Paul McCartney/Stevie Wonder Print only – online embargo until 26th Jan

This year sees 30 years since Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder first worked together on the classic smash hit Ebony and Ivory (March 1982), which was number 1 in the UK and the US. 

 The release of Paul’s new album Kisses On The Bottom sees them reunited on the track, Only Our Hearts.  Only Our Hearts is one of two original McCartney compositions included on the album, which is a collection of standards Paul grew up listening to in his childhood.

On working with Stevie Paul said, ” Stevie came along to the studio in LA and he listened to the track for about ten minutes and he totally got it.  He just went to the mic and within 20 minutes had nailed this dynamite solo.  When you listen you just think, ‘How do you come up with that?’ But it’s just because he is a genius, that’s why’.

Stevie joined Paul at LA’s legendary Capitol Studio’s to record the track.

Kisses On The Bottom is a collection of standards Paul grew up listening to in his childhood as well as the two new McCartney compositions My Valentine and Only Our Hearts.  With the help of Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma and Diana Krall and her band, Paul’s new album is a deeply personal journey through classic American compositions that, in some cases, a young Paul first heard his father perform on piano at home

Kisses On The Bottom is out on Monday February 6th.

Source: Universal Music