Coming Up (song)
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| "Coming Up" | ||
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| Single by Paul McCartney | ||
| from the album McCartney II | ||
| Released | 11 April 1980 | |
| Format | 7' | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Label | Parlophone/EMI | |
| Writer(s) | Paul McCartney | |
| Producer(s) | Paul McCartney | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Paul McCartney singles chronology | ||
| "Wonderful Christmastime" (1979) | "Coming Up" (1980) | "Waterfalls" (1980) |
"Coming Up" was the punchy lead-off track from Paul McCartney's McCartney II album, released in 1980. Like the rest of the album, the song had a minimalist synth feel to it, and featured humorously processed vocals from McCartney.
Another version of the song was recorded in concert in 1979. This version, taped in Glasgow, Scotland, had a much fuller sound, and later hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, despite being released as the single's b-side track to the studio version. To help sales of McCartney II, a special single-sided 45rpm promotional white-label copy of the live track was included with the album in North America. The live version has since appeared on various McCartney best-of compilations. Another alternate live recording appears on the LP version of the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (album and EP), with an additional verse edited out of the Glasgow performance release.
"Coming Up" is also well known for its video, using electronic trickery, a band consisting of McCartney dressed up as other famous pop music stars playing the other instruments - the stars honoured in such a way include Buddy Holly, Neil Young, Ron Mael of Sparks, Ginger Baker of Cream, and he also appears as Beatle Paul in his early 1960s stage dress.
In one of his last interviews, John Lennon was complimentary on this song. It was McCartney's final hit during Lennon's lifetime.
| Preceded by "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc |
Billboard Hot 100 number one single June 28, 1980 |
Succeeded by "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me" by Billy Joel |
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