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"You Gave Me the Answer"
"You Gave Me the Answer"
Single by Wings
from the album Venus and Mars
A-side	"Letting Go"
Released	4 October 1975 (US); 18 October 1975 (UK)
Recorded	24 January and 4 February 1975
Genre	Music hall, pop
Length	2:15
Label	Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney
Wings singles chronology
Venus and Mars track listing
	13 tracks Side one "Venus and Mars"; "Rock Show"; "Love in Song"; "You Gave Me the Answer"; "Magneto and Titanium Man"; "Letting Go"; Side two ; "Venus and Mars (Reprise)"; "Spirits of Ancient Egypt"; "Medicine Jar"; "Call Me Back Again"; "Listen to What the Man Said"; "Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People"; "Crossroads Theme";

"You Gave Me the Answer" is a song by Wings. It was written by Paul McCartney and appeared on the album Venus and Mars.

Origin and recording

McCartney has occasionally paid tribute to his father, James, who led his own band in his youth, by writing "Music Hall numbers."^[1] Other such songs from McCartney's catalogue include "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Honey Pie".^[2] To enhance the realism of this period pastiche, McCartney recorded his lead vocals through a filter that removed much of the lower-end frequencies to help emulate the sound of singing through a megaphone, the signature sound of Rudy Vallee.^[3] This was a common recording technique during the 1920s, where singers like Vallee and Al Jolson had to compensate for the poor reception of primitive recording equipment at that time.^{[original research?]}

In concert, McCartney often dedicated this song to Fred Astaire.^[1]

Personnel

Paul McCartney – vocals, bass, piano, string arrangement
Jimmy McCulloch – electric guitar
Joe English – drums, backing vocals
Linda McCartney – backing vocals
Tony Dorsey – string arrangement
Michael J. Pierce – clarinet
Vito Platomone – clarinet
Carlos Klejman – violin
Russell Joseph Bobrowski – violin
Ronald B. Benko – trumpet
John K. Branch – viola
Harold Joseph Ballam – bassoon
Bernard S. Richterman – cello

References

^ ^a ^b Flippo, C. (1988). Yesterday: the unauthorized biography of Paul McCartney. Doubleday. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-385-23482-5.
^ Julien, O. (2008). Sgt. Pepper and the Beatles: It Was Forty Years Ago Today. Ashgate. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-7546-6708-7.
^ Kelly, Kate (20 September 2023). "How the Microphone Changed Music: No Way To Amplify Sound". americacomesalive.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024. Singing bandleader Rudy Vallee ... used a megaphone to help amplify his voice over the sound of his band.