Paul McCartney discography
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This page includes the complete discography of Paul McCartney as a solo artist and as a member of Wings.
[edit] Albums
US peak positions courtesy of the Billboard 200, UK certifications provided by BPI [1], and US certifications provided by RIAA [2]. Two basic status are known for certifications: Gold (●) and Platinum (▲). UK certifications also includes Silver status (•).
 Paul McCartney |
 Wings UK #11 (9 wks) |
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 Paul McCartney & Wings UK #5 (16 wks) ● |
 Paul McCartney & Wings UK #1 [7 wks] (124 wks) ▲ |
 Wings UK #1 [2 wks] (29 wks) ▲ |
 Wings UK #2 (35 wks) ● |
 Wings UK #8 (22 wks) ● |
 Percy "Thrills" Thrillington |
 Wings UK #4 (23 wks) ● |
 Wings UK #5 (32 wks) ▲ |
 Wings UK #6 (15 wks) ● |
 Paul McCartney UK #1 [2 wks] (18 wks) ● |
 Paul McCartney UK #1 [2 wks] (27 wks) ● |
 Paul McCartney UK #4 (23 wks) ▲ |
 Paul McCartney UK #1 [1 wk] (21 wks) ▲ |
 Paul McCartney UK #8 (6 wks) ● |
 Paul McCartney UK #2 (24 wks) ▲3 |
 Paul McCartney September 30, 1991 (World) |
 Paul McCartney UK #1 [1 wk] (20 wks) ▲ |
 Paul McCartney UK #17 (11 wks) ● |
 Paul McCartney US #141 (9 wks) ▲ |
 Paul McCartney UK #7 (3 wks) |
 Paul McCartney & Carl Davis |
 Paul McCartney UK #5 (6 wks) • |
 Paul McCartney UK #34 (2 wks) |
 The Fireman |
 Paul McCartney |
 Paul McCartney UK #2 (31 wks) ● |
 Paul McCartney US #194 (1 wk) |
 The Fireman |
 Paul McCartney & Wings UK #69 (4 wks) |
 Paul McCartney UK #27 (6 wks) |
 Paul McCartney |
 Paul McCartney |
 Paul McCartney & Wings UK #5 (10 wks) |
 Paul McCartney UK #26 (10 wks) • |
 Paul McCartney US #8 (15 wks) ▲2 |
 Paul McCartney UK #5 (14 wks) ● |
 Paul McCartney UK #10 (10 wks) ● |
 Paul McCartney UK #141 (1 wk) |
[edit] Singles
[edit] non-album single
- 1971 19th February "Another Day"/"Oh Woman Oh Why" #2 UK, #5 US
[edit] from Ram
- 1971 13th August "Back Seat of My Car" (with Linda McCartney) #39 UK
- 1971 "Eat at Home" (with Linda McCartney) (Europe, Australiasia and Japan only)
- 1971 "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (with Linda McCartney) #1 US
[edit] With Wings (1971 - 1980)
[edit] non-album singles
- 1972 25th February "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" #16 UK, #21 US
- 1972 12th May "Mary Had a Little Lamb"/"Little Woman Love" #9 UK, #28 US
- 1972 1st December "Hi, Hi, Hi" #5 UK (double A-side with "C Moon" in the UK), #10 US
[edit] from Red Rose Speedway
- 1973 23rd March "My Love" #8 UK, #1 US
[edit] from Live and Let Die soundtrack
- 1973 1st June "Live and Let Die" #7 UK, #2 US
[edit] from Band on the Run
- 1973 26th October "Helen Wheels" #12 UK, #10 US
- 1974 January "Mrs Vandebilt" (Europe except UK only)
- 1974 15th February "Jet" #7 UK, #7 US
- 1974 28th June "Band on the Run" #3 UK, #1 US
[edit] non-album single
- 1974 25th October "Junior's Farm" #16 UK, #3 US
- 1974 25th October "Sally G." #17 US
[edit] from Venus and Mars
- 1975 16th May "Listen to What the Man Said" #6 UK, #1 US
- 1975 5th September "Letting Go" #41 UK #39 US
- 1975 28th November "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" #12 US
[edit] from Wings at the Speed of Sound
- 1976 30th April "Silly Love Songs" #2 UK, #1 US
- 1976 23rd July "Let 'em In" #2 UK, #3 US
[edit] from Wings over America
- 1977 4th February "Maybe I'm Amazed" #28 UK, #10 US
[edit] non-album single
- 1977 11th November "Mull of Kintyre"/"Girls School" #1 UK; #33 US
[edit] from London Town
- 1978 23rd March "With a Little Luck" #5 UK, #1 US
- 1978 16th June "I've Had Enough" #42 UK; #25 US
- 1978 26th August "London Town" #60 UK; #39 US
[edit] non-album single
- 1979 23rd March "Goodnight Tonight" #5 UK, #5 US
[edit] from Back to the Egg
- 1979 "Rockestra Theme"
- 1979 1st June "Old Siam, Sir" #35 UK
- 1979 5th June "Getting Closer" #20 US
- 1979 14th August "Arrow Through Me" #29 US
- 1979 16th August "Getting Closer"/"Baby's Request" #60 UK
[edit] Solo (1979 - )
[edit] non-album single
- 1979 16th November "Wonderful Christmastime" #6 UK
[edit] from McCartney II
- 1980 11th April "Coming Up" #2 UK, #1 US (Live Version, which also appeared as a bonus one sided disc in copies of this album in the U.S.& Canada)
- 1980 13th June "Waterfalls" #9 UK
- 1980 15th September "Temporary Secretary"
[edit] from Tug of War
- 1982 29th March "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder) #1 UK, #1 US
- 1982 21st June "Take It Away" #15 UK, #10 US
- 1982 20th September "Tug Of War" #53 UK #53 US
[edit] from Michael Jackson album Thriller
- 1982 29th October "The Girl is Mine" (with Michael Jackson) #8 UK, #2 US
[edit] from Pipes of Peace
- 1983 3rd October "Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson) #2 UK, #1 US
- 1983 5th December "Pipes of Peace" #1 UK (released in the US as the B-side to "So Bad")
- 1983 "So Bad" #23 US (released in the UK as the B-side to "Pipes of Peace")
[edit] from Give My Regards to Broad Street
- 1984 24th September "No More Lonely Nights" #2 UK, #6 US
[edit] non-album singles
- 1984 12th November "We All Stand Together" (with The Frog Chorus) #3 UK
- 1985 "Spies Like Us" #13 UK, #7 US
- 1985 "We All Stand Together" #32 UK
[edit] from Press to Play
- 1986 14th July "Press" #25 UK, #21 US
- 1986 27th October "Pretty Little Head" #76 UK
- 1986 29th October "Stranglehold" #81 US
- 1986 1st December "Only Love Remains" #34 UK
[edit] from All the Best!
- 1987 16th November "Once Upon a Long Ago" #10 UK
[edit] non-album single
- 1989 "Ferry Cross the Mersey" (with the Christians, Holly Johnson, Gerry Marsden & Stock Aitken Waterman) #1 UK
[edit] from Flowers in the Dirt
- 1989 8th May "My Brave Face" #18 UK, #25 US
- 1989 17th July "This One" #18 UK #94 US
- 1989 13th November "Figure of Eight" #42 UK #92 US
- 1989 23th November "Party Party" (only released as a part of Flowers In The Dirt World Tour Pack)
- 1989 December "Ou Est Le Soleil?" (non-UK release)
- 1989 "We Got Married" (promo only)
- 1990 5th February "Put It There" #32 UK
[edit] from Tripping the Live Fantastic
- 1990 8th October "Birthday" #29 UK
- 1990 26th November "All My Trials" #35 UK
- 1991 4th January "The Long and Winding Road" (Europe except UK only)
- 1991 "Let It Be" (promo only)
[edit] from Off the Ground
- 1992 28th December "Hope of Deliverance" #18 UK #83 US
- 1993 22nd February "C'mon People" #41 UK
- 1993 19th April "Off the Ground"
- 1993 8th November "Biker like an Icon" (Europe except UK only)
[edit] from Flaming Pie
- 1997 28th April "Young Boy" #19 UK
- 1997 7th July "The World Tonight" #23 UK #64 US
- 1997 15th December "Beautiful Night" #25 UK
[edit] from Run Devil Run
- 1999 24th October "No Other Baby/Brown Eyed Handsome Man" #42 UK
[edit] from Driving Rain
- 2001 29th October "From A Lover To A Friend" #45 UK
- 2001 5th November "Freedom" #97 US
[edit] non-album singles
- 2004 20th September "Tropic Island Hum/We All Stand Together" #21 UK
- 2005 "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with U2) #48 US
[edit] from Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
- 2005 29th August "Fine Line" #20 UK
- 2005 21st November "Jenny Wren" #22 UK
[edit] Tracks from albums by other artists
[edit] With The Beach Boys
- "Vegetables" (featuring the sound of McCartney eating raw carrots), on Smiley Smile
[edit] With Super Furry Animals
- "Receptacle for the Respectable" (featuring McCartney eating celery)[1] on Rings around the World
[edit] With Tony Bennett
[edit] DVDs
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- January 18, 2000 — Standing Stone
- Run time: 133 minutes
- The Standing Stone concert (81 minutes) and a "making of" documentary (52 minutes).
- June 19, 2001 — Live at the Cavern Club!
- Run time: 63 minutes.
- Filmed live at the Cavern Club on December 14, 1999; includes biographies of McCartney's bandmates on that day (David Gilmour, Ian Paice, Chris Hall, Pete Wingfield, and Mick Green); and History of the Cavern Club.[2]
- Run time: 180 minutes.
- Compiled from McCartney's two concert tours of North America in 2002; includes McCartney's tributes to John Lennon ("Here Today") and George Harrison ("Something").
- September 27, 2004 — The Animation Collection
- Run time: 127 minutes.
- Animated shorts and music; includes an interview with McCartney and a "making of" documentary.
- November 15, 2004 — Put It There
- Run time: 65 minutes.
- Focuses on the making of McCartney's Flowers in the Dirt album, including interview footage.
- January 18, 2005 — Paul McCartney's Get Back World Tour
- Run time: 92 minutes.
- Filmed before audiences in 45 cities in 13 countries, including the record for the largest stadium audience when 184,000 paid to see McCartney perform in Rio de Janeiro.
- June 14, 2005 — Paul McCartney in Red Square (A Concert Film)
- Run time: 180 minutes.
- Includes a 20-minute director's cut of previously unreleased footage, and a behind-the-scenes featurette.
- November 14, 2006 — The Space Within US
- Run time: 105 minutes.
- Includes interviews with McCartney, his band, and his US tour crew.
[edit] References
- ^ "Sir Paul eats with the Animals", BBC News, 18 APril 2001 (link)
- ^ McCartney plays the Cavern bbc.co.uk 14 December, 1999
