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Song Here Today (1993 Digital Remaster)

Artist Paul McCartney

Writers Paul McCartney

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"Here Today" is a song by Paul McCartney from his 1982
album Tug of War. McCartney wrote the song about his
relationship with and love for John Lennon, who had been
murdered two years prior. He stated the song was
composed in the form of an imaginary conversation the
pair might have had. The song was produced by the
Beatles' producer George Martin. Although not released as
a single, the song reached No. 46 on the Billboard
Mainstream Rock charts.
When McCartney wrote the song, Lennon had not yet been
dead for a year. In a 2004 interview with The Guardian,
McCartney said that due to the honest and emotional
nature of the song he was "kind of crying" when he wrote
it. He even found it difficult to talk about with the other
remaining members of the Beatles. The structure of the
song itself is written like a dialogue between Lennon and
McCartney. McCartney says that Lennon used to "lay into"
McCartney, but often did not really mean it, and this is
emulated in the hypothetical conversation where the two
bicker over whether or not they really know each other. The
song is about McCartney really trying to talk to Lennon, but
finding it futile after the latter's death.

McCartney describes parts of the song as being quite
honest. One verse in the song refers to an incident that
occurred during the Beatles' first full American tour in 1964
when they were stranded in Key West, Florida during a
hurricane. Said McCartney,
"It was during that night, when we'd all stayed up way too
late, and we got so pissed that we ended up crying-about,
you know, how wonderful we were, and how much we
loved each other, even though we'd never said anything. It
was a good one: you never say anything like that.
Especially if you're a Northern Man.
McCartney began recording the song in the summer of
1981 in the loft of the mill at his Sussex home. McCartney
and George Martin went back and forth about using a
string quartet as they had famously included one in the
Beatles' hit "Yesterday", but ultimately opted for it anyway.

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