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Poll: Have a Fave?

May & June 2006

AARP The Magazine readers pick their all-time-favorite Paul McCartney song




To celebrate his 64th birthday, AARP The Magazine’s biggest Paul McCartney fans debated and settled upon their 25 favorite songs. Now it’s your turn to vote for your #1 all-time fave and see how your pick stacks up against those of fellow readers.

Note that we only included songs that are entirely or almost entirely McCartney's, drawing on the music he wrote during both the Beatles years and in his Wings and solo work.


All My Loving (With the Beatles, 1963)

Back in the U.S.S.R. (The Beatles [aka The White Album], 1968)

Band on the Run (Band on the Run, 1973)

Blackbird (The Beatles [aka The White Album], 1968)

Can't Buy Me Love (A Hard Day's Night, 1964)

Eleanor Rigby (Revolver, 1966)

Flaming Pie (Flaming Pie, 1997)

The Fool on the Hill (Magical Mystery Tour, 1967)

Get Back (Let It Be, 1970)

Good Day Sunshine (Revolver, 1966)

Here, There and Everywhere (Revolver, 1966)

Hey Jude (single, 1968)

I Saw Her Standing There (Please Please Me, 1963)

I've Just Seen a Face (Help!, 1965)

Jet (Band on the Run, 1973)

Let It Be (Let It Be, 1970)

Live and Let Die (single, 1973)

Maybe I'm Amazed (McCartney, 1970)

Michelle (Rubber Soul, 1965)

My Love (Red Rose Speedway, 1973)

Penny Lane (single, 1967)

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967)

The Long and Winding Road (Let It Be, 1970)

Yesterday (Help!, 1965)

You Never Give Me Your Money/Carry That Weight (Abbey Road, 1969)

Are you outraged that your favorite McCartney song is not on this list? Tell us your top pick and give us a piece of your mind below. We’re also interested in your best McCartney, Beatles, or Wings memories.