Released in 1998
Written by Paul McCartney • Linda McCartney
Last updated on August 19, 2024
Album This song officially appears on the Wide Prairie Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1998
Timeline This song was written, or began to be written, in 1973, when Paul McCartney was 31 years old)
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
"Suzy And The Red Stripes" sessions
November 1973
March 1998
July 1998
You Gave Me The Answer - 'Wide Prairie'
Aug 02, 2019 • From paulmccartney.com
From Wide Prairie liner notes:
During the Paris sessions in 1973 we recorded a backing track of one of Linda’s ideas. The song was completed many years later and the vocal finally added in 1998. Its gutsy feel is typical of her unwillingness to put up with other people’s bullshit. She hated words like “should” and “compromise”. For her, freedom to do what you want was a basic right.
Once I got fed up when you told me what to do
But still I did it, to myself I was untrue
But now I'm stronger, I can see a better way.
You better listen hard to what I have to say.
I've done it, I've won it, not running away
I got up, I got up, I got up
And I ain't going down again
I got up, I got up, I got up
And I ain't going down again
My friends have told me I was going down fast
They try to tell me not to live in the past
Now I can laugh because I know they were right
You dirty dog, your bark was worse than your bite
I've done it, I won it and here's what I say
I got up, I got up, I got up
And I ain't going down again, Yeah
It's good to know that I can set myself free
Anytime I want to I can be the real me
But now I'm telling you whatever I do
One thing is certain it will be without you
I've done it, I've won it, so be on your way
I got up, I got up, I got up
And I ain't going down again
You better believe it
I got up baby and I ain't going down
No matter what you say or do
Be on your way
Get out of here
Goodbye you dirty, dirty dog
Woof Woof
Official album • Released in 1998
3:22 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Organ, Piano, Producer Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Lead vocals Denny Laine : Backing vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Guitar Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Davey Lutton : Drums
Session Recording: November 1973 • Studio EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France
Session Overdubs: Mar 20, 1998 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: Jul 09, 1998 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
The Light Comes From Within / I Got Up / Seaside Woman
CD Single • Released in 1999
3:19 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Organ, Piano, Producer Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Lead vocals Denny Laine : Backing vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Guitar Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Davey Lutton : Drums
Session Recording: November 1973 • Studio EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France
Session Overdubs: Mar 20, 1998 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: Jul 09, 1998 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Official album • Released in 2019
3:22 • Studio version • A2019 • 2019 remaster
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Organ, Piano, Producer Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Lead vocals Denny Laine : Backing vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Guitar Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Davey Lutton : Drums Alex Wharton : Remastering
Session Recording: November 1973 • Studio EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France
Session Overdubs: Mar 20, 1998 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: Jul 09, 1998 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Unofficial album • Released in 2014
1:33 • Studio version • B • Early Version, Backing Track
Session Recording: November 1973 • Studio EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France
Band On The Run - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2016
3:21 • Studio version • A
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Organ, Piano, Producer Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Lead vocals Denny Laine : Backing vocals Jimmy McCulloch : Guitar Geoff Emerick : Recording engineer Davey Lutton : Drums
Session Recording: November 1973 • Studio EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France
Session Overdubs: Mar 20, 1998 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Session Overdubs: Jul 09, 1998 • Studio Hog Hill Studio, Rye, UK
Album Wide Prairie
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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