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- Album This song officially appears on the Temporary Secretary / Secret Friend 12" Single.
- Timeline This song has been officially released in 1980
- Sessions This song has been recorded during the following sessions
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Lyrics
Feel like you've never fit before
Here we are
Where are we
Cast adrift on some uncharted sea
I know we'll find our way
I know we'll reach the end
If you will say you'll be my secret friend
Night draws in, once again
As she turns her velvet collar up
A perfect day will end
If you will say you'll be my secret friend
Feel like you've never fell before, once more
Night draws in, once again
As she turns her velvet collar up
A perfect day will end
If you will say you'll be my secret friend
Feel like you've never felt before. once more
Here we are
Where are we
Cast adrift on some uncharted sea
I know we'll find our way
If you will say you'll be my secret friend
Feel like you've never felt before, once more
I need ya
I need ya
I need ya
I need ya
Night draws in, once again
As she turns her velvet collar up
A perfect day will end
If you will say you'll be my secret friend
Feel like you've never felt before, once more
Here we are
Where are we
Cast adrift on some uncharted sea
I know we'll find our way
I know we'll reach the end
If you will say you'll be my secret friend
I need ya
I need ya
Officially appears on
Temporary Secretary / Secret Friend
12" Single • Released in 1980
10:30 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals
- Eddie Klein:
- Mixing assistant
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
- Session Recording:
- Oct 04, 1979
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
Official album • Released in 1993
10:31 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals
- Eddie Klein:
- Mixing assistant
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
- Session Recording:
- Oct 04, 1979
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
McCartney II - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2011
10:32 • Studio version • A • Full Length Version
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals
- Eddie Klein:
- Mixing assistant
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
- Session Recording:
- Oct 04, 1979
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
Bootlegs
Unofficial album • Released in 2000
10:28 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals
- Eddie Klein:
- Mixing assistant
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
- Session Recording:
- Oct 04, 1979
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
Unofficial album • Released in 2000
10:06 • Rough mix • A1
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals
- Eddie Klein:
- Mixing assistant
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
- Session Recording:
- Oct 04, 1979
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
UK Singles Collection - Volume 02
Unofficial album • Released in 2007
10:32 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals
- Eddie Klein:
- Mixing assistant
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
- Session Recording:
- Oct 04, 1979
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
McCartney II - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2016
10:32 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals
- Eddie Klein:
- Mixing assistant
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
- Session Recording:
- Oct 04, 1979
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
Unofficial album • Released in 2016
10:07 • Rough mix • A1
- Paul McCartney:
- Bass, Drums, Electric guitar, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Shaker, Synthesizers, Vocals
- Eddie Klein:
- Mixing assistant
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Home Studio, Peasmarsh, Sussex, UK
- Session Recording:
- June - July 1979
- Studio:
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
- Session Recording:
- Oct 04, 1979
- Studio:
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Recording Sessions (1969-2013) on Amazon
Live performances
Paul McCartney has never played this song in concert.
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Please help. A friend and I here in America both have a memory of seeing a Columbia 45 of Temporary Secretary in a record store (record theatre, actually) with a 5 min. Edit of secret friend on the flip. I actually held it in my hands. We both recall this. But today i can find no evidence of this 45 existing. We were not stoned, thanks. Was it maybe issued then quickly withdrawn, like other 45s I've heard of? Someone please solve this mystery. You can even write me at gmsomethingforeverybody@gmail.com
Hi Gary, I unfortunately don't have any clue. I had a look at Discogs.com (but saw your comment there :) ) and at 45cat.com, with no success !!
Thanks. The internet seems useless...only Columbia Records could really answer this, and there's no way to actually get through to them.