Stranglehold (Paul McCartney song)

"Stranglehold"
"Stranglehold"
Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Press to Play
B-side	"Angry"
Released	29 October 1986 (US only)
Recorded	April/May 1985
Length	3:37
Label	Capitol Records
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney and Eric Stewart
Producer(s)	Hugh Padgham and Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney singles chronology

"Stranglehold" is a song by Paul McCartney, the former bass guitarist, singer and songwriter with The Beatles. The track is credited as being written by McCartney and 10cc guitarist Eric Stewart, and is on his sixth studio solo album Press to Play. It was issued as single exclusively in the US and reached number 81.^[1] The b-side featured the remix of "Angry" by Larry Alexander taken from the previous single "Pretty Little Head".

Personnel[]

Paul McCartney - vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars
Eric Stewart - acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
Jerry Marotta - drums
Gary Barnacle - possible horns
- possible horns

Critical reception[]

Los Angeles Times critic Terry Atkinson described the track as "an enjoyable, jazzy offer of new love".^[2]

Track listing[]

7" single (B-5636)

Stranglehold - 3:36
Angry (Remix) - 3:36
- Remix by Larry Alexander

References[]

^ "Paul McCartney > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". allmusic. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
^ Atkinson, Terry (August 31, 1986). "Paul: Signs Of Hope Before The Letdown". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

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[allmusicmaccachart-1] "Paul McCartney > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles". allmusic. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

[2] Atkinson, Terry (August 31, 1986). "Paul: Signs Of Hope Before The Letdown". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 31 May 2014.

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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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