- Album This song officially appears on the Red Rose Speedway LP.
- Timeline This song has been written (or started being written) in 1970 (Paul McCartney was 28 years old)
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
May-August 1970
Recording "Get On The Right Thing"
Oct 14, 1970
"Ram" sessions (Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles)
March-April, 1971
Mixing "Get On The Right Thing"
Jan 21, 1973
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Song facts
“Get On The Right Thing” is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings from the band’s 1973 album, Red Rose Speedway.
Last updated on November 22, 2018
Lyrics
All at once you get love on your mind
And your world is as kind as a penny
Oh and you knew it all along
You did the right thing
Believe me it's true
And it can happen to you
All at once you get sound in your ears
And your cloud disappears into yellow
Well you know they were wrong
Get on the right thing
Well you knew it all along
Get on the right thing
Believe me its so because I happen to know
Try a little love, you can't go wrong
Get on the right thing
Get on the right thing
Get on the right thing
My little love you cant go wrong
Get on the right thing
Get on the right thing,
Get on the right thing do,
get on the right thing you
All at once we see things in our skies
And we both realize it together
Well you know they were wrong
Get on the right thing
Yes you knew it all along
Get on the right thing
Well believe me its so because I happen to know
You can't go wrong
Get on the right thing, Get on the right thing
Get on the right thing
You can't go wrong
Get on the right thing and try
And it can't go wrong
Get on the right thing you etc.
Try a little love, you can't go wrong
Get on the right thing
Get on the right thing etc
Officially appears on
LP • Released in 1973
4:18 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Vocal
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocal
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums
- David Spinozza :
- Electric guitar
- Tim Geelan :
- Recording engineer
- Ted Brosnan :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Oct 14, 1970
- Studio :
- CBS Studios, New York City
- Session Overdubs:
- March-April 1971
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 21, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Official album • Released in 1993
4:18 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Vocal
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocal
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums
- David Spinozza :
- Electric guitar
- Tim Geelan :
- Recording engineer
- Ted Brosnan :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Oct 14, 1970
- Studio :
- CBS Studios, New York City
- Session Overdubs:
- March-April 1971
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 21, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Red Rose Speedway - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2018
4:17 • Studio version • A2018 • 2018 Remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Vocal
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocal
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums
- David Spinozza :
- Electric guitar
- Tim Geelan :
- Recording engineer
- Ted Brosnan :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer
- Alex Wharton :
- Remastering
- Steve Orchard :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Oct 14, 1970
- Studio :
- CBS Studios, New York City
- Session Overdubs:
- March-April 1971
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 21, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Red Rose Speedway - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2018
4:17 • Studio version • A2018 • 2018 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Vocal
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocal
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums
- David Spinozza :
- Electric guitar
- Tim Geelan :
- Recording engineer
- Ted Brosnan :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer
- Alex Wharton :
- Remastering
- Steve Orchard :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- Oct 14, 1970
- Studio :
- CBS Studios, New York City
- Session Overdubs:
- March-April 1971
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 21, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Red Rose Speedway - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2018
4:41 • Studio version • B • Early Mix
- Performed by :
- Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney • Denny Laine • Denny Seiwell • Hugh McCracken
- Tim Geelan :
- Recording engineer
- Ted Brosnan :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Dixon Van Winkle :
- Mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Oct 14, 1970
- Studio :
- CBS Studios, New York City
- Session Overdubs:
- March-April 1971
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Jul 08, 1971
- Studio :
- A&R Studios, New York City
Red Rose Speedway (50th Anniversary)
LP • Released in 2023
4:18 • Studio version • A2023 • 2023 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Vocal
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocal
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums
- David Spinozza :
- Electric guitar
- Tim Geelan :
- Recording engineer
- Ted Brosnan :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Oct 14, 1970
- Studio :
- CBS Studios, New York City
- Session Overdubs:
- March-April 1971
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 21, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Bootlegs
The Alternate Red Rose Speedway Volume 1: The Original Acetate
Unofficial album
4:21 • Studio version
Red Rose Speedway Collector's Edition
Unofficial album • Released in 2001
4:19 • Studio version • Remaster version
Red Rose Speedway - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
4:18 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Electric guitar, Piano, Vocal
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocal
- Denny Seiwell :
- Drums
- David Spinozza :
- Electric guitar
- Tim Geelan :
- Recording engineer
- Ted Brosnan :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer
- Session Recording:
- Oct 14, 1970
- Studio :
- CBS Studios, New York City
- Session Overdubs:
- March-April 1971
- Studio :
- Sunset Sound Recorders Studio, Los Angeles, USA
- Session Mixing:
- Jan 21, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
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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Great "UFO" comment from Sir Paul. John Lennon released a similar track around the same time, "Out The Blue"