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Released in 1986

It's Not True

Written by Paul McCartney

Last updated on May 2, 2020

Album This song officially appears on the Press To Play Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1986

Timeline This song was written, or began to be written, in 1985, when Paul McCartney was 43 years old)

Master album

Related sessions

This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

“It’s Not True” is a song from 1986 album “Press To Play“.

From the “Press To Play” inner sleeve – These coloured diagrams by Paul show the position of the voices and instruments in the mix of each track.

Lyrics

It's not true

It's not true

It's not true

Some people say she's a bad girl

Some people think she's a fool

Some people tell me she's no good

But I'm telling you, "It's not true, it's not true, it's not true"

They say that my girl's a mad girl

No saying what she might do

Some people tell me she's crazy

But I'm telling you, "It's not true, it's not true, it's not true"

It's not true

Ooh, ooh, ooh, they've been talking to the fellas

Ooh, ooh, ooh, have they never heard of jealousy?

Ooh, ooh, ooh, if she helps me write the melody

I'll let the words take care of themselves

It's not true, it's not true, it's not true

It's not true

Ooh, ooh, ooh, they've been talking to the fellas

Ooh, ooh, ooh, have they never heard of jealousy?

Ooh, ooh, ooh, if she helps me make the memories

I'll let the words take care of themselves

Some people say she's a loser

Some people tell me that she's through

Some people say I don't love her

But I'm telling you, "It's not true, it's not true, it's not true

What they're saying about her isn't true"

Don't you know it isn't true?

Oh no, no, no, no

Ooh, it isn't

Oh, it's not true

It's not true

It's not true

It's not true

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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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