Press to Play

Press to Play
Studio album by Paul McCartney
Released	25 August 1986 (1986-08-25)
Recorded	March–May 1985; October–December 1985
Studio	Hog Hill Mill (Icklesham, UK)
Genre	Pop rock pop
Length	45:11 (LP) 58:53 (CD)
Label	Parlophone (UK) Capitol (US)
Producer	Paul McCartney Hugh Padgham
Paul McCartney chronology
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984) Press to Play (1986) All the Best! (1987)
Singles from Press to Play
"Press" Released: 14 July 1986 "Pretty Little Head" Released: 27 October 1986 (UK only) "Stranglehold" Released: 29 October 1986 (US only) "Only Love Remains" Released: 1 December 1986

Press to Play is the sixth solo studio album by English musician Paul McCartney, released on 25 August 1986. It was McCartney's first album of entirely new music since Pipes of Peace in 1983, and his first solo album to be issued internationally by EMI following a six-year alliance with Columbia Records in the United States and Canada. Keen to re-establish himself after his poorly received 1984 musical film Give My Regards to Broad Street, McCartney enlisted producer Hugh Padgham to give the album a contemporary sound.

On release, Press to Play received a mixed critical reception and was McCartney's poorest-selling studio album up to that point. Although it failed to make the top 20 in America, the album peaked at number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and achieved gold status from the BPI in September 1986.^[1] Four singles were issued from Press to Play: "Press", "Pretty Little Head", "Stranglehold" and "Only Love Remains". "Press" was a minor success, peaking at number 21 in the US. The music video for the song featured McCartney walking around Bond Street and Charing Cross tube stations in London, catching a tube train and speaking with members of the general public.