The World Tonight (song)

"The World Tonight" is a song by Paul McCartney and is the second track on his 1997 album Flaming Pie. This song and Young Boy were featured in the 1997 movie Fathers' Day.

"The World Tonight"
CD5
Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Flaming Pie
B-side	"Looking for You" (US CD) "Used to Be Bad" (UK 7" and CD1) "Really Love You" (UK CD2)
Released	17 April 1997 (US) 7 July 1997 (UK)
Recorded	13 November 1995
Studio	Hog Hill Mill (Icklesham, UK)
Genre	Rock
Length	4:03
Label	EMI, Parlophone, Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney Jeff Lynne
Paul McCartney singles chronology
"Young Boy" (1997) "The World Tonight" (1997) "Beautiful Night" (1997)
Flaming Pie track listing
14 tracks "The Song We Were Singing" "The World Tonight" "If You Wanna" "Somedays" "Young Boy" "Calico Skies" "Flaming Pie" "Heaven on a Sunday" "Used to Be Bad" "Souvenir" "Little Willow" "Really Love You" "Beautiful Night" "Great Day"

In the United States, the song was released as the first and only single from the album on 17 April 1997,^[1] peaking at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 23 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.^[2] The B-side for the American release was originally released in the UK as the B-side for "Young Boy" single and is an additional collaboration with Ringo Starr.

In the UK the song was released as the second single from Flaming Pie in July, peaking at #23 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1997 in British music).^[3] The B-sides for the British release are two songs from Flaming Pie: "Used to Be Bad" and "Really Love You".

Track listings

All songs written by Paul McCartney, except where noted.

• US CD C2 7243 8 58650 2 2, released 6 May 1997 by Capitol Records.

1. "The World Tonight" – 4:03
2. "Looking for You" – 4:48
3. "Oobu Joobu" (Part 1) – 9:55

• UK 7" RP6472, UK CD1 CDRS6472

1. "The World Tonight" – 4:03
2. "Used to Be Bad" (Steve Miller, McCartney) – 4:08
3. "Oobu Joobu" (Part 3) – 9:48 CD only

• UK CD2 CDR6472

1. "The World Tonight" – 4:03
2. "Really Love You" (McCartney, Richard Starkey) – 5:14
3. "Oobu Joobu" (Part 4) – 7:06

Oobu Joobu information

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" (part 3) contains:

1. Intro chat – 0:09
2. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme" – 0:48
3. "Squid" – 6:25
4. Paul talks about "The World Tonight" – 1:23
5. Link – 0:05
6. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme" – 0:59

• "Oobu Joobu" (part 4) contains:

1. Intro chat – 0:06
2. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme" – 0:37
3. Link – 0:18
4. "Don't Break the Promise" – 3:39
5. Paul talks about reggae – 1:25
6. Link – 0:04
7. "Oobu Joobu Main Theme" – 0:57

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1997) Peak position Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[4] 19 Canada RPM Top Singles[5] 14 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 68 UK Singles (OCC)[7] 23 US Billboard Hot 100[8] 64 US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[9] 9 US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[10] 23

Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position Canada Top Singles (RPM)[11] 83

Personnel

• Paul McCartney – lead and harmony vocals, bass guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, drums, percussion
• Jeff Lynne – harmony vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards

Notes

1. Duffy, Thom (12 April 1997). "McCartney Let Loose On Capitol's 'Flaming Pie' Set". Billboard. p. 76.
2. "Paul McCartney - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
3. "Official Charts: Paul McCartney". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
4. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1997-06-30. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1997-07-07. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
6. "Paul McCartney – The World Tonight" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
7. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
8. "Paul McCartney Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
9. "Paul McCartney Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard.
10. "Paul McCartney Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard.
11. "RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1997". RPM. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.

External links

• Paul McCartney - The World Tonight at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages.