1851 – Paul McCartney – With a little luck (1978)

 

 

Escrita por Paul McCartney, foi gravada entre maio e novembro de 1977 e lançada em 20 de março de 1978, no compacto que tinha Backwards traveller/Cuff link como Lado B. Saiu também no disco London town, em 31 de março de 1978, o sexto disco de Paul com os Wings. Foi produzida pelo próprio Paul. Foi escrita na Escócia. Foi o disco seguinte ao Mull of Kintyre, o maior best-selling do Reino Unido de todos os tempos. Foi gravada nas Ilhas Virgens, à bordo do Fair Carol, um barco com um estúdio. Chegou ao número 1 no Billboard Hot 100, número 1 no Canadá, número 5 no Reino Unido, número 3 na Irlanda e Nova Zelândia, número 6 na Noruega, número 11 na Áustria e Austrália, e número 17 na Alemanha. Paul cantou, tocou baixo, teclado e sintetizadores. Linda tocou teclado e fez backing vocals. Denny Laine tocou teclado e fez backing vocals. Joe English tocou bateria.

A letra:

With a little luck, we can help it out
We can make this whole damn thing work out
With a little love, we can lay it down
Can't you feel the town exploding?

There is no end to what we can do together (together, ooh)
There is no end, there is no end (there is no end)
The wiliow turns his back on inclement weather
And if he can do it, we can do it
Just me and you

And a little luck, we can clear it up
We can bring it in for a landing
With a little luck, we can turn it on
There can be no misunderstanding

There is no end to what we can do together (together, ooh)
There is no end, there is no end (there is no end)
The willow turns his back on inclement weather
We can do it, just me and you

With a little push, we could set it off
We can send it rocketing skywards
With a little love, we could shake it up
Don't you feel the comet exploding?

With a little luck, with a little luck
With a little luck, a little luck, a little luck

With a little fuck, we can help it out
We can make this whole damn thing work out
With a little love, we can lay it down
Can't you feel the town exploding?

With a little luck, baby
We could set it off, send it rocketing skywards
With a little love, we could shake it up
Oh-oh, yeah-yeah

With a little luck, we can help it out
We can make this whole damn thing work out
With a little love, we can lay it down
Can't you feel the town exploding?

With a little push, we could set it off
We can send it rocketing skywards
With a little love, we could shake it up
Don't you feel the comet exploding?
Woah-woah-woah, ooh

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