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Released in 2007

222

Written by Paul McCartney

Last updated on July 21, 2024


Album This song officially appears on the Memory Almost Full - 2CD limited edition bonus disc Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 2007

Master album

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This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

Other bonus tracks on Memory Almost Full

Related interview

222” is a track from 2007, released as a bonus track of the special edition version of “Memory Almost Full“. The song was written for his youngest child, his daughter Beatrice, when she was aged 2.

A promotional video was directed by Marco Sandeman. The song also appeared on the soundtrack of “Comes A Bright Day“, a film directed by Simon Aboud, the second husband of Mary McCartney, Paul McCartney’s oldest daughter.

From People.com:

Sir Paul McCartney […] has written and dedicated a song to his daughter, Beatrice Milly, 4. The song, called ’222,’ can be found on the former Beatle’s current album Memory Almost Full. It was written for his youngest child when she was aged 2.

In 2023, “222” was used as the musical theme for various videos promoting the photo exhibition “Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64 Eyes of the Storm

From Steve Hoffman Music Forums – Taken from the “Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64 Eyes of the Storm” photo exhibition in Brooklyn, July 2024

Lyrics

Ooh, look at that

Look at her walking

Turning her head

Taking my breath away


Ooh, look at that

Look at her walking

Turning her head

Taking my breath away


Won't you look at that?

Look at her walking

Turning her head

Taking my breath away


Come home to me

Officially appears on

Bootlegs

Related film

  • 222

    2007 • For Paul McCartney • Directed by Marco Sandeman

Videos

Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

Paul McCartney writing

Talk more talk, chat more chat

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Karl Schiller • 4 years ago

This page had previously showed the instrumentation used on this track. Can you please restore this information? Thank you.


The PaulMcCartney Project • 4 years ago

Hi @karl, thanks for noticing ! It seems all the credits for "Memory Almost Full" are gone :( I've reintroduced the credits for "222" for now. Thanks !


AT Friesner • 1 year ago

Explain the title. 2 years old isn't 222 years old.


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