![]() ![]() "I think it's 'in which we're living.' 'In which we're living.' Or it could be 'in which we live in.' And that's kind of, sort of, wronger but cuter. I don't think about the lyric when I sing it. He sang a couple of bars, and continued: "It's funny. "It's kind of ambivalent, isn't it? Um I think it's 'in which we're living.'" In 2009, the man himself put it all to rest when quizzed about it by The Washington Post. On the other side, despite sheet music, some have long claimed that Paul actually sings: "ever-changing world in which we're livin'", which is perfectly acceptable – elegant even. ![]() In a middling review of the single in the NME when it was first release, journalist (and future Revolution in the Head writer) Ian MacDonald poked fun at McCartney's "curious notion of grammar, about this 'ever changing world in which we live in'." That said, many people have taken issue with Paul's words to 'Live and Let Die', arguing that not only does he end a sentence with a preposition (gasp!), but he's got a tautology there, by repeating the word "in" (nooo!). ![]() Lyrics aren't about evoking a feeling, not being 100% grammatically correct. Songs aren't English grammar text books, and nor should they be. Read more: Paul McCartney's infamous angry 'Long and Winding Road' letter after tinkering is a must-read Does Paul McCartney totally mess up his grammar by singing "ever-changing world in which we live in"? And, er the soundrack of Shrek the Third in 2007. The song was bundled into a load of McCartney hits compilations, including Wings Greatest (1978), A ll the Best! (1987), Wingspan (2001) and Pure McCartney (2016), eventually being remastered for the 2018 reissue of Red Rose Speedway. It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Song, missing out to to Barbra Streisand's 'The Way We Were'. It got to number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (kept off the top for three weeks by 'The Morning After' by Maureen McGovern, 'Touch Me in the Morning' by Diana Ross, and 'Brother Louie' by Stories), eventually selling over a million copies in the US and going Gold. Paul McCartney at the 1974 Academy Awards. On a run of hit singles for Wings, 'Live and Let Die' got to number 9 in the UK Charts. The Live and Let Die soundrack album, with a score by George Martin after he impressed with his orchestral work on the theme, followed on July 2, 1973. Recorded during the Red Rose Speedway sessions at AIR Studios in October 1972, 'Live and Let Die' was released as a single on June 1, 1973, ahead of the US release of the movie on June 27. ![]()
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