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"Ebony and Ivory" is a song that was released in 1982 as a single by Paul McCartney featuring Stevie Wonder. It was issued on 29 March that year as the lead single from McCartney's third solo album, Tug of War (1982). Written by McCartney, the song aligns the black and white keys of a piano keyboard with the theme of racial harmony.
Tug of War is the third solo studio album by the English musician Paul McCartney, released on 26 April 1982.It is his 11th album overall following the break up of the Beatles in 1970, his first album released after the dissolution of his band Wings the previous year, and his first album following the murder of his former songwriting partner John Lennon. [1]
"Take It Away" is a single by the English musician Paul McCartney from his third solo studio album Tug of War (1982). The single spent sixteen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #10 and spending five consecutive weeks at that position.
Rolling Stone described the song as McCartney's equivalent to John Lennon's "Imagine". [1] The song has a clear division between the verses featuring sad lyrics about the struggle to survive, the necessity of conflict (pushing and pulling) and the hopeful refrain, in which McCartney looks for a future where these struggles are no longer necessary. [2]
Ebony and Ivory" is a single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. Ebony and Ivory may also refer to: Ebony and Ivory (piano duo) Ebony and Ivory (Devil May Cry), fictional weapons "Ebony and Ivory", an episode of Roc "Ebony and Ivory", an episode of The Jeffersons; The keys of a piano
McCartney's first wife Linda McCartney (pictured in 1976) recorded the album Ram with her husband and recorded music with Wings as well. Stevie Wonder (pictured in 1973) recorded "Ebony and Ivory" and "What's That You're Doing" with McCartney in 1982.
Alligator (Paul McCartney song) And So It Was That I Had Grown; And So It Was That You Were Born; Andante (Paul McCartney and Carl Davis song) Andante Amoroso – I Know I Should Be Glad of This; Andante Lamentoso; Angel in Disguise (McCartney–Starr song) Angry (Paul McCartney song) Another Day (Paul McCartney song) Anyway (Paul McCartney song)
The Los Angeles Times ' Paul Grein also reviewed the McCartney album and opined that the singer had redeemed himself with the success of the "spunky" song "but plunged back into wimpdom with 'No More Lonely Nights'". [27] Journalist Whitney Pastorek compared the song to McCartney's 1982 duet with Stevie Wonder, "Ebony and Ivory".