The Paul McCartney Song That Outsold The Beatles in the U.K.
Paul McCartney had so many hit songs with The Beatles that it becomes hard to count. However, his best-selling single in the U.K. debuted years after the band had disbanded, and it outsold anything he did with The Beatles.
The Beatles shocked the world when they split in 1970. Following the breakup, Paul McCartney and his wife, Linda, wanted to get back to basics. McCartney bought a farm in High Park in Scotland in 1966, and the two spent plenty of time there with their family after The Beatles ended. The area High Park was located in was known as Mull of Kintyre, and McCartney decided to write a song about it in 1977.“Mull of Kintyre, the whole area of Kintyre and Argyllshire, is very special because of the memories it holds for me and the family,” says McCartney, speaking to Big Issue 40 years after the song’s release. “It’s really nice to think that the love we have for the area was captured in a song and brought to the attention of many people around the world.”
Source: Ross Tanenbaum/cheatsheet.com
