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Released in 1984

We All Stand Together

Written by Paul McCartney

Last updated on August 4, 2024

Album This song officially appears on the We All Stand Together 7" Single.

Timeline This song was officially released in 1984

Timeline This song was written, or began to be written, in 1980, when Paul McCartney was 38 years old)

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Other songs inspired by Rupert The Bear

We were just doing this little cartoony thing, this little pilot – I’m really trying to make the big feature – just to see if we can make Rupert work. I’ll just do a little song and get George Martin along: ‘Here you are, George. I’ve done this one, it’s not much.’ George takes it away, does a monster arrangement on it all, we go and do it and it’s like the hit of the year for us. And then you start to look at it and you say, ‘Oh yeah, I see. It’s quite attractive, that one.’ It’s funny, sometimes those ones you throw away can be the biggest.

Paul McCartney, from Club Sandwich N°47/48, Spring 1988

From Wikipedia:

“We All Stand Together” (sometimes referred to as the Frog Song or the Frog Chorus) is a song by Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus.

“We All Stand Together” is from the animated film Rupert and the Frog Song and reached number three in the UK Singles Chart in 1984. Originally released in June 1983, McCartney re-released the single on the Christmas charts in 1984.

The “Frog Chorus” backing on the song was provided by the King’s Singers choral group and the choir of St Paul’s Cathedral. The ‘flute playing frog’ was Elena Durán. The B-side of the single contains a “Humming Version” of the song performed by McCartney and the Finchley Frogettes.

The song re-entered the UK Singles Chart one year later in 1985, one of three hits to do so that originally charted in December 1984 (“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” by Band Aid and “Last Christmas” by Wham! were the other two).

Despite its relative success, the song attracted criticism for its light subject matter and is sometimes cited as a sign of the decline of McCartney’s songwriting talent after The Beatles, despite being recorded for a children’s film.

Two shaped picture discs were issued on the 12 November 1984 and 1985, the only difference being a plain clear sleeve on the later version. The song also appears on the UK/Canada version of McCartney’s 1987 compilation album, All the Best!. The song was included on the deluxe edition of McCartney’s 2016 compilation album, Pure McCartney. […]

From Facebook – Paul and Rupert Bear during the video shoot for ‘We All Stand Together’ #ThrowbackThursday #TBT

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, held from August 28 to September 8, 2024, were preceded by a dynamic marketing campaign. On May 20, 2024, exactly 100 days before the opening ceremony, organizers unveiled a promotional video set to Paul McCartney’s song “We All Stand Together.”

Lyrics

Win or lose, sink or swim

One thing is certain we'll never give in

Side by side, hand in hand

We all stand together

Play the game, fight the fight

But what's the point on a beautiful night?

Arm in arm, hand in hand

We all stand together

La…..

Keeping us warm in the night

La la la la

Walk in the light

You'll get it right

REPEAT

Win or lose, sink or swim

One thing is certain we'll never give in

Arm in arm, hand in hand

We all stand together

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The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present

The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present

"We All Stand Together" is one of the songs featured in the book "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present," published in 2021. The book explores Paul McCartney's early Liverpool days, his time with the Beatles, Wings, and his solo career. It pairs the lyrics of 154 of his songs with his first-person commentary on the circumstances of their creation, the inspirations behind them, and his current thoughts on them.

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Paul McCartney: Music Is Ideas. The Stories Behind the Songs (Vol. 1) 1970-1989

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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