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* BetterExportForYou: The initial US release of the album included a bonus single featuring a live version of "Coming Up".

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* BetterExportForYou: The initial US release and Canadian releases of the album included a bonus one-sided single featuring a the live version of "Coming Up".Up" that had been a North American hit.
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* BetterExportForYou: The initial US release of the album included a bonus single featuring a live version of "Coming Up".
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* CreatorDrivenSuccessor: While no song on this album does a CallBack to Paul's first self-titled record, both of them are mainly recorded by Paul alone in his farm.

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* PermanentPlaceholder: "Frozen Jap" was meant to be a WorkingTitle, with [=McCartney=] using it as a starting point to come up with a more ornate name evocative of a wintry scene in East Asia. However, he ended up leaving the name as-is, which drew controversy from Japanese audiences, both due to "Jap" being considered a racial slur outside the UK and due to them reading the title as a reference to his recent arrest in Tokyo for marijuana possession.
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** "Temporary Secretary" is a common subject for jokes in Music/SiIvaGunner rips, mashing the song up with various video game tracks.
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** The hit song "Waterfalls" by RAndB trio Music/{{TLC}} has its chorus taking direct inspiration from the opening lyrics of Paul's "Waterfalls".

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** The hit song Compare the opening lines of this album's "Waterfalls" by RAndB trio Music/{{TLC}} has its ("Don't go jumping waterfalls, please keep to the lake") to the chorus taking direct inspiration from of Music/{{TLC}}'s later hit "Waterfalls" ("Don't go chasing waterfalls, please stick to the opening lyrics of Paul's "Waterfalls".rivers and the lakes that you're used to"). Paul himself has pointed this out many times.
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** The hit song "Waterfalls" by [=RnB=] trio {{Music/TLC}} has its chorus taking direct inspiration from the opening lyrics of Paul's "Waterfalls".
** Japanese Technopop band Music/YellowMagicOrchestra references the song "Coming Up" on their song "Nice Age" (coming from the album ''{{Music/Multiplies}}'' which got released a month after ''[=McCartney=] II'':
--> ''It's coming up like a flower''
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Due to the amount of songs recorded for the album, it was originally conceived as a double album before Paul decided to ditch some tracks. "Darkroom" was almost cut out.

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** The hit song "Waterfalls" by [=RnB=] RAndB trio {{Music/TLC}} Music/{{TLC}} has its chorus taking direct inspiration from the opening lyrics of Paul's "Waterfalls".
** Japanese Technopop band "Nice Age" by Music/YellowMagicOrchestra references the song "Coming Up" on their song "Nice Age" (coming from with the album ''{{Music/Multiplies}}'' which got line "she's coming up like a flower." The song's parent album, ''Music/{{Multiplies}}'', released a month after ''[=McCartney=] II'':
--> ''It's coming up like a flower''
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Due to the amount of songs recorded for the album, it was originally conceived as a double album before Paul decided to ditch some tracks. "Darkroom" was almost cut out.out.
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** The hit song "Waterfalls" by [=RnB=] trio {{Music/TLC}} has its chorus taking direct inspiration from the opening lyrics of Paul's "Waterfalls".
** Japanese Technopop band Music/YellowMagicOrchestra references the song "Coming Up" on their song "Nice Age" (coming from the album ''{{Music/Multiplies}}'' which got released a month after ''[=McCartney=] II'':
--> ''It's coming up like a flower''
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Due to the amount of songs recorded for the album, it was originally conceived as a double album before Paul decided to ditch some tracks. "Darkroom" was almost cut out.

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