Ever Present Past

"Ever Present Past"
"Ever Present Past"
Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Memory Almost Full
B-side	"House of Wax (live at Amoeba Music)" (7" only); "Only Mama Knows (live at Amoeba Music)" (CD only);
Released	15 May 2007 (US); 5 November 2007 (UK)
Recorded	October 2003 – February 2007
Genre	Rock
Length	2:59
Label	MPL, Hear Music
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney
Producer(s)	David Kahne
Paul McCartney singles chronology
Memory Almost Full track listing
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"Ever Present Past" is a song by Paul McCartney and is the second track on his 2007 album Memory Almost Full. The song was also released as the first single from that album in the United States on 15 May 2007. The video for the song was premiered on 1 October 2007. McCartney played all the instruments on the song.^[1]

The song was released as the second British single from Memory Almost Full on 5 November 2007 and debuted a week later at #85 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2007 in British music).^[2] The single package included a unique "cut out and make your own mobius strip" insert.

The song was used in promotions for the premiere of Private Practice on ABC in Fall 2007.

Music video[]

The video was directed by British director Phil Griffin. McCartney enters an elegant hall, where a group of black-dressed and very similar female dancers walk around. He meets his doppelgänger, who starts dancing with the others while singing the song. The two McCartneys meet up two more times. At the end, McCartney is left alone in the middle of the room, bends on his knee and fades away slowly. This and the presence of the doppelgänger have been interpreted^[3] as contemporary references to the Paul is dead urban legend.

Personnel[]

Personnel per Andrew Grant Jackson^[4]

Paul McCartney - electric guitar w/ tone pedal Vox AC30, bass, harpsichord, flugelhorn, acoustic guitar, clavioline

Track listings[]

UK 7" (723 0621)

"Ever Present Past" - 2:59
"House of Wax" (Live) - 5:18
- Recorded at Amoeba Music Los Angeles, 27 June 2007

UK CD (723 0620)

"Ever Present Past" - 2:59
"Only Mama Knows" (Live) - 3:49
- Recorded at Amoeba Music Los Angeles, 27 June 2007
"Dance Tonight" (Live) - 3:15
- Recorded at Amoeba Music Los Angeles, 27 June 2007

iTunes download

"Ever Present Past" - 2:57
"Only Mama Knows" (Live) - 3:45
- Recorded at Amoeba Music Los Angeles, 27 June 2007
"That Was Me" (Live) - 3:05
- Recorded at Amoeba Music Los Angeles, 27 June 2007

Chart performance[]

"Ever Present Past" debuted the week ending 6 June 2007 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart at #10^[5] and the Pop 100 chart at #93.^[6] A week later as Memory Almost Full debuted at #3 in the Billboard 200, the song debuted at #27 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart, mirroring the placement of McCartney's 2006 single "This Never Happened Before", ultimately reaching #16 on that chart.^[6] The video (currently posted on YouTube) has received over a million views. The song also reached #42 in Japan, #1 in Russia,^[7] #29 in Scotland,^[8] #48 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart,^[9] #16 on the US Adult Alternative Songs chart^[10] and #25 on the UK Physical Singles Chart.^[11]

Notes[]

^ Memory Almost Full (Booklet). Paul McCartney. Hear Music. 2007.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "The Official UK Charts Company: Top 100 Singles Chart". UK Singles Chart. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
^ "Michael Harbidge's Officially Pronounced Dead? website - Paul McCartney "clues"". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
^ Jackson, Andrew (2012). Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of The Beatles' Solo Careers. Scarecrow Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-8108-8222-5.
^ (in Japanese) 【全米】アルバム売上枚数＆最新順位スレ【全英】9
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b
References for chart positions:
- "Paul McCartney: Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
^ https://tophit.ru/ru/search?str=paul+mccartney
^ https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20071111/41/
^ https://www.billboard.com/music/paul-mccartney/chart-history/CAC
^ "Paul McCartney AAA Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
^ https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20071111/1/

External links[]

Music video on YouTube
New Paul McCartney single to air on Friday at The Rock Radio.

[1] Memory Almost Full (Booklet). Paul McCartney. Hear Music. 2007.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[UK_charts-2] "The Official UK Charts Company: Top 100 Singles Chart". UK Singles Chart. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-11-14.

[3] "Michael Harbidge's Officially Pronounced Dead? website - Paul McCartney "clues"". Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-07-29.

[4] Jackson, Andrew (2012). Still the Greatest: The Essential Songs of The Beatles' Solo Careers. Scarecrow Press. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-8108-8222-5.

[5] (in Japanese) 【全米】アルバム売上枚数＆最新順位スレ【全英】9

[charts-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b References for chart positions:
"Paul McCartney: Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-05-31.

[7] "Paul McCartney: Artist Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-05-31.

[7] ttps://tophit.ru/ru/search?str=paul+mccartney

[8] ttps://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20071111/41/

[9] ttps://www.billboard.com/music/paul-mccartney/chart-history/CAC

[10] "Paul McCartney AAA Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-03-15.

[11] ttps://www.officialcharts.com/charts/physical-singles-chart/20071111/1/

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1970s	"Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (with Linda McCartney) "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" / "Too Many People" (with Linda McCartney) "The Back Seat of My Car" / "Heart of the Country" (with Linda McCartney) "Eat at Home" / "Smile Away" (with Linda McCartney) "Wonderful Christmastime"
1980s	"Coming Up" "Waterfalls" "Temporary Secretary" "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder) "Take It Away" "Tug of War" "The Girl Is Mine" (with Michael Jackson) "Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson) "Pipes of Peace"/""So Bad" "No More Lonely Nights" "We All Stand Together" "Spies Like Us" "Press" "Pretty Little Head" "Stranglehold" "Only Love Remains" "Once Upon a Long Ago" "Ferry Cross the Mersey" "My Brave Face" / "Flying to My Home" "This One" "Figure of Eight"
1990s	"Put It There" / "Mama's Little Girl" "Birthday" (live) / "Good Day Sunshine" (live) "All My Trials" (live) "Hope of Deliverance" "C'Mon People" "Off the Ground" "Biker Like an Icon" / "Things We Said Today" "A Leaf" (with Anya Alexeyev) "Come Together" (The Smokin' Mojo Filters) "Young Boy" "The World Tonight" "Beautiful Night" "No Other Baby" / "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" "Run Devil Run" (promo)
2000s	"From a Lover to a Friend" "Freedom" / "From a Lover to a Friend" "Hello Goodbye" (promo) "Tropic Island Hum" / "We All Stand Together" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with U2) "Fine Line" "Jenny Wren" "Really Love You" (Twin Freaks) "This Never Happened Before" (promo) "Dance Tonight" / "Nod Your Head" "Ever Present Past" "Heal the Pain" (with George Michael) "Sing the Changes" (The Fireman) "Walk with You" (with Ringo Starr)
2010s	"(I Want to) Come Home" "My Valentine" "Only Our Hearts" Christmas Kisses: "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" / "Wonderful Christmastime" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (The Justice Collective) "New" "Queenie Eye" "Only One" (with Kanye West) "FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna & Kanye West) "All Day" (with Kanye West) "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" (with Timo Maas & James Teej) "I Don't Know" / "Come On to Me" "Fuh You" "Who Cares" "Get Enough"
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