"You Gave Me the Answer" is a song by Wings. It was written 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 appeared on the album '' Venus and Mars''.

Origin and recording

McCartney has occasionally paid tribute to his father, James, who led his own band in his youth, by writing "Music Hall numbers." Other such songs from McCartney's catalogue include " When I'm Sixty-Four" and "

Honey Pie "Honey Pie" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, from their 1968 eponymous double album ''The Beatles'' (also known as "the White Album"). The song was written entirely by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnersh ...

". To enhance the realism of this period pastiche, McCartney recorded his lead vocals through a filter that removed much of the lower-end frequencies to help emulate the sound of singing through a megaphone, the signature sound of Rudy Vallee, which was a common recording technique during the 1920s, where singers like Vallee and Al Jolson had to compensate for the poor reception of primitive recording equipment at that time. In concert, McCartney often dedicated this song to Fred Astaire.

Personnel

– vocals, bass, piano, string arrangement *

Jimmy McCulloch James McCulloch (4 June 1953 – 27 September 1979) was a Scottish musician best known for playing lead guitar and bass, as a member of Paul McCartney's band Wings from 1974 to 1977. McCulloch was a member of the Glasgow psychedelic band One i ...

– electric guitar * Joe English – drums, backing vocals *

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– backing vocals *

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– string arrangement * Michael J. Pierce – clarinet * Vito Platomone – clarinet * Carlos Klejman – violin * Russell Joseph Bobrowski – violin * Ronald B. Benko – trumpet * John K. Branch – viola * Harold Joseph Ballam – bassoon * Bernard S. Richterman – cello

References

1975 songs Paul McCartney songs Paul McCartney and Wings songs Songs written by Paul McCartney Song recordings produced by Paul McCartney Music published by MPL Music Publishing {{Beatles-song-stub