Every Night (song)
"Every Night" | ||||
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1981 live promotional single version from Concert for Kampuchea | ||||
Song by Paul McCartney from the album McCartney | ||||
Released | 17 April 1970 | |||
Recorded | 22 February 1970 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 2:30 | |||
Label | Apple | |||
Writer | Paul McCartney | |||
Producer | Paul McCartney | |||
McCartney track listing | ||||
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"Every Night" is a song written by Paul McCartney while he was on holiday in Greece,[1][2] and first released on his McCartney album on April 17, 1970. McCartney first performed this live, in Liverpool, on 23 November 1979.[3]
Recording
McCartney premiered it during The Beatles' Get Back/Let It Be Sessions. The group messed around with the song on 21 and 24 January 1969 (a brief run through and John Lennon on slide guitar; respectively).[4]
McCartney sings and plays acoustic guitar, bass and drums on this recording.[5] His wife , Linda McCartney sings the "WOO WOO'S" in the chorus, where Paul does ad libs during the second chorus. ("Believe me, Mama".)
Later release
"Every Night" is also included on:
- McCartney's 1991 album Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)
- The live albums Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (1981), Back in the U.S. (2002) and Back in the World (2003)
- The compilation album Wingspan: Hits and History (2001)
Personnel
Linda McCartney Vocalist.
Cover versions
Billy Joe Royal released a cover of this song in 1970 as a single. It went to #113 on the U.S. Pop charts. The song was covered by Odetta (on her 1970 album Odetta Sings), Claudine Longet (on her 1972 album Let's Spend the Night Together), Phoebe Snow (as a single and on her 1978 album Against the Grain), Richie Havens (on his 1980 album Connections), The Fifth Dimension on their 1970 album Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes and Carry The Zero (on the 2009 McCartney tribute album Looking for Change).
References
- ↑ "Every Night by Paul McCartney Songfacts". songfacts.com. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ↑ Krupa, Jessy (21 June 2010). "Paul McCartney - "Every Night" < PopMatters". PopMatters. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ↑ "Song - Paul McCartney". paulmccartney.com. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ↑ "Paul McCartney: Every Night". The Beatles Bible. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ↑ Calkin, Graham (2001). "McCartney". JPGR. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
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