| "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]
- ^ "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. 3 July 2007. 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.