Paul McCartney wrote this with Denny Laine, his bandmate in Wings. The song is a tribute to the Kintyre Peninsula in Scotland where Paul and his wife Linda had a farm. The Mull is the area at the tip of the peninsula, known for its beautiful scenery and tranquil atmosphere.

@supertuscans9512

Жыл бұрын

I saw Denny interviewed about this. He said in reality when he got Paul’s place the song to all intent and purpose was written and there was hardly anything to do and it was an incredible act of generosity on Paul’s behalf to give a credit.

@mjsmcd

6 ай бұрын

Rip denny

@justanotherrandomcrit8115

3 ай бұрын

@@supertuscans9512The story I heard Denny tell is Paul had the chorus and the melody and then he and Denny wrote the lyrics. Paul doesn't just give out songwriting credits to anyone.

@danielvolk237

Ай бұрын

This was at the time the biggest selling record ever in the UK selling over 2 million records. We went to Scotland and drove just across the sea from the Mull of Kintyre. I believe he had a farm near Campbellton on the Mull which is a peninsula in Western Scotland. Beautiful piece of heaven. I love Scotland so much.

Paul writes a song that sounds like a traditional folk song thats been around for centuries. Such a talent

@erikafreebird6449

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I was pleasantly surprised when I heard he had written it. Paul's Beautiful heart and soul shine through this song.

@pixiewings21_9

Жыл бұрын

beautiful! Thank you. It *will* come to pass.

@just-a-fella3212

Жыл бұрын

Mull of Kintyre certainly sounds like a song that has been around for centuries, and of all Paul McCartney's songs I think this one is the most likely to be around for centuries to come. It has those qualities that songs that last for centuries have.

When this song first came out and I heard it for the first time, I felt very emotional. Then the pipes came in and I burst into joyous tears.

@briandonovan1584

2 жыл бұрын

That's cool. I think its the top selling song of all time in Scotland. Cheers.

@roboaks798

Жыл бұрын

The pipes are are beautiful- protection.

@axiomist4488

11 ай бұрын

Me too !

@CharlyDS

11 ай бұрын

It's such an epic anthem that for a long time I thought it was a traditional song they covered. It always made me so emotional, still does. And I've never been to Scotland unfortunately - or even close, but the feeling is universal.

@Whoozerdaddy

Ай бұрын

Every time I hear this song the pipe band brings me to tears. Every. Single. Time.

This is still the biggest selling non-charity single in UK chart history.

@davemack7577

Жыл бұрын

Indeed it is and seriousley underplayed today!

This song can make you nostalgic and homesick for a place you've never visited. Just beautiful.

@r.v.biagioni7210

6 ай бұрын

My exact sentiments. Such a beautiful song. It’s a shame it was never a hit in the USA.

This was a HUGE #1 Song here in Canada 🇨🇦. Love it!

Paul bought the farm there on the Mull of Kintyre in 1966, originally just as some sort of tax thing he was advised to do. I think he only visited it occasionally while the Beatles were busy being the biggest band in the Universe. It was just a ramshackle little cottage and some outbuildings and land. But later when Linda came into his life, she fell in love with the place, its remoteness and freedom and closeness to nature, and so they began to spend more time there, eventually raising their family in that same ramshackle cottage with no running hot water, keeping sheep and other animals, riding their horses over the moorland and the kids playing on that little beach you see in the video, among the rocks. Paul was deeply traumatised by the break-up of the Beatles, and basically shut himself away there in Scotland for a long time, not wanting to get out of bed and drinking heavily, etc... only Linda's TLC and encouragement brought him out of it eventually, able to face life again, and the idea of starting again from scratch, eventually forming a new band, Wings, which he persuaded Linda to join him in. At some point Paul started musing about Scotland's folk song heritage - all those wistful songs invoking semi-mystical memories of days gone by, lost loves and wild country, with lilting melodies, haunting bagpipes, et al.. and he wondered why there weren't any modern/recent songs being written in similar vein....and so, of course, he wrote one....

@chrisy8989

3 жыл бұрын

Not a criticism but the Isle of Mull and Mull of Kintyre are two different places in Scotland.

@papercup2517

3 жыл бұрын

@@chrisy8989 Oh wow, thanks Chris for the correction. I remember many years ago family friends talking about spending holidays on the Isle of Mull, and thought it must be the same place - even though I knew it wasn't an island... but put that down to UK eccentricities of nomenclature... Have corrected it now - thanks again.. It's always good to learn new things, even if a little late...:-)

@kevinmulligan9055

10 ай бұрын

​@papercup2517 aye different places I live not far from isle of mull infact was there 2 weeks ago. I live in glencoe area. Mull of Kintyre is down near Campbeltown. The cottage in the video wasn't their farm. That sits by the shoreline, they lived a bit inland. Paul still owns the farm and kept it running as a working farm until about 2 years ago and has now closed it up. He stopped coming there for last 10 years, infact its his daughter Stella that came there more often. Now it lies locked up I would imagine the McCartney family will hold onto it as it holds memories for them and its not like they need to sell it. Maybe one of his grandkids will come there and live who knows.

"Mull of Kintyre" is a patriotic song, if you're from Great Britain or Scotland or even Ireland, or if you have ancestry back there. The lyrics and tune evoke nostalgia, nature, community, and longing for home. The bagpipes kick in that extra ethnic flavor. Without the video, I can picture the hills, the mist, the campfire with people singing around it--and I picture a lone bagpiper emerging out of the mist, in an abstract multicolored eerie almost psychedelic animation, when the bagpipe starts to play. I can imagine the group around the campfire shouting and banging their fists in the air as the song ends, stirred up in their collective pride for their home. They're excited and they're at peace at the same time.

My grandmother loved this song and by her request I sang it at her funeral.

Everyone has a personal Mull of Kintyre in his own heart. That's why this song touches me so deeply. It's everyone's life.

On this one, Paul shows his love for his land in Scotland; it was a great success in the middle of new wave and punk scenario, just a beautiful song

1977 . Such a beautiful song. The breath spacing in the lyrics as they are sung is unique. The Mull of Kintyre is a real place in the southernmost tip of Scotland's Kintyre Peninsula. And it's also a place in McCartney's heart. This was called his love-song to Scotland where he and Linda and family lived.

best selling single of all time in UK for a long time No more lonely nights , Band on the run and Wanderlust to continue .... Paul is just the best

@thesilvershining

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

At last you are here. This is my top most favorite song of his entire career. He made a good documentary about making this song, very entertaining.

As a Scotsman this is one of my favourite use of the pipes…when the skirl hits 😭😭

I'm Scottish background in Canada 🇨🇦. We played this for my father at hi burial. He loved this song. I am glad you played it. Thank you

As a Scot I loved that he and Linda and their children loved Scotland and spent many months at their farm in Mull. It's a beautiful place and he paid a great tribute to it.

This song was a huge hit in England, outselling any Beatles song. Imagine Paul feeling he could never follow the Beatles, and then outdoing himself with this song. It replaced She Loves You, also written by Paul, as the top selling song of all time in the UK and held that record for years. Not very popular in the US though, since we have no idea what a Mull is, lol.

@seerofallthatisobvious1316

3 жыл бұрын

We had Martin Mull from "Fernwood Tonight". Does that count?

@michelepaccione8806

3 жыл бұрын

@@seerofallthatisobvious1316 I'm not sure. Let me mull it over. Nyuck nyuck nyuck.

@thisishere

3 жыл бұрын

She Loves you was co-written with John.

@YN97WA

3 жыл бұрын

I lived in the US and I knew what a mull was; probably because I lived in the UK prior to that. They have a plethora of mulls.

@seerofallthatisobvious1316

3 жыл бұрын

@@YN97WA Were any of them named Martin?

I LOVE this song. For about a year I put it on a loop, on my iPod Nano, fell asleep to it & woke up to it feeling nothing but hopeful & so grateful. Thank you for reminding me. Thank you Paul, Linda, Denny & bag pipers.

I was in Primary School when this went to No1 around Xmas '77, Our teacher would get us to sing this in class... Still one of my all time favourite's!.

I absolutely love this song. I always have. It is a tribute to his Scotland home.

It's Paul's version of "Take Me Home Country Roads."

Firstly, The Mull of Kintyre is Paul’s home in Scotland. It’s also an area, a feeling, a longing, a celebration of life. Lastly, it’s a magnificent gem from Paul.

It’s where he had/has a farmhouse. The Mull of Kintyre is a real place, right on the tip of the long peninsula that reaches south on the south-west coast of Scotland.

Paul McCartney bought the house there in 1966 but moved there with Linda in late 1969 when the Beatles were braking up and the business meetings at apple were getting out of hand and they were all arguing so Paul went to Scotland

This song is just so beautiful it makes you feel so tranquil and peaceful

The mull is a very peaceful and beautiful place in Scotland. He lived there after the Beatles breakup and it was an escape from all the insanity. Just him and his Linda and their little girls. I believe this was the house where he made his first album, in which he played all the instruments .

It was number 1. In Australia for many months.

Mull Of Kintyre was No 1 for 7 weeks ! It was highest ever selling sinle in Britain from 1977 until Band Aid took over the mantle ! It also outsold every Beatles single !!!

A mull is a high area, like a hill, bare of trees (also used to refer to bald people). When all the fighting was going on among the Beatles and Paul had announced publicly that he was quitting the group, he and Linda moved to a sheep farm in the region of Kintyre. They lived with their children (and one of them was born there) and Martha, the sheep dog belonging to Paul, whom he immortalized in the song "Martha My Dear". During this same period he produced his first solo album, in which he played all the parts himself (but not at the mull). His love for that land where he started his life with Linda and was so happy led him to write this song .

@lorddaver5729

8 ай бұрын

A mull is a peninsula, not "a high area". Why didn't you do some actual research, instead of guessing...

I was born and brought up a stone's throw away from the mull of kintyre. To know that Paul, Linda and a young Stella spent happy times here, makes me so happy.

This song made it in into the Guinness book of records. Biggest single ever! Oh and..Linda was pregnant here with their last child James

My late uncle Johnny Sinclair played pipes on this video/recording

It got to no.1 for a number of weeks. He wanted to write a new Scottish folk song, and it celebrates his refuge too. The Irish radio dj used to refer to it as Mulligan's tyre. The song got a lot of stick because it was popular and was played a lot. Some thought it cheesy. Just sit back and let the vibes flow over you, we've all got a place to chill out in.

This song was a HUGE #1 song in the UK and here in Canada. Spent 7 weeks at #1 here in Canada. Saw Paul live in the 80s. Incredible concert! 3 hours of non stop amazement. Beatles songs Wings Songs and Paul's solo songs. All tight and as amazing live as on record. ♥️🎼🎵🎶🇨🇦🇨🇦

I'm on holiday there now! was last here 35 years ago

"Kintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute. The peninsula stretches about 30 miles (50 kilometres), from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to East and West Loch Tarbert in the north."

@andyallan2909

2 жыл бұрын

It's in enemy (Campbell) territory, Argyle - the coast of the Gael.

@loisrogers2511

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@39thala

2 жыл бұрын

@@loisrogers2511 You're certainly welcome! 😃

"My Valentine" another epic Paul’s love song.

The name is the English form of the Gaelic Maoll Chinn Tire , In English:"The riounded headland of Kintyre", It's in Southweat Scotland.

It really is a magical sound that Paul was so good at. Mull of Kintyre was where he lived. Just beautiful and has aged very well like all Beatles related songs

gee they got those pipes right .whoever did the recording/sound engineer is spot on .a really rich sound with those low a's .actually the whole scale .

It was his biggest hit in the UK. US exec's, in their infinite wisdom flipped it over and had "Girl's School" as the single's A-side which barely charted. I still love "Girl's School" but what were they thinking?

@YN97WA

3 жыл бұрын

I bought the single as a kid. I lived in England at that time. The B side was Helen Wheels; another great song. The English got it right.

BRAVO!

*Harri* Among many other things *THIS SONG* was just a few votes away from becoming the National Anthem of Scotland a few years back...! Thought you should know..... David .....

@urivan9613

3 жыл бұрын

That's incredible! Never heard that. It's interesting because a week or so ago I was involved in a conversation with a Scottish guy who basically admitted he can't stand the Beatles because they are English. If what you're saying is true then this guy clearly doesn't represent the sentiment of the Scottish people.

@charlottedouglas1777

2 жыл бұрын

When was this? I'm a Scot and never heard of this being considered as a National Anthem? It should be A Highland Cathedral.

@davidstenton4365

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlottedouglas1777 it was back in 80's. And I heard it on several interviews over the years. I *get* the Scottish/English thing... I wasn't trying to stir the pot, just relaying information I've a absorbed over my many years..... Geez guys.......

I'm sure a million people have told you it's a place in Scotland where Paul retreated to after the Beatles. This was recorded 7 years after the Beatles split up, and was the big Christmas Number One in the UK 1977 and is still the biggest selling non-charity song in the UK.

The Mull of Kintyre is at the south-west corner of the Kintyre peninsula in Scotland. From it, you can see County Antrim in Northern Ireland - it's only a few miles away. McCartney bought a farm in Kintyre, near Campbeltown at the height of the Beatles success and the area inspired some of his best known songs. Fixing a Hole was literally about mending the roof of the farm, while the Long and Winding Road stretches down Kintyre's coast between Tarbert and Campbeltown. While both of those inspirations were developed as metaphors for other things, Mull of Kintyre is literally about the location of his Kintyre farm - presumably he added the "Mull of" prefix because it scanned better. The Mull itself isn't particularly photogenic - it is a long and winding (and very steep) road down to a lighthouse perched on a cliff some 85m above the sea. The video was filmed at Saddell Bay, around 30 miles away on the east coast of Kintyre. Saddell Bay hasn't changed much over the intervening 45 years - the outhouse on the left side of the cottage at the beginning of the video has been demolished, and the fence that Paul sits on has gone. Further along the beach, near the castle, a humanoid sculpture by Anthony Gormley, named GRIP, has been installed on one of the rocky outcrops, looking across the sea to Ailsa Craig. But other than that the place is virtually the same.

Oh and of course that's the families of the Pipers and towns people where there Farm is.

Beautiful song

Your absolutely right.

This song has been a hit for a long time and in UK and both in Scotland it was huge... More popular than the porridge they said.

We all have our own Mull of Kintyre. It’s that special place in our memories that we all individually go back to, to reminisce

PM & WINGS - With a Little Luck and Magneto and Titanium Man

love these song!!!!!!

This song was number one in the U.K. for 9 weeks in 1977 and was the biggest selling single and till band AID in 1984

On Paul's tours he never would perform this in concert in the U.S. I was lucky enough to see a concert of his in Toronto in 1989 and we were standing outside the stadium where it was going to be, "limo watching" for Paul's limo to come for the sound check, This bus came up and out stepped a bunch of men carrying bag pipes and then we got excited cos we KNEW he was going to perform it there that night, I LOVE BAGPIPES and anything having to do with Scotland. I can't tell you how moving it was when they pipers walked out on stage at the appropriate time in full piper reagalia. It gave me CHILLS!!!

Definitely one of his best, very moving. Glenn Campbell does a great version, he plays bag pipes too.

@haraldversteegden2562

2 жыл бұрын

Everybody should see his version........... it is insane

Such a beauty.And tears...Bless you.Nadja from Mexico.

I saw McCatrney in Concert sing this song and remember thinking "how is he going to pull this one off" knowing about the bagpipes. Sure enough about 20 bagpipe players came on stage. It was awesome!

Harri, thank you for this! This song has very special meaning for me because my dear sweet father absolutely loved bagpipes. I lost my dad when I was nineteen and the sound of bagpipes reaches right into my soul (and makes me cry). Such a beautiful song. Thank you Paul and thanks again Harri! 🌺💐✌️

Love this song! Some of my ancestors are from this area of Scotland.

This song has so much meaning for me. A few years back I was laid off from a position after having worked there for 20 years. I was sure I was going to be there through retirement, but no such luck. Many, many others were laid off too that day. I went home to the south coast of MA. There is a beautiful Audubon preserve there that looks out on the ocean. I went out there, very peaceful, very private, put on this song and reflected while in my Mull of Kyntyre. The song really soothed me and I am not ashamed to say, brought a tear to my eye. It always means so much to me. Such is the power of beautiful music.

It was Wings' biggest hit and one of the biggest hits of all-time in the UK (spending nine weeks at #1). It didn't get much play in the USA and peaked at #45.

@Wellch

Жыл бұрын

I am from the States and loved it and the bagpipes.

I heard Glen Campbell's version which is very good. This song reminds me of my late momma. It is my happy place which was with her.😌💚

@Pamledger478

Жыл бұрын

Susan Boyle does a great cover of this song.

Something about the way he sings this and how it builds makes me tear up each time. Something just so emotional about this song.

Went to the Falklands in 77 for 6 weeks, this was number 1 at the time. When we returned it was still number 1, 9 weeks in total. Still the biggest selling non charity single in UK history.

It went on to become the first single to sell over two million copies in the UK and became the UK's best-selling single of all-time and remains the case for a non charity song for the UK

One of my favorite songs by Paul

I live in Canada and I always turned up the radio when it came on. Despite the many Scots in Canada, it never charted very well.

One of Paul's influences on the Beatles was to incorporate all kinds of different instruments, often ones not naturally associated with rock 'n roll music. Here he is years later with Wings, and I mean, when's the last time you heard a rock 'n roll song with BAGPIPES? LOL!

Thanks Harri, I believe this is the place where Paul and Linda lived in Scotland and raised their family, thanks again for reacting

WOW!! Beautiful song by Paul McCartney. Never heard this one before. And I always loved Paul McCartney and Wings. Loved this song instantly. Please play songs off the album,"Bowle Of Cherries" by Paul McCartney and Wings.

Less than an hour from Oban lies the isle of Mull - home of the dramatic Duart Castle, which sits high on a cliff-top, proudly guarding the Firth of Lorne. On Mull, you'll also find the fishing port of Tobermory, famous for its pastel coloured houses, which line the harbour. You might recognise Tobermory, from the Balamory children's TV show - you can't miss the harbour's brightly painted houses as you arrive on the ferry from Kilchoan.

Last time I saw Paul in Liverpool he sang this just before Christmas a few years ago, it was a surprise as it was the only time I've seen him do it, great stuff

@MsAppassionata

Жыл бұрын

Did anyone play the bagpipes?

Beautiful soulful song 💖💯💖💯💖💯

When I traveled around the U.K. in a rented car, when I was 21 years, I drove down the peninsula of Kintyre, on a very rainy day (May 1990). I knew that at the end of the peninsula, that one could see Northern Ireland,...which on that stormy day, was not possible. I knew this song since I was 8 years old, when my brother bought the LP of "Wings Greatest". The "Long and Winding Road" leads to Paul's farm property, which I did not find, yet, despite the rain storm, and not finding the mull (peace) of Kintyre, I was glad to visit. Drove onto Loch Lomond for lodging that night. The Pipe and Drum band is from Cambletown, also from Kintyre.

The drama of the buildup to the key change to welcome the bagpipes is wonderful.

We waited for Paul to bring something out and we were over the moon when this hit the World, it was and still is amazing.

In the 1970’s Paul McCartney was by far the most successful of all the Beatles after John Lennon imagine album in 1971 John albums were underperformed in the U.K. and in the American album charts Paul had quite a few number one albums and singles in the U.K. and American singles charts

Interesting story: Paul bought his property in Scotland shortly before he and Linda got married. Paul said he knew little about Scotland but fellow Beatle John Lennon had relatives there and would "talk about it in very fond terms". "I think my attraction to it came through him talking about it originally," he says. "When I met Linda and we were becoming a couple she said 'haven't you got a place up in Scotland?'." "We went up and she totally fell in love with it. She loved the wildness and she loved horse riding and animals generally." I'm betting he spent a lot more time on his farm in Scotland after he married Linda.

@Dee-JayW

3 жыл бұрын

Their children were lucky during those wonderful years where Paul and Linda lived happily on their farm in Scotland,

@patticrichton1135

2 жыл бұрын

Actually Paul bought the farm on the Mull Of Kintyre when he was engaged to Jane Asher

@39thala

2 жыл бұрын

@@patticrichton1135 I did a little checking and as it turns out, he bought the farm while he was dating Jane Asher but it was a year and a half before he was actually engaged to her. Some dates..."Friday, June 17, 1966: Paul McCartney purchases High Park Farm in Kintyre, Scotland". The engagement to Jane Asher was announced a year and a half later on Dec 25, 1967. Then about 7 months later on July 20, 1968, Jane Asher announced that her engagement to Paul McCartney was over after she found him in bed with an American woman named Francie Schwartz.. Meanwhile Paul had actually met Linda for the first time in May of 1967 while she was in London on a Photoshoot. That was six months before he became engaged to Jane Asher and about a year after he had bought the farm. He and Linda met again a few days later at a party for St Peppers Lonely Hearts. Then she flew back to New York. They got together again a year later in New York in May of 1968 for the inauguration of the Apple Label. Then a couple of months later he invited Linda to London and she went to stay at his home for the evening. He would eventually marry Linda on March 12th, 1969. Oh what a tangled web, lol.

@keithharris6442

Жыл бұрын

I think he bought it in 66 when they were still touring. He married Linda in 69

I had the opportunity to see Paul McCartney and his band perform this song live in Hamilton Ontario Canada complete with bagpipers.It was wonderful.

I appreciate your perspicacity.

It’s a real place! Loved this song so much, I flew from NY to Scotland and drove out to the Mull of Kintyre. Beautiful, remote. Enchanting.

Beautiful Scotland and that pipe band...oh, my heart....calls to my Scottish blood...It's a real place where Paul and Linda and the kids lived, his home. I always loved it. Wings was a great band. Some fabulous music. Check them out.

Love this song it's better than all the other Beatles songs

I think we all have our own 'mull of kintyre',I certainly do, Absolutely beautiful song and a gorgeous video.

This went to #1 in the UK and is one of the best-selling records of all time.

Look out for the version of this song in virtual reality it💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🥴

I love this song and I love the pipes. Paul McCartney is an English national treasure! I'm so glad you reacted to this, Harri. 👍👍

@patriciaedwards5183

3 жыл бұрын

I agree but would respectfully argue that he is also a musical Wonder of the modern world 🎶🎵🎶

@YN97WA

3 жыл бұрын

@@patriciaedwards5183Absolutely; no argument there.

This is not music. This is Art.

Junior's Farm. Müll of kintyre is a landscape in scotland. Paul has a farm there until today❤🎉

@johnrutlandmusic

3 ай бұрын

Junior's Farm is in Nashville Tenesee

In linda arms is a little bundle of joy who is a successful lady in her own right now fashion designer stella McCartney

Cool song

the Mull of Kintyre is the headland of a long peninsula in south-west Scotland

Wow I never heard of this song before and I’m reading all the comments that everybody left and learning a lot

MULL OF KITHYRE it's the hill on this back of the vídeo. A promontory over the sea ☯️✌

Please listen to the album Band on the Run by Wings. There are so many great tracks, it's still one of my favourite albums from the 70's

@eviekelpie1

3 жыл бұрын

I've got Wings over America. It's fantastic!

A very emotional song for me. Beautiful

Mull comes from the word "Maol" in Scottish Gaelic🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 meaning a hill or headland located on the Kintyre Peninsula in the Southwest of Scotland. I've been there many times on my travels to Scotland.

Been to Mull from Oban on a smallish boat in the 60s. Still have a jacket bought in Oban years later, 70s. It still fits.

After watching this reaction, I "googled" more performances and came across Susan Boyle singing this for Queen Elizabeth during a visit to Scotland for a celebration of her Scottish guards. Apparently, Scotland has claimed this as its own. I love it! Thanks for the great reaction to what some would call an obscure song. Thanks, Harri.