Music/PaulMcCartney-related trivia.
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* ActingForTwo: The MusicVideo for "Coming Up" has Paul playing all nine members of his backup band; Linda plays two backup singers.
* BreakthroughHit: Either "Another Day" or "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", both from ''Music/{{Ram}}''. Although "Another Day" was a top 5 hit in the spring of 1971, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" -- and not just because it was his first solo No. 1 -- is far better known.
* ChannelHop: Between ''Music/{{Ram}}'' and ''Music/McCartneyII'', [=McCartney=] moved off of Apple Records and established a new imprint, MPL, which partnered with Creator/ParlophoneRecords in the UK and Creator/ColumbiaRecords in North America after he called time with Music/{{Wings|Band}} (under whom his contract with Columbia began). This arrangement lasted until 1985, after which [=McCartney=] moved over to Creator/CapitolRecords west of the Atlantic (consequently turning Columbia's CD releases of his material, which were only on shelves for a year, into popular collector's items). In 2007, MPL cut a new deal with Hear Music worldwide before moving back to Capitol in the late 2010s.
* CreatorBacklash: While he doesn't think it's a bad song, Paul's admitted that he finds it a bit embarrassing to still be singing "Hi, Hi, Hi" (which absolutely ''is'' about doing drugs and partying) at his age, so he often tries to spin it as about being "high on life".
* DeniedParody: "Let me Roll It" sounds like Music/JohnLennon, but Paul says it's just a coincidence.
* HeAlsoDid: Had a periodic songwriting partnership with Music/ElvisCostello in the late '80s and early '90s, with songs appearing on both men's albums. The Costello-[=McCartney=] song "Veronica", which also features Paul on bass, became one of the biggest hits of Elvis Costello's career.
* SequelGap: For his {{Self Titled Album}}s. ''[=McCartney II=]'' came ten years after ''Music/McCartney'', and ''[=McCartney III=]'' came forty years after its predecessor.
* SoMyKidsCanWatch: His children convinced him to perform at UsefulNotes/LiveAid.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He courted the legendary Nelson Riddle to arrange one of his songs, but Riddle turned him down, partly because Riddle didn't really care for {{rock}} in general, and partly because Riddle didn't like the idea of just arranging one song on someone's album, feeling that the MoodWhiplash of going from a Riddle-arranged song to something else shattered the impact of the arrangement in first place.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Among the persons "knocking at the door" in "Let 'Em In" are "Sister Suzy" (a nickname for Linda), "Brother John" (Linda's brother), "Brother Michael" (Paul's brother) and "Auntie Gin" (Paul's aunt).
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