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| Single by Paul McCartney | ||||
| from the album Press to Play | ||||
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| Released | 27 October 1986 (7" and 12") 17 November 1986 (cassette) | |||
| Recorded | April/May 1985 | |||
| Genre | Electronic rock | |||
| Length | 5:14 (album version) 3:50 (7" version) 6:56 (remix) (12" version and cassette) | |||
| Label | Parlophone | |||
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Pretty Little Head
Paul McCartney
Discográfica: Parlophone · · Productor: Paul McCartney , Hugh Padgham
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1986 single by Paul McCartney
"Pretty Little Head" is a song by Paul McCartney,[1] cowritten by McCartney, and 10cc guitarist Eric Stewart. The track is on his sixth solo studio album Press to Play (1986). The track was McCartney`s 38th single, and his first which failed to chart, so, in an attempt to boost sales, he released his first ever cassette single.[1] It still failed to reach the top 75.[1]
Release
The single was released at a length of 3:50 on the 7" release (remixed by Larry Alexander), and as a 6:56 remix (mixed by John Potoker) on the 12" release on the same day, 27 October 1986, and an extra track, "Angry", was added to the 12".[1] A cassingle was also issued with the same track listing as the 12", and was released on 17 November 1986.[1] Both of these lengths are different from the album version, which has a length of 5:14. (See Press to Play).
"Write Away", the single`s B-side, is included only on the CD release of the album, resulting in the back of the single listing the A-side as "From the album" and the B-side as "From the compact disc".[1]
Music video
A music video, directed by Steve Barron, was recorded for the song,[1] which features a girl running away from home after she witnesses her parents in an argument; she then finds herself in a big city. The girl is actress Gabrielle Anwar. Her father is played by Roger Lloyd-Pack, by then a familiar face in Britain for his role as Trigger in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses.[2] McCartney appears only in a short cameo role, which he filmed in London on 18 October 1986.[1] The beginning of the video contains an excerpt from "She`s Leaving Home," a Beatles song written and performed in 1967, for the Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
Critical reception
Reviews of the song, and the album as a whole, were mixed. Rolling Stone magazine described it as "dreamily abstract".[3]
Track listing
All songs written by Paul McCartney and Eric Stewart
7" single (R 6145)
- "Pretty Little Head" – 3:50
- Remix by Larry Alexander
- "Write Away" – 3:01
12" single (12R 6145)
- "Pretty Little Head" – 6:56
- Remix by John `Tokes` Potoker
- "Angry" (Remix) – 3:36
- Remix by Larry Alexander
- "Write Away" – 3:01
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1986 single by Paul McCartney
"Pretty Little Head" is a song by Paul McCartney,[1] cowritten by McCartney, and 10cc guitarist Eric Stewart. The track is on his sixth solo studio album Press to Play (1986). The track was McCartney`s 38th single, and his first which failed to chart, so, in an attempt to boost sales, he released his first ever cassette single.[1] It still failed to reach the top 75.[1]
Release
The single was released at a length of 3:50 on the 7" release (remixed by Larry Alexander), and as a 6:56 remix (mixed by John Potoker) on the 12" release on the same day, 27 October 1986, and an extra track, "Angry", was added to the 12".[1] A cassingle was also issued with the same track listing as the 12", and was released on 17 November 1986.[1] Both of these lengths are different from the album version, which has a length of 5:14. (See Press to Play).
"Write Away", the single`s B-side, is included only on the CD release of the album, resulting in the back of the single listing the A-side as "From the album" and the B-side as "From the compact disc".[1]
Music video
A music video, directed by Steve Barron, was recorded for the song,[1] which features a girl running away from home after she witnesses her parents in an argument; she then finds herself in a big city. The girl is actress Gabrielle Anwar. Her father is played by Roger Lloyd-Pack, by then a familiar face in Britain for his role as Trigger in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses.[2] McCartney appears only in a short cameo role, which he filmed in London on 18 October 1986.[1] The beginning of the video contains an excerpt from "She`s Leaving Home," a Beatles song written and performed in 1967, for the Sgt. Pepper`s Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
Critical reception
Reviews of the song, and the album as a whole, were mixed. Rolling Stone magazine described it as "dreamily abstract".[3]
Track listing
All songs written by Paul McCartney and Eric Stewart
7" single (R 6145)
- "Pretty Little Head" – 3:50
- Remix by Larry Alexander
- "Write Away" – 3:01
12" single (12R 6145)
- "Pretty Little Head" – 6:56
- Remix by John `Tokes` Potoker
- "Angry" (Remix) – 3:36
- Remix by Larry Alexander
- "Write Away" – 3:01
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