Ebony And Ivory / Rainclouds
This image is a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the work or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such covers qualifies as fair use.
- UK release date:
- Mar 29, 1982
- US release date:
- Mar 29, 1982
- Publisher:
- Parlophone
- Reference:
- R 6054
Hide track details
Track list
Side 1
1.
Written by Paul McCartney
3:43 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Arrangement, Backing vocals, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Synthesizers, Vocals, Vocoder
- Stevie Wonder :
- Backing vocals, Drums, Electric piano, Percussion, Synthesizers, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Arrangement, Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jon Jacobs :
- Assistant mixing engineer, Assistant recording engineer
- Mike Stavrou :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 28, 1981
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, Montserrat
- Session Overdubs:
- Mar 30, 1981
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Overdubs:
- October 1981
- Studio :
- Strawberry Studios South, Dorkins, Surrey
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 19, 1982
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Side 2
1.
Written by Paul McCartney, Denny Laine
3:12 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass drum, Spanish guitar, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Backing vocals
- Eric Stewart :
- Backing vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Mixing engineer, Recording engineer
- Jon Jacobs :
- Mixing assistant engineer, Recording assistant engineer
- Paddy Moloney :
- Uilleann pipes
- Session Recording:
- December 8th-9th, 1980
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Overdubs:
- March 1981 - March 1982
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
- Session Mixing:
- March 1981 - March 1982
- Studio :
- AIR Studios, London, UK
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
About
From Wikipedia:
“Ebony and Ivory” spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was the fourth-biggest hit of 1982. For McCartney, the song’s run atop the chart was the longest of any of his post-Beatles works, and second longest career-wise (behind “Hey Jude” with The Beatles); for Wonder, it was his longest-running chart-topper. It marked the first time that any single released by any member of the Beatles hit the Billboard R&B chart. It was McCartney’s record 28th song to hit number one on the Billboard 100.
In 2008, the song was ranked at #59 on Billboard’s Greatest Songs of all time. In 2013, it was ranked #69 on the Billboard list of the Hot 100 songs of all-time.
Last updated on April 12, 2020