Album This song officially appears on the New (Collector's Edition) Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 2014
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Recording NEW with Giles Martin #2
July 2013
Officially appears on New (Collector's Edition)
“Hell To Pay” is an outtake from the recording sessions of NEW, officially released in October 2014 as part of the Collector’s Edition of NEW. On The Morton Report, Hell To Pay is described as:
[…] although a bit lyrically under-developed, it’s a melodically inventive rocker laced with orchestral strings. […]
Paul McCartney briefly explained what the song is about during the Twitter Q&A he held on October 30th 2014.
And ‘Hell to Pay’ is about someone who doesn’t give back and so there’ll be hell to pay one day
Paul McCartney
First you take me to the limit then expect me to stop
You know I'm sick and tired of waiting for the penny to drop
You make a living out of making people think you give it all away
But you and I know very well
There's always gonna be a price to pay
But times are tough
And life is hard
You've got enough
And so you'll pardon me for saying
You've had it all your way
You've got to know some day
You'll have to share or there'll be hell to pay
There will be hell to pay
There will be hell to pay
There will be hell to pay
There's gonna be hell to pay
First you take me to the limit then expect me to stop
You know I'm sick and tired of waiting for the penny to drop
You make a living out of making people think you give it all away
But you and I know very well
There's always gonna be a price to pay
But times are tough
And life is hard
You've got enough
And so you'll pardon me for saying
You've had it all your way
You've got to know some day
You'll have to share or there'll be hell to pay
There will be hell to pay
There's gonna be hell to pay
There will be hell to pay
There's gonna be hell to pay
Yeah there will be hell to pay
There's gonna be hell to pay
There's gonna be
There's gonna be
There's gonna be hell to pay
There's gonna be
There's gonna be
Oh yeah there's gonna be hell to pay
Gonna be hell to pay
Oh yeah
There's gonna be hell to pay
There's gonna be hell to pay
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Official album • Released in 2014
4:01 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Guitar, Moog, Piano, Vocals Rusty Anderson : Guitar Abe Laboriel Jr. : Drums Paul Wickens : Keyboards Brian Ray : Bass Laura Melhuish : Violin Patrick Kiernan : Violin Nina Foster : Violin Peter Lale : Viola Rachel Robson : Viola Caroline Dale : Cello Katherine Jenkinson : Cello Chris Worsey : Cello Richard Pryce : Double bass Steve McManus : Double bass Giles Martin : Producer Cathy Thomson : Violin Matthew Taylor : Bassoon David Fuest : Bass clarinet Craig Wild : Trumpet John Barclay : Trumpet
Recording : 2012-2013 ? • Studio Air Studios, Hog Hill Mill and Abbey Road Studios, London UK
New - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
4:01 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Guitar, Moog, Piano, Vocals Rusty Anderson : Guitar Abe Laboriel Jr. : Drums Paul Wickens : Keyboards Brian Ray : Bass Laura Melhuish : Violin Patrick Kiernan : Violin Nina Foster : Violin Peter Lale : Viola Rachel Robson : Viola Caroline Dale : Cello Katherine Jenkinson : Cello Chris Worsey : Cello Richard Pryce : Double bass Steve McManus : Double bass Giles Martin : Producer Cathy Thomson : Violin Matthew Taylor : Bassoon David Fuest : Bass clarinet Craig Wild : Trumpet John Barclay : Trumpet
Recording : 2012-2013 ? • Studio Air Studios, Hog Hill Mill and Abbey Road Studios, London UK
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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