"Beautiful Night" is a song by Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

 and is the thirteenth track on his 1997 album

Album

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 Flaming Pie

Flaming Pie

Flaming Pie is an album by Paul McCartney, first released in 1997. His first studio album in over four years, it was mostly recorded following McCartney's involvement in the highly successful The Beatles Anthology project. In Flaming Pies liner notes McCartney said: " reminded me of The Beatles'...

. In December 1997, it was released as the third and final single

Single (music)

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 from that album, peaking at #25 in the UK Singles Chart

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 (see 1997 in British music

1997 in British music

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The song was originally recorded in August 1986 in New York

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, but never released in the United States. That version can be heard on the CD single as part of the "Oobu Joobu

Oobu Joobu

Oobu Joobu was a radio show created by Paul McCartney in 1995 and described by McCartney as "wide-screen radio". The program aired on the American radio network Westwood One and its name was inspired by a BBC production of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Cocu...

" section.

The song features the first of two collaborations McCartney performed with Ringo Starr

Ringo Starr

Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...

 on Flaming Pie (the second being "Really Love You") as well as an orchestration by George Martin

George Martin

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, recorded at Abbey Road Studios

Abbey Road Studios

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Track listings

• 7" R6489, CD1 CDRS6489

1. "Beautiful Night" - 5:03
2. "Love Come Tumbling Down" - 4:21
3. "Oobu Joobu" (part 5) - CD only
   • CD2 CDR6489
4. "Beautiful Night" - 5:08
5. "Same Love"
6. "Oobu Joobu" (part 6)

B-side information

"Same Love" and "Love Come Tumbling Down" are both previously unreleased tracks. The "Oobu Joobu" songs are a series of demos, interviews, and unreleased songs jumbled together into one track. The name is taken from McCartney's radio program, Oobu Joobu

Oobu Joobu

Oobu Joobu was a radio show created by Paul McCartney in 1995 and described by McCartney as "wide-screen radio". The program aired on the American radio network Westwood One and its name was inspired by a BBC production of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Cocu...

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• "Oobu Joobu" (part 5) contains:

1. "And Now"
2. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme"
3. Beautiful Night Chat
4. Paul and Ringo talk about "Beautiful Night"
5. Ringo Chat
6. "Beautiful Night (Flaming Pie Mix)"
7. "Beautiful Night (Original Version)"
8. Goodbyes
9. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme"

• "Oobu Joobu" (part 6) contains:

1. "This One" (jingle)
2. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme"
3. "Oobu Joobu We Love You"
4. Paul talks about Abbey Road
5. "Strawberry Fields Forever
   Strawberry Fields Forever
   "Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by The Beatles, written by John Lennon and attributed to the Lennon–McCartney songwriting partnership. It was inspired by Lennon's memories of playing in the garden of a Salvation Army house named "Strawberry Field" near his childhood home."Strawberry Fields...
   
   " (Paul solo)
6. Paul talks about Abbey Road
7. "Come On Baby"
8. Paul talks about Abbey Road
9. "Come On Baby (contd.)"
10. Paul ends chat about Abbey Road
11. "Okay are You Ready" (jingle)
12. "Love Mix"
13. "Widescreen Radio" (jingle)
14. Goodbye
15. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme"

Video

The video

Music video

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 accompanying the single was directed by Julien Temple

Julien Temple

Julien Temple is an English film, documentary and music video director. He began his career with short films featuring the Sex Pistols, and has continued with various off-beat projects, including The Great Rock And Roll Swindle, Absolute Beginners and a documentary film about Glastonbury.-Temple...

 and had to be re-edited as a brief glimpse of a woman skinnydipping caused a minor controversy. Also appearing in the video were Ringo Starr, Linda McCartney

Linda McCartney

Linda Louise McCartney, Lady McCartney was an American photographer, musician and animal rights activist. Her father and mother were Lee Eastman and Louise Sara Lindner Eastman....

 (her final appearance in a music video) and the band Spud (although they are shown performing with McCartney, they did not contribute to the recording of the track). The video debuted during an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show

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External links

• Paul McCartney - Beautiful Night at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages.