Your Way

Song facts

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

Recorded 18th February 2001 onto 8-track analogue tape then loaded into Logic Audio for overdubs. Paul played Epiphone electric guitar and sang the vocal then overdubbed his Ludwig drum kit and knee slaps. Abe played his drums then overdubbed electronic drums and backing vocals. Rusty played Vox bass guitar then overdubbed pedal steel guitar and backing vocals. Gabe played Hammond organ then overdubbed backing vocals.

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

‘Your Way’ was a song that I wrote at the same time as I wrote ‘She’s Given Up Talking’, on holiday in Jamaica. It’s got a little country feel to it; it’s the first song with which we tried harmonies with the guys in the band and the nice thing about the guys is they can all sing. That was a real good bonus for me. It’s another one of those that goes up the octave, so in a way it’s a bit like two sides of a personality singing to each other, like a man and a woman – ‘I like it, please don’t take my heart away. It’s happy, where it is, so let it stay’.

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

Last updated on January 21, 2021

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