Album This song officially appears on the Driving Rain Official album.
Timeline This song was officially released in 2001
This song was recorded during the following studio sessions:
Jun 19, 2001
November 2001 • From paulmccartney.com
Unreleased song
“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.
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
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 engineer, Producer, Strings sampling David Campbell : Viola Matt Funes : Viola Joel Derouin : Violin Larry Corbett : Cello Mark Dearnley : Recording engineer Jaime Sickora : Assistant engineer Kevin Mills : Second assistant engineer David Leonard : Mixing engineer
SessionRecording : Jun 19, 2001 • Studio : Henson Recording Studio, Los Angeles
Official live • Released in 2002
3:29 • Live • L1
Paul McCartney : Executive producerPerformed by : Paul McCartney • Rusty Anderson • Abe Laboriel Jr. • Paul Wickens • Brian Ray David Kahne : Producer Michael Brauer : Recording 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 producerPerformed by : Paul McCartney • Rusty Anderson • Abe Laboriel Jr. • Paul Wickens • Brian Ray David Kahne : Producer Michael Brauer : Recording engineer Ricardo Chavarria : Assistant engineer
Concert From the concert in New York, USA on Apr 26, 2002
Bootleg
4:06 • Live
Concert From "The Nobel Peace Prize 100th Anniversary Concert" in Oslo, Norway on Dec 11, 2001
Live bootleg
2001 • For Paul McCartney
2001 • For Paul McCartney
“Your Loving Flame” has been played in 69 concerts and 1 soundchecks.
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
Rome • Inside the Colosseum • Italy
May 10, 2003 • Part of Back in the World tour
Stockholm • The Globe • Sweden
May 04, 2003 • Part of Back in the World tour
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