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Beautiful Night (Paul McCartney song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Beautiful Night
| cover = Beautiful Night.jpg
| alt =
| caption = CD5 single
| type = single
| artist = Paul McCartney
| album = Flaming Pie
| B-side =
| released = 15 December 1997
| recorded = 13 May 1996
| studio = The Mill, Sussex and Abbey Road Studios, London
| venue =
| genre = Rock
| length = 5:03
| label = EMI, Parlophone
| writer = Paul McCartney
| producer = Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynne
| prev_title = The World Tonight
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = 'Rushes'
| next_year = 1999
| misc =
}}
"'Beautiful Night'" is a song by Paul McCartney and is the 13th track on his 1997 album 'Flaming Pie'. In December 1997, it was released as the third and final single from that album, peaking at number 25 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1997 in British music). The single featured "Love Come Tumbling Down" and "Same Love" as b-sides both of which were previously unreleased tracks and were recorded in 1987 and 1988 respectively.
The song was originally recorded in August 1986 in New York City. That version can be heard on the CD single as part of the "Oobu Joobu" section. The 1986 version was officially released as a stand-alone track in 2020 as a free download on McCartney's website.
The song is the first of three collaborations McCartney recorded with Ringo Starr during 'Flaming Pie' sessions as well as an orchestration by George Martin, recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
Critical reception
Claudia Connell from 'News of the World' commented, "Macca serves up his best work for years. With Ringo Starr on drums and George Martin producing, it is little wonder that it sounds so much like the Fab Four."Connell, Claudia (14 December 1997). "The Goss The Biz; Single review". 'News of the World'.
Music video
The video accompanying the single was directed by Julien Temple and had to be re-edited as a brief glimpse of a woman skinnydipping caused a minor controversy. Also appearing in the video were Ringo Starr, Linda McCartney (her final appearance in a music video) and the band Spud (although they are shown performing with McCartney, they did not contribute to the recording of the track). The video debuted during an appearance on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'.
Track listings
*7" , CD1
#"Beautiful Night" 5:03
#"Love Come Tumbling Down" 4:21
#"Oobu Joobu" (Part 5) 10:15 (CD only)
*CD2
#"Beautiful Night" 5:08
#"Same Love" 3:53
#"Oobu Joobu" (Part 6) 8:33
Oobu Joobu information
The "Oobu Joobu" songs are a series of demos, interviews, and unreleased songs jumbled together into one track. The name is taken from McCartney's radio program, 'Oobu Joobu'.*"Oobu Joobu" (Part 5) contains:
#"And Now" 0:10
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme" 1:14
#Beautiful Night Chat 0:09
#Paul and Ringo talk about "Beautiful Night" 2:06
#Ringo Chat 0:09
#"Beautiful Night (Flaming Pie Mix)" 1:31
#"Beautiful Night (Original Version)" 4:02
#Goodbyes 0:17
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme" 0:37
*"Oobu Joobu" (Part 6) contains:
#"This One" (jingle) 0:08
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme" 0:32
#"Oobu Joobu We Love You" 0:15
#Paul talks about Abbey Road 0:43
#"Strawberry Fields Forever" (Paul solo) 0:14
#Paul talks about Abbey Road 1:31
#"Come on Baby" 0:54
#Paul talks about Abbey Road 0:18
#"Come on Baby (contd.)" 0:33
#Paul ends chat about Abbey Road 0:22
#"Okay are You Ready" (jingle) 0:10
#"Love Mix" 3:02
#"Widescreen Radio" (jingle) 0:05
#Goodbye 0:18
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme" 0:48
Personnel
*Paul McCartney lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, hammond organ, additional percussion
*Linda McCartney backing vocals
*Jeff Lynne backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Ringo Starr backing and lead vocals, drums, percussion
*George Martin orchestral arrangement
*David Snell conductor
*Geoff Emerick orchestral sessions engineer
*Jon Jacobs orchestral sessions engineer
*Peter Cabbin orchestral sessions engineer
*Paul Hicks orchestral sessions engineer
*Susan Milan flute
Charts
References
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