | B6 | B8 | "The Long and Winding Road" | 3:57 | 3:47 | (Lennon–McCartney) Original version on the Beatles album Let It Be |
14 | B7 | B9 | "No More Lonely Nights (playout version)" | 5:03 | 4:26 | |
15 | – | – | "Goodnight Princess" | 3:58 | – | Original 1984 US Columbia CD release (CK 39613) lists this track as "Goodnight Lonely Princess"; the UK Parlophone release (46043) lists "Good Night Princess"; the 1993 reissue lists "Goodnight Princess" |
1993 bonus tracks
CD Track | Cassette Track | LP Track | Title | CD Time | LP Time | Notes |
16 | – | – | "No More Lonely Nights (extended version)" | 8:11 | – | "No More Lonely Nights (extended version)" incorrectly listed as 6:56 in CD booklet and on the CD label. "No More Lonely Nights (special dance mix)" is also titled "No More Lonely Nights (special dance edit) on some 1984 single releases to contrast with a longer "special dance mix" released the same year |
17 | – | – | "No More Lonely Nights (special dance mix)" | 4:21 | – |
Due to the length of the recording, the 1984 LP omits "So Bad" and "Goodnight Princess", edits out about six minutes of "Eleanor's Dream", and also sections of "Good Day Sunshine", "Wanderlust" and "No More Lonely Nights (playout version)".
On the back of the LP cover, a remark alerts the listener:
Track lengths on album notes do not include spoken sections between songs and so do not match CD timings. On the list above, these sections are included at the beginning of each track, as on the 1984 release, while on the remastered 1993 CD (listed above) they are mostly included at the end of the tracks.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [23] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Japan (Oricon Charts) | — | 164,000 [12] |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [24] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [25] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [26] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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