Back in the World

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Back in the World
Live album by Paul McCartney
Released	17 March 2003
Recorded	1 April - 18 May 2002
Genre	Rock
Length	2:01:25
Label	Parlophone/EMI
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney and David Kahne
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Paul McCartney chronology
Back in the US (2002)	Back in the World (2003)	Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005)

Back in the World (subtitled Live) is a live album by Paul McCartney comprised of highlights from his spring 2002 "Driving USA" tour in the United States in support of McCartney's 2001 release Driving Rain. It was released internationally in 2003, save for North America - where Back in the US saw issue four months earlier in 2002 - to commemorate his first set of concerts in almost ten years.

Using most of the musicians that appeared on Driving Rain, McCartney assembled a new live act comprised of Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray on guitar, Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums and keyboardist Paul Wickens, who had been on McCartney's last two tours in 1989-1990 and 1993.

Although McCartney was promoting Driving Rain, the majority of his shows would be celebrations of his past, with a substantial sampling of McCartney's solo work with and without Wings, but in particular his Beatles hits. And it was with the release of those particular songs on Back in the US in 2002 that sparked one of McCartney's biggest controversies in ages. Despite keeping the famous Lennon-McCartney credit intact on Tripping the Live Fantastic, Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) and Paul is Live, McCartney decided to reverse the credits to "McCartney-Lennon" much to Yoko Ono's public outcry. Reportedly, McCartney decided to act in response to Ono's recent dropping of his credit from "Give Peace A Chance" on Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon in 1997. While there continues to be division among critics and fans over McCartney's move, it is worth noting that John Lennon never publicly objected to the original credit reversal that appeared on 1976's Wings Over America, four years before Lennon's death. Undeterred by Ono's anger, McCartney swapped the credits again on Back in the World in 2003.

The main difference between Back in the US and Back in the World is that "Vanilla Sky" has been dropped from the latter's first disc, while two of the tracks from the second disc ("C Moon" and the post-9/11 "Freedom") have been replaced with four exclusive songs not found on Back in the US: "Calico Skies", "Michelle", "Let 'Em In" and "She's Leaving Home".

Upon its release, Back in the World far outperformed Driving Rain in the UK, reaching #5 and becoming a major hit for McCartney. .

Ticket for Paul's "Back In The World" tour, Arnhem, The Netherlands, 2003.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Paul McCartney/John Lennon, except where noted.

[edit] Disc one

1. "Hello, Goodbye" – 3:46
2. "Jet" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney) – 4:02
3. "All My Loving" – 2:08
4. "Getting Better" – 3:10
5. "Coming Up" (Paul McCartney) – 3:26
6. "Let Me Roll It" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney) – 4:24
7. "Lonely Road" (Paul McCartney) – 3:12
8. "Driving Rain" (Paul McCartney) – 3:11
9. "Your Loving Flame" (Paul McCartney) – 3:28
10. "Blackbird" – 2:30
11. "Every Night" (Paul McCartney) – 2:51
12. "We Can Work It Out" – 2:29
13. "Mother Nature's Son" – 2:11
14. "Carry That Weight" – 3:05
15. "The Fool On The Hill" – 3:09
16. "Here Today" (Paul McCartney) – 2:28
    • McCartney's tribute to John Lennon
17. "Something" (George Harrison) – 2:33
    • A tribute cover of George Harrison's most famous song, played on the ukulele - one of Harrison's favorite instruments

[edit] Disc two

1. "Eleanor Rigby" – 2:17
2. "Here, There and Everywhere" – 2:23
3. "Calico Skies" (Paul McCartney) – 2:38
4. "Michelle" – 3:15
5. "Band On The Run" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney) – 5:00
6. "Back in the U.S.S.R." – 2:56
7. "Maybe I'm Amazed" (Paul McCartney) – 4:47
8. "Let 'Em In" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney) – 5:23
9. "My Love" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney) – 4:04
10. "She's Leaving Home" – 3:52
11. "Can't Buy Me Love" – 2:11
12. "Live And Let Die" (Paul McCartney/Linda McCartney) – 3:05
13. "Let It Be" – 3:58
14. "Hey Jude" – 7:35
    • Performed in Mexico City; on "Back in the U.S.", the song is performed in New York.
15. "The Long and Winding Road" – 3:30
16. "Lady Madonna" – 2:21
17. "I Saw Her Standing There" – 3:08
18. "Yesterday" – 2:08
19. "Sgt. Pepper's"/"The End" – 4:40