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| "Waterfalls" | ||||
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| Single by Paul McCartney | ||||
| from the album McCartney II | ||||
| B-side | "Check My Machine" | |||
| Released | 13 June 1980 | |||
| Recorded | July–August 1979 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock | |||
| Length | 4:43 (Album Version) 3:20 (DJ Edit) | |||
| Label | Parlophone/EMI (UK) Columbia (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
| Producer(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
| Paul McCartney singles chronology | ||||
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| McCartney II track listing | ||||
11 tracks
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| Music video | ||||
| "Waterfalls" on YouTube | ||||
"Waterfalls" is a Paul McCartney ballad from his first solo album after Wings, McCartney II. The song has a minimalist sound, with McCartney only playing a Fender Rhodes electric piano and a synthesizer and singing, and a short solo performed on acoustic guitar.
"Waterfalls" was released as a single with "Check My Machine" as its B-Side and reached chart position No. 9 in the UK and No. 4 in Ireland.[1][2] In the US, however, it was his first single ever to miss the Billboard Hot 100 chart, only reaching No. 106 despite being the follow-up to the No. 1 hit "Coming Up".[3] In 2013, Rolling Stone rated it the No. 25 all-time Paul McCartney post-Beatles song, describing how it contrasted with Wings' prior single.[4]
- ^ "Waterfalls". Retrieved 28 March 2009.
- ^ "Official Charts: Paul McCartney". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ Chip Madinger & Mark Easter, Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium (Chesterfield, MO: 44.1 Productions, 2000), 250.
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