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Released in 2001

About You

Written by Paul McCartney

Last updated on January 21, 2021


Album This song officially appears on the Driving Rain Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 2001

Master album

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This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Related interview

About You” is a track from Paul McCartney’s 2001 album “Driving Rain“. 

Recorded 16th February 2001 onto 16-track analogue tape then loaded into Logic Audio for overdubs Paul played a Pignose electric guitar and sang the vocal then overdubbed more vocals. Abe played Paul’s Ludwig drum kit then overdubbed a tambourine. Rusty played Vox bass guitar then overdubbed Gibson 12 string electric guitar. Gabe played Wurlitzer then overdubbed Hammond organ.

From the liner notes of the album, and from paulmccartney.com

‘About You’ was written in India, in Goa. We had such a relaxing start to an Indian holiday which was at the beginning of 2001. It was exciting, I hadn’t been back to India since the Mararishi days, which was 25 years or so ago. It was great to look around a bit more; I’d only seen Rishikesh, north of Delhi, before. We started off in Goa, relaxed beach time, and one afternoon I wrote ‘About You’ on a little travel guitar I’ve got which has it’s own amp in it. I picked some words out for the song after seeing a copy of The India Times which was lying around.

Paul McCartney – From “The Driving Rain interview” published on paulmccartney.com, November 2001

Lyrics

You give me power to get out of bed

When in the morning I'm feeling dead

Living and loving there's a lot to be said it's true


Gonna say it about you

Gonna say it about you


Out of the darkness and into the light

Straight to the centre of everything right

Darling don't worry the sky will be bright and blue


When I say it about you

Gonna say it about you

I'll say it about you


When did you teach me to fly thru the air

Sooner or later we all will be there

I read the headlines and now I can swear it's true


And they said it about you

Gonna say it about you

Gonna say it about you

Gonna say it about you

Gonna say it about you

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