Your Loving Flame

Song facts

“Your Loving Flame” is a track from Paul McCartney’s 2001 album “Driving Rain“. 

Recorded 19th June 2001 onto 16-track analogue tape then loaded into Logic Audio for overdubs. David Leonard mixed this track. Paul played piano then overdubbed Hofner bass, vocal and tambourine. Abe played Paul’s Ludwig drum kit then overdubbed backing vocals. Rusty played Les Paul electric guitar then overdubbed acoustic guitar with a capo on the 1st fret and backing vocals. Gabe played Hammond organ then overdubbed backing vocals. David overdubbed sampled orchestra. String quartet overdub: David Campbell, Viola; Matt Funes, Viola; Joel Derouin, Violin; Larry Corbett, Cello

From the liner notes of the album, and from paulmccartney.com

‘Your Loving Flame’ was written on the 36th floor of the Carlyle Hotel in New York, just because I thought I was walking into a Cole Porter movie – the room had a grand piano and a plate glass window overlooking Central Park. I wrote that really fast.

Paul McCartney – From “The Driving Rain interview” published on paulmccartney.com, November 2001

From Wikipedia:

“Your Loving Flame” is a love song by Paul McCartney, written for his future fiancée Heather Mills. It appeared on his 2001 album Driving Rain and was also said to have been the albums’s lead single.[citation needed] It was released as a jukebox single in 2002, backed with “Lonely Road”.

A live version appeared on the albums Back in the U.S. (2002) and Back in the World (2003), as well as the accompanying DVD. The song was also performed live at the Nobel Peace Prize awards in 2001.

The music video for “Your Loving Flame” did not appear on McCartney’s 2007 DVD The McCartney Years.

Last updated on January 21, 2021

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