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(I Want to) Come Home

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"(I Want to) Come Home"

SinglebyPaul McCartney

Released

1 March 2010

Recorded

June – July 2009

Genre

Rock

Length

3:34

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney singles chronology

"Meat Free Monday"
(2009)

"(I Want to) Come Home"
(2010)

"My Valentine"
(2011)

"(I Want to) Come Home" is a song written and recorded by Paul McCartney for the 2009 film Everybody's Fine.^[1]

Composition and recording[edit]

An early cut of Everybody's Fine was screened for McCartney, with Aretha Franklin's cover of "Let It Be" inserted as a placeholder by director Kirk Jones. McCartney was inspired to write the song for the film after connecting with the protagonist, portrayed by Robert De Niro, a widower who "hits the road to visit his scattered children after they cancel a weekend gathering."^[1] McCartney told USA Today, "I can very much relate to a guy who's got older children, who happens to have lost his wife, the mother of those children, and is trying to get them all together at Christmas. I understand that."^[1] After recording a demo version on cassette, McCartney received notes for the song from Jones requesting an intro for the song as opposed to its original "abrupt" start. McCartney then collaborated with the film's music composer Dario Marianelli on orchestrations for the song "resulting in an intimate ballad with piano, guitar and spare strings."^[1] "(I Want to) Come Home" was recorded with engineer Geoff Emerick along with 20 other tracks around this time.^[2]

Personnel[edit]

Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, drums, tambourine
Unknown – strings, horns
Dario Marianelli – string arrangement

Release[edit]

The song was released as a single in online music stores on 1 March 2010.^[3] The song is not included on the soundtrack to the film. Its original and demo versions were released on The 7" Singles Box on 2 December 2022. The song was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, but did not win, losing the award to "The Weary Kind", from Crazy Heart, by Ryan Bingham.^[4]

Cover version[edit]

In 2012, Tom Jones released a recording of the song on his studio album, Spirit in the Room.^[5]

Charts[edit]

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Russia (Tophit)^[6]	1

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gundersen, Edna (2 December 2009). "McCartney pens original song for film 'Everybody's Fine'". USA Today. Retrieved 10 December 2009.

^ "The McCartney Recording Sessions – 2009". Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

^ "(I Want To) Come Home released in the UK – Paul McCartney Official Website". Paulmccartney.com. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

^ "HFPA – Nominations and Winners". Goldenglobes.org. Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 9 September 2011.

^ Jeffries, David. "Spirit in the Room – Tom Jones : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 April 2013.

^ "Chart Search". Tophit for Paul McCartney. Retrieved 24 July 2019.

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"
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