- Album This song officially appears on the Red Rose Speedway LP.
- Timeline This song has been written (or started being written) in 1972 (Paul McCartney was 30 years old)
Related sessions
This song has been recorded during the following studio sessions
Mar 09, 1972
Overdubs & mixing "Single Pigeon"
Jan 29, 1973
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Song facts
“Single Pigeon” is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings from the band’s 1973 album, Red Rose Speedway.
Last updated on November 22, 2018
The book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present", published in 2021, covers Paul McCartney's early Liverpool days, the Beatles, Wings, and solo careers, by pairing the lyrics of 154 of his songs with first-person commentaries of the circumstances in which they were written, the people and places that inspired them, and what he thinks of them now.
"Single Pigeon" is one of the 154 songs covered.
Lyrics
Single pigeon through the railings
Did she throw you out
Sunday morning fight about Saturday night
Single seagull gliding over Regent's Park canal
Do you need a pal for a minute or two
You do?
Me too, me too, me too
I'm a lot like you,
Me too, me too, me too
I'm a lot like you
Did she turf you out in the cold morning rain again
Me too, me too, me too
I'm a lot like you
Me too, me too, me too
I'm a lot like you
Sunday morning fight about Saturday night.
Officially appears on
LP • Released in 1973
1:53 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Drums
- Denny Seiwell :
- Bass
- John Kurlander :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Glyn Johns :
- Recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer
- Phil Ault :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Mar 09, 1972
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Session Overdubs & mixing:
- Jan 29, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Official album • Released in 1993
1:53 • Studio version • A1993 • 1993 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Drums
- Denny Seiwell :
- Bass
- John Kurlander :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Glyn Johns :
- Recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer
- Peter Mew :
- Remastering
- Phil Ault :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Mar 09, 1972
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Session Overdubs & mixing:
- Jan 29, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Red Rose Speedway - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2018
1:53 • Studio version • A2018 • 2018 Remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Drums
- Denny Seiwell :
- Bass
- John Kurlander :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Glyn Johns :
- Recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer
- Phil Ault :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Mar 09, 1972
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Session Overdubs & mixing:
- Jan 29, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Red Rose Speedway - Archive Collection
Official album • Released in 2018
1:53 • Studio version • A2018 • 2018 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Drums
- Denny Seiwell :
- Bass
- John Kurlander :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Glyn Johns :
- Recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer
- Phil Ault :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Mar 09, 1972
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Session Overdubs & mixing:
- Jan 29, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Red Rose Speedway (50th Anniversary)
LP • Released in 2023
1:53 • Studio version • A2023 • 2023 half-speed mastering
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Drums
- Denny Seiwell :
- Bass
- John Kurlander :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Glyn Johns :
- Recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer
- Phil Ault :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Mar 09, 1972
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Session Overdubs & mixing:
- Jan 29, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
Bootlegs
The Alternate Red Rose Speedway Volume 1: The Original Acetate
Unofficial album
2:01 • Studio version
Unofficial album • Released in 1994
1:59 • Outtake • From "Red Rose Speedway" sessions
Red Rose Speedway - Ultimate Archive Collection
Unofficial album • Released in 2015
1:53 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Piano, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Backing vocals
- Denny Laine :
- Drums
- Denny Seiwell :
- Bass
- John Kurlander :
- Assistant mixing engineer
- Glyn Johns :
- Recording engineer
- Richard Lush :
- Mixing engineer
- Phil Ault :
- Assistant recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Mar 09, 1972
- Studio :
- Olympic Sound Studios, London
- Session Overdubs & mixing:
- Jan 29, 1973
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Abbey Road
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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