Four Notes – Paul's Tune

"Four Notes – Paul's Tune" is a song performed by Paul Harvey and the BBC Philharmonic. The song was released as a digital download on 22 October 2020.^[1] Proceeds from the song were split between the Alzheimer's Society and Music for Dementia.^[2] The song peaked at number thirty-two on the UK Singles Chart, and number one on the UK Singles Download Chart.^[3]

"Four Notes – Paul's Tune"
Single by Paul Harvey & BBC Philharmonic
Released	22 October 2020
Length	2:37
Label	Redrocca
Songwriter(s)	Daniel Whibley Paul Harvey

Background

Paul Harvey went viral in September 2020, when son Nick posted a video online of an "old party trick" where Paul (a former music teacher living with dementia) composed a song from just four notes. It was picked up by BBC Radio 4's Broadcasting House for World Alzheimer's Day; The show's host later arranged for the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra to record the song.

Chart performance

On 2 November 2020, the song was at number seventy-one on the Official Chart Update in the UK. On 4 November 2020 the song was heading for the official UK top twenty with over 11,000 downloads.^[2] On 6 November 2020, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number thirty-two, the song also reached number one on the UK Singles Downloads Chart and Scottish Singles Chart.^[4]

Track listing

Digital download^[1]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Four Notes – Paul's Tune"	2:37

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[5]

• Daniel Whibley – Composer
• Paul Harvey – Composer
• BBC Philharmonic – Orchestra

Charts

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Scotland (OCC)[6]	1
UK Singles (OCC)[7]	32
UK Singles Downloads (OCC)[8]	1

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United States	22 October 2020[1]	Digital download streaming	Redrocca