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| Name | Coming Up |
|---|---|
| Cover | McCartneyComingUp.jpg |
| Artist | Paul McCartney |
| From album | McCartney II |
| B-side | "Coming Up" (Live at Glasgow) "Lunchbox/Odd Sox" (both with Wings) |
| Released | 11 April 1980 |
| Format | 7" |
| Genre | Funk rock |
| Label | Parlophone/EMI (UK) Columbia (US) |
| Writer | Paul McCartney |
| Producer | Paul McCartney |
| Last single | "Wonderful Christmastime" (1979) |
| This single | "Coming Up" (1980) |
| Next single | "Waterfalls" (1980) |
"Coming Up" was the opening track from Paul McCartney's McCartney II album, written by McCartney and released in 1980. Like the rest of the album, the song had a minimalist synthesized feel to it. It featured humorously-processed lead vocals from McCartney, who played all the instruments and shared harmonies with his wife Linda McCartney.
John Lennon had liked the song, crediting it for driving him out of retirement to resume recording.
In the US and Canada, radio stations bypassed the McCartney solo A-side and played the live Wings B-side., McCartney said the other roles were simply comic relief.
The video made its world premiere on Saturday Night Live on May 17, 1980.
"Coming Up" is the only Paul McCartney song to hit the top of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart that was officially credited by Billboard to McCartney as a solo artist, despite the fact that the "Live At Glasgow" version of "Coming Up" that actually topped the U.S. chart was performed by (and credited to) McCartney & Wings. All other Billboard number-one singles involving McCartney after The Beatles are officially credited to either Paul & Linda McCartney ("Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"), Paul McCartney & Wings ("My Love," "Band On The Run"), Wings ("Listen To What The Man Said", "Silly Love Songs," "With A Little Luck"), Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder ("Ebony & Ivory") and Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson ("Say, Say, Say"). That oddity makes McCartney the ex-Beatle to top the charts both the most (in conjunction with Wings and others) and the least (by himself) after the band's breakup. Ringo Starr and John Lennon each registered two U.S. pop number-one hits, while George Harrison had three, all of which were credited to each of them alone.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="center"|Chart (1980)
!align="center"|Peak
position
!align="center"|Version
|-
|align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|Wings
|-
|align="left"|UK Singles Chart
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|solo
|}
Category:Paul McCartney songs Category:1980 singles Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Category:Wings songs Category:Songs written by Paul McCartney
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