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"Flying to My Home"
"Flying to My Home"
Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Flowers in the Dirt
A-side	"My Brave Face" (7" and 12"); "Flying to My Home" (12" only);
B-side	"Flying to My Home" (7" only); "I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday"/"Ain't That a Shame" (12");
Released	8 May 1989 (United Kingdom) ; 27 May 1989 (United States)
Recorded	5 May 1988
Studio	Hog Hill Mill, East Sussex
Genre	Rock
Label	Capitol Records (US/Canada); Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney
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"Flying to My Home" is a song written by Paul McCartney. It was released as the B-side to the "My Brave Face" single from the album Flowers in the Dirt. The song ended up being placed into the Paul McCartney lyrics book titled Blackbird Singing numerous years following its initial release. The song is available on the 1993 remastered CD version of Flowers in the Dirt.^[1] It was also included on The 7" Singles Box in 2022.^[2]

Personnel

Paul McCartney – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass, electric and acoustic guitar, autoharp
Linda McCartney – backing vocals^[3]
Hamish Stuart – slide guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
Chris Whitten – drums, backing vocals

References

^ Madinger, Chip; Mark Easter (2000). Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium. Chesterfield, MO: 44.1 Productions, LP. p. 305. ISBN 0-615-11724-4.
^ "'The 7" Singles Box' – Out 2 December 2022". PaulMcCartney.com. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
^ Club Sandwich, n.52, Summer 1989, p.3

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[1] Madinger, Chip; Mark Easter (2000). Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium. Chesterfield, MO: 44.1 Productions, LP. p. 305. ISBN 0-615-11724-4.

[2] "'The 7" Singles Box' – Out 2 December 2022". PaulMcCartney.com. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

[3] Club Sandwich, n.52, Summer 1989, p.3

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-| writer     = [[Paul McCartney]], [[Elvis Costello]]
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-"'''Flying to My Home'''" is a song written by [[Paul McCartney]]. It was released as the B-side to the "[[My Brave Face]]" single from the album ''[[Flowers in the Dirt]]''. The song ended up being placed into the Paul McCartney lyrics book titled ''Blackbird Singing'' numerous years following its initial release. The song is available on the [[The Paul McCartney Collection|1993 remastered CD]] version of ''[[Flowers in the Dirt]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title= Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium|last= Madinger|first= Chip|author2=Mark Easter|year= 2000|publisher= 44.1 Productions, LP|location= Chesterfield, MO|isbn= 0-615-11724-4|page= 305}}</ref>
+"'''Flying to My Home'''" is a song written by [[Paul McCartney]]. It was released as the B-side to the "[[My Brave Face]]" single from the album ''[[Flowers in the Dirt]]''. The song ended up being placed into the Paul McCartney lyrics book titled ''Blackbird Singing'' numerous years following its initial release. The song is available on the [[The Paul McCartney Collection|1993 remastered CD]] version of ''[[Flowers in the Dirt]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title= Eight Arms To Hold You: The Solo Beatles Compendium|last= Madinger|first= Chip|author2=Mark Easter|year= 2000|publisher= 44.1 Productions, LP|location= Chesterfield, MO|isbn= 0-615-11724-4|page= 305}}</ref> It was also included on ''[[The 7" Singles Box]]'' in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.paulmccartney.com/news/paul-announces-the-7-singles-box|title='The 7" Singles Box' – Out 2 December 2022|website=PaulMcCartney.com|date=10 November 2022|access-date=5 December 2022}}</ref>
 ==Personnel==
-*Paul McCartney — Lead Vocals, backing vocals, bass, electric and slide guitar, autoharp, organ, percussion, drums
+*[[Paul McCartney]] – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass, electric and acoustic guitar, autoharp
+*[[Linda McCartney]] – backing vocals<ref>''Club Sandwich'', n.52, Summer 1989, p.3</ref>
-*[[Hamish Stuart]] — Acoustic and electric guitar, backing vocals
-*[[Chris Whitten]] — Drums, synthesizer, backing vocals
+*[[Hamish Stuart]] – slide guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals
+*[[Chris Whitten]] – drums, backing vocals
-*[[Linda McCartney]] - Backing Vocals <ref>''Club Sandwich'', n.52, Summer 1989, p.3</ref>
 == References ==
 {{Reflist}}
-{{Flowers in the Dirt}}
 {{Paul McCartney singles}}
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 [[Category:Song recordings produced by Paul McCartney]]
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+[[Category:Capitol Records singles]]
+[[Category:Parlophone singles]]

v t e Paul McCartney singles discography
1970s	"Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (with Linda McCartney) "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" / "Too Many People" (with Linda McCartney) "The Back Seat of My Car" / "Heart of the Country" (with Linda McCartney) "Eat at Home" / "Smile Away" (with Linda McCartney) "Wonderful Christmastime"
1980s	"Coming Up" "Waterfalls" "Temporary Secretary" "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder) "Take It Away" "Tug of War" "The Girl Is Mine" (with Michael Jackson) "Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson) "Pipes of Peace"/"So Bad" "No More Lonely Nights" "We All Stand Together" "Spies Like Us" "Press" "Pretty Little Head" "Stranglehold" "Only Love Remains" "Once Upon a Long Ago" "Ferry Cross the Mersey" "My Brave Face" / "Flying to My Home" "This One" "Figure of Eight"
1990s	"Put It There" / "Mama's Little Girl" (with Wings) "Birthday" (live) / "Good Day Sunshine" (live) "All My Trials" (live) "Hope of Deliverance" "C'Mon People" "Off the Ground" "Biker Like an Icon" / "Things We Said Today" "A Leaf" (with Anya Alexeyev) "Come Together" (The Smokin' Mojo Filters) "Young Boy" "The World Tonight" "Beautiful Night" "No Other Baby" / "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" "Run Devil Run" (promo)
2000s	"From a Lover to a Friend" "Freedom" / "From a Lover to a Friend" "Hello Goodbye" (promo) "Tropic Island Hum" / "We All Stand Together" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with U2) "Fine Line" "Jenny Wren" "Really Love You" (Twin Freaks) "This Never Happened Before" (promo) "Dance Tonight" / "Nod Your Head" "Ever Present Past" "Heal the Pain" (with George Michael) "Walk with You" (with Ringo Starr)
2010s	"(I Want to) Come Home" "My Valentine" "Only Our Hearts" Christmas Kisses: "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" / "Wonderful Christmastime" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (The Justice Collective) "New" "Queenie Eye" "Only One" (with Kanye West) "FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna & Kanye West) "All Day" (with Kanye West) "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" (with Timo Maas & James Teej) "I Don't Know" / "Come On to Me" "Fuh You" "Who Cares" "Back in Brazil" "Get Enough" "Home Tonight / In a Hurry"
2020s	"Find My Way" "The Kiss of Venus (Dominic Fike remix)"
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