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Songs written by Paul McCartney

  • Here Today (Paul McCartney song)Paul McCartney composed Here Today in mid-1981. This was less than a year after John Lennon's murder in 1980. The song emerged from deep personal grief and a…
  • Free as a BirdIn 1977, John Lennon recorded a rough demo of Free as a Bird inside his Dakota apartment in New York City. He spoke into the cassette recorder with a thick…
  • Flying (Beatles instrumental)The Beatles released an instrumental track called Flying on 1967. This song marked the first time since 1965 that the group wrote a piece without lyrics.
  • Mull of Kintyre (song)Paul McCartney and Denny Laine wrote the song in 1974. Early versions appeared on a home demo recording bootleggers call The Piano Tape.
  • Now and Then (Beatles song)John Lennon recorded a five-minute piano demo of Now and Then around 1977 at his home in the Dakota building in New York City.