Check My Machine (song)

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Album This song officially appears on the Waterfalls / Check My Machine 7" Single.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 1980

Check It Out

Cheek To Cheek

Master release

McCartney II

By Paul McCartney

Related sessions

This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions

"McCartney II" sessions #1

June - July 1979

Mixing "Check My Machine"

Oct 16, 1979

Related interviews

Check His Machine: Paul McCartney Interviewed On McCartney II

Jun 14, 2011 • From The Quietus

‘It’s just me’: an exclusive interview with Paul McCartney about McCartney III

Oct 21, 2020 • From Loud And Quiet

Paul McCartney on the Adam Buxton Podcast

Dec 11, 2020 • From The Adam Buxton Podcast

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The book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present", published in 2021, covers Paul McCartney's early Liverpool days, the Beatles, Wings, and solo careers, by pairing the lyrics of 154 of his songs with first-person commentaries of the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now.

"Check My Machine" is one of the 154 songs covered.

Lyrics

(Spoken) Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones
But Names Will Never Hurt Me
Check My Machine
Check Check Check Check Check My Machine
Check My Machine
Check Check Check Check Check My Machine

(Repeat) -

I Got A Woman A Long Time Ago
I Had Trouble
I Want You To See What You Can See

Check My Machine
Check Check Check Check Check My Machine
Check My Machine
Check Check Check Check Check My Machine

(Ad Lib)

I Want You To Check Check Check Check Check My Machine Check Check Check Check Check My Machine

(Ad Lib)
Check Check Check Check Check My Machine

Officially appears on

Waterfalls / Check My Machine

7" Single • Released in 1980

5:52 • Studio version • A • Edit

Paul McCartney :: Banjo, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing engineer, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals

Eddie Klein :: Mixing assistant

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

Session Mixing:: Oct 16, 1979

Studio :: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

McCartney II (1993)

Official album • Released in 1993

5:53 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Banjo, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing engineer, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals

Eddie Klein :: Mixing assistant

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

Session Mixing:: Oct 16, 1979

Studio :: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

McCartney II - Archive Collection

Official album • Released in 2011

5:52 • Studio version • A2011 • Edit - 2011 remaster

Paul McCartney :: Banjo, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing engineer, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals

Eddie Klein :: Mixing assistant

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

Session Mixing:: Oct 16, 1979

Studio :: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

McCartney II - Archive Collection

Official album • Released in 2011

8:59 • Studio version • A1 • Full Length Version - Original mix of the song on the main album

Paul McCartney :: Banjo, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing engineer, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals

Eddie Klein :: Mixing assistant

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

Session Mixing:: Oct 16, 1979

Studio :: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

The 7” Singles Box

7" Single • Released in 2022

5:52 • Studio version • A2011

Paul McCartney :: Banjo, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing engineer, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals

Eddie Klein :: Mixing assistant

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

Session Mixing:: Oct 16, 1979

Studio :: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Bootlegs

MoMac's Hidden Tracks Vol.13

Unofficial album

8:57 • Studio version • A1

Paul McCartney :: Banjo, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing engineer, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals

Eddie Klein :: Mixing assistant

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

Session Recording:: Oct 16, 1979

Studio :: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

B-Sides Complete Vol. 2

Unofficial album • Released in 2000

5:48 • Studio version • A

Paul McCartney :: Banjo, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing engineer, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals

Eddie Klein :: Mixing assistant

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

Session Mixing:: Oct 16, 1979

Studio :: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

The Lost McCartney Album

Unofficial album • Released in 2000

8:43 • Rough mix • A1

Paul McCartney :: Banjo, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing engineer, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals

Eddie Klein :: Mixing assistant

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

Session Recording:: Oct 16, 1979

Studio :: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

UK Singles Collection - Volume 02

Unofficial album • Released in 2007

5:50 • Studio version • A

Paul McCartney :: Banjo, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing engineer, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals

Eddie Klein :: Mixing assistant

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

Session Mixing:: Oct 16, 1979

Studio :: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

McCartney II - Ultimate Archive Collection

Unofficial album • Released in 2016

5:52 • Studio version • A

Paul McCartney :: Banjo, Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing engineer, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals

Eddie Klein :: Mixing assistant

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK

Session Recording:: June - July 1979

Studio :: Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland

Session Mixing:: Oct 16, 1979

Studio :: EMI Studios, Abbey Road

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Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

Going further

Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989

With 25 albums of pop music, 5 of classical – a total of around 500 songs – released over the course of more than half a century, Paul McCartney's career, on his own and with Wings, boasts an incredible catalogue that's always striving to free itself from the shadow of The Beatles. The stories behind the songs, demos and studio recordings, unreleased tracks, recording dates, musicians, live performances and tours, covers, events: Music Is Ideas Volume 1 traces McCartney's post-Beatles output from 1970 to 1989 in the form of 346 song sheets, filled with details of the recordings and stories behind the sessions. Accompanied by photos, and drawing on interviews and contemporary reviews, this reference book draws the portrait of a musical craftsman who has elevated popular song to an art-form.

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