Paul McCartney discography
| Paul McCartney discography | |
|---|---|
 Performing in São Paulo, Brazil in 2019 | |
| Studio albums | 26 |
| Live albums | 9 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Video albums | 37 |
| Music videos | 79 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 111 |
| Classical albums | 7 |
| Electronica albums | 5 |
| Box sets | 17 |
The discography of English musician Paul McCartney consists of 26 studio albums, four compilation albums, nine live albums, 37 video albums, two extended plays, 111 singles, seven classical albums, five electronica albums, 17 box sets, and 79 music videos. Before his career as a solo artist, McCartney enjoyed success as a member of the rock band the Beatles. After their break-up in 1970, McCartney released his eponymous debut album McCartney, the 1971 single "Another Day" and Ram with wife Linda McCartney, all of which were commercial successes,[1] with the latter being supported by his first number one single "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey".[2] After Ram, the duo formed Wings and recorded music until 1981.
In 2012, McCartney was ranked eleventh best selling singles artist in United Kingdom with 10.2 million singles sold.[3]
Albums[]
Solo and Wings[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUS [5][6] |
BEL [7][8] |
FRA [9][10] |
GER [11] |
JPN [12][13] |
NLD [14][15] |
NOR [16] |
NZ [17] |
SWE [18] |
SWI [19][20] |
US [21] | |||
| McCartney |
|
2 | 3 | — | 4 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | |
| Ram (Paul and Linda McCartney) |
|
1 | 3 | 75 [nb 1] |
8 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | |
| Wild Life (Wings) |
|
11 | 3 | 117 [nb 2] |
— | 47 | 15 | 6 | 4 | — | 3 | 88 [nb 3] |
10 | |
| Red Rose Speedway (Paul McCartney and Wings) |
|
5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 56 | 13 | 6 | 4 | — | 2 | 89 [nb 4] |
1 | |
| Band on the Run (Paul McCartney and Wings) |
|
1 | 1 | 4 | — | 15 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 5 | — | 1 | |
| Venus and Mars (Wings) |
|
1 | 2 | 84 [nb 5] |
1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | |
| Wings at the Speed of Sound (Wings) |
|
2 | 2 | 72 [nb 6] |
1 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | — | 1 | |
| London Town (Wings) |
|
4 | 3 | — | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | |
| Back to the Egg (Wings) |
|
6 | 3 | — | 11 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 5 | — | 8 | |
| McCartney II |
|
1 | 6 | — | 2 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | 3 | |
| Tug of War |
|
1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Pipes of Peace |
|
4 | 9 | 63 [nb 7] |
13 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 12 | 15 | |
| Give My Regards to Broad Street (soundtrack album) |
|
1 | 10 | — | — | 25 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 25 | 9 | — | 21 | |
| Press to Play |
|
8 | 22 | — | — | 30 | 11 | 21 | 8 | — | 17 | 28 | 30 |
|
| Снова в СССР (covers album) |
|
63 | — | — | — | — | 48 | 56 | — | — | — | — | 109 | |
| Flowers in the Dirt |
|
1 | 18 | 54 [nb 8] |
8 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 1 | — | 2 | 13 | 21 | |
| Off the Ground |
|
5 | 8 | — | 15 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 17 | |
| Flaming Pie |
|
2 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 2 | |
| Run Devil Run (covers album) |
|
12 | — | 44 | 55 | 21 | 30 | 53 | 12 | — | 23 | 36 | 27 |
|
| Driving Rain |
|
46 | — | — | 33 | 23 | 27 | 76 | 18 | — | 19 | — | 26 | |
| Chaos and Creation in the Backyard |
|
10 | 33 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 8 | — | 3 | 9 | 6 | |
| Memory Almost Full |
|
5 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 20 | 3 | |
| Kisses on the Bottom (covers album) |
|
3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
|
| New |
|
3 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 3 | |
| Egypt Station |
|
3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
| McCartney III |
|
1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Classical[]
| Title | Album details | UK [4] |
US [21] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio (with Carl Davis) |
|
— | 177 |
| Standing Stone |
|
— | 194 |
| Working Classical |
|
— | — |
| Ecce Cor Meum |
|
141 | — |
| Ocean's Kingdom |
|
— | 143 |
Other albums[]
| Title | Album | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
BEL [46] |
FRA [9][47] |
JPN [12][13] |
NLD [48] |
SPA [49] |
SWI [50] |
US [21] | ||
| The Family Way (by the George Martin Orchestra) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thrillington (Percy "Thrills" Thrillington) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | 100 | — | — |
| Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest (The Fireman) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rushes (The Fireman) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Liverpool Sound Collage (ambient electronic album, also credited to the Beatles, Super Furry Animals and Youth) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Twin Freaks (with The Freelance Hellraiser) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Electric Arguments (The Fireman) |
|
79 | 78 | — | — | 66 | — | 88 | — |
| McCartney III Imagined (Paul McCartney & various artists) |
23 July 2021 (physical)
|
13 | — | 104 | 28 | — | 46 | — | 19 |
Live[]
| Title | Album | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| UK [4] |
BEL [7][8] |
GER [51] |
JPN [12][13] |
NLD [14][15] |
NOR [52][16] |
NZ [53][17] |
SWE [54][18] |
SWI [20] |
US [21] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wings over America (Wings) |
|
8 | 68 [nb 9] |
9 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tripping the Live Fantastic |
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17 | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 |
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| Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights! |
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— | — | 28 | — | 35 | 18 | 21 | 27 | 27 | 141 |
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| Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) |
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7 | — | — | 24 | 42 | 13 | — | 20 | 39 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Is Live |
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34 | — | 44 | 16 | 60 | — | — | 23 | — | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Back in the U.S. |
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— | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Back in the World Live |
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5 | 4 | 10 | 196 | 16 | — | — | 12 | 68 | — |
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| Good Evening New York City |
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28 | 76 | 54 | 18 | 21 | 8 | — | 29 | — | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amoeba Gig |
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82 | 149 | 28 | 24 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compilations[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUS [5][6] |
AUT [56] |
BEL [8] |
GER [51] |
JPN [12] |
NLD [14][15] |
NOR [52][16] |
NZ [53][17] |
SWE [54][18] |
SWI [20] |
US [21] | |||
| Wings Greatest (Wings) |
|
5 | 8 | — | — | 18 | 24 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 32 | — | 29 | |
| All the Best! |
|
2 | 8 | 23 | — | 9 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 62 | |
| Wingspan: Hits and History |
|
5 | 14 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 13 | 49 | — | 2 | |
| Pure McCartney |
|
3 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 15 | 50 | 25 | 15 |
|
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||||
Box sets[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUT [56] |
GER [51] |
JPN [12] |
NLD [14][15] |
NOR [52][16] |
SWE [54][18] |
US [21] | ||||||
| The Paul McCartney Collection |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Band on the Run – Archive Collection Special/Deluxe Edition |
|
17 | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | 29[A] | ||||
| McCartney – Archive Collection Deluxe Edition |
|
88 | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | 50 | ||||
| McCartney II – Archive Collection Deluxe Edition |
|
108 | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | 82[B] | ||||
| Ram – Archive Collection Deluxe Edition |
|
41 | 52 | 29 | 14 | — | 19 | 35 | 24 | ||||
| Wings over America – Archive Collection Deluxe Edition |
|
36 | 54 | 28 | 14 | — | — | 34 | 22[C] | ||||
| Venus and Mars – Archive Collection Deluxe Edition |
|
49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | ||||
| Wings at the Speed of Sound – Archive Collection Deluxe Edition |
|
64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | ||||
| New – Collector's Edition |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Tug of War – Archive Collection Deluxe/Super Deluxe Edition |
|
47 | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | 56 | ||||
| Pipes of Peace – Archive Collection Deluxe Edition |
|
56 | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | 70 | ||||
| Pure McCartney – Deluxe Edition |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Flowers in the Dirt – Archive Collection Deluxe Edition |
|
41 | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | 33 | ||||
| Red Rose Speedway – Archive Collection Deluxe Edition |
|
82 | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | 149 | ||||
| Wild Life – Archive Collection Deluxe Edition |
|
— | — | 64 | — | — | — | — | 199 | ||||
| Wings 1971–73 – Archive Collection (Paul McCartney and Wings) |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Flaming Pie – Archive Collection Deluxe/Collector's Edition |
|
14 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | 74 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||||||||
- Notes
Promotional and limited release[]
| Year | Album | Notes | US [21] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | The McCartney Interview | Commercially released interview album containing McCartney's interview with Musician magazine. | 158 |
| 1990 | Paul McCartney Rocks | A US promotional-only compilation released by Capitol Records in 1990 during McCartney's American tour for Flowers in the Dirt which was designed to promote the uptempo songs in McCartney's solo catalog. Includes the UK B-sides "I Wanna Cry" and "Party Party" as well as the 7" remix of "Figure of Eight". | — |
| 1993 | The New World Sampler | Two disc set, contains All the Best! and the new compilation, New World Sampler. | — |
| 1997 | Oobu Joobu – Ecology | Tracks from program No. 5 of McCartney's radio series, included as a bonus disc with Flaming Pie only at Best Buy retail stores. | — |
| 2004 | Paul McCartney's Glastonbury Groove | A compilation of McCartney's favorite songs. | — |
| 2005 | Never Stop Doing What You Love | Compilation available through Fidelity Investments. | — |
| Paul: The US Tour Presented by Lexus | Two disc set, contains Chaos and Creation in the Backyard and the compilation Motor of Love. (While most of the tracks on Motor of Love have been previously released, the collection did include two new live recordings, "Drive My Car" recorded live at Super Bowl XXXIX and "The Long and Winding Road" recorded live in Anaheim, California in 2002.) The compilation was available through Lexus automobile dealerships. | — | |
| 2007 | iTunes Festival: London | Live EP released exclusively for the iTunes Store on 21 August 2007, featuring live performances from McCartney's 5 July 2007 London appearance. | 190 |
| Amoeba's Secret | Live EP that features tracks recorded during a secret performance at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, California, on 27 June 2007. The EP was first released in November 2007 in a limited vinyl edition, and in January 2009 on CD and download formats. | 119 | |
| 2010 | Live in Los Angeles | British and Irish album released exclusively for The Mail on Sunday newspaper on 10 January 2010, featuring live performances from McCartney's concert at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, California, on 27 June 2007. The album includes the four tracks previously available on the Amoeba's Secret EP ("Only Mama Knows", "C Moon", "That Was Me" and "I Saw Her Standing There") as well as eight other tracks ("Drive My Car", "Dance Tonight", "Black Bird", "Here Today", "Back in the U.S.S.R.", "Get Back", "Hey Jude" and "Lady Madonna"). | — |
| 2012 | iTunes Live from Capitol Studios | Released exclusively for the iTunes Store on 16 March 2012, recorded 10 February live (with video streamed to iTunes) from Capitol Studios in promotion of Kisses on the Bottom on the day he received his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. | — |
| Kisses on the Bottom – Complete Kisses | Released exclusively for the iTunes Store on 26 November 2012. | — |
Singles[]
1970s[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUS [5] |
BEL [59][60] |
CAN [61][62] |
GER [51] |
IRE [63] |
JPN [64] |
NLD [15] |
NZ [65] |
NOR [66] |
US [67] | |||||
| 1971 | "Another Day" b/w "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (with Linda McCartney) |
2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | non-album single | ||
| "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"[nb 10] b/w "Too Many People" (with Linda McCartney) |
— | 5 | — | 1 | 30 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
|
|
Ram | |
| "The Back Seat of My Car"[nb 11] b/w "Heart of the Country" (with Linda McCartney) |
39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Eat at Home"[nb 12] b/w "Smile Away" (with Linda McCartney) |
— | 21 | 13 | — | 28 | — | 50 | 7 | 7 | 8 | — | ||||
| 1972 | "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" b/w "Give Ireland Back to the Irish (instrumental version)" (Wings) |
16 | 18 | — | 46 | — | 1 | 31 | — | — | — | 21 | non-album single | ||
| "Mary Had a Little Lamb" "Little Woman Love" (Wings) |
9 | 17 | — | 41 | — | — | 41 | 13 | — | — | 28 | ||||
| "Hi, Hi, Hi" "C Moon" (Wings) |
5 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 16 | — | 26 | 6 | — | 4 | 10 | ||||
| 1973 | "My Love" b/w "The Mess" (Paul McCartney and Wings) |
9 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 43 | — | 39 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
|
|
Red Rose Speedway |
| "Live and Let Die" b/w "I Lie Around" (Paul McCartney and Wings) |
9 [nb 13] |
5 | 32 | 2 | 31 | 20 | 25 | 29 | — | 2 | 2 |
|
|
Live and Let Die | |
| "Helen Wheels" b/w "Country Dreamer" (Paul McCartney and Wings) |
12 | 17 | 36 | 4 | 33 | — | 56 | 23 | — | — | 10 | non-album single (UK & Europe) Band on the Run (US) | |||
| "Jet" b/w "Let Me Roll It" "Mamunia" (1st US pressings only) (Paul McCartney and Wings) |
7 | — | 26 43 |
5 | 6 | — | 39 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 7 | Band on the Run | |||
| "Mrs. Vandebilt"[nb 14] b/w "Bluebird" (Paul McCartney and Wings) |
— | 41 | 19 35 |
— | 33 | — | — | 7 | 9 | — | — | ||||
| 1974 | "Band on the Run" b/w "Zoo Gang" (UK) "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" (US) (Paul McCartney and Wings) |
3 | — | 21 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 58 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 |
|
||
| "Junior's Farm" b/w "Sally G" (Paul McCartney and Wings) |
16 | 12 | — | 10 61 |
— | — | 77 | — | — | 9 | 3 17 |
non-album single | |||
| "Walking in the Park with Eloise" b/w "Bridge On the River Suite" (Wings) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1975 | "Listen to What the Man Said" b/w "Love in Song" (Wings) |
6 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 42 | 4 | 46 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
|
|
Venus and Mars |
| "Letting Go" b/w "You Gave Me the Answer" (Wings) |
41 | 34 | — | 62 | — | — | 64 | — | — | — | 39 | ||||
| "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" b/w "Magneto and Titanium Man" (Wings) |
— | 34 | — | 12 | — | — | 99 | — | — | — | 12 | ||||
| 1976 | "Silly Love Songs" b/w "Cook of the House" (Wings) |
2 | 20 | — | 1 | 14 | 1 | 66 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 1 |
|
Wings at the Speed of Sound | |
| "Let 'Em In" b/w "Beware My Love" (Wings) |
2 | 65 | — | 3 | 29 | 2 | — | 25 | 13 | — | 3 |
|
|||
| 1977 | "Maybe I'm Amazed" (live) b/w "Soily" (Wings) |
28 | — | — | 9 | — | — | 61 | 40 | — | — | 10 | Wings over America | ||
| "Seaside Woman" b/w "B-side to Seaside" (Wings) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | non-album single | |||
| "Mull of Kintyre" "Girls' School" (Wings) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 44 34 |
1 | 1 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | ||||
| 1978 | "With a Little Luck" b/w "Backwards Traveler/Cuff-Link" (Wings) |
5 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 17 | 3 | — | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
|
London Town | |
| "I've Had Enough" b/w "Deliver Your Children" (Wings) |
42 | 99 | 27 | 24 | — | 11 | — | 13 9 |
— | — | 25 | ||||
| "London Town" b/w "I'm Carrying" (Wings) |
60 | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | ||||
| 1979 | "Goodnight Tonight" b/w "Daytime Nighttime Suffering" (Wings) |
5 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 34 | 9 | 77 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
|
non-album single | |
| "Old Siam, Sir"[nb 15] b/w "Spin It On" (Wings) |
35 | — | — | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | Back to the Egg | |||
| "Getting Closer" "Baby's Request" b/w "Spin It On" (US) (Wings) |
60 | 57 | 25 | 18 | — | 24 | — | 29 | — | — | 20 | ||||
| "Arrow Through Me"[nb 16] b/w "Old Siam, Sir" (Wings) |
— | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | ||||
| "Rockestra Theme"[nb 17] b/w "Old Siam, Sir" (Wings) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Wonderful Christmastime" b/w "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reggae" |
6 [nb 18] |
61 | 28 | 39 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 10 | — | 7 | 28 [nb 19] |
non-album single | |||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
1980s[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUS [5] |
BEL [60] |
CAN [61] |
GER [51] |
IRE [63] |
JPN [64] |
NLD [15] |
NZ [65] |
NOR [66] |
US [67] | |||||
| 1980 | "Coming Up" "Coming Up (Live at Glasgow)" (Wings) b/w "Lunchbox/Odd Sox" |
2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 66 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
|
McCartney II | |
| "Waterfalls" b/w "Check My Machine" |
9 | 31 | — | — | 55 | 4 | — | — | 15 | 9 | 106 | ||||
| "Temporary Secretary" b/w "Secret Friend" |
76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1982 | "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder) b/w "Rainclouds" "Ebony and Ivory (solo version)" |
1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Tug of War | ||
| "Take It Away" b/w "I'll Give You a Ring" "Dress Me Up as a Robber" |
15 | 18 | 28 | 17 | 46 | 26 | — | 43 | 30 | 7 | 10 | ||||
| "Tug of War" b/w "Get It" (with Carl Perkins) |
53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 53 | ||||
| "The Girl Is Mine" (with Michael Jackson) b/w "Can't Get Outta the Rain" |
8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 53 | 4 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
|
|
Thriller | |
| 1983 | "Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson) b/w "Ode to a Koala Bear" |
2 [nb 20] |
4 | 16 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | Pipes of Peace | ||
| "Pipes of Peace"[nb 21] b/w "So Bad" |
1 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 43 | 1 | — | 34 | — | — | — |
| |||
| "So Bad"[nb 22] b/w "Pipes of Peace" |
— | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 |
| |||
| 1984 | "No More Lonely Nights" b/w "Silly Love Songs" (remake) "No More Lonely Nights (playout version) |
2 | 9 | 28 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 84 | 33 | 19 | — | 6 |
|
|
Give My Regards to Broad Street |
| "We All Stand Together" b/w "We All Stand Together (humming version)" (with The Frog Chorus) |
3 [nb 23] |
— | 12 | — | 30 | 3 | — | 7 | — | — | — |
|
non-album single | ||
| "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (as part of Band Aid) (spoken message on B-side) |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| 1985 | "Spies Like Us" b/w "My Carnival" (Wings) "Spies Like Us (alternative mix)" (with Art of Noise) |
13 | 55 | 26 | 24 | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | 7 | |||
| 1986 | "Press" b/w "It's Not True" "Hanglide" |
25 | 47 | 17 | 43 | 53 | 15 | — | — | — | — | 21 | Press to Play | ||
| "Pretty Little Head" b/w "Write Away" "Angry" |
76 | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Stranglehold"[nb 24] b/w "Angry" |
— | — | — | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 81 | ||||
| "Only Love Remains" b/w "Tough on a Tightrope" "Talk More Talk" |
34 | — | — | 7 | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1987 | "Let It Be" b/w "Let It Be (the gospel jam mix)" "Let It Be (mega message mix)" (as part of Ferry Aid) |
1 | 28 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | — |
|
|
non-album single |
| "Once Upon a Long Ago"[nb 25] b/w "Back on My Feet" "Midnight Special" "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" "Kansas City" |
10 | 58 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 4 | — | 11 | — | — | — | All the Best! (UK/Canada pressings) | |||
| 1989 | "Ferry Cross the Mersey" (with the Christians, Holly Johnson, Gerry Marsden and Stock Aitken Waterman) b/w "Abide with Me" |
1 | 45 | 28 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 21 | — | 4 | — | non-album single | ||
| "My Brave Face" b/w "Flying to My Home" "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday" "Ain't That a Shame" |
18 | 30 | 16 | 17 | 29 | 6 | — | 15 | — | 4 | 25 | Flowers in the Dirt | |||
| "This One" b/w "The First Stone" "I Wanna Cry" "I'm In Love Again" "Good Sign" |
18 | — | 30 | 60 | 40 | 27 | — | 31 | — | — | 94 | ||||
| "Figure of Eight" b/w "Où Est le Soleil?" "Loveliest Thing" "Rough Ride" "The Long and Winding Road (remake)" |
42 | — | — | 75 | — | 25 | — | 42 | — | — | 92 | ||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
1990s[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUS [6] |
CAN [61] |
GER [51] |
IRE [63] |
JPN [64] |
NLD [15] |
NOR [66] |
POL [110] |
SWE [18] |
US [67] | ||||||
| 1990 | "Put It There" b/w "Mama's Little Girl" (Wings) "Same Time Next Year" |
32 | — | 9 | 60 | 17 | — | 82 | — | — | — | — | Flowers in the Dirt | |||
| "Birthday" (live) b/w "Good Day Sunshine" (live) "P.S. Love Me Do" (live) "Let 'Em In" (live) |
29 | — | — | 22 | — | 62 | 68 | — | — | — | — | Tripping the Live Fantastic | ||||
| "The Long and Winding Road" (live) b/w "Mull of Kintyre" (live) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 54 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "All My Trials"[nb 26] b/w "C Moon" (live) |
35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1992 | "Hope of Deliverance" b/w "Big Boys Bickering" "Long Leather Coat" "Kicked Around No More" |
18 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 88 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 83 |
|
|
Off the Ground | |
| 1993 | "C'Mon People" b/w "I Can't Imagine" "Keep Coming Back to Love" "Down to the River" "Deliverance" |
41 | — | 80 | 41 | — | 29 | — | — | 36 | — | — | ||||
| "Off the Ground" b/w "Cosmically Conscious" "Style Style" "Sweet Sweet Memories" "Soggy Noodle" |
— | — | 25 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Biker Like an Icon" b/w "Midnight Special" (live) "Things We Said Today" (live) |
— | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1995 | "A Leaf" (featuring Anya Alexeyev) |
156 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Working Classical | |||
| "Come Together (War Child)" (as part of the Smokin' Mojo Filters) |
19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | HELP | ||||
| 1997 | "Young Boy"[nb 27] b/w "Looking for You" "Broomstick" "Oobu Joobu (Parts 1 & 2)" |
19 | 60 | 28 | 55 | — | 62 | 53 | 19 | 28 | 41 | — | Flaming Pie | |||
| "The World Tonight" b/w "Used to Be Bad" "Really Love You" "Oobu Joobu (Parts 3 & 4)" |
23 | — | 14 | — | — | — | 68 | — | 40 | — | 64 | |||||
| "Beautiful Night"[nb 28] b/w "Love Come Tumbling Down" "Same Love" "Oobu Joobu (Parts 5 & 6)" |
25 | — | — | — | — | — | 75 | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1999 | "No Other Baby" "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" b/w "Fabulous" |
42 | — | — | — | — | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | Run Devil Run | |||
| "Vo!ce" (with Heather Mills) |
87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||||
2000s[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
BEL [60] |
CAN [113] |
GER [51] |
ITA [114] |
JPN [64] |
NLD [15] |
POL [115] |
SPA [116] |
SWE [18] |
US [67] | |||||
| 2001 | "From a Lover to a Friend" b/w "Riding into Jaipur" |
45 | — | 6 | — | — | 92 | 71 | — | — | — | — | Driving Rain | ||
| "Freedom" b/w "From A Lover To A Friend" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | 13 | 97 | ||||
| 2004 | "Tropic Island Hum" "We All Stand Together" (with The Frog Chorus) |
21 | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||
| "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (as part of Band Aid 20) b/w "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (1984) "Do They Know It's Christmas? (Live Aid)" |
1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 2 | — | ||||
| 2005 | "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (live) (with U2) |
— [nb 29] |
— | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | 48 | Live 8 | ||
| "Fine Line" b/w "Comfort of Love" "Growing Up Falling Down" |
20 | — | — | 70 | 19 | 112 | 28 | — | 20 | 46 | — | Chaos and Creation in the Backyard | |||
| "Jenny Wren" b/w "Summer of '59" "I Want You to Fly" "This Loving Game" |
22 | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | 40 | — | ||||
| 2007 | "Dance Tonight" b/w "Nod Your Head" |
26 [nb 30] |
24 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 69 | Memory Almost Full | ||
| "Ever Present Past" b/w "House of Wax" "Only Mama Knows" "That Was Me" |
85 | — | — | — | — | 42 | — | — | — | — | 110 | ||||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
2010s[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUS [6] |
BEL [60] |
CZE | FRA [122] |
IRE [63] |
JPN [64] |
MEX [123] |
NLD [15] |
POL [124] |
US [67] | |||||
| 2012 | "My Valentine" | 136 | — | 19 | 2 | — | — | 23 | — | 93 | 10 | — | Kisses on the Bottom | ||
| "Only Our Hearts" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (as part of The Justice Collective) |
1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 36 | — | — |
|
non-album single | ||
| 2013 | "Out of Sight" (with The Bloody Beetroots & Youth) |
— | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Hide | ||
| "New" | 105 | — | 12 | — | 134 | — | 4 | 25 | — | 32 | — | New | |||
| "Queenie Eye" | — | — | 55 | 2 | — | — | 42 | — | — | 32 | — | ||||
| 2014 | "Hope for the Future" | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49 | — | non-album single | ||
| "Only One" (with Kanye West) |
28 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 30 | 43 | 34 | 27 | 82 | — | 35 |
|
| ||
| 2015 | "FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna and Kanye West) |
3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | |||
| "All Day" (with Kanye West, Theophilus London and Allan Kingdom) |
18 | 42 | 37 | 100 | 28 | 52 | — | — | 93 | — | 15 | ||||
| 2018 | "I Don't Know" "Come On to Me" |
— [nb 31] |
— | 108 18 |
1 | 107 147 |
— | 26 | 42 | — | 32 | — | Egypt Station | ||
| "Fuh You" | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2019 | "Get Enough" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Egypt Station – Explorer's Edition | ||
| "Home Tonight" "In a Hurry" |
— | — | 27 | — | 51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | |||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
2020s[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN Air. [137] |
TWN [138] |
US AAA [139] |
BEL [140] |
NZ Hot [141] | ||||||
| 2020 | "Find My Way" | 10 | 7 | 31 | 109 | — | McCartney III | |||
| 2021 | "The Kiss of Venus" (with Dominic Fike) |
— | — | — | — | 31 | McCartney III Imagined | |||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||
Promotional and limited release singles[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Air. [142] |
BEL [60] |
JPN [64] |
MEX [123] |
POL |
RUS |
US AC [143] |
US AAA [139] |
US Dance [144] |
US Main. Rock | |||
| 1971 | "Bip Bop" (Wings) |
— | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Wild Life |
| 1989 | "Ou est le Soleil?" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | Flowers in the Dirt |
| 1990 | "We Got Married" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | |
| 1991 | "The World You're Coming into" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio |
| "Save the Child" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993 | "Transpiritual Stomp" (The Fireman) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest |
| 1998 | "Rushes" (The Fireman) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rushes |
| "Fluid (Nitin Sawhney Remixes)" (The Fireman) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "Run Devil Run" | — | — | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Run Devil Run |
| 2002 | "Your Loving Flame" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | — | Driving Rain |
| "Lonely Road" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | ||
| 2006 | "This Never Happened Before" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | Chaos and Creation in the Backyard |
| 2008 | "Sing the Changes" (The Fireman) |
— | — | — | — | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | Electric Arguments |
| "Heal the Pain" (with George Michael) |
— | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | Twenty Five | |
| 2010 | "(I Want to) Come Home" | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | non-album single |
| 2014 | "Save Us" | — | — | 84 | — | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | New |
| "Appreciate" | — | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Early Days" | — | — | 75 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2016 | "1985" (remix) (Wings with Timo Maas and DJ James Teej) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single |
| 2018 | "Who Cares" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Egypt Station |
| "Back in Brazil" | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Caesar Rock" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | "Nothing for Free" (remix) (with DJ Chris Holmes) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2021 | "Slidin'" (remix) (with EOB) |
9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | McCartney III Imagined |
| "Pretty Boys" (remix) (with Khruangbin) |
— | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Women and Wives" (remix) (with St. Vincent) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Deep Down" (remix) (with Blood Orange) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Seize the Day" (with Phoebe Bridgers) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Long Tailed Winter Bird" (remix) (with Damon Albarn) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Lavatory Lil" (with Josh Homme) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "When Winter Comes" (remix) (with Anderson .Paak) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Deep Deep Feeling" (remix) (with 3D RDN) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Long Tailed Winter Bird" (remix) (with Idris Elba) |
2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
Other charted songs[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
UK Sales [4] |
FRA [122] |
JPN [64] |
POL |
RUS |
US [67] |
US AC |
US Digital |
US Jazz |
US Main. Rock | |||||
| 1982 | "Ballroom Dancing" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | Tug of War | ||
| "Here Today" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | ||||
| "The Pound is Sinking" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | ||||
| 1986 | "Angry" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 44 | Press to Play | ||
| 1988 | "Children in Need" (with Spirit Of Play) |
72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||
| 1990 | "Hey Jude" (live) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | Knebworth – The Album | ||
| 2001 | "Vanilla Sky" | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Music from Vanilla Sky | ||
| "Driving Rain" | — | — | — | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Driving Rain | |||
| 2002 | "Hello, Goodbye" (live) | — | — | — | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Back in the U.S. | ||
| 2003 | "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (live) (with Eric Clapton) |
— | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Concert for George | ||
| 2005 | "Really Love You" (remix) b/w "Lalula" |
157 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Twin Freaks | ||
| "The Long and Winding Road" (live) | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 112 | — | 64 | — | — | Live 8 | |||
| 2009 | "Wonderful Christmastime" (with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots) |
— | — | — | — | — | 587 | — | — | — | — | — | non-album single | ||
| 2012 | "Cut Me Some Slack" (with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear) |
— | — | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sound City: Real to Reel | ||
| "The Christmas Song" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | Kisses on the Bottom | |||
| "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | ||||
| "Get Yourself Another Fool" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | ||||
| "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | ||||
| "Always" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | — | ||||
| "The Glory of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | ||||
| 2013 | "Everybody Out There" | — | — | — | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | New | ||
| "Wonderful Christmastime" (with Straight No Chaser) |
— | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | non-album single | |||
| 2015 | "Say Say Say" (remix) (with Michael Jackson) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — | Pure McCartney | ||
| "Love Song to the Earth" (as part of Friends of the Earth) |
— | 96 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | 36 | — | — | non-album single | |||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart, or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Videography[]
Home videos and television specials[]
| Title | Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| James Paul McCartney |
|
First live studio concert TV special of Paul McCartney and Wings. |
| One Hand Clapping |
|
Wings playing live at Abbey Road Studios with voice-over interviews of the band. |
| Wings Live in Melbourne |
|
Australian television concert special broadcast live from the Sidney Myer Music Bowl during the "Wings Over the World" tour. |
| Wings Over the World |
|
Concert/Documentary TV special of McCartney's 1975–76 "Wings Over the World" tour. |
| Rockestra |
|
Work-in-progress 40-minute performance film, related to the Rockestra super-group performance from Concert for Kampuchea. |
| Back to the Egg |
|
TV special promoting the album Back to the Egg, two songs released later on video. |
| Rockshow |
|
Concert/Documentary of McCartney's 1976 "Wings Over America" tour. |
| Paul McCartney: The Man, His Music, and His Movies |
|
TV special documentary narrated by Tom Bosley. |
| Give My Regards to Broad Street |
|
Motion picture starring Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, and featuring a number of original McCartney songs. |
| McCartney / A Portrait Special / The Paul McCartney Special (video title) |
|
TV special of McCartney talking about his career from 1970–86 to promote his new album Press to Play. |
| Once Upon a Video... |
|
Four music videos and two TV ads released on video. |
| Put It There |
|
Focuses on the making of McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt album, including interview footage. |
| From Rio to Liverpool |
|
UK television concert special of The Paul McCartney World Tour, documenting the world-record beating performance at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. |
| MTV Unplugged: Paul McCartney |
|
TV concert special acoustic performance from MTV Unplugged Season 2: Episode 3, later released as an album with some numbers cut. |
| Get Back |
|
Filmed before audiences in 45 cities in 13 countries. |
| Liverpool Oratorio |
|
Composed for the 150th anniversary of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Performed 28 June 1991, at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. |
| Paul McCartney: Up Close |
|
UK television special documentary. |
| Movin' On |
|
Documentary on the making of the album Off the Ground and preparing for The New World Tour. |
| Paul is Live in Concert on The New World Tour |
|
Filmed during the North American leg of "The New World Tour". |
| In the World Tonight |
|
The making of the album Flaming Pie documentary (55 minutes). |
| Standing Stone |
|
The Standing Stone concert (81 minutes) and a "making of" documentary (52 minutes). |
| Here, There and Everywhere: A Concert for Linda |
|
BBC special concert tribute to McCartney's late wife who had passed away from breast cancer exactly one year prior. Live performances from McCartney, George Michael, Eddie Izzard, Tom Jones, Sinéad O'Connor, Marianne Faithfull, Des'ree and The Pretenders. |
| Paul McCartney & Friends Live: PETA's Millennium Concert / The PeTA Concert For Party Animals (video title) |
|
Live performance from 18 September 1999 mostly of McCartney, but also featuring comedians, Sarah McLachlan, The B-52's and Chrissie Hynde. |
| Live at the Cavern Club! |
|
Broadcast live from the Cavern Club. Songs from Run Devil Run plus "I Saw Her Standing There". Includes biographies of McCartney's bandmates on that day (David Gilmour, Ian Paice, Chris Hall, Pete Wingfield, and Mick Green); and History of the Cavern Club.[145] |
| Working Classical by Paul McCartney |
|
Live performance of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Loma Mar Quartet at Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. McCartney also shares his reflections on his roots and the making of the album Working Classical. |
| Wingspan – An Intimate Portrait |
|
Two-hour documentary about McCartney's post-Beatles musical career, focusing mostly on the Wings band. |
| The Concert for New York City |
|
Five-hour benefit concert organized by McCartney in response to the September 11 attacks and broadcast live from Madison Square Garden. Featuring six songs by McCartney including the new song Freedom and performances from David Bowie, The Who, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Billy Joel, Jagger/Richards and many more. Appearances from The Clintons, Robert De Niro and a short film from Martin Scorsese. |
| There's Only One Paul McCartney |
|
BBC television documentary special that follows McCartney for a week and shows his vast history, culminating in a Buckingham Palace concert featuring many celebrity appearances. |
| Back in the U.S. |
|
Compiled from McCartney's two concert tours of North America in 2002. The video was certified 4x Platinum in Canada.[146] |
| Paul McCartney in Red Square |
|
Includes an extended 20-minute director's cut of previously unreleased footage, a behind-the-scenes featurette and the companion special Live in St. Petersburg. |
| The Music and Animation Collection |
|
Three animated shorts with music: Tropic Island Hum, Tuesday and Rupert and the Frog Song. Includes an interview with McCartney and a "making of" documentary. Narrated by Dustin Hoffman. |
| Between Chaos and Creation |
|
Half-hour documentary on the making of the album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. |
| Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road |
|
TV special live concert at Abbey Road Studios. |
| The Space Within US |
|
Includes interviews with McCartney, his band, and his US tour crew. |
| Memory Almost Full – Deluxe Edition |
|
The deluxe edition CD/DVD includes Live At The Electric Ballroom, London, 7th June 2007 and 2 music videos. |
| The McCartney Years |
|
Three-disc DVD box-set includes an exclusive commentary, behind the scenes footage, over 40 music videos, and two hours of historic live performances. |
| Live at the Olympia |
|
One-hour television special recorded live at the Olympia in Paris on 22 October 2007. |
| Ecce Cor Meum – Live at The Royal Albert Hall |
|
Live performance of the classical music album Ecce Cor Meum. |
| Paul McCartney: Live in Kiev |
|
Ukrainian/UK television "Independence Concert" special of the 14 June record-setting show for 350,000, the largest Ukraine audience ever. It was the first time McCartney played in the country; a 33-song set from Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square). |
| Good Evening New York City |
|
CD/DVD combo documenting July 2009 concerts at Citi Field in New York. |
| The Love We Make |
|
Documentary on the making of The Concert for New York City after the September 11 attacks. |
| Paul McCartney's Live Kisses |
|
Live performance from Capitol Studios, of songs from McCartney's Kisses on the Bottom album. |
| New – Target Exclusive |
|
CD/DVD includes the exclusive video A Rendez-Vous with Paul McCartney. |
| New – Collector's Edition |
|
The 2CD/DVD edition contains a documentary Something New (2013) directed by Don Letts, interview, promo tour videos, 4 music videos and 3 making-of features. |
| A MusiCares Tribute To Paul McCartney |
|
10 February 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute performances featuring Cirque Du Soleil, Alicia Keys, Alison Krauss, Neil Young, Coldplay, Dave Grohl, James Taylor and 5 songs by the man himself. |
| Pure McCartney VR |
|
Virtual reality music video collection (45 mins.) directed by Tony Kaye for the Pure McCartney compilation. |
| Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live From Liverpool |
|
One-hour primetime special featuring never-before-seen footage from the "Paul McCartney Carpool Karaoke" segment on The Late Late Show with James Corden. |
| Live from Grand Central Station, NYC |
|
One and a half-hour special of a “secret” concert at Grand Central Terminal that was live-streamed on YouTube. |
| The Bruce McMouse Show |
|
Unreleased Wings concert film with animation produced from 1972 to 1977 |
Music videos[]
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | "Maybe I'm Amazed" | Charlie Jenkins |
| 1971 | "3 Legs" | Roy Benson |
| "Heart of the Country" | ||
| 1972 | "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (4 versions) | Nicholas Ferguson |
| "Hi, Hi, Hi" | Steven Turner | |
| "C Moon" | ||
| 1973 | "My Love" | Mick Rock |
| "Helen Wheels" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | |
| 1974 | "Mamunia" | Jim Quick |
| "Band on the Run" | Michael Coulson | |
| 1974 | "Junior's Farm" | David Litchfield |
| 1976 | "Silly Love Songs" | Gordon Bennett |
| 1977 | "Mull of Kintyre" (version 1) | Michael Lindsay-Hogg |
| "Mull of Kintyre" (version 2) | Nicholas Ferguson | |
| 1978 | "With a Little Luck" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg |
| "I've Had Enough" | Keith MacMillan | |
| "London Town" | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | |
| 1979 | "Goodnight Tonight" | Keith MacMillan |
| "Getting Closer" | ||
| "Spin It On" | ||
| "Again and Again and Again" | ||
| "Old Siam, Sir" | ||
| "Arrow Through Me" | ||
| "Winter Rose / Love Awake" | ||
| "Baby's Request" | ||
| "Rockestra Theme" | Barry Chattington and Keith MacMillan | |
| "Wonderful Christmastime" | Russell Mulcahy | |
| 1980 | "Coming Up" | Keith MacMillan |
| "Waterfalls" | ||
| 1982 | "Ebony and Ivory" | |
| "Take It Away" | John McKenzie | |
| "Tug of War" | Maurice Phillips | |
| 1983 | "Say Say Say" | Bob Giraldi |
| "Pipes of Peace" | Paul McCartney and Keith MacMillan | |
| "So Bad" | Paul McCartney | |
| 1984 | "No More Lonely Nights" (special dance mix) | David G. Hillier |
| "We All Stand Together" | Geoff Dunbar | |
| 1985 | "Spies Like Us" | John Landis |
| 1986 | "Press" | Philip Davey |
| "Stranglehold" | Bob Giraldi | |
| "Pretty Little Head" | Steve Barron | |
| "Only Love Remains" | Maurice Phillips | |
| 1987 | "Once Upon a Long Ago" | Paul McCartney and Mike Ross |
| 1989 | "My Brave Face" (2 versions) | Roger Lunn |
| "This One" (version 1) | Tim Pope | |
| "This One" (version 2) | Dean Chamberlain | |
| "Où Est Le Soleil?" | David Lodge | |
| "Figure of Eight" | Andy Morahan | |
| "Party, Party" | Peter Brookes | |
| 1990 | "We Got Married" | Aubrey Powell |
| "Distractions" | Geoff Wonfor | |
| "Birthday" (version 1) | Neil Mackenzie Mathews | |
| "Birthday" (version 2) | ||
| "All My Trials" | Nigel Dick | |
| "Put It There" | Neil Mackenzie Mathews | |
| 1993 | "Hope of Deliverance" | Andy Morahan |
| "Off the Ground" | Mathew Robins | |
| "Deliverance" (Steve Anderson remix) | Richard Heslop | |
| "C'mon People" | Kevin Godley | |
| "Biker Like an Icon" | Richard Heslop | |
| 1997 | "The World Tonight" (version 1) | Alistair Donald |
| "The World Tonight" (version 2) | Geoff Wonfor | |
| "Young Boy" | Alistair Donald | |
| "Little Willow" | John Schlesinger | |
| "Beautiful Night" | Julien Temple | |
| 1999 | "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" | David Leland |
| "No Other Baby" | Pedro Romhanyi | |
| 2001 | "From a Lover to a Friend" | Kate Miller |
| "Freedom" | Harris Savides, Albert Maysles and Louis J. Horvitz | |
| "Your Loving Flame" | Gavin Gordon-Rogers | |
| 2002 | "Lonely Road" | Jonas Åkerlund |
| 2005 | "Fine Line" | Simon Hilton |
| "Jenny Wren" | Simon Hilton | |
| 2007 | "Dance Tonight" | Michel Gondry |
| "Ever Present Past" | Phil Griffin | |
| "Nod Your Head" | ||
| "222" | Marco Sandeman | |
| 2008 | "Sing the Changes" | Marco Sandeman |
| 2009 | "Dance 'til We're High" | Marco Sandeman |
| "(I Want to) Come Home" | ||
| 2011 | "Blue Sway" | Jack McCoy |
| 2012 | "My Valentine" | Paul McCartney |
| 2013 | "Queenie Eye" | Simon Aboud |
| 2014 | "Appreciate" | Andre Chocron |
| "Early Days" | Vincent Haycock | |
| "Hope for the Future" | Daniel Askill | |
| 2015 | "FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna and Kanye West) | Inez and Vinoodh |
| "Say Say Say" (2015 remix) | Ryan Heffington | |
| 2018 | "Fuh You" | Simon Aboud |
| "Back in Brazil" | Charlie Lightening | |
| "Come On to Me" | T.G. Herrington | |
| "Who Cares" | Brantley Gutierrez and Ryan Heffington | |
| 2020 | "Find My Way" | Roman Coppola |
| "Winter Bird / When Winter Comes" | Geoff Dunbar | |
| "The Kiss of Venus (Dominic Fike version)" | Jack Begert | |
| 2021 | "Slidin'" | Jack McCoy |
| "Find My Way (featuring Beck)" | Andrew Donoho |
Soundtracks and other appearances[]
| Year | Album | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Live and Let Die | The soundtrack album from the James Bond film includes the title song performed by Paul McCartney and Wings, also released as a single. |
| 1981 | Concerts for the People of Kampuchea | A live album recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon, London in December 1979 to benefit Cambodian refugees, the album includes three songs performed by Wings and three songs performed by Rockestra. |
| 1985 | Twice in a Lifetime | McCartney composed the theme song to this film, "Twice in a Lifetime". |
| 1986 | British various artists album to benefit . McCartney's contribution to the album was the previously unissued "Simple as That". | |
| 1987 | The Prince's Trust 10th Anniversary Birthday Party | A live album of a various-artists concert recorded to benefit The Prince's Trust. McCartney's contribution to the album was a live version of "Get Back". British copies of the album also contained a bonus single with a live version of McCartney performing "Long Tall Sally" and "I Saw Her Standing There". |
| 1990 | McCartney performed two songs, "Coming Up" and "Hey Jude" on the live album recorded at Knebworth in 1990. | |
| 1990 | McCartney performed "It's Now or Never" on this British album of popular artists recording songs from Elvis Presley movies. | |
| 1991 | A various artists' album of children's songs released by Disney to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation includes Wings' "Mary Had a Little Lamb", originally released in 1972. | |
| 1992 | A various artists' album to draw attention to then environment includes McCartney's song, "How Many People", originally from Flowers in the Dirt. | |
| 1994 | The Unplugged Collection, Volume One | A various artists' album that includes the Beatle's song, We Can Work It Out. |
| 1995 | Hiroshima Sky Is Always Blue | An avant-garde collaboration between Yoko Ono (vocals) and McCartney (bass), with Sean Lennon, Linda McCartney, and McCartney's children playing various instruments. The piece was broadcast on Japanese public television in memory of the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.[147] |
| 1997 | Music for Montserrat | Music for Montserrat was released as a video album, featuring McCartney performing "Yesterday", "Golden Slumbers Medley", "Hey Jude" and "Kansas City". |
| 1997 | Diana, Princess of Wales: Tribute | A various artists' tribute album for Princess Diana includes McCartney's "Little Willow", a song McCartney had originally written for Ringo Starr's children upon the death of their mother Maureen Starkey and released on Flaming Pie. |
| 1999 | Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noel Coward | A tribute album to Noël Coward contains McCartney performing "A Room with a View". |
| 2000 | A Garland for Linda | A tribute album to his late wife Linda McCartney contains Paul performing "Nova". |
| 2000 | Maybe Baby | McCartney's version of the Buddy Holly song, "Maybe Baby", leads off the soundtrack album. |
| 2001 | A tribute album to Elvis Presley's Sun Records sessions includes McCartney's contribution "That's All Right", a new recording that differs from his version on CHOBA B CCCP. | |
| 2001 | A tribute album to Ian Dury, it contains McCartney performing "I'm Partial to Your Abracadabra". | |
| 2001 | Music from Vanilla Sky | McCartney performs the Oscar-nominated title song on the soundtrack to the film, Vanilla Sky. |
| 2001 | The Concert for New York City | McCartney arranged the benefit concert and performed several songs, four of which were released on a live album: "I'm Down", "Yesterday", "Let It Be" and "Freedom". |
| 2002 | A tribute album to Elvis Presley, it contains McCartney performing "All Shook Up", originally from Run Devil Run | |
| 2002 | Party at the Palace | A live album of the concert recorded for Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee. The album features McCartney on the songs "All You Need Is Love" and "Hey Jude". |
| 2003 | The soundtrack to the 2003 re-make of the film, The In-Laws includes the previously unreleased McCartney song, "A Love for You", an alternate version of "Live and Let Die", and "I'm Carrying" from London Town album. | |
| 2003 | Concert for George | McCartney performed four songs on the live album from the concert honoring George Harrison. |
| 2005 | A various artists EP featuring tracks specially written for Nelson Mandela's Global 46664 initiative. It contains "Whole Life", a collaboration between Paul McCartney and David A. Stewart. | |
| 2007 | Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino | McCartney performed "I Want to Walk You Home", with Allen Toussaint, on the tribute album to Fats Domino. |
| 2009 | (Download from Meat Free Monday site) | McCartney performed "Meat Free Monday" for support Meat Free Monday project. |
| 2009 | Funny People Soundtrack | The soundtrack album for the Adam Sandler film Funny People features the previously released song "Great Day" (originally from Flaming Pie). |
| 2009 | (Download from Everybody's Fine Soundtrack) | McCartney performed the Golden Globe-nominated "(I Want to) Come Home" in the Robert De Niro film Everybody's Fine. The song is only available as a download. |
| 2011 | Rare Bird Alert | McCartney lends lead vocals on track 3, titled "Best Love", by Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers. |
| 2011 | Rave On Buddy Holly | McCartney performed two versions of the Buddy Holly song "It's So Easy". |
| 2012 | 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief | McCartney performed "Helter Skelter". |
| 2012 | Holidays Rule | McCartney performed "The Christmas Song" on this album of popular artists recording Christmas songs. |
| 2013 | Sound City: Real to Reel | McCartney performed "Cut Me Some Slack" with Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear. |
| 2016 | Ethel & Ernest (soundtrack) | McCartney performed on the soundtrack of the film, Ethel & Ernest. |
| 2017 | McCartney performed "Lady Madonna" from his 2005 BBC appearance on Sold On Song. |
Collaborations[]
| Year | Album | Collaborator | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Thriller | Michael Jackson | Contains "The Girl Is Mine" by Jackson with McCartney. |
| 1988 | Water from the Wells of Home | Johnny Cash | Contains "New Moon over Jamaica", a duet by Cash and McCartney. |
| 1995 | The Help Album | Smokin' Mojo Filters | The Help Album, a benefit album for the War Child charity, contains "Come Together" performed by McCartney as part of the "Smokin' Mojo Filters". |
| 1996 | Go Cat Go! | Carl Perkins | Contains "My Old Friend" by Perkins and McCartney. |
| 1999 | Vo!ce | Heather Mills | "Vo!ce", a CD single, is credited to "Heather Mills featuring Paul McCartney". McCartney co-wrote the song with Mills, and he provided the backing vocals and guitar. |
| 2001 | Lindsay Pagano | Contains a version of the McCartney composed "So Bad", by Pagano with accompanying vocals by McCartney. | |
| 2002 | Together | Lulu | Contains "Inside Thing (Let 'em In)", a duet by Lulu and McCartney. |
| 2004 | Gettin' in Over My Head | Brian Wilson | Contains "A Friend Like You", a duet by Wilson and McCartney |
| 2006 | Duets: An American Classic | Tony Bennett | Contains "The Very Thought of You", a duet by Bennett and McCartney. |
| 2006 | Givin' It Up | George Benson and Al Jarreau | Contains "Bring It On Home to Me" by Benson, Jarreau and McCartney. |
| 2006 | Twenty Five | George Michael | Contains "Heal the Pain" by Michael and McCartney. |
| 2008 | London Undersound | Nitin Sawhney | Contains "My Soul", a collaboration by Sawhney and McCartney. |
| 2009 | A Sideman's Journey | Klaus Voormann | Paul sings and play piano on the first track "I'm in Love Again". |
| 2010 | Y Not | Ringo Starr | Contains "Walk With You" and "Peace Dream", both by Starr and McCartney. |
| 2011 | Live at Shea Stadium | Billy Joel | Guest appearance by McCartney, singing "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Let It Be" with Billy Joel, as well as appearing in Joel's documentary film The Last Play At Shea. |
| 2012 | Blow Your Pants Off | Jimmy Fallon | Guest appearance by McCartney, singing "Scrambled Eggs" with Jimmy Fallon (to the tune of "Yesterday"). |
| 2013 | Old Sock | Eric Clapton | McCartney sings and plays double bass on the song "All of Me". |
| 2013 | Hide | The Bloody Beetroots | The Bloody Beetroots' Paul McCartney appears on the song "Out of Sight", also released as a single. |
| 2014 | "Only One" | Kanye West | Song featuring Paul McCartney. McCartney sings and plays piano on the song. |
| 2015 | "FourFiveSeconds" | Kanye West and Rihanna | A song recorded by Rihanna, Kanye West and McCartney. With McCartney playing the instruments. |
| 2015 | "All Day" | Kanye West, Theophilus London and Allan Kingdom | A song recorded by Kanye West, Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and McCartney. Samples the unreleased song by McCartney, "When the Wind is Blowing." With McCartney vocals and instruments. |
| 2015 | Hollywood Vampires | Hollywood Vampires | Contains a new version of the McCartney composed "Come and Get It" with vocals by McCartney and Alice Cooper. |
As producer, composer or invited musician[]
| Year | Subject | Collaborator | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | "From a Window" | Billy J Kramer | McCartney sings the final voice. |
| 1964 | "I Knew Right Away"/"It's You" | Alma Cogan | Tambourine (possibly) |
| 1964 | "A World Without Love" | Peter and Gordon | Composer |
| 1965 | "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" | The Silkie | Rhythm guitar |
| 1966 | "Got To Get You Into My Life" | Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers | Producer |
| 1966 | "Mellow Yellow" | Donovan | McCartney can be heard as a party reveler. |
| 1967 | Smiley Smile | The Beach Boys | Celery on "Vegetables" |
| 1967 | "We Love You" | The Rolling Stones | Backing vocals (with John Lennon) |
| 1968 | Tadpoles | Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band | Producer — the song "I'm the Urban Spaceman" (a #5 UK hit) was produced by McCartney and Gus Dudgeon under the collective pseudonym "Apollo C. Vermouth". |
| 1968 | "Those Were the Days" | Mary Hopkin | Producer |
| 1968 | James Taylor | James Taylor | Bass on "Carolina in My Mind" |
| 1969 | "Rosetta" (non-album single) | The Fourmost | Piano and producer on "Rosetta" |
| 1969 | Magic Christian Music | Badfinger | Composer and producer on "Come and Get It"; producer and piano on "Rock of All Ages"; and producer on "Carry On Til Tomorrow". |
| 1969 | Is This What You Want? | Jackie Lomax | Bass on "Sour Milk Sea" and "New Day" |
| 1969 | Brave New World | Steve Miller Band | Bass, drums, and backing vocals on "My Dark Hour", and backing vocals on "Celebration" (credited as Paul Ramon) |
| 1970 | Sentimental Journey | Ringo Starr | Arranger on "Stardust" |
| 1970 | "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" | Mary Hopkin | Producer |
| 1972 | No Secrets | Carly Simon | Backing vocals on "Night Owl" |
| 1973 | Ringo | Ringo Starr | Composer, arranger, piano, synthesizer, and backing vocals on "Six O'Clock", and kazoo (credited as "mouth sax") on "You're Sixteen" |
| 1974 | McGear | Mike McGear | An album by McCartney's brother Michael, who sang lead vocals with Wings as his backing band, Paul McCartney produced the album, composed or co-composed most of the tracks, sang harmony vocal on "The Man Who Found God on the Moon", and played bass, guitar and keyboards (although uncredited as a musician). |
| 1974 | Let's Love | Peggy Lee | Composer and producer of title track "Let's Love" |
| 1974 | Walking Man | James Taylor | Paul and Linda provided backing vocals on "Rock'n'Roll Is Music Now". |
| 1974 | Smiler | Rod Stewart | Paul wrote and provided backing vocals on "Mine For Me". |
| 1974 | I Survive | Adam Faith | Synthesizer on "Change", "Goodbye" and "Never Say Goodbye", and backing vocals on "Star Song" |
| 1975 | Sold Out | The Scaffold | McCartney produced and Wings was the backing band on "Liverpool Lou"; McCartney also produced and co-wrote the non-album B-side "Ten Years After on Strawberry Jam", performed by an uncredited Wings, with McCartney on bass and keyboards. |
| 1976 | Ringo's Rotogravure | Ringo Starr | Composer and backing vocals on "Pure Gold" |
| 1977 | Bullinamingvase | Roy Harper | Backing vocals (with Linda) on "One of Those Days in England" |
| 1977 | Holly Days | Denny Laine | Produced by McCartney, who also played most of the backing instruments and sang backing vocals on the album |
| 1977 | One of the Boys | Roger Daltrey | "Giddy" written by McCartney |
| 1979 | Freeze Frame | Godley & Creme | backing vocals on "Get Well Soon" |
| 1980 | Japanese Tears | Denny Laine | Two songs on the album, "Send Me the Heart" and "Weep for Love", were performed by Wings, with McCartney on bass, keyboards, guitar, percussion and vocals; McCartney also co-wrote "Send Me the Heart". |
| 1981 | Somewhere in England | George Harrison | Backing vocals on "All Those Years Ago" |
| 1981 | Stop and Smell the Roses | Ringo Starr | Composer, bass, piano, and backing vocals on "Private Property", "Attention" and "Sure To Fall", and drums on the outtake "Can't Fight Lightning" |
| 1982 | Standard Time | Laurence Juber | The song "Maisie" is performed by Wings, with McCartney on bass. |
| 1983 | The Honorary Consul | John Williams (guitarist) | Main theme is composed by McCartney, and performed by Williams. |
| 1984 | EB 84 | The Everly Brothers | Composer and guitar on "On the Wings of a Nightingale". |
| 1989 | Spike | Elvis Costello | Co-writer on "Veronica" and "Pads, Paws, and Claws", and bass on "Veronica" and "...This Town..." |
| 1991 | Mighty Like A Rose | Elvis Costello | Co-writer on "So Like Candy" and "Playboy to a Man" |
| 1992 | ...Meanwhile | 10cc | Co-writer on "Don't Break The Promises" |
| 1995 | Mirror, Mirror | 10cc | Co-writer and rhythm guitar on "Yvonne's the One"; and strings, electric piano, frogs, crickets, and percussion on "Code of Silence" |
| 1996 | The Ballad of the Skeletons | Allen Ginsberg | Guitar, drums, hammond organ and maracas on the title track |
| 1996 | All This Useless Beauty | Elvis Costello | Contains "Shallow Grave", which was co-written by McCartney. Rhino Records re-released the album in 2001 with 17 additional tracks on a bonus disc. The bonus disc contains "That Day Is Done" (with The Fairfield Four), which was also co-written by McCartney. |
| 1997 | I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray | The Fairfield Four | Co-writer on "That Day Is Done" (with Elvis Costello) |
| 1998 | "Little Children" | Peter Kirtley Band | Guest vocals on Version 1 and also spoken word extracts from "The Silent War", a report by Jubilee Action |
| 1998 | Wide Prairie | Linda McCartney | Produced and with songs composed by McCartney. McCartney also played many of the instruments on the album, and some of the tracks featured Wings, including two that were originally attributed to Suzy and the Red Stripes. |
| 1998 | Vertical Man | Ringo Starr | Bass and backing vocals on "La De Da", "I Was Walking" and "What In The World", and an appearance in the music video of "La De Da" |
| 2001 | Rings Around the World | Super Furry Animals | Celery on "Receptacle for the Respectable"[148] |
| 2005 | Undressing Underwater | Rusty Anderson | Bass, backing vocals, and additional electric guitar to "Hurt Myself" |
| 2005 | A Time to Love | Stevie Wonder | McCartney performed "A Time to Love" on guitar with Stevie Wonder & India.Arie |
| 2009 | Roadsinger | Yusuf Islam | Backing vocals on "Boots and Sand" |
| 2010 | Wreckorder | Fran Healy | Bass |
| 2010 | Y Not | Ringo Starr | Bass on "Peace Dream", and backing vocals on "Walk With You". |
| 2014 | Destiny | Michael Salvatori C Paul Johnson Martin O'Donnell |
McCartney scores this video game developed by Bungie. |
| 2015 | Strange Time | Chip Z'Nuff | Co-writer of "The Pain Is All on You" |
| 2016 | Blonde | Frank Ocean | Co-writer of "White Ferrari". |
| 2017 | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | Backing vocals on "We're on the Road Again", and bass on "Show Me the Way" |
| 2017 | Concrete and Gold | Foo Fighters | Drums on "Sunday Rain"[149] |
| 2017 | Rest | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Composer, guitar, piano, and drums on Songbird in a Cage |
| 2019 | Better In Blak | Thelma Plum | Co-writer on Made For You |
| 2019 | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | Backing vocals and bass on "Grow Old With Me" |
| 2020 | Here's To The Nights | Ringo Starr | Backing vocals |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Charted upon reissue as part of Paul McCartney Archive Collection.
- ^ Charted upon reissue as part of Paul McCartney Archive Collection.
- ^ Charted upon reissue as part of Paul McCartney Archive Collection.
- ^ Charted upon reissue as part of Paul McCartney Archive Collection.
- ^ Charted upon reissue as part of Paul McCartney Archive Collection.
- ^ Charted upon reissue as part of Paul McCartney Archive Collection.
- ^ Charted upon reissue as part of Paul McCartney Archive Collection.
- ^ Charted upon reissue as part of Paul McCartney Archive Collection.
- ^ Charted upon reissue as part of Paul McCartney Archive Collection.
- ^ Not released in the UK.
- ^ Released in the UK only.
- ^ Not released in the UK or the US.
- ^ The single re-entered the chart in November 2008, peaking at number 172. The single again re-entered the chart in June 2012, peaking at number 181.
- ^ Not released in the UK or the US.
- ^ Released in the UK only
- ^ Released in the US only.
- ^ Released in France only
- ^ The single re-entered the chart in December 2018, peaking at number 20.
- ^ The single did not appear on the Hot 100 until December 2018.
- ^ The single re-entered the chart in July 2009, peaking at number 124.
- ^ In the US, Pipes of Peace was issued as the B-side, and its British B-side, So Bad, was issued as the A-side.
- ^ In the US, Pipes of Peace was issued as the B-side, and its British B-side, So Bad, was issued as the A-side.
- ^ The single re-entered the chart in December 1985, peaking at number 32.
- ^ Released in the US only.
- ^ Not released in the US.
- ^ Released in the UK only.
- ^ Not released in the US.
- ^ Not released in the US.
- ^ "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (live)" did not enter the main chart in the United Kingdom but entered the download component chart at number 1.[121]
- ^ The single re-entered the chart in March 2008, peaking at number 151.
- ^ "Come On to Me" did not enter the main chart in the United Kingdom but entered the download component chart at number 58.[136]
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Bibliography[]
- Carlin, Peter Ames (2009). Paul McCartney: A Life. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-416562-09-2.
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