But I thought, it is Michael - you know, I'll just try! If it doesn't work, we'll just throw it away." McCartney, of course, trailblazed a path for many musicians with his work on both The Beatles and Wings. I thought, well, it's not easy to just sit down with anyone you don't know and just write, start songwriting because you've got to get the chemistry right. Both Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney were both legends in their own right. "So he came over to England and we just sat down. Anyway, we had a joke about that kind of thing, and he said, 'Yeah, I'd like to come over and write with you', so I said great.
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Sir Paul said: "He (Michael) rang me up, and I didn't believe it was him, so I said, 'Who's this?' He said, 'Michael'. Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson star as Mac and Jac in the short film/music video for Say, Say, Say, a track off of McCartneys 1983 album: Pipes of. The collaboration between the 73-year-old Beatles singer and the late Jackson started with a phone call, when the American star contacted him over the telephone. One day, Michael called Paul, and asked if he wanted to collaborate. While Sir Paul and Jackson starred as travelling con merchants in the Wild West in the video, the new video follows a teenage boy on a journey through his neighbourhood. One of these musicians, happened to be the late-great pop sensation Michael Jackson. The single's accompanying video, which launched at 4pm on Sir Paul's Facebook page, has been created by Ryan Heffington, who has worked with Sia and Lady Gaga. One of the musicians that approached the Beatles icon Paul McCartney was Michael Jackson, who was in awe of McCartney’s musical genius. We rearranged the vocal sequence and inverted the original performance so that Michael opened the first verse instead of Paul, to give the song a different take to the original version." Orchard said: "Paul remembered that there were two unused lead vocal performances by Michael and himself. So we were poppin’ off each other and, um, so we just did it, as I say. The extended track - which is over three minutes longer than the original 1983 single - opens with Jackson rather than Sir Paul, and is featured in the re-issued edition of his Pipes Of Peace album. 1970 Paul McCartney on his Collaboration With Michael Jackson in the 1980s Novem‘Cause I was quite excited to write with him, he was quite excited to write with me.
Sir Paul's chief engineer Steve Orchard and Mark "Spike" Stent, who has worked with Madonna, U2 and Beyonce, have remixed the latest version of the song, which features previously unheard vocals from Jackson, who died in June 2009 at the age of 50. ‘Baptised in my tears’ - that’s a line I wouldn’t have used.Music stars Sir Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson are to swap vocals as a new remix and video of their duet, Say Say Say, is unveiled today - 32 years after its original release. In an interview on the Graham Norton show, Paul McCartney. “We were both quite excited to work together, and the song came together quickly,” McCartney recalls in “The Lyrics.” He says: “I let him lead quite a bit, and I think a lot of the sensibility of the song was Michael’s. Paul McCartney 'not devastated' over Michael Jackson will The former Beatle has said he didn't believe 'for a second' that the King of Pop intended to leave him his share of the Fab Four's back. The King of Pop, Michael Jackson, is one of those who look up to Paul McCartneys body of work. Paul writes that Michael flew to London, and they met in his office. “I thought, This is a fan girl, and how the hell did she get my number?” Quickly Paul realized it was Michael Jackson, who asked him, “Do you want to make some hits?” Initially Paul says he thought the high pitched voice on the other end of the phone was someone else. Considering what happened after these sessions– Michael bought the Beatles catalog out from under McCartney - Paul is very generous to Michael in the recollection. “Say Say Say” is the only one of the three documented in Paul’s “The Lyrics” two volume memoir of songs that will be published on Tuesday. EXCLUSIVE Paul McCartney recorded three songs with Michael Jackson in the early 80s including “The Girl Is Mine,” “Say Say Say,” and “The Man.” The latter appeared on Paul’s “Pipes of Peace” album but gets short shrift even though I think it’s the best of the trio. Say Say Say is a song written and performed by English musician Paul McCartney and American musician Michael Jackson, released in October 1983 as the lead.
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