Seems to me that Paul does'nt have a solo song , which is considerd a signiture song like John's Imagine or George's My Sweet Lord .
So im wondering which song from his solo recordings would you consider to be worthy of this ?
After much thought i think i would go with one of his  most recent songs which stands out from the rest " The End Of The End " or maybe from the past i would go with " Maybe I'm Amazed " as his defining solo song .

DaveRam

Maybe I'm amazed is a good contender as a Sir Macca signature solo song.  I also think of Silly love songs.  But what happens with Paul is that he has so much solo stuff compared to George & John.  But Maybe I'm amazed has something that makes it a Mc Cartney song.

I'd definitly have to say Maybe I'm Amazed. It's Paul all the way, the words, the singing, the guitar, the piano. It's definitly one of his very best songs.

If we're talking about a signature song, we're talking about a REALLY good song, but also a BIG HIT. 'Imagine' and 'My Sweet Lord' are the best-selling singles of John and George. But Paul's best selling-single (Mull Of Kintyre) is not really his best, so I think Paul's signature song is Band On The Run. It was a worldwide hit, the second-but-main single from his best-selling album, and one of the few songs mixing ballad and rock (so haves something for everybody!   ). So I guess Band on the Run deserves the title.  
And Ringo's signature song is... Photograph, right?  

What got me thinking about this question ,was when John and George died you knew which song everyone would be playing or thinking about , but with Paul it's more difficult, as a signiture song does'nt spring to mind even though he's had so many hits .
His Uk # 1's don't seem to quite fit the bill ? , but i can see The End Of The End been played at the end which ,hopefully won't be for many years.
But maybe a big hit like Silly Love Songs , people will look at and say that's Paul's signature song  

DaveRam

When John died they did play Imagine....I don't remember them playing My Sweet Lord a lot when George died though...that isn't the first song that comes to mind when you say George...but that is just me....

I think it is Maybe I'm Amazed or like Live and Let Die.....

Live & let die is good too!

Probably Maybe I'm Amazed.

Maybe I'm Amazed.

Quoted from 679

What got me thinking about this question ,was when John and George died you knew which song everyone would be playing or thinking about , but with Paul it's more difficult, as a signiture song does'nt spring to mind even though he's had so many hits .
His Uk # 1's don't seem to quite fit the bill ? , but i can see The End Of The End been played at the end which ,hopefully won't be for many years.
But maybe a big hit like Silly Love Songs , people will look at and say that's Paul's signature song  

DaveRam

They'll play Yesterday when he dies. It's easily the song most associated with him. Solo wise, I'm afraid it's probably Mull Of Kintyre!

Quoted from BlueMeanie

They'll play Yesterday when he dies. It's easily the song most associated with him. Solo wise, I'm afraid it's probably Mull Of Kintyre!

Agree BlueMeanie we will hear Yesterday a lot , and Mull Of Kintyre which was massive in the Uk , but the later is not a great signature song , so hopefully Maybe I'm Amazed will be played also in equal amounts .

DaveRam

Quoted from BlueMeanie

They'll play Yesterday when he dies. It's easily the song most associated with him. Solo wise, I'm afraid it's probably Mull Of Kintyre!

I thought Denny wrote the majority of that song, though?  
I recall an interview where it was said that Paul came up with the chorus, Denny wrote the rest,
and Paul tweaked it a tad. Can Mull still qualify?

Quoted from dirtyoldsod

I thought Denny wrote the majority of that song, though?  
I recall an interview where it was said that Paul came up with the chorus, Denny wrote the rest,
and Paul tweaked it a tad. Can Mull still qualify?

Can't see why not. Yoko had considerable input into Imagine.

Quoted from dirtyoldsod

I thought Denny wrote the majority of that song, though?  
I recall an interview where it was said that Paul came up with the chorus, Denny wrote the rest,
and Paul tweaked it a tad. Can Mull still qualify?

It's not really a matter of whether it qualifies. It comes down to what songs 'the masses' associate him with. And Mull Of Kintyre is one of them, whether he wrote it or not.

Likewise with Live And Let Die ,Linda had input in that song , but it's a much better signature song than Mulligatawny Soup  
I was listening to the Live version of Maybe I'm Amazed on Wings Over America and it's a scandal it only reached # 28 in the UK charts it's a brilliant performance , i love it

DaveRam

When Lennon died, the entire world listened to Imagine many times again because its message and because the terrible way that John died, and because he was really young at the time (and also just coming back after a 5-year break). When George died was really predestined, many people already knew before his dead that he was in trouble and his final was really coming. But if Paul dies at 90, for example, what we're gonna hear about him? He doesn't have any real 'signature' song as a solo artist, so surely we'll hear 'Yesterday', 'Let It Be', all those classic Beatle tunes.

I think Live And Let Die

I doubt it will would be Dance Tonight!

yesterday seems like a good candidate and it could technically be called a solo song even though it was under the beatles and credited to himself and lennon, also my sweet lord could easily have been a beatles track like wise with imagine

When Paul is remebered with history and music, they will flash through the years and have Ed Sullivan video and a chronology through his life, most likely with 'Yesterday', 'My Love' through the Linda years, 'Band on the Run' through the great Mullet years, and some of the later stuff for the "What he had done the past years" kind of mess.
I think that 'Maybe I'm Amazed' will be the one that brings it back to the minions (though us Maccaphiles will know better).

I think it's "Maybe I'm Amazed"

I was listening to Carleen Anderson's version of  " Maybe I'm Amazed " last night ,  she had a UK  # 24 hit with it in 1998 , Paul Weller play's guitar on it , it's a great version , i know ive heard Petula Clark do it ,but who else  as coverd it ?

DaveRam

Yesterday will always be associated with him. I think when the day comes and he is gone, this will be the one. I also agree with 834 'My Love' will be in there for his years with Linda.
   For me personally it would be 'Live and Let Die'.

solo wise, i'm not sure. he's written so many classics in my opinion.
But i agree that 'Yesterday' will be the song everybody will remember him by
i think, 'It's too well known'

maybe im amazed, best song he's written since the beatles

i can picture it as yesterday, on the day he dies i reckon some show like gmtv will show a montage with him through the beatles years to present day with yesterday in the background.

It'llprobably be a slow one, maybe here,there and everywhere,maybe im amazed,let it be.

Quoted from fendertele

i can picture it as yesterday, on the day he dies i reckon some show like gmtv

My God, is that shite still going?

lmao, same show different annoying presenters

I always thought of "Maybe I'm Amazed" as being seen as Paul's magnum opus solo song, so I'd say that.

Quoted from Badfinger_Boogie

I always thought of "Maybe I'm Amazed" as being seen as Paul's magnum opus solo song, so I'd say that.

Agreed.

The absolutely amazing thing about McCartney is that he has many signature songs!

Silly Love Songs has been referenced in many different ways for years now.  I've seen Band On The Run used in many different media, Maybe I'm Amazed was used by Hallmark on some of their greeting cards, My Love is automatically associated as the Linda connection, Live And Let Die, etc.

It gets overlooked and doesn't get the true credit it deserves, but the truth is McCartney doesn't have just one signature song but many!