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- Album This song officially appears on the Egypt Station Official album.
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
"Egypt Station" sessions at Henson Studios
2016-2018 ?
2018 ?
Related interviews
Paul McCartney talks about his new album 'Egypt Station' ahead of Liverpool gig
Nov 01, 2018 • From Wirral Life
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Song facts
“Hand In Hand” is a track from 2018 album “Egypt Station“. From “Words Between The Tracks” YouTube series:
Sometimes songs just come to you, sort of late at night. And I’ve got a piano at home, and in actual fact this particular piano happens to be my dad’s old piano, so it’s special to me. And I was sitting there one night and I just started to find these chords that are the beginning of Hand In Hand.
And it’s basically a love song. And as I wrote it, I was imagining me and Nancy about to go through life hand in hand. It was written in the early stage of our relationship.And then I started to think, ‘Yeah, well, this is a lot of people.’ You know, there are millions of people in that situation, where they’ve got someone they love, and they want to go through life hand in hand, and to be a partnership of some kind.
And it was nice, actually, when we recorded it, we had two lady cellists. That’s all there is on there beside the band. And it was very sweet ’cause at the end of it we liked what they’d done, we said that’s great, thank you. And one of them sort of said, ‘Oh, you know what? I’m getting married for the second time, and I’m a little bit nervous, but this song has made me think it’s going to work out all right.’ So we though, that’s it! You know, that’s a reason, right there, for writing that song.
Paul McCartney
Last updated on September 9, 2018
Lyrics
Want to give you my heart
Want to tell you my story
Going to take it to another level
You and me
Want to give you my word
Let me give you my promise
I will try to make it happen
You can guarantee
Hand in hand
Walking through life
And making our plans
Hand in hand
Let me enter your light
Want to show you my passion
We can make each other happy
If we get it right
Hand in hand
Walking through life
And making our plans
Hand in hand
Taking our time
And making a stand
We can make this dream come true
Only if we want it to
We can make this dream come true
Only when we understand
Everything in life is planned
Can we make this dream come true
Want to give you my heart
Want to tell you my story
Going to take it to another level
You and me
Hand in hand
Walking through life
And making our plans
Hand in hand
Hand in hand
Officially appears on
Egypt Station (Limited Orange & Blue LP)
Official album
2:35 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Co-producer, Piano, Vocals
- Alan Broadbent :
- Orchestration
- Keith Smith :
- Engineering assistant
- Pedro Eustache :
- King bansori indian flute
- Greg Kurstin :
- Producer
- Steve Orchard :
- Engineering
- Mark 'Spike' Stent :
- Mixing engineer
- Michael Freeman :
- Mixing assistant
- Alex Pasco :
- Engineering
- Billy Bush :
- Engineering
- Julian Burg :
- Engineering
- Matt Tuggle :
- Engineering assistant
- Paul Pritchard :
- Engineering assistant
- Derek Stockwell :
- Mixing assistant
- Kyle Stevens :
- Engineering assistant
- Al Schmitt :
- Engineering
- Steve Genewick :
- Engineering assistant
- Vanessa Freebairn-Smith :
- Cello
- Jodi Burnett :
- Cello
- Session Recording:
- 2016-2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
- Session Mixing:
- 2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Egypt Station (Deluxe edition)
Official album • Released in 2018
2:35 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Co-producer, Piano, Vocals
- Alan Broadbent :
- Orchestration
- Keith Smith :
- Engineering assistant
- Pedro Eustache :
- King bansori indian flute
- Greg Kurstin :
- Producer
- Steve Orchard :
- Engineering
- Mark 'Spike' Stent :
- Mixing engineer
- Michael Freeman :
- Mixing assistant
- Alex Pasco :
- Engineering
- Billy Bush :
- Engineering
- Julian Burg :
- Engineering
- Matt Tuggle :
- Engineering assistant
- Paul Pritchard :
- Engineering assistant
- Derek Stockwell :
- Mixing assistant
- Kyle Stevens :
- Engineering assistant
- Al Schmitt :
- Engineering
- Steve Genewick :
- Engineering assistant
- Vanessa Freebairn-Smith :
- Cello
- Jodi Burnett :
- Cello
- Session Recording:
- 2016-2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
- Session Mixing:
- 2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Egypt Station (Limited Red LP)
Official album • Released in 2018
2:35 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Co-producer, Piano, Vocals
- Alan Broadbent :
- Orchestration
- Keith Smith :
- Engineering assistant
- Pedro Eustache :
- King bansori indian flute
- Greg Kurstin :
- Producer
- Steve Orchard :
- Engineering
- Mark 'Spike' Stent :
- Mixing engineer
- Michael Freeman :
- Mixing assistant
- Alex Pasco :
- Engineering
- Billy Bush :
- Engineering
- Julian Burg :
- Engineering
- Matt Tuggle :
- Engineering assistant
- Paul Pritchard :
- Engineering assistant
- Derek Stockwell :
- Mixing assistant
- Kyle Stevens :
- Engineering assistant
- Al Schmitt :
- Engineering
- Steve Genewick :
- Engineering assistant
- Vanessa Freebairn-Smith :
- Cello
- Jodi Burnett :
- Cello
- Session Recording:
- 2016-2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
- Session Mixing:
- 2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Egypt Station (Limited Green Spotify LP)
Official album • Released in 2018
2:35 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Co-producer, Piano, Vocals
- Alan Broadbent :
- Orchestration
- Keith Smith :
- Engineering assistant
- Pedro Eustache :
- King bansori indian flute
- Greg Kurstin :
- Producer
- Steve Orchard :
- Engineering
- Mark 'Spike' Stent :
- Mixing engineer
- Michael Freeman :
- Mixing assistant
- Alex Pasco :
- Engineering
- Billy Bush :
- Engineering
- Julian Burg :
- Engineering
- Matt Tuggle :
- Engineering assistant
- Paul Pritchard :
- Engineering assistant
- Derek Stockwell :
- Mixing assistant
- Kyle Stevens :
- Engineering assistant
- Al Schmitt :
- Engineering
- Steve Genewick :
- Engineering assistant
- Vanessa Freebairn-Smith :
- Cello
- Jodi Burnett :
- Cello
- Session Recording:
- 2016-2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
- Session Mixing:
- 2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Egypt Station (Orange cassette)
Cassette • Released in 2018
2:35 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Co-producer, Piano, Vocals
- Alan Broadbent :
- Orchestration
- Keith Smith :
- Engineering assistant
- Pedro Eustache :
- King bansori indian flute
- Greg Kurstin :
- Producer
- Steve Orchard :
- Engineering
- Mark 'Spike' Stent :
- Mixing engineer
- Michael Freeman :
- Mixing assistant
- Alex Pasco :
- Engineering
- Billy Bush :
- Engineering
- Julian Burg :
- Engineering
- Matt Tuggle :
- Engineering assistant
- Paul Pritchard :
- Engineering assistant
- Derek Stockwell :
- Mixing assistant
- Kyle Stevens :
- Engineering assistant
- Al Schmitt :
- Engineering
- Steve Genewick :
- Engineering assistant
- Vanessa Freebairn-Smith :
- Cello
- Jodi Burnett :
- Cello
- Session Recording:
- 2016-2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
- Session Mixing:
- 2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Official album • Released in 2018
2:35 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Co-producer, Piano, Vocals
- Alan Broadbent :
- Orchestration
- Keith Smith :
- Engineering assistant
- Pedro Eustache :
- King bansori indian flute
- Greg Kurstin :
- Producer
- Steve Orchard :
- Engineering
- Mark 'Spike' Stent :
- Mixing engineer
- Michael Freeman :
- Mixing assistant
- Alex Pasco :
- Engineering
- Billy Bush :
- Engineering
- Julian Burg :
- Engineering
- Matt Tuggle :
- Engineering assistant
- Paul Pritchard :
- Engineering assistant
- Derek Stockwell :
- Mixing assistant
- Kyle Stevens :
- Engineering assistant
- Al Schmitt :
- Engineering
- Steve Genewick :
- Engineering assistant
- Vanessa Freebairn-Smith :
- Cello
- Jodi Burnett :
- Cello
- Session Recording:
- 2016-2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
- Session Mixing:
- 2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Egypt Station - Explorer's Edition
Official album • Released in 2019
2:35 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Co-producer, Piano, Vocals
- Alan Broadbent :
- Orchestration
- Keith Smith :
- Engineering assistant
- Pedro Eustache :
- King bansori indian flute
- Greg Kurstin :
- Producer
- Steve Orchard :
- Engineering
- Mark 'Spike' Stent :
- Mixing engineer
- Michael Freeman :
- Mixing assistant
- Alex Pasco :
- Engineering
- Billy Bush :
- Engineering
- Julian Burg :
- Engineering
- Matt Tuggle :
- Engineering assistant
- Paul Pritchard :
- Engineering assistant
- Derek Stockwell :
- Mixing assistant
- Kyle Stevens :
- Engineering assistant
- Al Schmitt :
- Engineering
- Steve Genewick :
- Engineering assistant
- Vanessa Freebairn-Smith :
- Cello
- Jodi Burnett :
- Cello
- Session Recording:
- 2016-2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
- Session Mixing:
- 2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Egypt Station - Traveller's Edition
Official album • Released in 2019
2:35 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Acoustic guitar, Co-producer, Piano, Vocals
- Alan Broadbent :
- Orchestration
- Keith Smith :
- Engineering assistant
- Pedro Eustache :
- King bansori indian flute
- Greg Kurstin :
- Producer
- Steve Orchard :
- Engineering
- Mark 'Spike' Stent :
- Mixing engineer
- Michael Freeman :
- Mixing assistant
- Alex Pasco :
- Engineering
- Billy Bush :
- Engineering
- Julian Burg :
- Engineering
- Matt Tuggle :
- Engineering assistant
- Paul Pritchard :
- Engineering assistant
- Derek Stockwell :
- Mixing assistant
- Kyle Stevens :
- Engineering assistant
- Al Schmitt :
- Engineering
- Steve Genewick :
- Engineering assistant
- Vanessa Freebairn-Smith :
- Cello
- Jodi Burnett :
- Cello
- Session Recording:
- 2016-2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
- Session Mixing:
- 2018 ?
- Studio :
- Henson Recording Studios, Los Angeles
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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