| "Jenny Wren" | ||||
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| Single by Paul McCartney | ||||
| from the album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard | ||||
| Released | 21 November 2005 | |||
| Format | 7", CD, Maxi-CD | |||
| Recorded | 2003 - 2005 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
| Length | 3:47 (album version) 2:09 (radio edit) |
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| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Producer | Nigel Godrich | |||
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"Jenny Wren" is a song from Paul McCartney's 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. It was released 21 November 2005 as the second single from the album in the United Kingdom.
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Jenny Wren was written in Los Angeles, and is about a character of the same name from Charles Dickens' novel Our Mutual Friend. It also refers to a bird known as the wren, which is reported to be McCartney's favourite. McCartney wrote the tune in the same sort of finger picking style found in "Blackbird", "Mother Nature's Son" (The Beatles) and "Calico Skies" (Flaming Pie). The song earned a nomination for the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance category.
The solo is played on an Armenian woodwind instrument, called duduk — a first in pop music history — played by Venezuelan born, world winds specialist & multi-instrumentalist Pedro Eustache. The guitar's tuning is set to "D", providing a unique sound that reflects upon McCartney's earlier works.
The song has been covered by several artists, such as the Norwegian jazz trio SOLID! who recorded an instrumental version on their 2008 release Happy Accidents (AIM Records).
This song was sampled on the song "Brown Girl" by Amanda Diva from her EP Life Experience.
In the 2006 movie Failure to Launch, the name of Tripp's wooden boat is Jennie Wren.
"Jenny Wren" charted at #22 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]
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