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Released in 1980

Summer's Day Song

Written by Paul McCartney

Last updated on May 25, 2020

Album This song officially appears on the McCartney II Official album.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1980

Master album

Related sessions

This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:

‘Nobody Knows’ is craziness, ‘Summer’s Day Song’ is craziness, ‘Frozen Jap’ is craziness, ‘Bogey Music’ is craziness.

Paul McCartney, from McCartney II Archive Collection, 2011

“Summer’s Day Song” is a song written and performed by Paul McCartney, released on his second solo album, “McCartney II“, released in 1980.

Paul McCartney in The Beatles – The Dream is Over: Off The Record 2, by Keith Badman:

I had heard a piece of music that I liked, which was a very classical sounding piece. So, that day, when I went into the studio, I thought it would be a nice change if I tried something, sort of, classical. I built it up, wrote a couple of words, and put a few vocals over the top, so it does sound like something classical-cum-something else.

Eddie Klein was helping as engineer on “McCartney II“; he said about “Summer’s Day Song” in “McCartney II – Archive Collection” book:

[…] Paul decided that the instrumental called “Summer’s Day Song” should have some lyrics and so we added a vocal and harmony vocal at Replica Studio. Replica Studio was installed in the basement of MPL’s office [Paul’s London HQ], so called because it was a replica of Abbey Road’s Number 2 studio even down to a battery operated clock installed into an elarged photo of Number 2 studio as seen through the control room window. Although it was done for a different project it was available as and when required, and so was ideal to continue with further editing. This vocal recording was the only thing I did on the album, and Paul mixed it that same afternoon.

The instrumental version [A1] was officially released on “McCartney II – Archive Collection” in 2011.

Lyrics

Someone's sleeping

Through a bad dream

Tomorrow it will be over

For the world will soon be waking

To a summer's day

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Bootlegs

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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