Spin It On
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- Album This song officially appears on the Back To The Egg Official album.
Song facts
With “Spin It On,” when I recorded the solo, it was just me sitting in the control room with Paul and basically just playing guitar licks for Paul McCartney. That was kind of a challenge, but it was inspiring. I think the thing that I enjoyed most about that whole process as a lead guitarist is that stuff was drawn out of me that I wasn’t in my comfort zone. I was being pushed, and I liked being pushed like that. And so you got this creative spark that comes out. There’s stuff in “Spin It On” that I would have necessarily thought: ‘Oh, that’s my style.’ But I can look back now and say, actually that’s where I go with things.
Laurence Juber – 2012 interview for Something Else!
Spin It On. Paul played his Epiphone and I played the solo on a Stratocaster.
Laurence Juber, from Club Sandwich N°14, April / May 1979
Last updated on March 7, 2020
Lyrics
This is it
*Spin it on,
By yourself (don't stop)
Take it back
To the top
'Cause I've got
Another lot
Of love for you
** (That's why) I wanna spin it on
Spin it on
Off to the flicks
With the piddle
In her nix
To the fair with
Her hair in curlers
Her cousin couldn't get on
Down to the pleasure dome
Her cousin had to
Spend the night
In an aircraft hangar
Memories
Repeat*
***Spin it on
Spin it on
Repeat
Well off to the field
With a missionary zeal
For the life
Of the wife
Of a farmer
Her cousin couldn't
Get on down
To the village hall
Her cousin had to
Spend the night
On a pinball table
Memories
Repeat *
Repeat ***
Repeat ** (twice)
Repeat *
Officially appears on
Official album • Released in 1979
2:12 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Keyboards
- Denny Laine :
- Electric guitar
- Laurence Juber :
- Electric guitar
- Steve Holley :
- Drums
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant engineer
- Phil McDonald :
- Recording engineer
- Chris Thomas :
- Producer
- Session Recording:
- June 29 - July 27, 1978
- Studio :
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Official album • Released in 1993
2:12 • Studio version • A
- Session Recording:
- June 29 - July 27, 1978
- Studio :
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
7" Single • Released in 2022
2:12 • Studio version • A2022 • 2022 remaster
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Producer, Vocals
- Linda McCartney :
- Keyboards
- Denny Laine :
- Electric guitar
- Laurence Juber :
- Electric guitar
- Steve Holley :
- Drums
- Mark Vigars :
- Assistant engineer
- Phil McDonald :
- Recording engineer
- Chris Thomas :
- Producer
- Alex Wharton :
- Remastering
- Session Recording:
- June 29 - July 27, 1978
- Studio :
- Spirit Of Ranachan Studio, Campbeltown, Scotland
Credits & recording details courtesy of Luca Perasi • Buy Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989 on Amazon
Bootlegs
Latest concerts where Spin It On has been played
Nov 27, 1987 • United Kingdom • London • Ewart Television Studios • TV show
Concert For The People of Kampuchea
Dec 29, 1979 • United Kingdom • London • Hammersmith Odeon
Glasgow • Apollo Centre • United Kingdom
Dec 17, 1979 • Part of Wings 1979 UK Tour
Glasgow • Apollo Centre • United Kingdom
Dec 16, 1979 • Part of Wings 1979 UK Tour
Newcastle upon Tyne • City Hall • United Kingdom
Dec 14, 1979 • Part of Wings 1979 UK Tour