10 Paul McCartney Songs Only Real Die-Hard Fans Know

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 13: Paul McCartney seen attending Sir Mick Jagger - Christmas party on December 13, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Ricky Vigil M/GC Images)

In terms of the number of hits, Paul McCartney has been at it longer than anyone in the industry. From his time with The Beatles to his solo work, Paul could compose a beautiful song with the same ease as brewing a cup of tea. Not all his jewels have caught the eye of the public, though. Even though McCartney has had more chart-topping albums than he knows what to do with, these tracks have rarely received any attention. Just 10 of them are listed here.

 

โ€œMonkberry Moon Delightโ€ – RAM (1971)

RAM was a forerunner of the style of indie rock that would come to dominate the music industry in the following decade. Even though this album has some fantastic classics,ย it does not go any crazier than โ€œMonkberry Moon Delightโ€ in any way.

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โ€œYou Gave Me The Answerโ€ – Venus and Mars (1975)

With โ€œYou Gave Me the Answer,โ€ Venus and Mars took their audience to the Roaring Twenties. McCartney starts this love ballad with some noises reminiscent of a record player being turned on and then breaks out a piano in the honky-tonk manner.

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โ€œIโ€™m Carryingโ€ – London Town (1978)

During a boat trip through the Virgin Islands, the band wrote most of the songs that would end up in London Town. McCartney’s whole catalog is indeed permeated with a laid-back air, but โ€œIโ€™m Carryingโ€ is as genuine as it gets.

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โ€œWaterfallsโ€ – McCartney II (1980)

The song โ€œWaterfallsโ€ is wonderfully understated. In this song, McCartney comes across as disturbing, as seen by his use of synthesizer strings throughout most of the piece. He warns his beloved to be careful while they are out in the wild and expresses his need for love even if she is not with him.

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โ€œBallroom Dancingโ€ – Tug Of War (1982)

This is easily one of Maccaโ€™s most upbeat tunes ever. With McCartney breaking wild on the piano and his vocals ร  la Little Richard, the song has a vintage swagger.

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โ€œMy Brave Faceโ€ – Flowers In The Dirt (1989)

Even though โ€œMy Brave Faceโ€ was buried in โ€˜80s production on the CD that we got, the actual brilliance was caught on the demo. This duet, played just on acoustic guitars, features McCartney and Elvis Costello singing about the love that we all want.

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โ€œCalico Skiesโ€ – Flaming Pie (1997)

When Paul McCartney is playing an acoustic guitar, he always produces some of his most impressive work. Arguably, this is one of the most beautiful love songs that Paul McCartney has ever written that was not released by The Beatles.

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โ€œJenny Wrenโ€ – Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005)

Like โ€œLady Madonnaโ€ and โ€œAnother Day,โ€ McCartney’s acoustic guitar performance of โ€œJenny Wrenโ€ is a tale song. McCartneyโ€™s use of an exotic-sounding solo on the Armenian woodwind instrument duduk shows that he is constantly experimenting even in his older years.

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โ€œOnly Mama Knowsโ€ – Memory Almost Full (2007)

Starting with strings that sound like theyโ€™re sighing; McCartneyโ€™s vocals are much rougher than youโ€™d expect for someone his age. He then puts on an electric guitar and gets to work.

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โ€œHappy With Youโ€ โ€“ Egypt Station (2018)

One of McCartneyโ€™s most sincere works, โ€œHappy With Youโ€ can be found on his album Egypt Station. In taking stock of his life, McCartney admits to being stoned all day in the โ€˜70s and to lying to his doctor about the troubles he was covertly facing in this song.

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