Fine Line (Paul McCartney song)
2005 single by Paul McCartney
"Fine Line" | ||||
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Single by Paul McCartney | ||||
from the album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard | ||||
B-side | "Growing Up Falling Down," "Comfort of Love" | |||
Released | 29 August 2005 (2005-08-29)[1] | |||
Studio | AIR, London | |||
Length | 3:05 | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
Songwriter(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
Producer(s) | Nigel Godrich | |||
Paul McCartney singles chronology | ||||
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"Fine Line" is a song from Paul McCartney's 2005 album, Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. McCartney plays a majority of the instruments on the song including drums, bass, and piano. It was released 29 August 2005 as the first single from the album in the UK (see 2005 in British music). It reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart, McCartney's last top 20 solo single in the UK as of 2019, and number 31 on the US Adult Contemporary chart.[2][3] The cover art is a drawing by British artist and frequent McCartney collaborator Brian Clarke.
A live version is also featured on The Space Within US concert DVD from 2006.
Track listings
- 7" R6673
- "Fine Line" – 3:05
- "Growing Up Falling Down" – 3:27
- CD CDR6673
- "Fine Line" – 3:05
- "Comfort of Love" – 3:08
- CD
- "Fine Line" – 3:06
- "Comfort of Love" – 3:09
- "Growing Up Falling Down" – 3:27
Charts
Chart (2005) | Peak position |
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Denmark (Tracklisten)[4] | 17 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[5] | 70 |
Italy (FIMI)[6] | 23 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] | 28 |
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[8] | 20 |
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[9] | 46 |
UK Singles (OCC)[10] | 20 |
UK Top 40 (Official Charts Company)[11] | 17 |
UK Physical Singles Chart[12] | 17 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[13] | 31 |
Personnel
Personnel per booklet.[14]
- Paul McCartney – vocals, Bösendorfer grand piano, Baldwin spinet, Höfner bass guitar, Epiphone Casino electric guitar, Martin D28 acoustic guitar, Ludwig drums, shakers, tambourine
- Millennia Ensemble – strings
- Joby Talbot – conducting, arrangement
References
- ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 27 August 2005. p. 29.
- ^ "Official Charts: Paul McCartney". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ "Paul McCartney Charts and Awards". allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ "Paul McCartney – Fine Line". Tracklisten.
- ^ "Paul McCartney – Fine Line" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Paul McCartney – Fine Line". Top Digital Download.
- ^ "Paul McCartney – Fine Line" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Paul McCartney – Fine Line" Canciones Top 50.
- ^ "Paul McCartney – Fine Line". Singles Top 100.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Chart Search". Official Charts Company for Paul McCartney. Retrieved 29 August 2005.
- ^ "Chart Search". Official Charts Company for Paul McCartney. Retrieved 4 September 2005.
- ^ "Paul McCartney Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
- ^ Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (Booklet). Paul McCartney. Parlophone, EMI. 2005. 00946 337958 2 2, 337 9582.
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Paul McCartney singles discography
- "Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (with Linda McCartney)
- "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" / "Too Many People" (with Linda McCartney)
- "The Back Seat of My Car" / "Heart of the Country" (with Linda McCartney)
- "Eat at Home" / "Smile Away" (with Linda McCartney)
- "Wonderful Christmastime"
- "Coming Up"
- "Waterfalls"
- "Temporary Secretary"
- "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder)
- "Take It Away"
- "Tug of War"
- "The Girl Is Mine" (with Michael Jackson)
- "Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson)
- "Pipes of Peace"/""So Bad"
- "No More Lonely Nights"
- "We All Stand Together"
- "Spies Like Us"
- "Press"
- "Pretty Little Head"
- "Stranglehold"
- "Only Love Remains"
- "Once Upon a Long Ago"
- "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
- "My Brave Face" / "Flying to My Home"
- "This One"
- "Figure of Eight"
- "Put It There" / "Mama's Little Girl" (with Wings)
- "Birthday" (live) / "Good Day Sunshine" (live)
- "All My Trials" (live)
- "Hope of Deliverance"
- "C'Mon People"
- "Off the Ground"
- "Biker Like an Icon" / "Things We Said Today"
- "A Leaf" (with Anya Alexeyev)
- "Come Together" (The Smokin' Mojo Filters)
- "Young Boy"
- "The World Tonight"
- "Beautiful Night"
- "No Other Baby" / "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
- "Run Devil Run" (promo)
- "From a Lover to a Friend"
- "Freedom" / "From a Lover to a Friend"
- "Hello Goodbye" (promo)
- "Tropic Island Hum" / "We All Stand Together"
- "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with U2)
- "Fine Line"
- "Jenny Wren"
- "Really Love You" (Twin Freaks)
- "This Never Happened Before" (promo)
- "Dance Tonight" / "Nod Your Head"
- "Ever Present Past"
- "Heal the Pain" (with George Michael)
- "Walk with You" (with Ringo Starr)
- "(I Want to) Come Home"
- "My Valentine"
- "Only Our Hearts"
- Christmas Kisses: "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" / "Wonderful Christmastime"
- "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (The Justice Collective)
- "New"
- "Queenie Eye"
- "Only One" (with Kanye West)
- "FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna & Kanye West)
- "All Day" (with Kanye West)
- "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" (with Timo Maas & James Teej)
- "I Don't Know" / "Come On to Me"
- "Fuh You"
- "Who Cares"
- "Back in Brazil"
- "Get Enough"
- "Home Tonight / In a Hurry"
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