"Rupert and the Frog Song Rupert and the Frog Song is a 1984 animated film based on the comic strip character Rupert Bear, written and produced by Paul McCartney and directed by Geoff Dunbar. The making of ""Rupert and the Frog Song"" began in 1981 and ended in 1983. The film was released theatrically as an accompaniment to McCartney's feature film ""Give My Regards to Broad Street"". The song ""We All Stand Together"" from the film's soundtrack reached No. 3 when released in the UK Singles Chart. It was released in 2004 as one of the segments of """". Rupert"
"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 ""Give My Regards to Broad Street"" feature. 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. Due to the length of"
"with McManus include: We All Stand Together ""We All Stand Together"" (sometimes referred to as the Frog Song or the Frog Chorus) is a song by Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus. ""We All Stand Together"" is from the animated film ""Rupert and the Frog Song"" and reached number three in the UK Singles Chart in 1984. The ""Frog Chorus"" backing on the song was provided by the King's Singers choral group and the choir of St Paul's Cathedral. The 'flute playing frog' was Elena Durán. The B-side of the single contains a ""Humming Version"" of the song performed by"
"Tripping the Live Fantastic Tripping the Live Fantastic is Paul McCartney's first official solo live album and his first release of concert material since Wings' 1976 ""Wings over America"" live package. It was released in 1990 as triple LP, double cassette and double CD. ""Tripping the Live Fantastic"" reached number 17 in the UK and number 26 in the US. It was also simultaneously released in an abridged form, entitled ""Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!"" A document of the highly successful The Paul McCartney World Tour, ""Tripping the Live Fantastic"" encompasses McCartney's entire musical career from his Beatles hits to"
"called ""Rupert and the Frog Song""; McCartney was the writer and producer, and he also added some of the character voices. His song ""We All Stand Together"" from the film's soundtrack reached No. 3 in the UK Singles Chart. In 1992, he worked with Dunbar on an animated film about the work of French artist Honoré Daumier, which won them a BAFTA award. In 2004, they worked together on the animated short film ""Tropic Island Hum"". The accompanying single, ""Tropic Island Hum""/""We All Stand Together"", reached number 21 in the UK. McCartney also produced and hosted ""The Real Buddy Holly"
"numbered run in 1991, ""Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)""—with artwork that recalls ""Снова в СССР""'s—was reissued in a more permanent fashion in the late 1990s. Upon its original issue, it reached number 7 in the UK and became McCartney's highest-peaking US album in almost ten years, reaching number 14. Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) is a live unplugged performance by Paul McCartney, recorded and released in 1991. Following the vastness of his world tour recently captured on ""Tripping the Live Fantastic"", McCartney relished the opportunity to strip back his songs and appear on the newly launched acoustic-only show"
"covered by: Eight Days a Week ""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. The song was released in the United Kingdom in December 1964 on the album ""Beatles for Sale"". In the United States, it was first issued as a single in February 1965 before appearing on the North American release ""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."
"Not True"", ""Tough on a Tightrope"", ""Write Away"" and ""Move Over Busker"", according to his recollections included in the book ""Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969–2013)"". The album was not finished until the end of 1985, by which time only one song would see release from its sessions – the title track to the film ""Spies Like Us"", joined by Phil Ramone in the producer's chair. ""Spies Like Us"", a non-album single backed by Wings' 1975 recording ""My Carnival"", was a US top 10 hit. The album's cover features Paul McCartney and his then-wife, Linda McCartney. The album cover's photograph was"
"in many countries. ""Tug of War"" followed in April, and similarly became a worldwide number one. The follow-up single, ""Take It Away"", reached the top ten in the United States. The album went on to sell several million copies and did much to restore McCartney's critical reputation after what was viewed as a lean period for him. ""Tug of War"" was nominated for the ""Album of the Year"" Grammy in 1983. The album was issued in the US on compact disc on 29 February 1984. In 1993, ""Tug of War"" was remastered and re-issued on CD as part of ""The"
"The Paul McCartney Collection The Paul McCartney Collection is a series of 16 remastered CDs by Paul McCartney of his solo and Wings albums, with most adding bonus tracks. The albums in the collection were released separately, with the first eight released on 7 June 1993, and the remainder on 9 August of the same year. The first half comprised albums from ""McCartney"" (1970) to ""London Town"" (1978), and the second half ""Wings Greatest"" (1978) to ""Flowers in the Dirt"" (1989). The re-issues did not include McCartney's most recent studio album, ""Off the Ground"", released in February 1993, and were"
"Frog Chorus"", with reference to McCartney's 1984 children's song, ""We All Stand Together"", and adds: ""its clunking glam evokes those horrible 70s TV shows where DJs drool over dollybirds in hotpants."" In December 1999, while promoting his album ""I Wanna Be Santa Claus"", Starr hosted a Christmas-themed radio show for New York's MJI Broadcasting, during which he featured ""Ding Dong"" along with the singles by Lennon and McCartney, as well as seasonal recordings by Spector and by a selection of Motown artists. Japanese act Hi Limits & Kenichi Kurusawa covered the song on East West Records' ""Gentle Guitar Dreams"" Harrison"
"world concert tour. A version recorded in Rotterdam on 10 November 1989 appeared on the live album from the tour, ""Tripping the Live Fantastic"". The official music video for the song was directed by Andy Morahan. This song was released as a 7"" single, a 12"" maxi-single, and a CD single. Figure of Eight (song) ""Figure of Eight"" is a song from Paul McCartney's 1989 album, ""Flowers in the Dirt"". After the completion of the album, McCartney recorded a new version for single release, using his newly formed touring band. The single version is unusual in running nearly two minutes"
"Figure of Eight (song) ""Figure of Eight"" is a song from Paul McCartney's 1989 album, ""Flowers in the Dirt"". After the completion of the album, McCartney recorded a new version for single release, using his newly formed touring band. The single version is unusual in running nearly two minutes longer than the album version, rather than following the typical radio edit pattern of shortening the track for single release. Despite this quirk, the single reached number 42 on the UK singles chart and number 92 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. ""Figure of Eight"" was the opening song throughout McCartney's 1989–1990"
"Eight Days a Week ""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. The song was released in the United Kingdom in December 1964 on the album ""Beatles for Sale"". In the United States, it was first issued as a single in February 1965 before appearing on the North American release ""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"
"Flowers in the Dirt Flowers in the Dirt is the eighth studio solo album by Paul McCartney. The album was released on 5 June 1989 on Parlophone, as he was embarking on his first world tour since the Wings Over the World tour in 1975–76. It was considered a major return to form, and earned McCartney some of the best reviews he had received in years. The album made number 1 in the United Kingdom and Norway and produced several hit singles (the first being ""My Brave Face""). The album was reissued in an expanded form in March 2017, with"
"My Trials"" single, comprising ""Strawberry Fields Forever"", ""Help!"" and ""Give Peace a Chance"". Another VHS film was released, titled ""Paul McCartney: Put It There."" The film featured McCartney and his band rehearsing for the tour. All songs by Paul McCartney, except where noted. Tripping the Live Fantastic Tripping the Live Fantastic is Paul McCartney's first official solo live album and his first release of concert material since Wings' 1976 ""Wings over America"" live package. It was released in 1990 as triple LP, double cassette and double CD. ""Tripping the Live Fantastic"" reached number 17 in the UK and number 26"
"the best Beatles songs. A few days before the recording session in 11 February 1968, Paul McCartney had played drums on a Paul Jones rocker called ""The Dog Presides"", which had featured barking sound effects. During the Beatles recording, McCartney started to bark without warning. The next lines, initially written as ""Hey bullfrog"" by Lennon, were changed mid-song to ""Hey bulldog"", which would become the song's title. Geoff Emerick, the Beatles' engineer, would subsequently claim that this was the last song the band recorded that featured a team dynamic, with enthusiasm from every member. He also praised the performance in"
"have covered his Beatles song ""Yesterday"", making it one of the most covered songs in popular music history. Wings' 1977 release ""Mull of Kintyre"" is one of the all-time best-selling singles in the UK. A two-time inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Beatles in 1988, and as a solo artist in 1999), and an 18-time Grammy Award winner, McCartney has written, or co-written, 32 songs that have reached number one on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and he had 25.5 million RIAA-certified units in the United States. McCartney, Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo"
"it, Paul McCartney was reported to say: In addition to their studio recording of the song, the Beatles recorded ""Long Tall Sally"" for BBC radio broadcasts on seven occasions during 1963 and 1964. Two of these versions have been officially released, on the compilation albums ""Live at the BBC"" (1994) and ""On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2"" (2013). In addition, a live recording from the 1964 television special ""Around the Beatles"" was included on the ""Anthology 1"" compilation (1995). The live album ""The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl"" (1977) includes a 1964 concert recording of the song."
"double LP. It appeared between two other songs with animal names in their titles – ""Blackbird"" and ""Rocky Raccoon"".<ref name=""Gerard/PM""></ref> The animal-themed sequencing was a deliberate decision on the part of Lennon and McCartney,<ref name=""Fontenot/About""></ref> who prepared the running order of the album's 30 tracks, with Martin, after Harrison had left for Los Angeles to work with Apple signing Jackie Lomax. According to author Mark Hertsgaard, ""Piggies"" ""[kept] the Beatles' countercultural flame alive"", as the song was embraced as an anti-authoritarian anthem by the counterculture, following a year of protests and civil unrest in many Western countries. Among many such"
"Number One. (Elvis Presley's double-sided hit ""Don't Be Cruel/ Hound Dog,"" then recognized as the longest-running Number One of the rock era, spent eleven weeks atop the Billboard Best Sellers chart in 1956, before the 1958 debut of the Hot 100. The previous Hot 100 record was held by Percy Faith's recording of ""Theme from ""A Summer Place"""" (1960) and The Beatles's ""Hey Jude"" (1968), both of which remained at #1 for nine weeks.) The ten-week record was matched in 1982 by Olivia Newton-John's ""Physical,"" but never surpassed until a 1991 change in chart methodology allowed songs to achieve longer"
"turned up on CD-single B-sides including the McCartney/Stewart song ""Don't Break the Promise"". The album was produced by Sergeant M Records, but was never officially released, although some versions of the album has surfaced on CD bootlegs over the years. Paul McCartney otherwise played all other instruments. The producer of the album was Phil Ramone. All songs written by Paul McCartney, except where noted. Return to Pepperland Return to Pepperland is a cancelled Paul McCartney album recorded in 1984–1987. The album was built up of mostly home demos and was a reflection of work from McCartney's career as a member"
"many references to Beatles songs, such as ""Strawberry Fields Forever,"" ""Penny Lane"", ""Paperback Writer"", ""A Day in the Life"", ""Eleanor Rigby"", ""Revolution"", and ""Helter Skelter"". ""Free as a Bird"" won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and was the Beatles' 34th Top 10 single in the United States. The song secured the group at least one Top 40 hit in four different decades. McCartney, Harrison and Starr originally intended to record some incidental background music, as a trio, for the ""Anthology"" project, but later realised, according to Starr, that they wanted"
"Flaming Pie Flaming Pie is the tenth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, first released in 1997. His first studio album in over four years, it was mostly recorded after McCartney's involvement in the highly successful ""Beatles Anthology"" project. The album was recorded in several locations over two years, 1995 and 1997, featuring two songs dating from 1992. The album featured several of McCartney's family members and friends, most notably McCartney's son, James McCartney. In ""Flaming Pie""'s liner notes, McCartney said: """"[The Beatles Anthology]"" reminded me of The Beatles' standards and the standards that we reached with the songs. So"
"its 10 weeks there. On November 12, 1984, it was awarded with Silver certification for sales of 60,000 units as well as Gold certification for sales of 100,000 units in the UK by the British Phonographic Industry. All titles arranged and adapted by Tony Hiller & Nicky Graham; all lyrics by Hiller & Graham; original concept by Hiller. From the liner notes for the original album: All tracks feature the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra led by Raymond Cohen except ""Another Winter's Day"" featuring Stuart Calvert on piano and ""Vino de Amor"" featuring Carmelo Luggeri and Terry Taylor on guitars. John McCarthy"
"to his farm in Scotland to begin some private recordings in July 1979. ""Check My Machine"" samples dialogue from the 1957 Tweety and Sylvester cartoon ""Tweet Zoo"". By sessions' end, he had recorded over 20 songs. With no immediate use for the recordings, he put them aside for the time being and returned to work with Wings to prepare for a UK tour that November and December. Simultaneously with the performances (which included the new ""Coming Up""), McCartney released his first solo single since 1971, the Christmas-themed ""Wonderful Christmastime"", backed with ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reggae"", which charted at No. 6"
"weeks at the start of 1968 and remained in the top 200 until 8 February 1969. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1969. In Britain, the EP peaked at number 2 on the national singles chart, behind ""Hello, Goodbye"", and became the Beatles' ninth release to top the national EP chart compiled by ""Record Retailer"". In the UK singles listings compiled by ""Melody Maker"" magazine, it replaced ""Hello, Goodbye"" at number 1 for a week. The 2012 remastered ""Magical Mystery Tour"" DVD entered the ""Billboard"" Top Music Video chart at number 1. The"
"chorus. Since the track was over seven minutes long, an edited version was used as the single, with the full version available as a 12-inch single. A music video was made for the song, showing Wings performing in 1930s costumes; stills from the video were used on the single's sleeve. In the US, the single was the first released under McCartney's new deal with Columbia Records. The track did not appear on Wings' then-current album ""Back to the Egg"" (from which sessions this song was recorded); it was later included on the McCartney compilations ""All the Best!"" (1987), """" (2001)"
"the concert setlist. The album was first issued on compact disc by Columbia Records in 1984, although early pressings were pressed in Japan by CSR Compact Disc, which was etched in the inner ring. In 1993, ""Venus and Mars"" was remastered and reissued on CD as part of ""The Paul McCartney Collection"" series with ""Zoo Gang"" (a UK television theme that was the UK B-side of ""Band on the Run"" in 1974), ""Lunch Box/Odd Sox"" (B-side of ""Coming Up"" in 1980) and ""My Carnival"" (""Spies Like Us""' B-side in 1985) as bonus tracks. In 2007, the album was reissued in"
"gold record. The song's run on the charts coincided with the 13 October 1963 performance of the group on ""Sunday Night at the London Palladium"" and the emergence of full-blown Beatlemania in the United Kingdom. It was the best-selling single of 1963, and is the Beatles' all-time best-selling single in the UK. It was the best-selling single of any artist in the UK for 14 years until it was surpassed by ""Mull of Kintyre"" by Wings (written by McCartney and Denny Laine). As of November 2012, it is the eighth best-selling single of all time by any artist in the"
"the U.S. in nineteen and a half years, the longest span for the group between Top 10 hits since first charting in America in 1964. According to Ian MacDonald: All songs written by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, except where noted. Free as a Bird ""Free as a Bird"" is a song originally composed and recorded in 1977 as a home demo by John Lennon. In 1995, a studio version of the recording, incorporating contributions from Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, was released as a single by the Beatles. It was released 25 years"
"Temporary Secretary ""Temporary Secretary"" is a song by Paul McCartney, featured on his 1980 album ""McCartney II"". In 2013, ""Rolling Stone"" ranked it the #36 all-time McCartney post-Beatles song, calling it a ""cult favorite"" and an ""oddly catchy electro-pop nugget, about a slightly creepy-sounding guy looking to hire a temp."" In 2014, ""Temporary Secretary"" was ranked as one of the greatest songs of all time by critics of ""NME"" magazine. They described it as ""wonky electropop that didn't sound so much ahead of its time as out of it altogether."" McCartney later said that he had had temporary secretaries, and"
"The Paul McCartney World Tour The Paul McCartney World Tour was a worldwide concert tour by Paul McCartney during 1989 and 1990. It was McCartney's first major tour outing in ten years, since Wings UK Tour 1979, and his first appearances in North America in thirteen years, since the 1976 Wings Over America Tour. It was also his first tour under his name. While the tour coincided with the release of his ""Flowers in the Dirt"" album, it was thematically more about his finally embracing his Beatles past, including for the first time, in any of his tours, a substantial"