Sunday, December 14, 1980
Recording "Ballroom Dancing"
For Paul McCartney
Last updated on August 3, 2025
Sunday, December 14, 1980
For Paul McCartney
Last updated on August 3, 2025
Tug Of War sessions at AIR Studios, London
December 1980 • Songs recorded during this session appear on Tug Of War
Recording studio: AIR Studios • London • UK
Session December 8th-9th, 1980 • Recording "Rainclouds"
Article Dec 09, 1980 • Paul McCartney phones the BBC in the wake of John Lennon’s death
Session Dec 14, 1980 • Recording "Ballroom Dancing"
Session Circa 1981 • Recording "Christian Bop"
Interview 1981 • Paul's Haircut Shocks The Barber
AlbumSome of the songs worked on during this session were first released on the "Tug Of War" Official album
From Daily Mail Online, December 5, 2015:
A few days later, Andy took a phone call at Radio One from Beatles producer Sir George Martin. He invited Andy to go to AIR Studios. When he got there, he found Paul waiting.
Andy says: ‘We both became very emotional. I felt awful for upsetting him. Paul needed me to reassure him that John still loved him. I told him that I was convinced he did.
‘I told him, “He talks about you in the interview. He is sarcastic, funny and irreverent, as only John can be. But there is no doubting his fondness for you. It was as if he couldn’t help wishing you were right there in the room with us.” ’
‘We had to face reality. The greatest songwriting partnership in the history of pop music was finished for ever.’
Written by Paul McCartney
Recording
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