Album This song officially appears on the Give My Regards To Broad Street (CD version) Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 1984
Timeline This song was written, or began to be written, in 1980, when Paul McCartney was 38 years old)
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Nov 30, 1980
Feb 11, 1981
Tug Of War sessions at AIR Studios, London
March 11, 1981 - March 1982
Officially appears on Give My Regards To Broad Street (CD version)
Officially appears on Give My Regards To Broad Street (CD version)
“No Values” is a song from the 1984 soundtrack album “Give My Regards To Broad Street“.
There are not many incidents in the film that I have actually dreamed myself, but this song I really did dream about. I was on holiday and just as I was waking up I was in a dream and I was watching the Rolling Stones.
They were all there, Bill, Charlie, Keith and all the lads; and Mick was up there singing, “No values, seems to me that you’ve still got no values…” I couldn’t quite hear all the lyrics but I heard all the chorus and I woke up and thought I really like that song that they do. Then I thought, Hey, wait a minute – there is no song called “No Values”. They don’t do that song. My brain had just created it, or however it happens.
So I thought well, there it is, I’ve got this new song called “No Values”, and I checked that the Stones really hadn’t done it, and just set about writing it.
I haven’t told Mick Jagger – he’d probably claim the copyright!
Paul McCartney – From the “Give My Regards To Broad Street” book, Pavilion Books, 1984
“No Values” was one of the few original songs released on the “Give My Regards To Broad Street” soundtrack, but had not been written specifically for the movie. Demos recorded in late 1980 during one of the latest sessions with Wings are available on various bootlegs, and “No Values” is mentioned in an early track listing for the “Tug Of War” album.
The LP version of “No Values” omits the intro chat available on the CD version.
I hear them telling me that you're selling off the furniture
And even keep my personalised autographs
You might as well go all the way and sell your granny to the zoo.
And while you're at it, may I go to my psychiatrist ?
He's making money out of making me laugh
But I don't mind, I wish that I could say the same about you
It seems to me that you've still got no values,
Oh you know you're not so hot, no values
You know you've got a lot, but no values
And I'll be glad if you went away again
No values…No values…No values at all
The city shark is at the dark end of the alleyway
You pays your money and you takes your choice
The artful dodger says he wants to pick a pocket or two
But you, you've taken up a place in high society
A personal friend of messrs rolls and royce
Got them all convinced that everything you say to them is true
It seems to me that you've still got no values
Oh you know you're not so hot, no values
You know you've got a lot, but no values
And I'd be glad if you went away again.
No values…No values…No values at all
I like your wife's smile, I like her car
If I had your lifestyle, I wouldn't go far wrong
On the waters of life you row your boat
Into the strongest tide that you can find
On the darkest of nights we were two of a kind
We went through it all before the tide went out
And left us stranded on the shore
How was I to know
How was I to know
Well you ain't got no values
You know you think you're hot, no values
You know, you've got a lot, no values,
And I'd be glad if you went away again
No values, yeah… No values, yeah…No values at all
Give My Regards To Broad Street (CD version)
Official album • Released in 1984
4:12 • Studio version • A • Stereo
Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Keyboards Ringo Starr : Drums Jon Kelly : Recording engineer (?) Dave Edmunds : Backing vocals, Electric guitar Stuart Breed : Assistant engineer (?) Chris Spedding : Backing vocals, Electric guitar Jody Lindscott : Percussion
Session Recording: March 1983 ? • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Give My Regards To Broad Street (LP version)
Official album • Released in 1984
4:13 • Studio version • A1 • Stereo
Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Keyboards Ringo Starr : Drums Jon Kelly : Recording engineer (?) Dave Edmunds : Backing vocals, Electric guitar Stuart Breed : Assistant engineer (?) Chris Spedding : Backing vocals, Electric guitar Jody Lindscott : Percussion
Session Recording: March 1983 ? • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Give My Regards To Broad Street (1993)
Official album • Released in 1993
4:12 • Studio version • A • Stereo • 1993 remaster
Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Linda McCartney : Backing vocals, Keyboards Ringo Starr : Drums Jon Kelly : Recording engineer (?) Dave Edmunds : Backing vocals, Electric guitar Stuart Breed : Assistant engineer (?) Chris Spedding : Backing vocals, Electric guitar Jody Lindscott : Percussion
Session Recording: March 1983 ? • Studio AIR Studios, London, UK
Unofficial album • Released in 2011
Rehearsal • B
Session Recording: Nov 30, 1980 • Studio Pugin Hall, Tenterden, Kent, UK
Let 'Em Out Vol. 7 - Pugin's Hall Rehearsals
Unofficial live • Released in 2011
3:33 • Studio rehearsal
Session Recording: Nov 30, 1980 • Studio Pugin Hall, Tenterden, Kent, UK
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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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