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Paul McCartney
Solo artist Walton United Kingdom The Beatles
Paul McCartney is an artist from Walton. Paul McCartney has 216 chart appearances on 104 radio countdowns from 35 stations on RockLists, spanning 1980–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Maybe I'm Amazed”, which appears on 56 lists with a best position of #12. The station that charted Paul McCartney most often is 100.7 WZLX (Boston, MA), with 55 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2013.
Paul McCartney didn't wait around once the Beatles came apart. Born in Liverpool in 1942, he'd been the group's bassist and keyboard player and half of its songwriting engine alongside John Lennon, and his gift for melody ran through everything, even his bass lines. He could play bass, guitar, piano and a cupboard full of other instruments, and his 1970 solo debut, McCartney, had "Maybe I'm Amazed" at its heart, a ballad that swells into one of the most full-throated vocals of his life.
RAM followed in 1971, and "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey", made with his wife Linda, became a number-one hit, all whimsy and shifting sections. Then came Wings, with Linda and Denny Laine, and with McCartney steering, they turned into one of the decade's biggest-selling acts, with hits like "Band on the Run". Rock radio has never let go of that stretch, or of "Jet", "Live and Let Die" and the stadium-sized medley "Venus and Mars/Rock Show".
He went solo again in 1980 with McCartney II, an oddball detour that gave the world the twitchy "Temporary Secretary", and he has kept going ever since, with songs like "New" and "Come on to Me" still reaching the countdowns. In 1999 the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame added him again, this time on his own, and he was knighted in 1997.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Paul McCartney on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maybe I'm Amazed#475 of all time | 56 | #12 | – | – | |
| 2 | Live and Let Die#482 of all time | 56 | #43 | – | – | |
| 3 | Maybe I'm Amazed (Live) | 12 | #109 | – | – | |
| 4 | Come on to Me | 7 | #27 | – | 2018 | |
| 5 | Venus and Mars/Rock Show | 11 | #304 | – | – | |
| 6 | Helen Wheels | 9 | #385 | – | – | |
| 7 | Nineteen Hundred & Eig | 6 | #449 | – | – | |
| 8 | Let Me Roll It | 9 | #763 | – | – | |
| 9 | Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey | 5 | #526 | – | – | |
| 10 | New | 6 | #45 | – | 2013 | |
| 11 | Queenie Eye | 3 | #47 | – | 2013 | |
| 12 | Hi, Hi, Hi | 5 | #542 | – | – | |
| 13 | Another Day | 1 | #65 | – | – | |
| 14 | Coming Up (live at Glasgow) | 1 | #144 | – | – | |
| 15 | Mull Of Kintyre | 3 | #594 | – | – | |
| 16 | 1985 | 1 | #183 | – | – | |
| 17 | Dance Tonight | 1 | #357 | – | – | |
| 18 | Ball Room Dancing | 1 | #363 | – | – | |
| 19 | Junior's Farm | 3 | #805 | – | – | |
| 20 | Save Us | 1 | #46 | – | 2014 | |
| 21 | That Was Me | 1 | #422 | – | – | |
| 22 | Say, Say, Say | 1 | #543 | – | – | |
| 23 | Coming Up | 4 | #706 | – | – | |
| 24 | Uncle Albert | 2 | #814 | – | – | |
| 25 | Temporary Secretary | 1 | #89 | – | 1980 | |
| 26 | London Town | 1 | #679 | – | – | |
| 27 | Ever Present Past | 1 | #789 | – | – | |
| 28 | Caesar Rock | 1 | #94 | – | 2018 | |
| 29 | Ebony and Ivory | 1 | #452 | – | – | |
| 30 | Find My Way | 1 | #95 | – | 2021 | |
| 31 | Silly Love Songs | 3 | #484 | – | – | |
| 32 | Uncle Albert Adm. Halsey | 1 | #1010 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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