McCartney III

Timeline More from year 2020
Release date:
Dec 18, 2020

About

2020 was marked by a global health crisis due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This crisis put a halt to the daily routine of billions of people throughout the world, forcing people to stay confined at home… including Paul McCartney.

McCartney hadn’t planned to release an album in 2020, but being in lock-down in Sussex close to his Hog Hill Mill studio, he spent time fleshing out some existing musical sketches and creating new ones. This effort would become “McCartney III“, a self-produced, solo effort, in the same spirit of in the tradition of 1970’s McCartney and 1980’s  McCartney II albums.

The marketing team at Capitol Records went over the top with this release, with numerous limited editions of the album – in colored vinyls, in CDs with colored variations of the dice theme, with some bonus tracks dispatched across releases, three different back covers, a track list different on CDs & vinyls… But in the end, it paid off, as McCartney succeeded at getting his first Number 1 album in the UK, since 1989’s “Flowers In The Dirt“.

Last updated on December 28, 2020

The album


McCartney III

By Paul McCartney • Official album

Special editions























Related songs


Deep Deep Feeling

Officially appears on McCartney III


Deep Down

Officially appears on McCartney III


Find My Way

Officially appears on McCartney III


Lavatory Lil'

Officially appears on McCartney III


Long Tailed Winter Bird

Officially appears on McCartney III


Pretty Boys

Officially appears on McCartney III


Seize The Day

Officially appears on McCartney III


Slidin'

Officially appears on McCartney III


The Kiss Of Venus

Officially appears on McCartney III


When Winter Comes

Officially appears on McCartney III


Winter Bird

Officially appears on McCartney III


Winter Sun

Unreleased song


Women And Wives

Officially appears on McCartney III

Related films


Deep Down (Lyric video)

2020 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Lucy Dyson


Find My Way

2020 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Roman Coppola


Find My Way (Lyric video)

2020 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Lucy Dyson


Lavatory Lil' (Lyric video)

2020 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Lucy Dyson


Long Tailed Winter Bird (Lyric video)

2020 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Lucy Dyson


Pretty Boys (Lyric video)

2020 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Lucy Dyson


The Kiss of Venus (Lyric video)

2020 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Lucy Dyson


When Winter Comes

2020 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Geoff Dunbar


Winter Bird / When Winter Comes (Lyric video)

2020 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Lucy Dyson


Women And Wives (Lyric video)

2020 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Lucy Dyson


Deep Deep Feeling (Lyric video)

2021 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Lucy Dyson


Seize The Day (Lyric video)

2021 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Lucy Dyson


Slidin'

2021 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Jack McCoy


Slidin' (Lyric video)

2021 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Lucy Dyson


Slidin' (Official Trailer)

2021 • For Paul McCartney

Related Concerts, TV & radio shows


RELEASED

Dec 17, 2020 • United Kingdom • Rye • Hog Hill Studio • TV show


The Howard Stern Show

Dec 15, 2020 • United Kingdom • London • Radio show

Related sessions


Recording "McCartney III"

April - June 2020 ? • Songs recorded during this session appear on McCartney III

Related interviews




Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) chat

Dec 23, 2020 • From Reddit


"McCartney III" Twitter Listening Party

Dec 21, 2020 • From Tim's Twitter Listening Party


Interview for The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show

Dec 21, 2020 • From BBC Radio 2


Interview for the Zane Lowe Show

Dec 21, 2020 • From Apple Music 1


Paul McCartney on CBS Sunday Morning

Dec 20, 2020 • From CBS



Idris Elba meets Paul McCartney

Dec 19, 2020 • From BBC One





Paul McCARTNEY sits down with Chris Rock on RELEASED

Dec 17, 2020 • From YouTube Originals


Interview with Howard Stern

Dec 15, 2020 • From SiriusXM


Paul McCartney on the Adam Buxton Podcast

Dec 11, 2020 • From The Adam Buxton Podcast




Paul McCartney Is Still Trying to Figure Out Love

Nov 29, 2020 • From New York Times


Interview for SmartLess podcast

Nov 23, 2020 • From SmartLess


Musicians On Musicians : Paul McCartney & Taylor Swift

November 2020 • From RollingStone


You Gave Me The Answer - Writing McCartney III

Oct 30, 2020 • From paulmccartney.com



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Jesse E. 4 years ago

I made a google doc containing all the notes Paul had when he did his twitter track by track analysis. Might be useful to flesh out the info on each song.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PY54AN9hFkaonfJw70OxBx4BQTEbG3NC7cFzarghAaY/edit


The PaulMcCartney Project 4 years ago

Thanks @jesse - it helped me to create this page - https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/interview/mccartney-iii-twitter-listening-party/ !


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