Coming Up by Paul McCartney – ***

First released: 1980

Paul's first "solo" hit single in almost a decade. I find the studio version kind of flat, but it has a great music video featuring Paul in about 15 different guises including Beatle Paul. It was originally on "McCartney II" and then 1987’s "All The Best", although different versions appeared. The US version had the live version (which was originally on the b-side of the Coming Up single), while the UK version had the studio cut. This "Live in Glasgow" version also appeared on 2001’s "Wingspan". When this was all originally released on vinyl, this same live version was included as a bonus 7" single in the "McCartney II" LP package. It should be added to the CD as a bonus track, but strangely it never has. A different live version was performed on 1990’s "Tripping the Live Fantastic" complete with James Brown samples of “get on up” from his "Sex Machine". Yet another live version appears on 2002/3's "Back in the US/World".