From a Lover to a Friend
"From a Lover to a Friend" | ||||
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Single by Paul McCartney | ||||
from the album Driving Rain | ||||
B-side | "Riding Into Jaipur" | |||
Released | 29 October 2001 | |||
Recorded | 27 February 2001 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 3:49 (album version) | |||
Label | Parlophone | |||
Songwriter(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
Producer(s) | David Kahne | |||
Paul McCartney singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
”From A Lover To A Friend” on YouTube | ||||
"From a Lover to a Friend" is a song by Paul McCartney, featured on his 2001 album Driving Rain. It was released as a single and spent two weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #45.[1] It also reached #6 on the Canadian Singles Chart.[2] In the U.S. it became the b-side to his single "Freedom" and peaked at #24 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
Critics saw the song as a ballad in which McCartney tries to come to terms with the death of his wife Linda,[3] singing "let me love again"; McCartney, however, was less certain whom the song was about in an interview on Howard Stern's radio show.[4] The Guardian called it a "masterpiece... so delicate and honest that it sounds pretty much perfect."[3]
"From a Lover to a Friend" was recorded on 27 February 2001 with Paul playing bass and piano, Abe Laboriel, Jr. playing drums, Rusty Anderson on 12-string electric guitar, and Gabe Dixon on piano.[5]
Track listings
7" single
- "From a Lover to a Friend" – 3:48
- "Riding Into Jaipur" – 4:08
CD single
- "From a Lover to a Friend"– 3:49
- "From a Lover to a Friend" (David Kahne Remix 1) – 3:44
- "From a Lover to a Friend" (David Kahne Remix 2) – 5:27
Cassette single[6]
- "From a Lover to a Friend" – 3:48
- "Riding Into Jaipur" – 4:08
- "From a Lover to a Friend" (David Kahne Remix 2) – 5:27
Charts
Weekly charts
Chart (2001) | Peak position |
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Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] | 71 |
UK Singles (OCC)[8] | 45 |
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[9] | 24 |
Year-end charts
Chart (2001) | Position |
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Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[10] | 102 |
Chart (2002) | Position |
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Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[11] | 120 |
Notes
- ^ "Official Charts: Paul McCartney". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ "Paul McCartney Charts and Awards". allmusic. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ^ a b Harris, John (8 June 2007). "On Music: Rise and fall". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
- ^ "Paul McCartney on Howard Stern". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21.
I don't actually know what this is about.
- ^ Gernhardt, Harald (2001). "Driving Rain". McBeatle. Archived from the original on 2008-01-19. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
- ^ The Beatles Beat (2001). "Paul McCartney Cassette Singles". The Beatles Beat. Retrieved 2010-09-13.
- ^ "Paul McCartney – {{{song}}}" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
- ^ "Paul McCartney Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
- ^ "Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2001". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 26, 2002. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ "Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002 (Part 2)". Jam!. 14 January 2003. Archived from the original on 6 September 2004.
External links
- From a Lover to a Friend on Amazon.com
- Release information
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