Darkroom (song)

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Album This song officially appears on the McCartney II Official album.

Timeline This song has been officially released in 1980

Dance Tonight

Day Tripper

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 "Bogey Wobble", "Mr. H Atom", "You Know I'll Get You Baby"

Sep 27, 1979

Mixing "Secret Friend", "Wonderful Christmastime"

Oct 04, 1979

Related interviews

The McCartney Interview

Oct 01, 1980 • From Club Sandwich

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Song facts

“Darkroom” is a song written and performed by Paul McCartney, released on his second solo album, “McCartney II“, released in 1980.

Paul McCartney in The Beatles – The Dream is Over: Off The Record 2, by Keith Badman:

It wasn’t anything to do With Linda, and the darkroom where she develops her pictures. Actually, somehow I just heard the word ‘darkroom’ and thought it had lots of connotations. It could be a dark room, a photographic darkroom, or just a room, which is dark. You know, a fellow saying to a girl, ‘Come to my dark room,’ is a bit like a ‘Come, let me take you to the Casbah,’ kind of thing. So I thought of this double meaning and it’s just a chant that says, ‘Comma, come along to my darkroom. ‘ And then I added a sort of atmosphere thing in the background and that’s it. It’s supposed to sound like a sort of freaky darkroom or something. Originally ‘Darkroom’ wasn’t going to be on this album because we had to knock off about eight or nine tracks at the beginning. We had planned a double-album, but then it came down to a single album. I was going to lose ‘Darkroom’ because the original version is a very long track and goes on through all sorts of little crazy noises. But I edited it down because I liked it, and now it’s on the album.

The Beatles - The Dream is Over: Off The Record 2

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While the version of “McCartney II” lasts 2:18, a different mix lasting 3:45 was available on bootlegs before its official release on “McCartney II – Archive Collection” in 2011.

In 2005, a mix of “Darkroom” appeared on “Twin Freaks“, the collaborative effort by Paul McCartney and DJ Freelance Hellraiser.

Last updated on November 15, 2016

Lyrics

Got a place we can go
Lights are low
Let me show you to my darkroom

Come a come along with me to my darkroom
Come a come along with me to my darkroom

Come a come along with me to my darkroom
Come a come along with me to my darkroom

Come a come a come a come a come a
Come a come a come a come a come a

Got a place we can go
Lighting low
Let me show you to my darkroom

Got a place
Got a place we can go
We can go
Come a come along with me to my darkroom
Lighting low
Let me show you to my darkroom
Come a come along with me to my darkroom