''Give My Regards to Broad Street'' is the fifth solo studio album by

Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...

and the soundtrack to the film of the same name. The album reached number 1 on the UK chart. The lead single, "

No More Lonely Nights "No More Lonely Nights" is a song written and performed by Paul McCartney, first released on 24 September 1984 on the soundtrack ''Give My Regards to Broad Street'' (1984). Release Two versions of the single on both 7" and 12", and a 12" picture ...

", was BAFTA and

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nominated. It was also to be his final album to be released under

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, which had been his US label for over five years.

Songs

The majority of the album is a retrospective – which is sequenced in the order of the songs' appearance in the film – features re-interpretations of many of Paul McCartney's past classics of

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and

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: "

Good Day Sunshine "Good Day Sunshine" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album ''Revolver''. It was written mainly by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. McCartney intended it as a song in the style of th ...

", " Yesterday", "

Here, There and Everywhere "Here, There and Everywhere" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album ''Revolver''. A love ballad, it was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. McCartney includes it among his personal favour ...

", "

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" , "

For No One "For No One" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album '' Revolver''. It was written by Paul McCartney, and credited to Lennon–McCartney. A blend of baroque pop and chamber music, the song is about the end of a r ...

", "

Eleanor Rigby "Eleanor Rigby" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album ''Revolver''. It was also issued on a double A-side single, paired with " Yellow Submarine". The song was written primarily by Paul McCartney and credited to L ...

" and "

The Long and Winding Road "The Long and Winding Road" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1970 album ''Let It Be''. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney. When issued as a single in May 1970, a month after the Beatles ...

". There were also interpretations of songs from McCartney's more recent albums; "Ballroom Dancing" and "Wanderlust" from ''

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'' and "So Bad" from ''

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''. Besides "No More Lonely Nights" (also heard in a dance version), the only previously-unheard tracks were "Not Such a Bad Boy", "No Values" and a symphonic extension of "Eleanor Rigby" entitled "Eleanor's Dream". The album running time was so long that its vinyl release had edited versions of the songs. The cassette and the later CD edition preserved the tracks' full lengths, while the CD went one further by including a bonus 1940s-styled piece called "Goodnight Princess". The Beatles cover versions are dedicated to McCartney's fellow Beatle

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, who was killed four years earlier.

Release and charts

Preceded by "No More Lonely Nights (Ballad)", a worldwide Top 10 hit featuring guitar work by

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, ''Give My Regards to Broad Street'' entered the UK charts at number 1 and was certified platinum, while also going gold with a number 21 peak in the United States (where it sold and charted under expectations). It would also mark the end of McCartney's relatively brief alliance with

in the US, which had started with the final

album ''

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'' in 1979. McCartney would re-sign with

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worldwide (where he remained until 2007) with his Columbia output reverting to his new – and original – label in the US,

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. Simultaneously with the film's premiere in November, McCartney's

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recording, "

We All Stand Together "We All Stand Together" (sometimes referred to as the Frog Song or the Frog Chorus) is a song by Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus. History "We All Stand Together" is from the animated film ''Rupert and the Frog Song'' and reached number thre ...

", started back in 1980 and credited to "Paul McCartney and the Frog Chorus", was released and became a hit single in the UK, reaching number 3. The accompanying animated film was shown in cinemas immediately preceding the main feature that was ''Give My Regards to Broad Street''. The soundtrack's original release was on

in 1984 in North America. It was remastered in 1993 and reissued on CD as part of ''

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'' series with two extended dance mixes of "No More Lonely Nights (playout version)" as bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs by

, except where noted. 1993 bonus tracks

LP version

Due to the length of the recording, the 1984 LP omits "So Bad" and "Goodnight Princess", edits out about six minutes of "Eleanor's Dream", and also sections of "Good Day Sunshine", "Wanderlust" and "No More Lonely Nights (playout version)". On the back of the LP cover, a remark alerts the listener: *''This record is longer than usual but due to the available playing time on a vinyl disc, some editing of the soundtrack has been necessary to retain full volume and dynamic range. Even longer versions exist on cassette and compact disc''. Track lengths on album notes do not include spoken sections between songs and so do not match CD timings. On the list above, these sections are included at the beginning of each track, as on the 1984 release, while on the remastered 1993 CD (listed above) they are mostly included at the end of the tracks.

Personnel

* Paul McCartney – arrangements, vocals (1-14), acoustic piano (1, 6, 13), all instruments (2, 14), acoustic guitar (3, 4, 5, 11, 12),

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(7), bass guitar (8, 9, 10) *

Anne Dudley Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genre ...

– synthesizers (1) *

Linda McCartney Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney ( Eastman; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, animal rights activist, vegetarian cookbook author and advocate, and entrepreneur. She was the keyboardist in th ...

– synthesizers (1), vocals (1, 7-10, 14), acoustic piano (6), keyboards (7-10) *

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– arrangements, acoustic piano (2) * Trevor Bastow – keyboards (13) * Gerry Butler – acoustic piano (15) *

– lead guitar (1) *

Dave Edmunds David William Edmunds (born 15 April 1944) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer. Although he is mainly associated with pub rock and new wave, having many hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has alwa ...

– guitars (6, 8, 9, 10) *

Chris Spedding Christopher John Spedding (born Peter Robinson, 17 June 1944) is an English musician, singer, guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and record producer. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Spedding is best known for his st ...

– guitars (6, 8, 9, 10) *

Steve Lukather Steven Lee Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to a stea ...

– guitars (7), vocals (7) *

Eric Stewart Eric Michael Stewart (born 20 January 1945) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer, best known as a founding member of the rock groups the Mindbenders with whom he played from 1963 to 1968, and likewise of 10 ...

– vocals (1, 9, 14), guitar (9) * Eric Ford – guitars (15) *

Herbie Flowers Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers (born 19 May 1938) is an English musician specialising in electric bass, double bass and tuba. He is noted as a member of Blue Mink, T. Rex and Sky. Flowers has contributed to recordings by Elton John (''Tumblewe ...

– bass guitar (1, 13) *

John Paul Jones John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War. He made many friends among U.S political elites ( ...

– bass guitar (6) * Louis Johnson – bass guitar (7) * Russ Stableford –

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(15) * Stuart Elliott – drums (1) *

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– drums (3-6, 8, 9, 10) *

Jeff Porcaro Jeffrey Thomas Porcaro (; April 1, 1954 – August 5, 1992) was an American drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work with the rock band Toto but is one of the most recorded session musicians in history, working on ...

– drums (7) *

Dave Mattacks David James Mattacks (born 13 March 1948) is an English rock and folk drummer. Best known for his work with Fairport Convention, Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician and as a performing artist. Apart from playing the drums, he i ...

– drums (13) * John Dean – drums (15), percussion (15) *

Jody Linscott Jody Linscott is an American session musician and percussionist who resides in England and maintains an extended discography. She has two daughters Kachina Dechert and Coco Linscott and has written two children's books which were published by D ...

– percussion (8, 10) *

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– brass section (3, 4, 5) * Jimmy Watson – lead trumpet (3, 4, 5) * Henry MacKenzie – horns (6) * Dougie Robinson – horns (6) * Ray Swinfield – horns (6) *

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– horns (6) * Dan Willis – horns (6, 14) * Jack Armstrong – horns (6) * John Barclay – horns (6, 14) * Alan Donney – horns (6) *

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– horns (7) * Charles Loper – horns (7) *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

– horns (7) * Thomas Pergerson – horns (7) *

Dick Morrissey Richard Edwin Morrissey (9 May 1940 – 8 November 2000) was a British jazz musician and composer. He played the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute. Biography Background He was born in Horley, Surrey, England. Dick Morrissey emerg ...

– saxophone (13) * Stan Sultzman – horns (14) * Chris Pyne – horns (14) * Derek Watkins – horns (14) * Derek Grossmith – alto saxophone (15),

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(15) *

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– tenor saxophone (15) *

Eddie Mordue Edwin "Eddie" Mordue (5 January 1928 – 26 January 2011) was a British jazz saxophonist whose career spanned 70 years. Born in South Shields in January 1928, Edwin Mordue moved to London in 1941 aged 13 and toured with 'Archie's Juvenile Ba ...

– clarinet (15), tenor saxophone (15) * Chris Smith – trombone (15) * Bobby Haughey – trumpet (15) * Ronnie Hughes – trumpet (15) * Jeff Bryant –

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(11, 12) * The Gabrielli String Quartet – strings (11, 12) * Kenneth Silleto – orchestra leader (11, 12) * Tony Gilbert – violin (15) * Pat Halling – violin (15) * Raymond Keenlyside – violin (15) * Laurie Lewis – violin (15)

Production

* George Martin – producer *

Geoff Emerick Geoffrey Ernest Emerick (5 December 1945 – 2 October 2018) was an English sound engineer and record producer who worked with the Beatles on their albums '' Revolver'' (1966), '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' (1967) and ''Abbey Road ...

– engineer *

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– engineer * Stuart Breed – engineer * Jon Jacobs – assistant engineer * Roger Huggett – sleeve artwork * Annie Carlton – sleeve design * Sandra Leamon – sleeve design * John Pasche – sleeve design * Geoff Halpin – cover lettering * Terry O'Neill – cover photography, inner sleeve photography * David Dagley – additional sleeve photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

References

External links

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