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"Once Upon a Long Ago" Single by Paul McCartney from the album All the Best! B-side "Back On My Feet" Released 16 November 1987 (7" single, CD single)
23 November 1987 (12" single)Format 7" single, CD single, maxi-single Recorded 1987 Genre Rock Length 4:08 Label MPL Communications
Parlophone RecordsWriter(s) Paul McCartney Producer Phil Ramone Paul McCartney singles chronology "Only Love Remains"
(1986)"Once Upon a Long Ago"
(1987)"My Brave Face"
(1989)"Once Upon a Long Ago" is a Paul McCartney song, released as his fortieth single on November 1987, as part of his compilation All the Best!, released two weeks before the single. The track was produced by Phil Ramone and mixed by George Martin, and features violin by Nigel Kennedy.
The single reached number ten in the UK Singles Chart,[1] McCartney's last Top 10 in his homeland. The single was not released in the US nor included on the US version of All the Best!, although it did appear on the longer UK/Canada version. The song has remained unavailable on any US released album, although it is a bonus track on the 1993 UK remastered version of "Press to Play" - the 1993 remastered Paul McCartney Collection has never been released in the United States.
Track listings
"Once Upon a Long Ago" was also released as two different 12" singles and a CD single:
- 7" single
- "Once Upon a Long Ago"
- "Back on My Feet"
- 12" single, version one
- "Once Upon a Long Ago" (long version)
- "Back on My Feet"
- "Midnight Special"
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
- 12" single, version two
- "Once Upon a Long Ago" (extended version)
- "Back on My Feet"
- "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
- "Kansas City"
- CD single
- "Once Upon a Long Ago"
- "Back on My Feet" McCartney/Macmanus
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
- "Kansas City"
References
- ^ "Official Charts: Paul McCartney". The Official UK Charts Company. http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/paul%20mccartney/. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
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