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"The World Tonight" is a song by Paul McCartney and is the second track on his 1997 album Flaming Pie.

"The World Tonight"
CD5
Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Flaming Pie
B-side	"Looking for You" (US CD) "Used to Be Bad" (UK 7" and CD1) "Really Love You" (UK CD2)
Released	17 April 1997 (US) 7 July 1997 (UK)
Recorded	Sussex, England: 1995-11-13
Genre	Rock
Length	4:03
Label	EMI, Parlophone, Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynne
Paul McCartney singles chronology
"Young Boy" (1997) "The World Tonight" (1997) "Beautiful Night" (1997)
Flaming Pie track listing
14 tracks "The Song We Were Singing" "The World Tonight" "If You Wanna" "Somedays" "Young Boy" "Calico Skies" "Flaming Pie" "Heaven on a Sunday" "Used to Be Bad" "Souvenir" "Little Willow" "Really Love You" "Beautiful Night" "Great Day"

In the United States, the song was released as the first and only single from the album on 17 April 1997,[1] peaking at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 23 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.[2] The B-side for the American release was originally released in the UK as the B-side for "Young Boy" single and is an additional collaboration with Ringo Starr.

In the UK the song was released as the second single from Flaming Pie in July, peaking at #23 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1997 in British music).[3] The B-sides for the British release are two songs from Flaming Pie: "Used to Be Bad" and "Really Love You".

Track listings

All songs written by Paul McCartney, except where noted.

• US CD C2 7243 8 58650 2 2, released 6 May 1997 by Capitol Records.

1. "The World Tonight" – 4:03
2. "Looking for You" – 4:48
3. "Oobu Joobu" (Part 1) – 9:55

• UK 7" RP6472, UK CD1 CDRS6472

1. "The World Tonight" – 4:03
2. "Used to Be Bad" (Steve Miller, McCartney) – 4:08
3. "Oobu Joobu" (Part 3) – 9:48 CD only

• UK CD2 CDR6472

1. "The World Tonight" – 4:03
2. "Really Love You" (McCartney, Richard Starkey) – 5:14
3. "Oobu Joobu" (Part 4) – 7:06

Oobu Joobu information

The "Oobu Joobu" songs are a series of demos, interviews, and unreleased songs jumbled together into one track. The name is taken from McCartney's radio program.

• "Oobu Joobu" (part 3) contains:

1. Intro chat – 0:09
2. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme" – 0:48
3. "Squid" – 6:25
4. Paul talks about "The World Tonight" – 1:23
5. Link – 0:05
6. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme" – 0:59

• "Oobu Joobu" (part 4) contains:

1. Intro chat – 0:06
2. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme" – 0:37
3. Link – 0:18
4. "Don't Break the Promise" – 3:39
5. Paul talks about reggae – 1:25
6. Link – 0:04
7. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme" – 0:57

Charts

Personnel

• Paul McCartney - lead and harmony vocals, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, drums, percussion
• Jeff Lynne - harmony vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards

Notes

External links

• Paul McCartney - The World Tonight at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages.

На других языках

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[de] The World Tonight

The World Tonight (englisch Die Welt heute Nacht) ist ein Lied des britischen Popmusikers Paul McCartney, das im Jahr 1997 auf seinem zehnten Soloalbum Flaming Pie erschien. Es war zugleich die einzige internationale Singleauskopplung des Albums und erschien so ebenfalls 1997 in verschiedenen Veröffentlichungen.

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- [en] The World Tonight (song)

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[it] The World Tonight

The World Tonight è un brano musicale di Paul McCartney incluso nel suo album Flaming Pie del 1997. Si tratta del primo, ed unico, singolo estratto dall'album pubblicato negli Stati Uniti, il 17 aprile 1997[1], e del secondo singolo pubblicato in Gran Bretagna (dopo Young Boy) dove raggiunse la posizione numero 23 in classifica.[2] Negli USA raggiunse invece la numero 64 nella Billboard Hot 100 e la numero 23 nella Billboard Modern Rock Tracks.[3]

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