Another Day / Oh Woman Oh Why

Track list

Side 1

1. Another Day

   Written by Paul McCartney, Linda Eastman / McCartney

   3:45 • Studio version • A

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Bass, Electric guitar, Percussion (?), Producer, Tambourine (?), Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Denny Seiwell : Drums, Percussion David Spinozza : Acoustic guitar (?), Electric guitar Tim Geelan : Recording engineer Ted Brosnan : Assistant recording engineer Dixon Van Winkle : Mixing engineer

   Session Recording: Oct 12, 1970 • Studio CBS Studios, New York City

   Session Overdubs: January 1971 • Studio A&R Studios, New York City

   Session Mixing: Feb 08, 1971 • Studio A&R Studios, New York City

   Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • From the books "Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs" • Buy Volume 1 (1970-1989) and Volume 2 (1990-2012) on Amazon

Side 2

1. Oh Woman Oh Why

   Written by Paul McCartney

   4:36 • Studio version • A

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Electric guitar, Gun shots, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Vocals Linda Eastman / McCartney : Backing vocals Denny Seiwell : Drums, Percussion, Shaker Hugh McCracken : Electric guitar Tim Geelan : Recording engineer Ted Brosnan : Assistant recording engineer Dixon Van Winkle : Mixing engineer

   Session Recording: Nov 03, 1970 • Studio CBS Studios, New York City

   Session Mixing: Feb 05, 1971 • Studio A&R Studios, New York City

From Wikipedia:

The song was a hit in the United States and the United Kingdom, peaking at number five in the US and number two in the UK in March 1971. In Australia, the song spent one week at number one. In France, the song was also a number one hit.

Peak positions Chart (1971) Position Australian Kent Music Report 1 Austrian Singles Chart 10 Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders) 10 Canadian RPM Top 100 Singles 4 Canadian RPM MOR 6 Dutch Singles Chart 3 Irish Singles Chart 1 Italian Singles Chart 4 Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 6 Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart 3 Spanish Singles Chart 1 Swiss Singles Chart 7 UK Singles Chart 2 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 5 US Billboard Easy Listening 4 West German Media Control Singles Chart 6

Year-end charts Chart (1971) Position Australian Albums Chart 21 Canadian RPM Singles Chart 58 Dutch Singles Chart 64 Italian Singles Chart 29 Japanese Oricon Singles Chart 43 U.S. Billboard Top Pop Singles 60 U.S. Billboard Top Easy Listening Singles 44

Paul: new album and single out soon

PAUL McCartney is hot on the heels of George Harrison in the Beatle solo stakes. Within the next three weeks Apple will release a brand new single by McCartney entitled “Another Day” – a new song recorded in New York by Paul and his wife Linda. Composer on the singled is credited to “Mr and Mrs McCartney.”

A spokesman for McCartney told the MM this week that a second McCartney solo album was expected soon. We don’t know whether ‘Another Day’ is a track from the album or not, and we don’t know what the B side will be”, he said.

He is to tape a television special for American TV in California in March, with the same musicians who worked with him on his new album.

American session guitarist Hugh McCracken, who is working in Britain with Gary Wright at the moment, told the MM that the TV show was definitely on but that he did not know any details about it.

McCartney is expected back in London this week from the States. […]

From Melody Maker – February 20, 1971

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