This song was written for Paul McCartney & Wings' 1973 studio album Band on the Run, which is generally considered one of their most successful LPs, peaking at #1 on the charts for the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, and Norway, and also charting in Belgium, Germany, Japan, the Net...
[Verse 1]
Oh, no one ever left alive in nineteen hundred and eighty-five
Will ever do
She may be right, she may be fine
She may get love, but she won't get mine
'Cause I got you
[Chorus]
Oh, I
Oh, I
Well, I just can't get enough of that sweet stuff
My little lady gets behind
[Interlude]
Shake it
Baby, don't break it
[Bridge]
Woo ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Woo ooh ooh
[Verse 2]
Oh, my mama said the time would come
When I would find myself in love with you
I didn't think, I never dreamed
That I would be around to see it all come true
[Chorus]
Oh, I
Oh, I
Well, I just can't get enough of that sweet stuff
My little lady gets behind
[Bridge]
Woo ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Woo ooh ooh
[Verse 1]
Oh, no one ever left alive in nineteen hundred and eighty-five
Will ever do
Well, she may be right, she may be fine
She may get love, but she won't get mine
Because I got you
[Chorus]
Oh, I
Oh, I
Well, I just can't get enough of that sweet stuff
My little lady left behind
[Outro]
Band on the run, band on the run
Band on the run, band on the run
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five was written by Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney & Paul & Linda McCartney.
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five was produced by Paul McCartney.
Wings released Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five on Wed Dec 05 1973.
Paul has said,
With a lot of songs I do, the first line is it. It’s all in the first line, and then you have to go on and write the second line. With ‘Eleanor Rigby’ I had ‘picks up the rice in the church where the wedding has been.’ that was the one big line that started me off on it. With this on...