Only Love Remains
1986 single by Paul McCartney
| "Only Love Remains" | ||||
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| Single by Paul McCartney | ||||
| from the album Press to Play | ||||
| B-side | "Tough on a Tightrope" | |||
| Released | 1 December 1986 | |||
| Recorded | October–December 1985 | |||
| Studio | Hogg Hill Mill, Sussex, England | |||
| Genre | Ballad[1] | |||
| Length | 4:11 | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
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"Only Love Remains" is a song by English musician Paul McCartney, released in 1986 as the fourth single from his sixth solo album, Press to Play. The song reached number 34 on the UK Singles Chart.[2][3]
Release
The song was released as a 7" single and a 12" maxi single.[4] The single version of "Only Love Remains" is a remix by Jim Boyer and is different from the album version. The 12" version of the single featured two more remixes of songs from Press to Play.
Cash Box said that "McCartney’s impeccable touch with a ballad shines on this classic-sounding new single."[5]
Track listings
- 7" single (R 6148)
- "Only Love Remains" – 4:11
- Remix by Jim Boyer
- "Tough on a Tightrope" – 4:44
- 12" single (12R 6148)
- "Only Love Remains" – 4:11
- Remix by Jim Boyer
- "Tough on a Tightrope" – 7:03
- Remix by Julian Mendelsohn
- "Talk More Talk" – 5:56
- Remix by Paul McCartney and Jon Jacobs
Charts
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Singles (OCC)[6] | 34 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[7] | 9 |
References
- ^ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1987/CB-1987-01-17.pdf
- ^ "Official Charts: Paul McCartney". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
- ^ "UK Singles - 1952-2009". Retrieved 2009-10-12.
- ^ "Only Love Remains". JPGR. 2000. Retrieved 2013-09-25.
- ^ "Single Releases" (PDF). Cash Box. January 17, 1987. p. 9. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Paul McCartney Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
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Paul McCartney singles discography
- "Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (with Linda McCartney)
- "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" / "Too Many People" (with Linda McCartney)
- "The Back Seat of My Car" / "Heart of the Country" (with Linda McCartney)
- "Eat at Home" / "Smile Away" (with Linda McCartney)
- "Wonderful Christmastime"
- "Coming Up"
- "Waterfalls"
- "Temporary Secretary"
- "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder)
- "Take It Away"
- "Tug of War"
- "The Girl Is Mine" (with Michael Jackson)
- "Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson)
- "Pipes of Peace"/""So Bad"
- "No More Lonely Nights"
- "We All Stand Together"
- "Spies Like Us"
- "Press"
- "Pretty Little Head"
- "Stranglehold"
- "Only Love Remains"
- "Once Upon a Long Ago"
- "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
- "My Brave Face" / "Flying to My Home"
- "This One"
- "Figure of Eight"
- "Put It There" / "Mama's Little Girl" (with Wings)
- "Birthday" (live) / "Good Day Sunshine" (live)
- "All My Trials" (live)
- "Hope of Deliverance"
- "C'Mon People"
- "Off the Ground"
- "Biker Like an Icon" / "Things We Said Today"
- "A Leaf" (with Anya Alexeyev)
- "Come Together" (The Smokin' Mojo Filters)
- "Young Boy"
- "The World Tonight"
- "Beautiful Night"
- "No Other Baby" / "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
- "Run Devil Run" (promo)
- "From a Lover to a Friend"
- "Freedom" / "From a Lover to a Friend"
- "Hello Goodbye" (promo)
- "Tropic Island Hum" / "We All Stand Together"
- "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with U2)
- "Fine Line"
- "Jenny Wren"
- "Really Love You" (Twin Freaks)
- "This Never Happened Before" (promo)
- "Dance Tonight" / "Nod Your Head"
- "Ever Present Past"
- "Heal the Pain" (with George Michael)
- "Walk with You" (with Ringo Starr)
- "(I Want to) Come Home"
- "My Valentine"
- "Only Our Hearts"
- Christmas Kisses: "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" / "Wonderful Christmastime"
- "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (The Justice Collective)
- "New"
- "Queenie Eye"
- "Only One" (with Kanye West)
- "FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna & Kanye West)
- "All Day" (with Kanye West)
- "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" (with Timo Maas & James Teej)
- "I Don't Know" / "Come On to Me"
- "Fuh You"
- "Who Cares"
- "Back in Brazil"
- "Get Enough"
- "Home Tonight / In a Hurry"
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