Warm and Beautiful
| "Warm and Beautiful" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Wings from the album Wings at the Speed of Sound | |
| Published | McCartney Music Ltd. |
| Released | 25 March 1976 |
| Recorded | 2 February 1976 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 3:12 |
| Label |
MPL Communications (UK) MPL Communications/Capitol (US) |
| Writer(s) |
Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney |
| Producer(s) | Paul McCartney |
| Wings at the Speed of Sound track listing | |
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11 tracks
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"Warm and Beautiful" is a song credited to Paul and Linda McCartney that was first released by Wings on their 1976 album Wings at the Speed of Sound. It is a love ballad sung by Paul directed to Linda. Critical opinion of the song has varied widely, ranging from a comment that it is "one of the most beautiful songs that Paul ever wrote for Linda," to a suggestion that it may be "one of the worst songs Paul McCartney has ever written." In 1998, after Linda's death, Paul rearranged the song for string quartet to be played at memorial concerts for his late wife. This version was included on the 1999 album Working Classical.
"Warm and Beautiful" is a love ballad, the subject of which is Linda McCartney. Paul McCartney sings the lead vocal.The Rough Guide to the Beatles author Chris Ingham describes "Warm and Beautiful" as a "big sensitive ballad." The verses treat love as being eternal and proclaim that love, faith and hope are what allow people to transcend sadness. The bridge uses images of sunlit mornings and moonlit water as metaphors for love.
The song is in the key of C major. The verses are in two phrases. Music professor Vincent Benitez finds the melody and harmony of the song particularly expressive. The melody of the first phrase begins on the tonic, C, goes up to the subdominant F, and concludes be descending to D. The melody of the second phrase of each verse is similar, except it ends with the sequence of a diminished seventh note followed by an ascending second, i.e., A flat up to B up to C. The melody of the bridge incorporates both leaps and steps, often going in opposite directions. Elements of the melodic structure are similar to those McCartney has used throughout his career, dating back to the Beatles arrangement of "Falling in Love Again" that they used in their 1962 concerts in Hamburg.
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