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You Gave Me the Answer
1975 single by Wings From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"You Gave Me the Answer" is a song by Wings. It was written by Paul McCartney and appeared on the album Venus and Mars.
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Origin and recording
McCartney has occasionally paid tribute to his father, James, who led his own band in his youth, by writing "Music Hall numbers."[2] Other such songs from McCartney's catalogue include "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Honey Pie".[3] To enhance the realism of this period pastiche, McCartney recorded his lead vocals through a filter that removed much of the lower-end frequencies to help emulate the sound of singing through a megaphone, the signature sound of Rudy Vallee.[4] This was a common recording technique during the 1920s, where singers like Vallee and Al Jolson had to compensate for the poor reception of primitive recording equipment at that time.[original research?]
In concert, McCartney often dedicated this song to Fred Astaire.[2]
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Personnel
- Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, piano, string arrangement
- Jimmy McCulloch – electric guitar
- Joe English – drums, backing vocals
- Linda McCartney – backing vocals
- Tony Dorsey – string arrangement
- Michael J. Pierce – clarinet
- Vito Platomone – clarinet
- Carlos Klejman – violin
- Russell Joseph Bobrowski – violin
- Ronald B. Benko – trumpet
- John K. Branch – viola
- Harold Joseph Ballam – bassoon
- Bernard S. Richterman – cello
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References
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