- Album This song officially appears on the Driving Rain Official album.
- Timeline This song has been officially released in 2001
- Sessions This song has been recorded during the following sessions
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Song facts
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.
From a November 2001 interview:
‘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, 2001
Last updated on April 30, 2018
Lyrics
How can I, hope to reach your love
Help me to discover
What it is you're thinking of
Cos when we kiss, nothing feels the same
I could spend eternity
Inside your loving flame
What am I to do
If I don't have you
I'll be feeling blue
Just sitting here without you
You could be the one
To chase my blues away, away
So tell me how, how to reach your love
Help me to discover
What it is you're thinking of
Cos when we kiss, nothing feels the same
I could spend eternity
Inside your loving flame
What am I to do
If I don't have you
I'll be feeling blue
Just sitting here without you
You could be the one
To chase my blues away, away
Cos when we kiss, nothing feels the same
I could spend eternity
Inside your loving flame
So tell me how, how to reach your love
Help me to discover
What it is you're thinking of
How can I hope to reach your love
Here forever in your loving flame
Officially appears on
Official album • Released in 2001
3:44 • Studio version • A
- Paul McCartney:
- Backing vocals, Bass, Executive producer, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals
- Rusty Anderson:
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar
- Abe Laboriel Jr.:
- Backing vocals, Drums
- Gabe Dixon:
- Backing vocals, Hammond organ
- David Kahne:
- Mixing, Producer, Strings sampling
- David Campbell:
- Viola
- Matt Funes:
- Viola
- Joel Derouin:
- Violin
- Larry Corbett:
- Cello
- Mark Dearnley:
- Engineer
- Jaime Sickora:
- Assistant engineer
- Kevin Mills:
- Second assistant engineer
- David Leonard:
- Mixing
- Session Recording:
- Jun 19, 2001
- Studio:
- Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
Official live • Released in 2002
3:29 • Live • L1
- Paul McCartney:
- Executive producer
- Performed by:
- Paul McCartney • Rusty Anderson • Abe Laboriel Jr. • Paul Wickens • Brian Ray
- David Kahne:
- Producer
- Michael Brauer:
- Engineer
- Ricardo Chavarria:
- Assistant engineer
Concert From the concert in New York, USA on Apr 26, 2002
Official live • Released in 2003
3:29 • Live • L1
- Paul McCartney:
- Executive producer
- Performed by:
- Paul McCartney • Rusty Anderson • Abe Laboriel Jr. • Paul Wickens • Brian Ray
- David Kahne:
- Producer
- Michael Brauer:
- Engineer
- Ricardo Chavarria:
- Assistant engineer
Concert From the concert in New York, USA on Apr 26, 2002
Bootlegs
Unofficial album
4:06 • Live
Concert From "The Nobel Peace Prize 100th Anniversary Concert" in Oslo, Norway on Dec 11, 2001
Unofficial album
0:59 • Studio version • Piano demonstration (12/12/01)
Unofficial live
4:10 • Live
Concert From "'Open Hearts Clear Mines' - 2nd Annual Adopt-A-Minefield Gala" in Los Angeles, USA on Sep 18, 2002
Live performances
“Your Loving Flame” has been played in 69 concerts and 1 soundchecks.
Latest concerts where “Your Loving Flame” has been played
Jun 01, 2003 • Part of Back in the World tour
May 27, 2003 • Part of Back in the World tour
May 24, 2003 • Part of Back in the World tour
May 10, 2003 • Part of Back in the World tour
May 04, 2003 • Part of Back in the World tour
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