The World Tonight (song)

"The World Tonight" is a song by Paul McCartney and is the second track on his 1997 album Flaming Pie. In July 1997, it was released as the second single from that album, peaking at #23 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1997 in British music).

In the United States, the song was released as the first and only single from the album in May 1997, peaking at #23 in Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.^[1]

1 Track listings
- 1.1 B-sides
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Track listings

All songs written by Paul McCartney, except where noted.

U.S. CD C2 7243 8 58650 2 2, released May 6, 1997 by Capitol Records.

"The World Tonight" - 4:03
"Looking for You" - 4:48
"Oobu Joobu" (part 1) - 9:55

UK 7" RP6472, UK CD1 CDRS6472

"The World Tonight" - 4:03
"Used to Be Bad" (Steve Miller, McCartney) - 4:08
"Oobu Joobu" (part 3) - 9:48 CD only

UK CD2 CDR6472

"The World Tonight" - 4:03
"Really Love You" (McCartney, Richard Starkey) - 5:14
"Oobu Joobu" (part 4) - 7:06

[edit] B-sides

The B-sides for the British release are two songs from Flaming Pie: "Used to Be Bad" and "Really Love You". The first, "Used to Be Bad", is the second collaboration on the album with Steve Miller, following "Young Boy" where Miller played electric and rhythm guitar and provided backing vocals. The third and final song that McCartney worked on with Miller was "If You Wanna", a song written when McCartney reached Minneapolis during his 1993 New World Tour.^[2]

The second, "Really Love You", was the second of two collaborations McCartney performed with Ringo Starr on Flaming Pie (the first being "Beautiful Night").

The B-side for the American release was originally released in the UK as the B-side for "Young Boy" and is another collaboration with Ringo Starr.

The "Oobu Joobu" songs are a series of demos, interviews, and unreleased songs jumbled together into one track. The name is taken from Mr. McCartney's Radio program, Oobu Joobu.