- Press (song)
Infobox Single
Name = Press
Artist =Paul McCartney
from Album =Press to Play
Released =14th July ,1986
Recorded =1986
Genre = Pop
Length = 4:43
Label =Parlophone /EMI
Writer =Paul McCartney
Producer(s) =Paul McCartney andHugh Padgham
Chart position = * #25 (UK )
* #21 (U.S.)| Last single = "Spies Like Us" (Paul McCartney )
(1985)
This single = "Press" (Paul McCartney )
(1986)
Next single = "Pretty Little Head" (Paul McCartney )
(1986) |"Press" is a
1986 single byPaul McCartney also featured on the album "Press to Play ". "It's Not True" was featured as the B-side.Various issues in the U.K. include two 7" singles ("Press" and "Press-video edit"), a 10" single in a special fold-out sleeve and two 12" singles. In the U.K. a Hugh Padgham mix and edit of "Press" was released on the single, but was quickly withdrawn and replaced with the preferred Bevans/Forward mix.
Though hitting the Top 30 in both the U.S. and U.K., "Press" was not a successful single and marked the beginning of a downturn of McCartney's fortunes on the singles chart. Namely, it was the first time since "Back To the Egg" in 1979 that a lead single from a McCartney album failed to hit the Top 20. This may have been because "Press" did not fit neatly into album-oriented rock or adult-contemporary radio formats popular at the time.
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