- The World Tonight (song)
Infobox Single
Name = The World Tonight
Caption =
Artist =Paul McCartney
from Album =Flaming Pie
A-side =
B-side = "Looking for You" "Used to Be Bad" "Really Love You"
Released = flagicon|US1997-05-06 flagicon|UK1997-07-07
Format = 7", Maxi-CD
Recorded =Sussex ,England :1995-11-13
Genre = Rock
Length = 4:03
Label =EMI ,Parlophone , Capitol
Writer = Paul McCartney
Producer = Paul McCartney,Jeff Lynne
Certification =
Chart position = * #23 (UK Singles Chart , U.S. "Billboard"Modern Rock Tracks )
Last single = "Young Boy " (April 1997)
This single = "The World Tonight" (July 1997)
Next single = "Beautiful Night" (December 1997)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album =Flaming Pie
Type = studio
prev_track = "The Song We Were Singing"
prev_no = 1
this_track = "The World Tonight"
track_no = 2
next_track = "If You Wanna"
next_no = 3"The World Tonight" is a song by
Paul McCartney and is the second track on his1997 album "Flaming Pie ". In July 1997, it was released as the second single from that album, peaking at #23 in theUK Singles Chart (see1997 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.cite web|title=Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Paul McCartney|publisher=Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=5162&model.vnuAlbumId=797779]Track listings
All songs written by Paul McCartney, except where noted.
*U.S. CD C2 7243 8 58650 2 2, releasedMay 6 1997 byCapitol 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) - 7:06B-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".Liner notes for the album.]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 ".
*"Oobu Joobu" (part 1) contains:
#"Some Folks Say Oobu"
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme"
#Fun Packed Radio Show
#"I Love This House"
#"Clock Work"
#Paul talks about "Young Boy"
#"Oobu Joobu We Love You"
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme"*"Oobu Joobu" (part 3) contains:
#Intro chat
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme"
#"Squid"
#Paul talks about "The World Tonight"
#Link
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme"*"Oobu Joobu" (part 4) contains:
#Intro chat
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme"
#Link
#"Don't Break The Promise"
#Paul talks about reggae
#Link
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme"References
External links
* [http://www.jpgr.co.uk/r6472.html Paul McCartney - The World Tonight] at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages.
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