Sally

Written by: William Haines, Harry Leon, Leo Towers
Recorded: 21 January 1990
Producers: Paul McCartney, Bob Clearmountain, Peter Henderson

Released: 5 November 1990 (UK), 6 November 1990 (US)

Available on:
Tripping The Live Fantastic

Personnel

Paul McCartney: vocals, piano
Linda McCartney, Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens: keyboards
Robbie McIntosh: electric guitar
Hamish Stuart: bass guitar
Chris Whitten: drums

‘Sally’ is a song on Paul McCartney’s first solo live album Tripping The Live Fantastic.

It was written by Leo Towers, Harry Leon, and Will E Haines, and first sung by Gracie Fields in the 1931 film Sally In Our Alley. It was released that year as the b-side of her single ‘Fall In And Follow The Band’.

McCartney’s version was recorded during a soundcheck at Wembley Arena in London, England, on 21 January 1990.

Just got back from the world tour and this is being written shortly after.

From Rio to Glasgow, Tokyo through most everywhere and back again, this album captures some of the sounds of those nights on tour – when ‘Spaceman’ ran the red flag up, Curtis pushed the rig out and together with more than 100 others they staged the show.

‘Showtime’ was the call and the shuffle through halls to backstage rituals nightly served to energise this merry band.

And at soundchecks we played old songs from memory or made up pieces to keep ourselves amused. These “trinkets” are sprinkled throughout the album and hopefully convey a certain good humour.

We saw fans with messages replying to our own … we saw emotions and we saw hope for the future … couples necking … grown men crying … children far too young to know … and we played for all of them.