McCartney made news a few weeks ago when he revealed he would be returning to headline the Glastonbury festival for the first time in over 15 years next spring. The track, which has found a home online, includes snippets from the Nat "King" Cole classic, along with tracks by the Rolling Stones, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, and the Beach Boys, among others. Back in 1965, "Macca" created a special recording dubbed, "Unforgettable" - which was only pressed onto four discs for himself and the other Beatles. ![]() This isn't the first time McCartney has created private holiday music. ![]() It's something they've heard through the years, y'know, and now it's the grandkids getting indoctrinated with my carols record." So I actually went into my studio over a couple of years and I made one. McCartney explained, "Years ago I thought, there's not very good Christmas records. In the era of constant streaming Spotify Christmas playlists, that's likely only increased.During a new chat with BBC Radio, Paul McCartney revealed that he's recorded a private album of Christmas music that his family only gets to hear every holiday season. Unlike some artists, Paul McCartney's Christmas hit is far from his sole earner, but it certainly doesn't hurt to have a seasonal smash in your back catalogue. On Christmas week itself it was at number 7 – the distinctly unseasonable 'Another Brick in the Wall Pt 2' by Pink Floyd was the Christmas number 1. 'Wonderful Christmastime' got all the way to number 6 in the UK singles charts. Where did 'Wonderful Christmastime' get in the charts and how much does it earn in royalties every year? Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" is about friends practicing witchcraft but then someone walks in and they have to suddenly play it cool /0FscqecVzW- Ryan George December 11, 2019īut hey, after a faceful of mince pies and a load of mulled wine, maybe people don't want or need to be preached to about world hunger or the horrors of war when they pop on their Christmas playlist. That's about the measure of it, and plenty of Twitter jokers have had some fun with the song. ![]() "The choir of children sing their song / Ding dong, ding dong / Ding dong, ding, ooh, ooh" ![]() Unlike the grand statements of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1971 classic 'Happy Xmas (War is Over)', 'Wonderful Christmastime' is about, well. Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime. Wings toured the UK in November and December 1979, which was perfect timing, so while it was absolutely a solo Paul song, it was played live by the band during the shows. Wedged between the release of two Macca albums as a standalone single, in later years it's been bundled into fancy reissues of both Wings' Back to the Egg AND McCartney II. A (thankfully) instrumental reggae-(ish) version of the Christmas classic. It was released on November 16, 1979, six months before McCartney II.Īnd the B-side? The incredible 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reggae'. Like 'Merry Xmas Everybody', while 'Wonderful Christmastime' was actually recorded in the summer it was of course held back until the runup to Christmas.
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