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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox song "Another Day" is a song by English rock musician Paul McCartney that was released as the A-side of a non-album single in February 1971. It was his debut single as a solo artist following the Beatles break-up in 1970. McCartney credited his wife Linda as a co-writer on the song, triggering legal action from ATV on behalf of the publishing companies Northern Songs and Maclen Music. The lyrics describe the daily routine of a lonely woman, using an observational style similar to McCartney's narrative in the 1966 ballad "Eleanor Rigby".

McCartney recorded "Another Day" in New York City during the sessions for his and Linda's 1971 album Ram. The single was an international hit, peaking at number 2 in the United Kingdom, number 5 in the United States, and topping charts in Australia and France. The song was dismissed by many music critics, however, who found it inconsequential and reflective of McCartney's conservative outlook. In addition to appearing on several McCartney compilation albums, it was included as a bonus track on the 1993 and 2012 reissues of Ram. It was also included on The 7" Singles Box in 2022.

History

Although McCartney did not formally record the song until after the band's break-up, he previewed "Another Day" during the Beatles' Let It Be sessions in January 1969.Шаблон:Sfn The song's lyric adopts an observational style reminiscent of "Eleanor Rigby"; Denny Seiwell, the drummer on the Ram sessions, called it "'Eleanor Rigby' in New York City".Шаблон:Sfn The lyrics describe the drudgery and sadness of an unnamed woman's life at work and at home.

McCartney's wife Linda provided vocal harmonies on "Another Day". Describing his and Linda's harmonies, McCartney said he wanted "'our' sound" as he sought to create a musical identity independent of the Beatles.Шаблон:Sfn McCartney decided to list Linda as co-writer of more than half the songs on Ram, and this decision extended to "Another Day". Despite her lack of musical and songwriting experience, he said that his wife had been a genuine writing partner, suggesting ideas for lyrics and melodies.Шаблон:Sfn Linda's co-writing credits were later regarded as business manoeuvres in the post-Beatles legal matters. In author Peter Doggett's description, Northern Songs, McCartney's publisher, "believed he was effectively robbing them of half their potential income".Шаблон:Sfn

In July 1971, Northern Songs and Maclen Music sued Paul and Linda McCartney for violating an exclusive rights agreement via their musical collaborations on "Another Day" and Ram. In June the following year, ATV announced that "all differences between them have been amicably settled", with McCartney's lawyers arguing it had been his prerogative to collaborate with whomever he chose, regardless of his or her musical abilities. Paul and Linda signed a new seven-year, co-publishing contract between ATV and McCartney Music.

Dixon Van Winkle, an assistant engineer on the Ram sessions, recalled that he suggested "Another Day" after McCartney asked him to select one of the tracks for a single.Шаблон:Sfn With McCartney's blessing, Van Winkle mixed the song and pressed 100 copies for radio stations. He added: "The next day I heard it on the air, I realized ... we got carried away with the bass part ... it pumped like crazy. But we never remixed the song, and Paul never said anything."Шаблон:Sfn

Recording

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CBS's 16 track sheet for "Another Day" (plus two other songs)

Seiwell said that "Another Day" was the first song taped during the Ram sessions. Recording took place at Columbia Studios in New York City on 12 October 1970. The basic track consisted of McCartney and Dave Spinozza on acoustic guitars and Seiwell on drums. At the same session, McCartney and Spinozza added electric guitars, and McCartney overdubbed his bass guitar part. Seiwell also added a percussion effect, "tapping out a rhythm on a telephone directory found out in the studio".

According to the annotations on the track sheet, "Another Day" was completed on 21 January 1971. Sound effects and lead and harmony vocals were added that day at A & R Studio in New York. The mixing session also took place at A & R on 8 February.

Release

"Another Day" was released on 19 February 1971 in the United Kingdom, with "Oh Woman, Oh Why" as the B-side. It was McCartney's debut single as a solo artist.Шаблон:Sfn The song peaked at number 2 in the UK in March 1971 and number 5 in the United States in April. It was number 1 in Australia, for one week, and in France.

Although "Another Day" and "Oh Woman, Oh Why" were not originally included on the album, some CD re-releases of Ram have one or both songs as bonus tracks. "Another Day" has also appeared on several of McCartney's greatest hits albums, including All the Best! and Pure McCartney. It also appeared on the Wings compilations Wings Greatest and Wingspan: Hits and History, even though the song predates the band's formation.Шаблон:Sfn The single was re-released as part of Record Store Day 2012. It was included on the Special and Deluxe editions of the 2012 remaster of Ram. The song was included on an EP (along with "Oh Woman, Oh Why", "Junk" and "Valentine's Day") released only in Mexico.

McCartney has played the song live several times, first on his 1993 tour and later on his 2013 Out There tour.

Critical reception

On release, many rock critics derided "Another Day" as irrelevantШаблон:Sfn and as a song that conveyed McCartney's bourgeois sensibilities and focus on conservative values.Шаблон:Sfn One reviewer likened it to an advertising jingle for underarm deodorant.Шаблон:Sfn Beatles biographer Nicholas Schaffner described the song's reception: "Many of the rock critics, out for McCartney's blood, dismissed 'Another Day' as 'Paulie picking his nose.' More charitable observers trilled along with the chorus: 'It's just another song.'"Шаблон:Sfn

As with Ram, the single especially disappointed writers who were expecting McCartney to rebound from his 1970 solo debut, McCartney, and produce an artistic statement on the scale of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn Music journalist Andrew Grant Jackson comments that, given McCartney had been the Beatle who announced the band's break-up, the song's despondent tone contrasted starkly with singles such as "Instant Karma!" and "My Sweet Lord", in which Lennon and Harrison, respectively, confidently embraced their freedom from the Beatles. He views "Another Day" as "a continuation of McCartney's 1970 depression tunes".Шаблон:Sfn

Cash Box described the song as being an intriguing song with "vignette verses and a haunting chorus." Record World called it "very pop, the kind of melody [McCartney's] famous for."

Writing in 1981, NME critic Bob Woffinden said that while the song is "slight and simple", the critical disparagement it had continued to receive overlooks the "delicate charm", compositional discipline and real-life characterisation that serve as positive qualities which, he rued, were completely lacking on Ram.Шаблон:Sfn By contrast, New Zealand Herald critic Graham Reid describes Ram as "excellent" but finds "Another Day" "execrable". Beatles historian Bruce Spizer views it as "a catchy pop tune that has been unfairly ridiculed over the years". In deeming the lyrics "trite", he continues, its detractors fail to appreciate that the song's female protagonist is herself "leading a life of boring and lonely everyday routines".Шаблон:Sfn

In popular culture

"Another Day" is referenced in Lennon's 1971 song attacking McCartney, titled "How Do You Sleep?" Lennon describes McCartney's new music as MuzakШаблон:Sfn and, in the second verse, he sings: "The only thing you done was yesterday / And since you've gone you're just another day".Шаблон:Sfn

It was featured prominently in a 2009 episode of The Simpsons titled "Bart Gets a 'Z'Шаблон:-"; in it, Mrs. Krabappel is taunted by the Springfield High School jocks for singing a "million-year-old song." "Another Day" has also been included in several films, such as 50 First Dates (2004) and The Lovely Bones (2009).

Personnel

• Paul McCartney – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, shaker
• Linda McCartney – backing vocals
• David Spinozza – electric guitar
• Denny Seiwell – drums, percussion

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1971)	Peak position
Australian Kent Music Report	1
Austrian Singles Chart	10
Belgian Singles Chart (Flanders)	10
Canadian RPM Top 100	4
Canadian RPM MOR	6
Dutch Singles Chart	3
Irish Singles Chart	1
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	6
Norwegian VG-lista Singles Chart	3
South Africa (Springbok Radio)	7
Spanish Singles Chart	1
Swiss Singles Chart	7
UK Singles Chart	2
US Billboard Hot 100	5
US Billboard Easy Listening	4
West German Media Control Singles Chart	6

Year-end charts

Chart (1971)	Rank
Australia GoSet	50
Canadian RPM Singles Chart	58
Dutch Singles Chart	64
Japanese Oricon Singles Chart	43
US Billboard Top Pop Singles	60
US Billboard Top Easy Listening Singles	44
UK Singles Chart	26

Sales

Region	Sales
Japan (Oricon)	247,000+

References

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