Walk with You
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"Walk with You" is a song by Ringo Starr, released as a single from his 2010 studio album Y Not. It features fellow former Beatle Paul McCartney on backing vocals. The track wasn't originally conceived as a collaboration with McCartney, who originally only planned to play bass on "Peace Dream."[1] It was the first song written by Starr and featuring McCartney as a backing vocalist since the duo were with The Beatles.
Composition
In a promotional video, Starr said that "Walk With You" was originally intended to be a "gospelly" song.[2] Starr called Van Dyke Parks and asked him to collaborate on writing a "God song," but Parks said he didn't write about God. They reworked the melody and completed the track as a song about the power of friendship.[2][3] During the recording of "Peace Dream," Starr played Paul McCartney several tracks he had completed for Y Not. McCartney developed the "trailing" duet in the melody of "Walk With You."[2]
Personnel
- Ringo Starr: drums, vocals, background vocals and percussion
- Paul McCartney: additional vocals
- Steve Dudas: guitar
- Ann Marie Calhoun: violin
- Bruce Sugar: keyboards and string arrangement
References
- ^ "Walk With You by Ringo Starr Songfacts". Songfacts. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Ringo Starr interview". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
- ^ "Ringo Starr Declares "Y Not"!". PR Newswire. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
