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Released in 2013

Get Me Out Of Here

Written by Paul McCartney

Last updated on May 26, 2019

Album This song officially appears on the New (Deluxe Edition) Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 2013

Master album

Related sessions

This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

“Get Me Out Of Here” is a song from the Deluxe edition of 2013 “NEW” album. On it, Paul plays a Ngoni, an African instrument he was given when performing with Africa Express on September 2012. From Wikipedia:

The ngoni or “n’goni” is a string instrument originating in West Africa. Its body is made of wood or calabash with dried animal (often goat) skin head stretched over it. The ngoni, which can produce fast melodies, appears to be closely related to the akonting and the xalam. This is called a jeli ngoni as it is played by griots at celebrations and special occasions in traditional songs called fasas in Mandingo. Another larger type, believed to have originated among the donso (a hunter and storyteller caste of the Wasulu people) is called the donso ngoni. This is still largely reserved for ceremonial purposes. The donso ngoni, or “hunter’s harp” has six strings. It is often accompanies singing along with the karagnan, a serrated metal tube scraped with a metal stick. The Donso Ngoni was mentioned by Richard Jobson in the 1620s, describing it as the most commonly used instrument in the Gambra(Gambia). He described it as an instrument with a great gourd for a belly at the bottom of a long neck with six strings. The smaller kamale ngoni has entered popular musical styles such as Wassoulou music. […]

So I took it in the studio the next day. We had this track and I used this instrument. It made this great (rhythmic) noise. Luckily the strings on it fitted exactly with the bass part. Well, it became the bass part. Yeah, that was just one of those things. It just fitted really nicely – from Africa Express through Damon [Albarn singer of the band Blur], through a tribe in Africa to the studio.

Paul McCartney, MPL documentary “Something New“, 2013

Lyrics

I get a feeling when they call my name

Feels like we’re all involved in some kind of game

Oh boy, get me out of here

Oh boy, let me out of here

I hear the taxman knocking at my door

I’ve got a feeling he’ll be asking for more

Oh boy, get me out of here

Oh boy, someone get me out of here

Yeah, when we fight I don’t know what to say

If feels so bad and yet I can’t run away

Oh boy, oh boy someone get me out of here

I’m a celebrity

Oh boy, someone get me out of here

I see the doctor coming down the street

I got no fever, but I’m feeling the heat

Oh boy, someone get me out of here

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Live performances

Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.

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