Beautiful Night (Paul McCartney song)

"Beautiful Night"
Song
B-side	"Love Come Tumbling Down" (7" only) "Same Love" (CD only)

"Beautiful Night" is a song by Paul McCartney and is the 13th track on his 1997 album Flaming Pie. In December 1997, it was released as the third and final single from that album, peaking at number 25 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1997 in British music).

The song was originally recorded in August 1986 in New York City. 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.

Music 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.

Track listings

• 7" R6489, CD1 CDRS6489

1. "Beautiful Night" – 5:03
2. "Love Come Tumbling Down" – 4:21
3. "Oobu Joobu" (Part 5) – 9:54 (CD only)

• CD2 CDR6489

1. "Beautiful Night" – 5:08
2. "Same Love" – 3:53
3. "Oobu Joobu" (Part 6) – 8:33

B-side information

"Same Love" and "Love Come 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 McCartney's radio program, Oobu Joobu.

• "Oobu Joobu" (Part 5) contains:

1. "And Now" – 0:10
2. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme" – 1:14
3. Beautiful Night Chat – 0:09
4. Paul and Ringo talk about "Beautiful Night" – 2:06
5. Ringo Chat – 0:09
6. "Beautiful Night (Flaming Pie Mix)" – 1:31
7. "Beautiful Night (Original Version)" – 4:02
8. Goodbyes – 0:17
9. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme" – 0:37

• "Oobu Joobu" (Part 6) contains:

1. "This One" (jingle) – 0:08
2. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme" – 0:32
3. "Oobu Joobu We Love You" – 0:15
4. Paul talks about Abbey Road – 0:43
5. "Strawberry Fields Forever" (Paul solo) – 0:14
6. Paul talks about Abbey Road – 1:31
7. "Come On Baby" – 0:54
8. Paul talks about Abbey Road – 0:18
9. "Come On Baby (contd.)" – 0:33
10. Paul ends chat about Abbey Road – 0:22
11. "Okay are You Ready" (jingle) – 0:10
12. "Love Mix" – 3:02
13. "Widescreen Radio" (jingle) – 0:05
14. Goodbye – 0:18
15. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme" – 0:48

Personnel

• Paul McCartney - lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, hammond organ, additional percussion
• Linda McCartney - backing vocals
• Jeff Lynne - backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Ringo Starr - backing and lead vocals, drums, percussion
• George Martin - orchestral arrangement
• David Snell - conductor
• Geoff Emerick - orchestral sessions engineer
• Jon Jacobs - orchestral sessions engineer
• Peter Cabbin - orchestral sessions engineer
• Paul Hicks - orchestral sessions engineer
• Susan Milan - flute

External links

• Paul McCartney - Beautiful Night at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages.