''Back in the U.S.'' (subtitled ''Live 2002'') is a
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live album by
Paul McCartney from his spring 2002
Driving USA Tour
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in the US in support of his 2001 release ''
Driving Rain
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Background
Following the example of ''Run Devil Run (album), Run Devil Run'' brisk pr ...
''. It was released with an accompanying DVD to commemorate his first set of concerts in almost ten years.
Band
Using most of the musicians that appeared on ''Driving Rain'', McCartney assembled a new live act composed of
Rusty Anderson
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Car ...
and
Brian Ray
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on guitar,
Abe Laboriel Jr.
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on drums and keyboardist
Paul Wickens, who had been on McCartney's previous two tours, in 1989–90 and 1993. As of 2022, these four musicians are still members of
McCartney's touring band.
Controversy
Although McCartney was promoting ''Driving Rain'', the majority of the tour setlist celebrated his past,
by featuring a sampling of his solo work with and without
Wings, and a substantial number of the hits he had written while a member of
the Beatles. On ''Back in the U.S.'', McCartney reversed the songwriting credits for 19
Lennon–McCartney compositions to read "Paul McCartney and
John Lennon"
– a move that author
Howard Sounes
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Born in Welling, South East London, Sounes began his journalistic career as a staff reporter for the ''Sunday Mirror''. He broke major stories, including one ...
describes as the live album's "chief point of interest".
This gesture was a further attempt by McCartney to establish his legacy following
Lennon's death in 1980,
having been vetoed from adopting the McCartney–Lennon credit during the ''
Beatles Anthology'' project in 1995 by his former bandmates
George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...
and
Ringo Starr
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.
The revised credits on ''Back in the U.S.'' incensed Lennon's widow,
Yoko Ono, who threatened to take legal action,
[Kimsey, p. 197.] while Starr said he found McCartney's actions "underhanded".
[Sounes, p. 518.] Some commentators observed that McCartney had similarly credited his Beatles songs to "McCartney–Lennon" on the 1976 live album ''
Wings over America'' and that Lennon had never publicly objected to the reversal;
in addition, the compositions in question were written with little or no input from Lennon.
When compiling ''Back in the U.S.'', McCartney had decided to act in response to Ono's dropping of his co-writer's credit for "
Give Peace a Chance", on the 1997 compilation ''
Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon''. Despite their differences on this issue, McCartney and Starr united on stage for the
Harrison tribute concert shortly after the release of the live album.
[Sounes, pp. 518–19.]
Release
''Back in the U.S.'' was issued in November 2002 as an exclusive North American and Japanese
release (an international edition with a slight track listing change, entitled ''
Back in the World'', was released a few months later). ''Back in the U.S.'' sold well on export and gained sales of over 2 million globally. The album debuted at number 8 on the US charts with sales of 224,000 copies, marking his highest sales during a single week since the introduction of
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in 1991.
The album was certified double platinum in America, for shipments of over 2 million units. It entered the top five on the Japanese chart, making McCartney one of the Western artists with the most top-ten albums in that country.
Its tie-in DVD proved to be a strong seller as well. ''Back in the U.S.'' was the first Paul McCartney album not released on vinyl.
Track listing
All songs written by
Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.
CD
Disc one
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Hello, Goodbye" – 3:46 (Detroit)
#"
Jet
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" (Paul McCartney,
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) – 4:02 (Dallas night 1 + 8 seconds of DC night 1)
#"
All My Loving
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" – 2:08 (Cleveland)
#"
Getting Better
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" – 3:10 (Denver)
#"
Coming Up" (Paul McCartney) – 3:26 (New York City Madison Square Garden Night 1)
#"
Let Me Roll It" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 4:24 (Chicago Night 2)
#"Lonely Road" (Paul McCartney) – 3:12 (Sunrise night 1)
#"Driving Rain" (Paul McCartney) – 3:11 (Chicago night 2)
#"
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The song was fir ...
" (Paul McCartney) – 3:28 (New York City Madison Square Garden Night 1)
#"
Blackbird" – 2:30 (Boston)
#"
Every Night" (Paul McCartney) – 2:51 (Dallas night 1)
#"
We Can Work It Out" – 2:29 (Chicago night 2)
#"
Mother Nature's Son" – 2:11 (Dallas Night 2)
#"
Vanilla Sky
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" (Paul McCartney) – 2:29 (Dallas night 2)
#"
Carry That Weight" – 3:05
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You Never Give Me Your Money
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" is played. (Tampa)
#"
The Fool on the Hill" – 3:09 (DC Night 1)
#"
Here Today" (Paul McCartney) – 2:28 (Toronto)
#* ''McCartney's tribute to John Lennon''
#"
Something
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" (
George Harrison
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) – 2:33 (Tampa)
#* ''A tribute cover of one of George Harrison's most famous songs, played on the ukulele – one of Harrison's favourite instruments''
Disc two
#"
Eleanor Rigby" – 2:17 (Denver)
#"
Here, There and Everywhere" – 2:26 (Chicago night 2)
#"
Band on the Run
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" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 5:00 (Dallas night 1)
#"
Back in the U.S.S.R.
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" – 2:55 (Dallas night 1)
#"
Maybe I'm Amazed" (Paul McCartney) – 4:48 (East Rutherford)
#"
C Moon" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 3:51 (DC night 1)
#"
My Love" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 4:03 (Dallas night 1)
#"
Can't Buy Me Love" – 2:09 (Atlanta night 2)
#"
Freedom
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" (Paul McCartney) – 3:18 (Dallas night 1)
#"
Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 3:05 (Dallas night 1)
#"
Let It Be
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" – 3:57 (Atlanta night 2)
#"
Hey Jude
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" – 7:01 (NYC Madison Square Garden Night 1)
#"
The Long and Winding Road" – 3:30 (Denver)
#"
Lady Madonna
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" – 2:21 (NYC Madison Square Garden night 1
#"
I Saw Her Standing There" – 3:08 (Sunrise)
#"
Yesterday" – 2:08 (Dallas night 1)
#"
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
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" / "
The End" – 4:39 (Sunrise night 1)
DVD
#"Hello, Goodbye"
#"Jet" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney)
#"All My Loving"
#"Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney)
#"Coming Up" (Paul McCartney)
#"Blackbird"
#"We Can Work It Out"
#"Here, There, and Everywhere"
#"Eleanor Rigby"
#"
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)
#"Your Loving Flame" (Paul McCartney)
#"The Fool on the Hill"
#"Getting Better"
#"Here Today" (Paul McCartney)
#"Something" (George Harrison)
#"Band on the Run" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney)
#"Let Me Roll It" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney)
#"Back in the USSR"
#"My Love" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney)
#"Maybe I'm Amazed" (Paul McCartney)
#"Freedom" (Paul McCartney)
#"Let it Be"
#"Hey Jude"
#"Can't Buy Me Love"
#"Lady Madonna"
#"The Long and Winding Road"
#"Yesterday"
#"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" / "The End"
#"I Saw Her Standing There"
Bonus tracks
#"Driving Rain" (Paul McCartney)
#"Every Night" (Paul McCartney)
#"You Never Give Me Your Money"/"Carry That Weight"
Charts
Weekly charts
;Album
;DVD
Year-end charts
Certifications
;Album
;DVD
References
Sources
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* Kimsey, John (2006). "Spinning the Historical Record: Lennon, McCartney, and Museum Politics". In:
Kenneth Womack and Todd F. Davis (eds). ''Reading the Beatles: Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism, and the Fab Four''. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. .
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