Put It There

"Put It There"
Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Flowers in the Dirt
B-side	"Mama's Little Girl" "Same Time Next Year" (12" only) (Paul McCartney & Wings)
Released	5 February 1990
Format	7" single, Maxi single, Cassette single, CD single
Recorded	1989
Genre	Rock
Label	Parlophone
Writer(s)	Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney singles chronology
"Figure of Eight" (1990) "Put It There" (1990) "Birthday" (1990)

"Put It There" is a 1990 single from Paul McCartney's 1989 album, Flowers in the Dirt. The song reached number 32 on the UK singles chart.^[1][2] The song's lyrics were inspired by an expression of friendship that McCartney learned from his father, "Put it there [handshake] if it weighs a ton."

Like other songs from Flowers in the Dirt, despite the song's modest chart success, to date it has not been included on any McCartney compilation album.

The 7" single also included a Wings song, "Mama's Little Girl", that had been originally recorded in 1972 but had been remixed and produced in its current version in 1987 by McCartney and Chris Thomas. The 12" single included a second Wings song, "Same Time Next Year", which had been recorded on 5 and 6 May 1978 at RAK Studios,^[3] as a possible theme for the movie of the same name that had also been remixed and produced in 1987 by McCartney and Thomas.

Track listings

This song was released as a 7" single, a 12" maxi-single, and a CD single.

7" single

1. "Put It There"
2. "Mama's Little Girl"

12" single

1. "Put It There"
2. "Mama's Little Girl"
3. "Same Time Next Year"

CD single

1. "Put It There"
2. "Mama's Little Girl"
3. "Same Time Next Year"

References

1. "Official Charts: Paul McCartney". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 2011-10-13.
2. "UK Singles - 1952-2009". Retrieved 2009-10-12.
3. Miles, Barry; Badman, Keith, ed. (2001). The Beatles Diary After the Break-Up: 1970-2001 (reprint ed.). London: Music Sales Group. ISBN 9780711983076.