You Gave Me the Answer
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| "You Gave Me the Answer" | ||||
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| Single by Wings | ||||
| from the album Venus and Mars | ||||
| A-side | "Letting Go" | |||
| Released | 4 October 1975 (US) 18 October 1975 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | 24 January and 4 February 1975 | |||
| Genre | Music hall, pop | |||
| Length | 2:15 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
| Wings singles chronology | ||||
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| Venus and Mars track listing | ||||
13 tracks
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"You Gave Me the Answer" is a song by Wings. It was written by Paul McCartney and appeared on the album Venus and Mars.
Origin and recording[edit]
McCartney has occasionally paid tribute to his father, James, who led his own band in his youth, by writing "Music Hall numbers."[1] Other such songs from McCartney's catalogue include "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Honey Pie".[2] 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.[3] This 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.[original research?]
In concert, McCartney often dedicated this song to Fred Astaire.[1]
Personnel[edit]
- Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, piano, string arrangement
- Jimmy McCulloch – electric guitar
- Joe English – drums, backing vocals
- Linda McCartney – backing vocals
- Tony Dorsey – 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[edit]
- ^ a b Flippo, C. (1988). Yesterday: the unauthorized biography of Paul McCartney. Doubleday. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-385-23482-5.
- ^ Julien, O. (2008). Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It Was Forty Years Ago Today. Ashgate. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7546-6708-7.
- ^ Kelly, Kate (20 September 2023). "How the Microphone Changed Music: No Way To Amplify Sound". americacomesalive.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
Singing bandleader Rudy Vallee ... used a megaphone to help amplify his voice over the sound of his band.
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