Paul McCartney - Take It Away

Paul's thirteenth "solo" album release, and almost two years after "McCartney II".
With "Ebony and Ivory" doing so well in the singles chart, the timely release meant that the album entered the L.P. chart straight into the highest position. After two weeks it had sold 20,000 copies in the U.K. and had passed the 100,000 sales mark before August. It remained in the chart for over 6 months.
The production of "Tug Of War" spanned a year and a half, starting in October 1980, and not being completed until March 1982. During this period, on 27th April 1981, it was officially announced that Denny had left the group, and that Wings had disbanded. "Tug Of War" had an initial official release date of 15th February 1982, then 12th March, but did not appear in the shops until the end of April.
CREDITS:
Paul McCartney: Bass, acoustic guitar, piano and vocals
Linda : Backing vocal
Ringo Starr : Drums
Eric Stewart : Backing vocal
Steve Gadd : Drums
George Martin : Electric Piano

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[idahovandal]

It's funny, listening to the song I thought the background vocals had a reall "10cc" feel to them. Then I expanded the info on the right and saw, "Eric Stewart: Backing vocal".

Trust your ears, I guess.

[moonman190]

My favorite, along with Tug of War, on this album.

[elvispresley718]

@supersport22 so you think you could have done better?

[601190567892]

Hey,im,12:3

I,used,to,listen,to,this,song,­as,a,child,xDD

I,liked,to,hear,it,in,my,truck­,since,my,dad,has,like,all,his­,cd's:33

When,its,like,lonely,driver,ou­t,in,the,road,with,a,100.miles­,to,go,i,think,of,my,dad,cause­,hes,a,truck.driver,c:

Omggg,i,love,this,song,soooooo­o,muchhhh!!!!!!!!!!!:D

I,like,how,right,after,tug,of,­war,this,song,starts,and,it,li­ke,connects,haha,:3

I,LOVE,PAUL,MACARTNEY!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!:DDDDD<3<3<3

[leoretrosi]

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET it has been said what some new beatles music

play paul yea ok , sir paul great song great lp thank you sir peace and love leo

[ma7799]

Thank you for uploading this. I have this on LP; a special DJ copy.

[ThatIrishSOB]

reminds me of average person :P

[ThatIrishSOB]

i love tuf of war :|

[ForeverTreesGreen]

Is it just me who thinks that the cover is Paul trapped in a vortex of tetris blocks?

[pasy2006]

Take it away Paul, this song rocks, I saw a documentary on George Harrison, it was amazing:)

[shrill99]

@moonman190  Agreed.

[slivka925]

one of best of paul's solo albumd - always loved this one