Paul McCartney discography
The discography of Paul McCartney consists of 26 studio albums, four compilation albums, ten live albums, 37 video albums, two extended plays, 112 singles, seven classical albums, five electronica albums, 17 box sets, and 79 music videos. Before his career as a solo artist, McCartney enjoyed success as a member of the rock band the Beatles.
After the Beatles disbanded, he debuted as a solo artist with the 1970 album McCartney and went on to form the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine. Under McCartney's leadership, Wings became one of the most successful bands of the 1970s. He wrote or co-wrote their US or UK number-one hits, such as "My Love", "Band on the Run", "Listen to What the Man Said", "Silly Love Songs", and "Mull of Kintyre". He resumed his solo career in 1980 and has been touring as a solo artist since 1989. Apart from Wings, his UK or US number-one hits include "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", "Coming Up", "Pipes of Peace", "Ebony and Ivory", and "Say Say Say". When "Say Say Say" hit number one, McCartney became the first artist to hit number one on the Billboard charts under five different names: the Beatles, Paul & Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney & Wings, Wings, and Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson.
In 2012, McCartney was ranked eleventh singles sales|best selling singles artist in United Kingdom] with 10.2 million singles sold.
Albums
Promotional and limited release
'''Notes'''Videography
Documentary appearances
- 1968 All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music by Tony Palmer
- 2011 The Love We Make by Albert Maysles – cinéma vérité documentary that showing film chronicles Paul McCartney's experiences in New York City after the 11 September attacks of 2001, following him as he prepared The Concert for New York City October 2001 benefit event.
- 2022 Squaring The Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) by Anton Corbjin. A documentary film about the English art design group Hipgnosis, who created album designs for a number of artists from 1968 to 1983. Paul McCartney features in the documentary, recalling Hipgnosis' involvement in the designs for Wings' albums Venus And Mars, Wings at the Speed of Sound, Wings over America, Wings Greatest, and London Town.
As composer, invited musician or producer
| Year | Subject | Collaborator | Comment |
| 1963 | "I'll Be on My Way" | Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas | Composer |
| 1963 | "Tip of My Tongue" | Tommy Quickly | Composer |
| 1963 | "Love of the Loved" | Cilla Black | Composer |
| 1963 | "I'll Keep You Satisfied" | Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas | Composer |
| 1964 | "From a Window" | Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas | Composer and backing vocals |
| 1964 | "It's for You" | Cilla Black | Composer and piano |
| 1964 | "I Knew Right Away" | Alma Cogan | Tambourine |
| 1964 | "A World Without Love" | Peter and Gordon | Composer |
| 1964 | "One and One Is Two" | The Strangers with Mike Shannon | Composer |
| 1964 | "Nobody I Know" | Peter and Gordon | Composer |
| 1964 | "Like Dreamers Do" | The Applejacks | Composer |
| 1964 | "I Don't Want to See You Again" | Peter and Gordon | Composer |
| 1965 | "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" | The Silkie | Guitar |
| 1965 | "That Means a Lot" | P.J. Proby | Composer |
| 1966 | "Woman" | Peter and Gordon | Composer |
| 1966 | "Got to Get You into My Life" | Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers | Producer and composer |
| 1966 | "Mellow Yellow" | Donovan | McCartney can be heard as a party reveler |
| 1966 | "From Head to Toe" | The Escorts | Tambourine |
| 1967 | Smiley Smile | The Beach Boys | Celery on "Vegetables" |
| 1967 | "We Love You" | The Rolling Stones | Backing vocals |
| 1967 | "Catcall" | Chris Barber | Composer |
| 1968 | "And the Sun Will Shine"/"The Dog Presides" | Paul Jones | Drums |
| 1968 | "Step Inside Love" | Cilla Black | Composer |
| 1968 | Tadpoles | Co-producer on "I'm the Urban Spaceman". The song was produced by McCartney and Gus Dudgeon. | |
| 1968 | "Thingumybob"/"Yellow Submarine" | Black Dyke Mills Band | Producer and composer |
| 1968 | "Those Were the Days" | Mary Hopkin | Producer |
| 1968 | McGough & McGear | Roger McGough and Mike McGear | An album by McCartney's brother Michael and Roger McGough. McCartney co-produced the album and backing vocals on "So Much". |
| 1968 | James Taylor | Bass on "Carolina in My Mind" | |
| 1969 | Post Card | Mary Hopkin | Producer on the whole album. Acoustic guitar on "Lord of the Reedy River" and "Voyage of the Moon". Bass on "Happiness Runs ". |
| 1969 | "Penina" | Jotta Herre | Composer |
| 1969 | "Rosetta" | Producer and piano | |
| 1969 | "Lontano Dagli Occhi"/"The Game" | Mary Hopkin | Producer |
| 1969 | "Goodbye"/"Sparrow" | Mary Hopkin | Producer, composer, acoustic guitar, ukulele, bass, piano, drums and percussion on "Goodbye". Maracas on "Sparrow". |
| 1969 | "Thumbin' A Ride" | Jackie Lomax | Co-producer and drums |
| 1969 | Is This What You Want? | Jackie Lomax | Bass on "Sour Milk Sea" and "New Day". Co-producer on "Going Back to Liverpool", released as a bonus track in 1991. |
| 1969 | Brave New World | Bass, drums and backing vocals on "My Dark Hour". Backing vocals on "Celebration Song". | |
| 1970 | Magic Christian Music | Producer, composer and tambourine on "Come and Get It". Co-producer and piano on "Rock of All Ages". Producer on "Carry On Till Tomorrow". | |
| 1970 | Sentimental Journey | Arranger on "Stardust" | |
| 1970 | "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)"/"Fields of St. Etienne" | Mary Hopkin | Producer on "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)", bass and acoustic guitar on "Fields of St. Etienne". |
| 1972 | Woman | Mike McGear | An album by McCartney's brother Michael. McCartney co-composed "Bored as Butterscotch". |
| 1972 | No Secrets | Backing vocals on "Night Owl" | |
| 1973 | Ringo | Composer, arranger, piano, synthesizer and backing vocals on "Six O'Clock". Kazoo on "You're Sixteen". | |
| 1974 | Pass On This Side | Thornton, Fradkin & Unger And Big Band | Bass and backing vocals on "God Bless California" |
| 1974 | "Liverpool Lou"/"Ten Years After on Strawberry Jam" | A single by McCartney's brother Michael and his band. McCartney produced "Liverpool Lou" and produced, composed, played bass and keyboards on "Ten Years After on Strawberry Jam". Both tracks were performed by an uncredited Wings. | |
| 1974 | Walking Man | Backing vocals on "Rock 'n' Roll Is Music Now" | |
| 1974 | "4th of July" | John Christie | Composer |
| 1974 | I Survive | Synthesizer on "Change", "Goodbye" and "Never Say Goodbye". Backing vocals on "Star Song". | |
| 1974 | "Sweet Baby" | A single by McCartney's brother Michael. McCartney produced and co-composed the song. | |
| 1974 | McGear | An album by McCartney's brother Michael, with Wings as his backing band. McCartney produced the album, composed or co-composed most of the tracks, played guitars, bass, piano, keyboards, synthesizers and sang backing vocals. The album was reissued in 2019 with some bonus tracks including "Blowin' in the Bay" and "Let's Turn the Radio On", both with McCartney on drums. | |
| 1974 | Let's Love | Producer and composer on the title track "Let's Love" | |
| 1974 | Smiler | Composer and backing vocals on "Mine For Me" | |
| 1975 | "Dance the Do" | A single by McCartney's brother Michael. McCartney produced and co-composed the song. | |
| 1976 | Ringo's Rotogravure | Composer and backing vocals on "Pure Gold" | |
| 1977 | Bullinamingvase | Backing vocals on "One of Those Days in England" | |
| 1977 | Holly Days | Produced by McCartney, who also played most of the instruments and sang backing vocals on the album. | |
| 1977 | One of the Boys | Composer on "Giddy" | |
| 1978 | Live on the Queen Mary | Live album by Professor Longhair backed by The Meters, produced by McCartney. | |
| 1978 | Freddie Starr | Freddie Starr | Backing vocals on "You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'" |
| 1979 | Freeze Frame | Backing vocals on "Get Well Soon" | |
| 1980 | Japanese Tears | Denny Laine | "Send Me the Heart" and "Weep for Love" were performed by Wings, with McCartney on bass. McCartney also co-composed and sang backing vocals on "Send Me the Heart". |
| 1981 | Somewhere in England | Backing vocals on "All Those Years Ago" | |
| 1981 | Stop and Smell the Roses | Producer, bass, piano and backing vocals on "Private Property", "Attention" and "Sure To Fall". Composer on "Private Property" and "Attention". The album was reissued in 1994 with some bonus tracks including "You Can't Fight Lightning"; McCartney produced the track and played drums. | |
| 1982 | Standard Time | "Maisie" was performed by Wings, with McCartney on bass. | |
| 1983 | The Honorary Consul | The main theme of this film was composed by McCartney | |
| 1984 | Print Out | Ivory | Composer on "Runaway" and "Freedom Land" |
| 1984 | EB 84 | Composer and guitar on "On the Wings of a Nightingale" | |
| 1988 | "T-Shirt" | The Crickets | Producer, piano and backing vocals |
| 1989 | Spike | Co-composer on "Veronica" and "Pads, Paws, and Claws". Bass on "Veronica" and "...This Town...". | |
| 1991 | Mighty Like A Rose | Co-composer on "So Like Candy" and "Playboy to a Man" | |
| 1992 | ...Meanwhile | Co-composer on "Don't Break the Promises" | |
| 1993 | Love's Alright | Eddie Murphy | Backing vocals on "Yeah" |
| 1995 | Mirror, Mirror | Co-composer and electric guitar on "Yvonne's the One". Strings, electric piano, frogs, crickets and percussion on "Code of Silence". | |
| 1996 | "The Ballad of the Skeletons" | Co-composer, electric guitar, organ, drums and maracas. | |
| 1996 | All This Useless Beauty | Co-composer on "Shallow Grave". The album was re-released in 2001 with a bonus disc which contains "That Day Is Done", also co-composed by McCartney. | |
| 1998 | Wide Prairie | An album by McCartney's wife Linda. McCartney co-composed, produced nearly all the tracks. McCartney also played many instruments on the album and some tracks were performed by Wings. | |
| 1998 | Vertical Man | Ringo Starr | Bass and backing vocals on "La De Da", "I Was Walking" and "What in the... World". McCartney also appeared in the official music video of "La De Da". |
| 2000 | Godzology | Les Fradkin | Bass and backing vocals on "Black Gipsy" |
| 2001 | Rings Around the World | Celery on "Receptacle for the Respectable" | |
| 2005 | Undressing Underwater | Electric guitar, bass and backing vocals on "Hurt Myself". | |
| 2005 | A Time to Love | Acoustic and electric guitar on the title track "A Time to Love" | |
| 2009 | Roadsinger | Backing vocals on "Boots and Sand" | |
| 2010 | Wreckorder | Bass on "As It Comes" | |
| 2010 | Y Not | Ringo Starr | Bass on "Peace Dream" and backing vocals on "Walk With You" |
| 2010 | Available Light | James McCartney | An E.P. by McCartney's son James. McCartney co-produced the E.P. |
| 2011 | Close at Hand | James McCartney | An E.P. by McCartney's son James. McCartney co-produced the E.P. |
| 2013 | Me | James McCartney | An album by McCartney's son James. McCartney played guitar, piano, drums and sang backing vocals. |
| 2014 | Destiny | Michael Salvatori C. Paul Johnson Martin O'Donnell | McCartney co-scored this video game |
| 2015 | Wallflower | Diana Krall | Composer on "If I Take You Home Tonight" |
| 2015 | Strange Time | Chip Z'Nuff | Co-composer on "The Pain Is All on You" |
| 2016 | Blonde | Co-composer on "White Ferrari", as the song contains musical elements of "Here, There and Everywhere". | |
| 2016 | Yesterday's Sunshine | Grapefruit | Co-producer on "Lullaby" |
| 2017 | Give More Love | Ringo Starr | Backing vocals on "We're on the Road Again" and bass on "Show Me the Way" |
| 2017 | Concrete and Gold | Foo Fighters | Drums on "Sunday Rain" |
| 2017 | Rest | Composer, electric guitar, piano and additional drums on "Songbird in a Cage". | |
| 2019 | Better In Blak | Thelma Plum | Co-composer on "Made For You" |
| 2019 | What's My Name | Ringo Starr | Backing vocals and bass on "Grow Old With Me" |
| 2020 | Zoom In | Ringo Starr | Backing vocals on "Here's to the Nights" |
| 2022 | Higher | Michael Bublé | Producer and composer on "My Valentine" |
| 2022 | Home | The Umoza Music Project | Bass on the title track "Home" |
| 2022 | "Ever the Optimist" | Exploring Birdsong | Co-composer |
| 2023 | Rewind Forward | Ringo Starr | Producer, composer, electric guitars, bass, keyboards, zither and backing vocals on "Feeling the Sunlight". |
| 2023 | Hackney Diamonds | The Rolling Stones | Bass on "Bite My Head Off" |
| 2023 | Equal Strain on All Parts | Jimmy Buffett | Bass on "My Gummie Just Kicked In" |
| 2024 | Cowboy Carter | Beyoncé | Co-producer, acoustic guitar and foot tapping on "Blackbiird". |
| 2024 | Beautiful Nothing | James McCartney | An album by McCartney's son James. McCartney co-produced "Intro", "Beautiful" and co-composed "Primrose Hill". He played bass on "I'm Yours", guitar, harmonium and shaker on "Primrose Hill", spinet on "Nothing", harmonica and ukulele on "Circle Game", recorder on "Old Man". McCartney also sang backing vocals on "Old Man". |