Back in the U.S.
Live album by Paul McCartney
Released	26 November 2002
Recorded	1 April - 18 May 2002
Genre	Rock
Length	1:55:21
Label	Capitol Records
Producer(s)	David Kahne
Professional reviews
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Paul McCartney chronology
Driving Rain (2001) Back in the U.S. (2002) Back in the World (2003)

Back in the U.S. (subtitled Live 2002) is a double live album by Paul McCartney composed of highlights from his Spring 2002 Driving USA Tour in the United States in support of McCartney's 2001 release Driving Rain. It was released to commemorate his first set of concerts in almost ten years with an accompanying DVD. Image File history File links Paul_McCartney_Back_in_the_US_Live_2002. ... // Many successful recording artists release at least one live album at some point during their career. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... is the 330th day of the year (331st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, owned by EMI. // The Capitol Records company was founded by the songwriter Johnny Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of movie producer Buddy DeSylva and the business acumen of Glenn Wallichs, (1910-1971) (owner of Music City, at the... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... David Kahne is a music producer having worked on MTV Unplugged, the 1995 Grammy Award winner for Album of the Year. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... Driving Rain is an album by Paul McCartney, recorded and released in 2001. ... Back in the World (subtitled Live) is a live album by Paul McCartney comprised of highlights from his spring 2002 Driving USA tour in the United States in support of McCartneys 2001 release Driving Rain. ... A double album is an audio album of sufficient length that two units of the medium in which it is sold (especially records and compact discs) are necessary to contain the entirety of it. ... // Many successful recording artists release at least one live album at some point during their career. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... Driving Rain is an album by Paul McCartney, recorded and released in 2001. ... DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

Using most of the musicians that appeared on Driving Rain, McCartney assembled a new live act composed of Rusty Anderson and Brian Ray on guitar, Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums and keyboardist Paul Wickens, who had been on McCartney's last two tours in 1989-1990 and 1993. Rusty Anderson is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Brian Ray, born November 1968, is a musician and was a founding member of the band Farmer Not So John. ... Abe Laboriel Jr. ... Paul Wix Wickens is a keyboardist and composer from Essex, UK. He has been a keyboard player for Paul McCartneys band since 1990, and recently composed the music for the new radio productions of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. ...

Although McCartney was promoting Driving Rain, the majority of his shows would be celebrations of his past, with a substantial sampling of McCartney's solo work with and without Wings, but in particular his Beatles hits. And it was with the release of those particular songs on Back in the U.S. that sparked one of McCartney's biggest controversies in ages. Despite keeping the famous Lennon/McCartney credit intact on Tripping the Live Fantastic, Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) and Paul is Live, McCartney decided to reverse the credits to "Paul McCartney and John Lennon" much to Yoko Ono's public outcry. Reportedly, McCartney decided to act in response to Ono's recent dropping of his credit from "Give Peace A Chance" on Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon in 1997. While there continues to be division among critics and fans over McCartney's move, it is worth noting that John Lennon never publicly objected to the original credit reversal that appeared on 1976's Wings over America, four years before Lennon's death. Wings was a rock music band led by Paul McCartney and formed in August 1971, shortly after the breakup of The Beatles. ... The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1964 as part of their first tour of the United States, promoting their first hit single there, I Want To Hold Your Hand. ... The songwriting credit Lennon/McCartney appears on all Beatles songs that were written by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney without the aid of the other two Beatles, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... Tripping the Live Fantastic is Paul McCartneys first official live album and his first release of concert material since Wings 1976 Wings Over America live package. ... Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) is a live unplugged performance by Paul McCartney, recorded and released in 1991. ... Paul Is Live is a live album by Paul McCartney released in 1993 during his New World Tour in support of Off the Ground. ... Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 Ono Yōko(ONO Yōko), born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Wings over America is the sixth album issued by Wings and their only live album. ...

Back in the U.S. was an exclusive North American release (an international edition with a slight track listing change, entitled Back in the World, was released a few months later). Although it was McCartney's sixth live album, Back in the U.S. did extremely well, entering the U.S. charts at #8 with his biggest ever first week sales and going double platinum. Its tie-in DVD proved to be a large seller as well. North America North America is a continent [1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ... Back in the World (subtitled Live) is a live album by Paul McCartney comprised of highlights from his spring 2002 Driving USA tour in the United States in support of McCartneys 2001 release Driving Rain. ... This article is about the telefilm. ...

Track listing

All songs written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, except where noted (see also McCartney/Lennon). Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award- and Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... The songwriting credit Lennon/McCartney appears on all Beatles songs that were written by John Lennon and/or Paul McCartney without the aid of the other two Beatles, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ...

Disc one

1. "Hello, Goodbye" – 3:46
2. "Jet" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 4:02
3. "All My Loving" – 2:08
4. "Getting Better" – 3:10
5. "Coming Up" (Paul McCartney) – 3:26
6. "Let Me Roll It" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 4:24
7. "Lonely Road" (Paul McCartney) – 3:12
8. "Driving Rain" (Paul McCartney) – 3:11
9. "Your Loving Flame" (Paul McCartney) – 3:28
10. "Blackbird" – 2:30
11. "Every Night" (Paul McCartney) – 2:51
12. "We Can Work It Out" – 2:29
13. "Mother Nature's Son" – 2:11
14. "Vanilla Sky" (Paul McCartney) – 2:29
15. "Carry That Weight" – 3:05
16. "The Fool on the Hill" – 3:09
17. "Here Today" (Paul McCartney) – 2:28
    • McCartney's tribute to John Lennon
18. "Something" (George Harrison) – 2:33
    • A tribute cover of George Harrison's most famous song, played on the ukulele - one of Harrison's favorite instruments

... Jet, a hit song from Paul McCartney and Wings acclaimed Band on the Run album, is about one of McCartneys dogs. ... Linda Louise, Lady McCartney (September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, and animal rights activist. ... All My Loving is a song by The Beatles, written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon-McCartney, from the 1963 album With the Beatles. ... Getting Better is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney based on an original idea by McCartney. ... Coming Up was the punchy lead-off track from Paul McCartneys McCartney II album, released in 1980. ... Let Me Roll It is the fifth track on the Paul McCartney & Wings album Band on the Run. ... Driving Rain is an album by Paul McCartney, recorded and released in 2001. ... Blackbird is a Beatles song from double-disc album The Beatles (also known as The White Album). ... Every Night is a song written by Paul McCartney while he was on holiday in Greece, and first released on his McCartney album on April 17, 1970. ... We Can Work It Out is a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon and released by The Beatles as a double A-sided single with Day Tripper. The song is a classic instance of true Lennon-McCartney collaboration, its authors meeting more closely in a single song only... Mother Natures Son is a Lennon/McCartney song, released by The Beatles on the White Album. ... Vanilla Sky is a 2001 film which has been variously characterized by published film critics as an odd mixture of science fiction, romance, and reality warp [2], part Beautiful People fantasy, part New Age investigation of the Great Beyond[3] a love story, a struggle for the soul, or an... Carry That Weight is a song by The Beatles. ... The Fool on the Hill is a song by the Beatles. ... Something is a single released by The Beatles in 1969, and featured on the album Abbey Road. ... George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943[1][2] – 29 November 2001[3]) was an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, author and sitarist best known as the lead guitarist of The Beatles. ...

Disc two

1. "Eleanor Rigby" – 2:17
2. "Here, There and Everywhere" – 2:26
3. "Band on the Run" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 5:00
4. "Back in the U.S.S.R." – 2:55
5. "Maybe I'm Amazed" (Paul McCartney) – 4:48
6. "C Moon" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 3:51
7. "My Love" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 4:03
8. "Can't Buy Me Love" – 2:09
9. "Freedom" (Paul McCartney) – 3:18
10. "Live and Let Die" (Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 3:05
11. "Let It Be" – 3:57
12. "Hey Jude" – 7:01
13. "The Long and Winding Road" – 3:30
14. "Lady Madonna" – 2:21
15. "I Saw Her Standing There" – 3:08
16. "Yesterday" – 2:08
17. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" / "The End" – 4:39