Million Miles (song)

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Album This song officially appears on the Back To The Egg Official album.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 1979

Milk Cow Blues

Mine For Me

Master release

Back To The Egg

By Wings

Related sessions

This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions

Home recordings (aka "The Piano Tape")

Circa 1974

"Back To The Egg" sessions #2

September 11 to 29, 1978

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Song facts

Paul played a concertina or ‘squeezebox,’ which was recorded on one of the castle balconies, overlooking the English Channel. An understated, but compelling, gospel-tinged solo showcase, it’s one of the overlooked gems in his canon.
Laurence Juber, in Guitar With Wings, 2014

From Laurence Juber (@OM28LJ) / Twitter – Paul with squeezebox recording ‘How Many Million Miles’ at Lympne Castle Sept ’78

Last updated on June 12, 2022

Lyrics

How many million miles, Deo
How many million miles, Deo

When I get up, up, up in the morning
Oh Lord I know
When I look up, up, up, in the evening
Oh Lord I know

How many million miles, Deo
How many million miles, Deo
How many million miles, Deo

Officially appears on

Back To The Egg

Official album • Released in 1979

Studio version • A

Paul McCartney :: Concertina, Producer, Vocals

Mark Vigars :: Assistant engineer

Phil McDonald :: Recording engineer

Chris Thomas :: Producer

Session Recording:: September 11 to 29, 1978

Studio :: Lympne Castle, Kent

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

Back To The Egg (1993)

Official album • Released in 1993

Studio version • A

Session Recording:: September 11 to 29, 1978

Studio :: Lympne Castle, Kent

Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon

Bootlegs

MoMac's Hidden Tracks Vol. 6

Unofficial album

6:01 • Studio version

Eggs Up

Unofficial album

0:00 • Outtake

The Piano Tape

Unofficial album • Released in 1992

6:01 • Demo

Session Recording:: Circa 1974

Studio :: Unknown

Oh, Mistake (Back To The Egg Outtakes)

Unofficial album • Released in 1997

0:00 • Studio version

The Piano Tape

Unofficial album • Released in 2007

6:01 • Demo

Session Recording:: Circa 1974

Studio :: Unknown

See all bootlegs containing “Million Miles”

Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

Going further

Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989

With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.

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Million Miles