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Many songwriters, including Paul McCartney and Jimmy Webb, have cited "God Only Knows" as their personal favorite song. [82] McCartney described it as "the greatest song ever written". [93] His 1976 song "Silly Love Songs" incorporates a build-up of vocal counterpoints in the same style as "God Only Knows". [92]
Paul McCartney performing in 2018. Paul McCartney is an English musician who has recorded hundreds of songs over his career of more than sixty years. As a member of the Beatles, he formed a songwriting partnership with his bandmate John Lennon that became the most celebrated in music history. [1]
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)
Whatever it is, I'm still amazed by this one, which deserves its place as one of the great, vulnerable love songs ever. 3. "Beautiful Night" (from "Flaming Pie")
2. "Come and Get It" by Badfinger. 1969 Written and produced by Paul McCartney, this song became a top 10 hit for Badfinger, a band signed to the Beatles’ Apple label.
Beyond music, he has been involved in projects to promote international charities related to animal rights, seal hunting, land mines, vegetarianism, poverty, and music education. McCartney has written or co-written a record 32 songs that have topped the Billboard Hot 100 and, as of 2009, he had sales of 25.5 million RIAA-certified units in the US.
"Yesterday" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first released on the album Help! in August 1965, except in the United States, where it was issued as a single in September. The song reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time" is a feature published by the American magazine Rolling Stone in August 2015. [1] The list presented was compiled based on the magazine's music critics, and unlike previous lists the votes came entirely from the magazine's staff. It predominantly features American and English songwriters of the rock era.