What Are Your Top 40 Solo Paul Songs?

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Nancy R

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This means anything he did 1970 to present, including Wings! Here’s mine (not in any particular order, but Maybe I’m Amazed is my favorite)

1. Maybe I’m Amazed

2. My Love

3. Calico Skies

4. Beautiful Night

5. No More Lonely Nights

6. Somedays

7. Little Willow

8. Wanderlust

9. Waterfalls

10.Tomorrow

11.Here Today

12.Jenny Wren

13.Every Night

14.With A Little Luck

15.Jet

16.Magneto & Titanium Man

17.Helen Wheels

18.Band On The Run

19.Hi Hi Hi

20.Letting Go

21.Let Me Roll It

22.Mull Of Kintyre

23.Venus & Mars

24.Appreciate

25.I Can Bet

26.The Backseat Of My Car

27.Fuh You

28.New

29.1985

30.Mrs. Vandebilt

31.I’m Carrying

32.Young Boy

33.Heaven On A Sunday

34.Dear Boy

35.Junior’s Farm

36.I’ve Had Enough

37.Junk

38.Take It Away

39.So Bad

40.Not Such A Bad Boy

Omni, Atlanta, GA May 18, 1976, Feb. 17, 1990

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I'll do a Top 10 but I'm excluding Wings for the same reason why I'm excluding the Beatles. In no particular order apart from #1 .

1. Waterfalls /

2. Scared /

3. How Kind Of You /

4. Junk /

5. Riding to Vanity Fair /

6. Somedays /

7. You Tell Me /

8. Hosanna /

9. No Values /

10. I Want You To Fly.

Wembley Empire Pool, London (Wings) 21st October 1976.

'Take It Away' video shoot Elstree studios, London 23rd June 1982.

'Give My Regards To Broad Street' film premier, London 29th November 1984.

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Kestrel wrote:
I'll do a Top 10 but I'm excluding Wings for the same reason why I'm excluding the Beatles. In no particular order apart from #1 .

1. Waterfalls /

2. Scared /

3. How Kind Of You /

4. Junk /

5. Riding to Vanity Fair /

6. Somedays /

7. You Tell Me /

8. Hosanna /

9. No Values /

10. I Want You To Fly.

No “Maybe I’m Amazed?” 😢

Omni, Atlanta, GA May 18, 1976, Feb. 17, 1990

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Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, GA July 13, 2017

Bon Secours Arena, Greenville, SC May 30, 2019

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Nancy R wrote:
No “Maybe I’m Amazed?” 😢

If I had done a top 40 then it probably would have been in there somewhere, but not in my top 10. I can understand why its so well liked but its not personally a favourite of mine any more than My Love would be. There are certain songs I can appreciate without actually wanting to listen to them. And "Maybe I'm Amazed" is one of them. At least I like Somedays,Waterfalls & Junk from your top 40.....plus many others had I considered Wings songs as being Solo songs.

Wembley Empire Pool, London (Wings) 21st October 1976.

'Take It Away' video shoot Elstree studios, London 23rd June 1982.

'Give My Regards To Broad Street' film premier, London 29th November 1984.

Docklands Arena rehearsal concert, London 5th February 1993.

Run Devil Run launch party, Equinox Club, London 30th September 1999.

O2 Arena, London 22nd December 2009.

O2 Arena, London 5th December 2011.

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Without a ton of thought, at the moment, here goes (in no order of ranking). I'm excluding covers; otherwise I'd include some from Run Devil Run, one of my favorite Paul albums.

Maybe I'm Amazed

Every Night

Too Many People

Back Seat Of My Car

Tomorrow

Band On The Run

Nineteen Hundred And Eighty-Five

Junior's Farm

Love In Song

Listen To What The Man Said

Beware My Love

Silly Love Songs

Mull Of Kintyre

Waterfalls

Summer's Day Song

Tug Of War

Here Today

Wanderlust

No More Lonely Nights

Footprints

This One

That Day Is Done

Golden Earth Girl

The Lovers That Never Were

Somedays

Calico Skies

Heaven On A Sunday

Magic

Heather

Rinse The Raindrops

Friends To Go

Too Much Rain

Only Mama Knows

House Of Wax

Traveling Light

Dance 'Till We're High

Alligator

New

Hand In Hand

Dominoes

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One thing I've just noticed is that these listings are staying in the same format as they were originally posted. The last time I created a list it was all squashed up in a series of lines after a few hours.

Wembley Empire Pool, London (Wings) 21st October 1976.

'Take It Away' video shoot Elstree studios, London 23rd June 1982.

'Give My Regards To Broad Street' film premier, London 29th November 1984.

Docklands Arena rehearsal concert, London 5th February 1993.

Run Devil Run launch party, Equinox Club, London 30th September 1999.

O2 Arena, London 22nd December 2009.

O2 Arena, London 5th December 2011.

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Kestrel wrote:
One thing I've just noticed is that these listings are staying in the same format as they were originally posted. The last time I created a list it was all squashed up in a series of lines after a few hours.

True. I wonder if it will last. Another thing that seems to be fixed is when copying links to this site, you don't need to put it in the "link" icon box. It becomes clickable automatically. I would love for the youtube button to work correctly rather than disappearing after an hour.

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To change things up, here are my Top 10 Wings tunes:

10. London Town

9. So Glad To See You Here

8. Old Siam, Sir

7. Girl's School

6. Give Ireland Back To The Irish

5. Red Rose Speedway Medley

4. Band On The Run

3. Silly Love Songs

2. Listen To What The Man Said

1. 1985

"If you want the Beatles, go see Wings"-George Harrison 1974

"This is for all the Wings fans!" - McCartney introducing "1985" for the first time on American soil (Phoenix 2010)

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oobu24 wrote:Another thing that seems to be fixed is when copying links to this site, you don't need to put it in the "link" icon box. It becomes clickable automatically.

I hadn't realised that. I'll have to try it the next time I have a link to post.

Wembley Empire Pool, London (Wings) 21st October 1976.

'Take It Away' video shoot Elstree studios, London 23rd June 1982.

'Give My Regards To Broad Street' film premier, London 29th November 1984.

Docklands Arena rehearsal concert, London 5th February 1993.

Run Devil Run launch party, Equinox Club, London 30th September 1999.

O2 Arena, London 22nd December 2009.

O2 Arena, London 5th December 2011.

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Here’s Rolling Stone magazine’s top 40:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/paul-mccartneys-40-greatest-solo-songs-194193/maybe-im-amazed-2-199037/

Omni, Atlanta, GA May 18, 1976, Feb. 17, 1990

GA Dome, Atlanta, GA May 1, 1993

Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA May 12, 2002

FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN May 26, 2013

Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA Oct. 15, 2014

Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, GA July 13, 2017

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oobu24 wrote:Another thing that seems to be fixed is when copying links to this site, you don't need to put it in the "link" icon box. It becomes clickable automatically.

I hadn't realised that. I'll have to try it the next time I have a link to post.

It works! I’ve done it 3 times!

Omni, Atlanta, GA May 18, 1976, Feb. 17, 1990

GA Dome, Atlanta, GA May 1, 1993

Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA May 12, 2002

FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN May 26, 2013

Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA Oct. 15, 2014

Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, GA July 13, 2017

Bon Secours Arena, Greenville, SC May 30, 2019

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Nancy R wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
oobu24 wrote:Another thing that seems to be fixed is when copying links to this site, you don't need to put it in the "link" icon box. It becomes clickable automatically.

I hadn't realised that. I'll have to try it the next time I have a link to post.

It works! I’ve done it 3 times!

It's a pity the guys who run this message board don't regularly post up news on when they've updated / solved their coding issues and not just let users discover,by accident, that things actually work now.

Wembley Empire Pool, London (Wings) 21st October 1976.

'Take It Away' video shoot Elstree studios, London 23rd June 1982.

'Give My Regards To Broad Street' film premier, London 29th November 1984.

Docklands Arena rehearsal concert, London 5th February 1993.

Run Devil Run launch party, Equinox Club, London 30th September 1999.

O2 Arena, London 22nd December 2009.

O2 Arena, London 5th December 2011.

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Kestrel wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Kestrel wrote:
oobu24 wrote:Another thing that seems to be fixed is when copying links to this site, you don't need to put it in the "link" icon box. It becomes clickable automatically.

I hadn't realised that. I'll have to try it the next time I have a link to post.

It works! I’ve done it 3 times!

It's a pity the guys who run this message board don't regularly post up news on when they've updated / solved their coding issues and not just let users discover,by accident, that things actually work now.

I don't remember how I found out that it works but I've been trying to spread the word. lol

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great examining the list

thought so "Maybe I am Amazed" would be people's number 1

Paul's vocals were strong then

Some songs never heard of, good surprise e.g."Angry"

thought "Mull of Kintrye" would be higher though

I myself would go for "A little Luck" as my number1

also noticed it took 3 people to comile the Rolling stone list, shows how difficult to make Paul's top 40 list

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Not sure I can make it to 40 without burning out my brain, but here's a list of major faves, in no particular order:

Maybe I'm Amazed

Band on the Run

Somedays

Here Today

Wanderlust

The Pound Is Sinking

Friends to Go

Too Much Rain

Little Willow

The World Tonight

Only Mama Knows

The End of The End

Mr. Bellamy

Feet in the Clouds

Hand in Hand

Dominoes

Confidante

Do It Now

Old Siam Sir

Silly Love Songs

San Ferry Anne

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Bruce M. wrote:
Not sure I can make it to 40 without burning out my brain, but here's a list of major faves, in no particular order:

Maybe I'm Amazed

Band on the Run

Somedays

Here Today

Wanderlust

The Pound Is Sinking

Friends to Go

Too Much Rain

Little Willow

The World Tonight

Only Mama Knows

The End of The End

Mr. Bellamy

Feet in the Clouds

Hand in Hand

Dominoes

Confidante

Do It Now

Old Siam Sir

Silly Love Songs

San Ferry Anne

I need to Google that last one!

Omni, Atlanta, GA May 18, 1976, Feb. 17, 1990

GA Dome, Atlanta, GA May 1, 1993

Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA May 12, 2002

FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN May 26, 2013

Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA Oct. 15, 2014

Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, GA July 13, 2017

Bon Secours Arena, Greenville, SC May 30, 2019

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Nancy R wrote:
Bruce M. wrote:
Not sure I can make it to 40 without burning out my brain, but here's a list of major faves, in no particular order:

Maybe I'm Amazed

Band on the Run

Somedays

Here Today

Wanderlust

The Pound Is Sinking

Friends to Go

Too Much Rain

Little Willow

The World Tonight

Only Mama Knows

The End of The End

Mr. Bellamy

Feet in the Clouds

Hand in Hand

Dominoes

Confidante

Do It Now

Old Siam Sir

Silly Love Songs

San Ferry Anne

I need to Google that last one!

It's from Speed of Sound

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TommyC909 wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
Bruce M. wrote:
Not sure I can make it to 40 without burning out my brain, but here's a list of major faves, in no particular order:

Maybe I'm Amazed

Band on the Run

Somedays

Here Today

Wanderlust

The Pound Is Sinking

Friends to Go

Too Much Rain

Little Willow

The World Tonight

Only Mama Knows

The End of The End

Mr. Bellamy

Feet in the Clouds

Hand in Hand

Dominoes

Confidante

Do It Now

Old Siam Sir

Silly Love Songs

San Ferry Anne

I need to Google that last one!

It's from Speed of Sound

Yeah, I found that out. Haven’t listened to that album since maybe 2013. (whenever the remaster came out) I won the 2-CD set in a Beatles trivia contest on a Beatles cruise.

Omni, Atlanta, GA May 18, 1976, Feb. 17, 1990

GA Dome, Atlanta, GA May 1, 1993

Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA May 12, 2002

FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN May 26, 2013

Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA Oct. 15, 2014

Infinite Energy Center, Duluth, GA July 13, 2017

Bon Secours Arena, Greenville, SC May 30, 2019

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To change things up, here are my Top 10 Wings tunes:

10. London Town

9. So Glad To See You Here

8. Old Siam, Sir

7. Girl's School

6. Give Ireland Back To The Irish

5. Red Rose Speedway Medley

4. Band On The Run

3. Silly Love Songs

2. Listen To What The Man Said

1. 1985

Here are my top 10 Wings tracks which I can't place in any real order.

I Lie Around

Jet

Dear Friend

Some People Never Know

The Note You Never Wrote

Love In Song

Little Lamb Dragonfly

Winter Rose / Love Awake

Juniors Fram

Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five.

Wembley Empire Pool, London (Wings) 21st October 1976.

'Take It Away' video shoot Elstree studios, London 23rd June 1982.

'Give My Regards To Broad Street' film premier, London 29th November 1984.

Docklands Arena rehearsal concert, London 5th February 1993.

Run Devil Run launch party, Equinox Club, London 30th September 1999.

O2 Arena, London 22nd December 2009.

O2 Arena, London 5th December 2011.

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No doubt I'm a Paul McCartney Nerd so this sort of exercise is right down my alley. Also no doubt that this sort of list is a matter of personal opinion. No one is right and no one is wrong.

Because Macca's musical Post Beatles' Catalog is do diverse and huge, I'm going to set some boundaries for this list. With that in mind, I'm going to stick with Paul's original Post Beatles' Pop-Rock Studio albums and A-sided singles. At another time, it would be easy to do a 40 or even 50 Paul tracklist with just unreleased work, B-sides, rare versions etc. Hard to believe but that would be a very good quality list as well.

But as far as my Paul's Top 40 (or in my case 50) "known" Paul songs, my list is below. There is "no order" here and to make it easy for me, I'm basicallly going in album and/or single order.

1. Maybe I'm Amazed

2. Every Night

3. Too Many People

4. Dear Boy

5. Live and Let Die

6. Single Pigeon

7. Band of the Run

8. Jet

9.. 1985.

10. Love In Song

11. Letting Go

12.. Beware My Love

13. Silly Love Songs

14. With a Little Luck (studio version)

15. Don't Let It Bring You Down

16. Mull of Kintyre

17. Arrow Through Me

18. Winter Rose/Love Awake

19. Coming Up

20. Tug of War (the song)

21. Take it Away

22. Somebody Who Cares

23. Wanderlust

24. Here Today

25. Pipes of Peace

26. The Other Me

27. Footprints

28. Only Love Remains

29. My Brave Face

30. Put It There

31. Distractions

32. Hope Of Deliverance

33. Somedays

34. Calico Skies

35. Little Willow

36. Beutiful Night

37. Lonely Road

38. Jenny Wren

39. Too Much Rain

40. Riding to Vanity Fair

41. Ever Present Past

42. Only Mama Knows

43. Mr. Bellamy

44. Only Our Hearts

45. My Valentine

46. Alligator

47. Early Days

48. I Don't Know

49. Happy With You

50. Dominoes

Wow...it was hard to keep it to 50. There was approximately another 20 that could have easily made this sort of "my best song" list. Just shows that Paul needs a better, more complete Anthology Box Set done by "Decade". The list above covers every decade from the 70's to the present time and there are so many very good to great songs.