I Lie Around

"I Lie Around"
"I Lie Around"
Single by Paul McCartney and Wings
A-side	"Live and Let Die"
Released	1 June 1973
Recorded	1970-1972
Genre	Rock
Length	4:59
Label	Apple
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney; Linda McCartney;
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney and Wings singles chronology

"I Lie Around" is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings that was released as the B-side to the "Live and Let Die" single in 1973. The first two verses are sung by Wings guitarist Denny Laine, Paul McCartney sings the third verse.

Recording[]

The song was recorded in the fall of 1970 at Columbia Studios in New York, during sessions for Ram. Early mixes had Paul McCartney singing vocals on the entire song.^[1]

Personnel[]

Paul McCartney - vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano, electric piano, celeste, Moog, Mellotron
Denny Laine - vocals, acoustic guitar
Denny Seiwell - drums, backing vocals
Linda McCartney - backing vocals
Henry McCullough - possible electric guitar, backing vocals
Hugh McCracken - possible electric guitar
? - horns

Later release[]

Although the song was not placed on an album when it was initially released, it was included as a bonus track on the CD release of Paul McCartney and Wings' 1973 studio album, Red Rose Speedway, when that work became available on compact disc in 1987. It was also included as a bonus track on the remastered version of Red Rose Speedway that was re-released on CD in 1993 as a part of The Paul McCartney Collection, as well as the 2018 Red Rose Speedway (Archive Collection).

References[]

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2018-05-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2018-05-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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