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It’s one of the lesser-known songs from the Wings catalogue (perhaps because it wasn’t technically released by ‘Wings’) but certainly one that has a heartwarming story behind it… ‘Walking in the Park with Eloise’ was recorded 50 years ago this October!A fan favourite, the song started off its life as a composition by Paul’s dad, Jim McCartney, but was recorded and released in 1974 by ‘The Country Hams’. The song has appeared a handful of times through the years, most notably on the Venus and Mars Archive Collection release in 2014. In 2016, an orchestral rendition was recorded for the film Ethel & Earnest, and this version was also recently included in The 7” Singles Box. The song has an emotional resonance with Paul: it was a selection for ‘Desert Island Discs’ in 1982 where he commented his dad had ‘only ever write one song, to my knowledge’. So, to celebrate 50 years since the original studio version was created, we found the perfect question from Harry on Facebook…

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