From a Lover to a Friend explained

From a Lover to a Friend
Cover:Paul McCartney From Lover to Friend.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Paul McCartney
Album:Driving Rain
B-Side:Riding Into Jaipur
Released:29 October 2001
Recorded:27 February 2001
Genre:Rock
Length:3:49 (album version)
Label:Parlophone
Producer:David Kahne
Prev Title:Vo!ce
Prev Year:1999
Next Title:Freedom
Next Year:2001

"From a Lover to a Friend" is a song by Paul McCartney, featured on his 2001 album Driving Rain. It was released as a single and spent two weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #45.[1] It also reached #6 on the Canadian Singles Chart.[2] In the U.S. it became the b-side to his single "Freedom" and peaked at #24 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

Critics saw the song as a ballad in which McCartney tries to come to terms with the death of his wife Linda,[3] singing "let me love again"; McCartney, however, was less certain whom the song was about in an interview on Howard Stern's radio show.[4] The Guardian called it a "masterpiece... so delicate and honest that it sounds pretty much perfect."

"From a Lover to a Friend" was recorded on 27 February 2001 with Paul playing bass and piano, Abe Laboriel, Jr. playing drums, Rusty Anderson on 12-string electric guitar, and Gabe Dixon on piano.[5]

Track listings

7" single

  1. "From a Lover to a Friend" – 3:48
  2. "Riding Into Jaipur" – 4:08

CD single

  1. "From a Lover to a Friend"–  3:49
  2. "From a Lover to a Friend" (David Kahne Remix 1) – 3:44
  3. "From a Lover to a Friend" (David Kahne Remix 2) – 5:27

Cassette single[6]

  1. "From a Lover to a Friend" – 3:48
  2. "Riding Into Jaipur" – 4:08
  3. "From a Lover to a Friend" (David Kahne Remix 2) – 5:27

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001)! Peak
position

Year-end charts

2001 year-end chart performance for "Feel It Boy"!Chart (2001)!Position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[7] 102
2002 year-end chart performance for "Feel It Boy"!Chart (2002)!Position
Canada (Nielsen SoundScan)[8] 120

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Charts: Paul McCartney. The Official UK Charts Company. 2011-10-14.
  2. Web site: Paul McCartney Charts and Awards. allmusic. 2011-10-14.
  3. Web site: Harris, John . On Music: Rise and fall . . 8 June 2007 . 2008-01-15.
  4. Web site: Paul McCartney on Howard Stern . YouTube. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/iQnV2fdwN0I . 2021-12-21 . live. I don't actually know what this is about..
  5. Web site: Gernhardt, Harald . Driving Rain . McBeatle . 2001 . 2008-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080119020320/http://mcbeatle.de/macca/a/dr.html . 2008-01-19 . dead .
  6. Web site: The Beatles Beat . Paul McCartney Cassette Singles . The Beatles Beat . 2001 . 2010-09-13.
  7. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20020726120310/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_singles2.html. July 26, 2002. Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2001. Jam!. March 28, 2022.
  8. Web site: Canada's Top 200 Singles of 2002 (Part 2). 14 January 2003. Jam!. https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184715/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_singles2.html. 6 September 2004.

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