Written by: Paul McCartney
Recorded: 9 December 1991 – July 1992
Producers: Paul McCartney, Julian Mendelsohn
Released: 22 February 1993
Personnel
Paul McCartney: vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guita
Linda McCartney: vocals, tambourine
Hamish Stuart: vocals, electric guitar
Robbie McIntosh: vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Paul ‘Wix’ Wickham: keyboards, synthesizer
Blair Cunningham: drums, percussion
‘I Can’t Imagine’ was a b-side of Paul McCartney’s 1993 single ‘C’Mon People’.
The song’s ending was adapted from ‘On A Pedestal’, a four-minute instrumental piece written by McCartney in France.
The release
On 22 February 1993 ‘C’Mon People’ was released as the second single from Off The Ground. The 7″ vinyl edition had ‘I Can’t Imagine’ on the b-side.
There were also two compact disc singles. The first had ‘C’Mon People’, ‘I Can’t Imagine’, ‘Keep Coming Back To Love’, and ‘Down To The River’, while the second had ‘C’Mon People’, ‘Deliverance’, and ‘Deliverance’ (Dub Mix).
The single was not a commercial success, although it did reach number 15 in the Netherlands. In the UK and Germany it peaked at 41.
The 7″ single was reissued in 2022 for the limited edition box set The 7″ Singles Box.