... Or "most well-known song" might suit the query better.
I was talking with a friend of mine (non-fan) about the Beatles solo careers, where she told me that they all, post-Beatles, had made at least one great song non-fans could keep as a quick-reference, so to speak, about which is which.
Her list: John had Imagine of course George had Got my mind set on you and My sweet Lord Ringo had, well, I pointed out Photograph but she hadn't heard it... But she couldn't tell Paul's most well-known song - she had heard a handfull, but didn't know which to pick for her little list.
I couldn't really say, because of a total coincidence I grew up listening mostly to Pipes of peace, which she hadn't heard of at all (Keep in mind she is my age)
So what do you think? What is Paul's greatest non-Beatle hit, for my friend's quick-reference list? We had to simplify this whole list, although I'd wish she could listen to more of it...
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Live n Let Die has to be up there for me.
He is well known in UK for Mull Of Kintyre. I think that was his most comercially successfull solo tune over here. .....(I may be wrong.) Not the biggest fan of that tune but it's an endearing Macca track.
Mull of Kintyre wasn't on an album though.......Band on the Run was a hit single and part of a big album......so I think it's been at least played more/more widely known around the world than any other Paul song.....Live and Let Die, Kintyre, Maybe and Jet would probably round out the top five.
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Quoted from Joe_Karlosi, posted July 19, 2004, 3:54pm at here
In general, I'd say his biggest or best known solo song is probably MAYBE I'M AMAZED.
It's weird, that wasn't even a single over here (UK) till the live version (Wings Over America) was released! It's such a strong track - what a waste! Paul really could've really started his solo career with a bang... instead we got Another Day!
The 1970s were filled with a multitude of number one hits for Wings, such as 1972's "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" and "Hi Hi Hi" (which both elicited controversy), "Jet", "Band On the Run", "Listen to What the Man Said", "With a Little Luck", and "Mull Of Kintyre", which became the best-selling 45 in the UK ever.
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i don't know much of paul's solo stuff, the only song i know is "maybe i'm amazed". i've heard of "ebony and ivory" but i've never heard the actual song...and i know "the girl is mine" and "say say say" from michael jackson's duets w/ him. if this helps any lol
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Quoted from The_End, posted July 19, 2004, 11:19pm at here
Paul really could've really started his solo career with a bang... instead we got Another Day!
A quiet bang, my friend. One of his best imo.
You have to remember that Band on the Run was popular everywhere....Kintyre barely cracked the top forty here I believe....and as I said, Kintyre wasn't on an album, so it made buying the single far more desirable. Why would you buy "Band on the Run" if you're going to get the album anyway? Then again, Beatles fans are particularly obsessive....
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We had to simplify this whole list, although I'd wish she could listen to more of it...
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