Beautiful Night (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Beautiful Night


Caption =
Artist = Paul McCartney
from Album = Flaming Pie
A-side =
B-side = "Love Comes Tumbling Down", "Same Love"
Released = 1997-12-15
Format = 7", Maxi-CD
Recorded = Sussex and Abbey Road Studios May 13 1996
Genre = Rock
Length = 5:03
Label = EMI, Parlophone
Writer = Paul McCartney
Producer = Paul McCartney, Jeff Lynne
Certification =
Last single = "The World Tonight" (July 1997)
This single = "Beautiful Night" (December 1997)
Next single = "No Other Baby / Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (October 1999)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Flaming Pie
Type = studio
prev_track = "Really Love You"
prev_no = 12
this_track = "Beautiful Night"
track_no = 13
next_track = "Great Day"
next_no = 14

"Beautiful Night" is a song by Paul McCartney and is the thirteenth track on his 1997 album "Flaming Pie". In December 1997, it was released as the third and final single from that album, peaking at #25 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1997 in British music).

The song was originally recorded in 1986 but never released. That version can be heard on the CD single as part of the "Oobu Joobu" section.

The song features the first of two collaborations McCartney performed with Ringo Starr on "Flaming Pie" (the second being "Really Love You") as well as an orchestration by George Martin, recorded at Abbey Road Studios.

Track listings

*7" R6489, CD1 CDRS6489
#"Beautiful Night" - 5:03
#"Love Comes Tumbling Down" - 4:21
#"Oobu Joobu" (part 5) - CD only
*CD2 CDR6489
#"Beautiful Night" - 5:08
#"Same Love"
#"Oobu Joobu" (part 6)

B-side information

"Same Love" and "Love Comes Tumbling Down" are both previously unreleased tracks. The "Oobu Joobu" songs are a series of demos, interviews, and unreleased songs jumbled together into one track. The name is taken from Mr. McCartney's Radio program, "Oobu Joobu".
*"Oobu Joobu" (part 5) contains:
#"And Now"
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme"
#Beautiful Night Chat
#Paul and Ringo talk about "Beautiful Night"
#Ringo Chat
#"Beautiful Night (Flaming Pie Mix)"
#"Beautiful Night (Original Version)"
#Goodbyes
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme"

*"Oobu Joobu" (part 6) contains:
#"This One" (jingle)
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme"
#"Oobu Joobu We Love You"
#Paul talks about Abbey Road
#"Strawberry Fields Forever" (Paul solo)
#Paul talks about Abbey Road
#"Come On Baby"
#Paul talks about Abbey Road
#"Come On Baby (contd.)"
#Paul ends chat about Abbey Road
#"Okay are You Ready" (jingle)
#"Love Mix"
#"Widescreen Radio" (jingle)
#Goodbye
#"Oobu Joobu Main Theme"

Video

The video accompanying the single was directed by Julien Temple and had to be re-edited as a brief glimpse of a woman skinnydipping caused a minor controversy. Also appearing in the video were Ringo Starr, Linda McCartney (her final appearance in a music video) and the band Spud (although they are shown performing with McCartney, they did not contribute to the recording of the track). The video debuted during an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

External links

* [http://www.jpgr.co.uk/r6489.html Paul McCartney - Beautiful Night] at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages.