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- Album This song officially appears on the EB 84 Official album.
- Timeline This song has been written (or started being written) in 1984 (Paul McCartney was 42 years old)
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Song facts
From Wikipedia:
“On the Wings of a Nightingale” is a song written and composed by Paul McCartney and recorded by the Everly Brothers in 1984 for their album EB 84, which Dave Edmunds produced. […]
The video shot to accompany the selection shows the brothers rescuing a classic car (specifically, a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible) from a junkyard, restoring it (in a series of shots that compress an unknown number of weeks, or months, into 35 seconds of video time) to drivable condition, then taking it out for a spin.
“On the Wings of a Nightingale” is the most popular of the duo’s songs recorded since 1970 and the final Everly Brothers single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. […]
McCartney’s own version still exists, strictly as a demonstration recording; it remains unreleased as of 2020.
Remember Dave Edmunds’ rocking guitar work on ‘Not Such A Bad Boy’ and ‘No Values’? Well, at the time of recording he was due to produce the Everly Brothers’ comeback album and persuaded Paul to write ‘On The Wings Of A Nightingale’ for them. The result? The brothers’ first hit in almost 20 years…
From Club Sandwich N°36, 1985
Last updated on February 29, 2020
Lyrics
When I love, I get a feeling
Like I'm traveling through the sky
On the wings of a nightingale
As I ride my head is reeling
But I don't even wonder why
On the wings of a nightingale, I fly
High above, land and sea
I'll be thinking of you and me
Couldn't ask for a better place to be
Oh, I can feel something happening
Oh, I can feel something happening
Oh, I can feel something happening to me
So hold my hand
I've got a feeling that the journey has just begun
On the wings of a nightingale
And if you like, we'll fly together
To the land of eternal sun
On the wings of a nightingale of love
High above, land and sea
I'll be thinking of you and me
Couldn't ask for a better place to be
Oh, I can feel something happening
Oh, I can feel something happening
Oh, I can feel something happening to me
When I love, I get a feeling
Like I'm traveling through the sky
On the wings of a nightingale
On the wings of a nightingale
On the wings of a nightingale
On the wings of a nightingale
Officially appears on
Bootlegs
Pipes Of Peace - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2016
2:29 • Studio version • [demo]
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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Would be nice to know what inspired Paul to write this particular song. How and/or why did he conceive the lyrics, etc
Hi Roberto, so far I haven't been able to find more details that what is mentioned on the page !!