The World Tonight
| The World Tonight | |
|---|---|
| Paul McCartney | |
| publication | April 17, 1997 ( US ) , July 7, 1997 ( UK ) |
| length | 4 min 6 s |
| Genre (s) | skirt |
| Author (s) | Paul McCartney |
| Label | EMI , Parlophone , Capitol |
| album | Flaming Pie |
The World Tonight ( english The World Tonight ) is a song by the British pop musician Paul McCartney , which in 1997 to his tenth solo album Flaming Pie appeared. It was also the only international single from the album and was released in 1997 in various publications.
history
The World Tonight was written and composed in its basic form in 1995 while McCartney was vacationing in the USA . A revision that turned the song from a folk song to a rock track followed on the advice of McCartney's then-wife Linda in the first sessions for the album Flaming Pie with Jeff Lynne .
The piece was published as a single, depending on the country, with differently designed B-sides . Both weaker pieces from the album, outtakes and experimental, mostly excessively long cuts from demo recordings, interviews, live performances and other outtakes were used, which were given the name Oobu Joobu (a reference to McCartney's radio broadcast of the same name).
Geoff Wonfor produced a documentary film called In The World Tonight in 1997 , which he also directed. It is about the creation and work on the album Flaming Pie , the title of the film should allude to The World Tonight . In addition to the main film, the publication also contains a music video for the song (see below).
style
The song has a sound that is consistently influenced by classical rock music, which is particularly amplified with the frequent use of electric guitars . In addition to this feature, The World Tonight has a double vocal track (comparable to that from Come Together ), whereby this contains a more sung and a more spoken one and McCartney only occurs in the respective stanzas. Together with the female vocals in the chorus , the song is played very densely and creates a wall of sound . What is unusual for the otherwise very rocking character of the piece is a psychedelic cutscene about 15 seconds long in the late middle of the song. On the partially nonsensical text that supports the allusion to the times of the Beatles , McCartney said:
“The lyrics were just gathering thoughts. Like 'I go back so far, I'm in front of me' - I don't know where that came from, but if I'd been writing with John [Lennon] he would have gone 'OK, leave that one in ; we don't know what it means but we do know what it means. '”
“The lyrics are just thrown together thoughts. Like, 'I go back so far, I'm in front of me' - I don't remember where this came from, but if I had written it with John [Lennon] he would have said, 'All right, leave it in ; we don't know what it means, but we already know what it means. '"
Music video
After his resolution at the time to publish more intimate, rather than elaborate and expensive music videos as background music for his compositions, McCartney also shot a video for this song. There are several editions that differ greatly from one another.
In addition to the version from the film In The World Tonight , in which McCartney is sitting on the beach and walking through a nocturnal pedestrian zone with a radio recorder, the other widespread version mainly shows Paul McCartney with his wife Linda, wearing conspicuously casual holiday clothing. Above all, the attempt is made to underline the rhythmically dominant song with appropriate body movements. In addition to the occurrence of these people, two specific objects have an unusually frequent occurrence: A large, yellow parasol plays a comparatively important role. In addition to this, the radio recorder already shown in the other video version, which is placed in several sections on McCartney's shoulders, is often used.
occupation
The following people contributed to the original recording:
- Paul McCartney: vocals , drums , electric bass , electric guitar , acoustic guitar , piano , percussion and production
- Jeff Lynne: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboard , production
- Geoff Emerick : sound engineer
- Jon Jacobs: sound engineer
- Keith Smith: Sound Engineer (Assistant)
Chart placements
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Chart placements | ||
 United Kingdom (OCC)
|
23 (2 weeks) | 2 |
 United States (Billboard)
|
64 (10 weeks) | 10 |
literature
Vincent P. Benitez: The Words and Music of Paul McCartney: The Solo Years . Praeger, Santa Barbara 2009. ISBN 031334969X , pp. 144-145.
Web links
- Lyrics on sing365.com (english)
- More information about the single at jpgr.co.uk (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Liner Notes from the album Flaming Pie .
- ↑ Single on discogs.com ( English ), accessed December 8, 2012.
- ↑ single on jpgr.co.uk ( English ) retrieved on December 8, 2012 Design.
- ↑ In The World Tonight on paulmccartney.com ( English ), accessed on 8 December 2012 found.
- ↑ Video songfacts.com ( English ) retrieved on December 8, 2012 Design.
- ↑ a b Chart sources: Charts UK Charts US