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"C'mon People"
Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Off the Ground
B-side
  • "I Can't Imagine (7")
  • "Keep Coming Back to Love" (CD Single)
  • "Down to the River" (CD Single)
  • "Deliverance" (CD Single)
Released22 February 1993 (1993-02-22)
StudioHog Hill Mill, Icklesham
Length5:47
LabelParlophone
SongwriterPaul McCartney
Producers
Paul McCartney singles chronology
"Hope of Deliverance"
(1992) 		"C'mon People"
(1993) 		"Off the Ground"
(1993)

"C'mon People" is a song by the English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney, released in February 1993 by Parlophone as the second single from his ninth album, Off the Ground (1993). The song reached number 41 on the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

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The accompanying music video for "C'mon People" was directed by ex-10cc member Kevin Godley and shows McCartney at the piano singing the song while workmen speedily deconstruct it and re-build it around him. It was produced by Iain Brown/Geoff Foulkes for Medialab and released in February 1993. Described by Godley as a "cross between a Bing Crosby Christmas Special on acid and 'All You Need Is Love' on wheels", the video was shot over three days at Bray Studios in Windsor. A further week in a motion control studio incorporated difference mattes, a technique which created the illusion of a piano transforming from a shell into a complete Steinway.[1]

Track listings

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All songs were written by Paul McCartney except "Keep Coming Back to Love", co-written by Hamish Stuart.

  • 7-inch single
  1. "C'mon People" – 5:45
  2. "I Can't Imagine" – 4:30
  • CD single
  1. "C'mon People" – 5:45
  2. "I Can't Imagine" – 4:30
  3. "Keep Coming Back to Love" – 4:59
  4. "Down to the River" – 3:30
  • CD single
  1. "C'mon People" – 5:45
  2. "Deliverance" – 8:44
  3. "Deliverance" (dub mix) – 7:41

Personnel

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According to The paul Mccartney Project:[2]

  • Paul McCartney – lead and backing vocals, piano, celeste, electric guitar, whistle
  • Linda McCartney – backing vocals, moog synthesizer
  • Robbie McIntosh – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Hamish Stuart – backing vocals, bass
  • Paul Wickens – synthesizer, congas
  • Blair Cunningham – drums, congas
  • Violin – Donald Weekes, Galina Solodchin, Michael Rennie, David Ogden, Roger Garland, Roy Gillard, Pauline Lowbury, Irvina Arditti, Alan Brind, Benedict Cruft, Miranda Fulleylove, Rita Manning, Bernard Partridge, Jonathan Rees, Celia Sheen, Barry Wilde, Jeremy Williams, David Woodcock
  • Viola – John Underwood, Ken Essex, Roger Chase, Andrew Parker, George Robertson, Graeme Scott
  • Cello – Robert Bailey, Paul Kegg, Ben Kennard, Anthony Pleeth, Roger Smith, Jonathan Williams
  • Bass – Paul Cullington, Chris Laurence
  • Trumpet – Guy Barker, Derek Watkins
  • Horn – Frank Lloyd, Nicholas Busch
  • Oboe – Josephine Lively, Richard Morgan
  • Flute – Martin Parry, Jane Pickles
  • Harp – Skaila Kanga
  • Percussion – Tristan Fry, Terence Emery

Charts

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3] 132
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[4] 80
Europe (European Hit Radio)[5] 33
Germany (Media Control)[6] 41
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)[7] 33
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade)[8] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100 Tipparade)[9] 15
UK Singles (OCC)[10] 41

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 22 February 1993
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD1
  • cassette
 Parlophone [11]
1 March 1993 CD2 [12]
Japan 28 April 1993 Mini-CD Odeon [13]
Australia 3 May 1993
  • CD
  • cassette
[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Promos In Production" (PDF). Music Week. 23 January 1993. p. 23. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  2. ^ https://www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/album/off-the-ground/
  3. ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week commencing 24 May1993". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". 9 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  5. ^ "EHR Top 40" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 14. 3 April 1993. p. 22. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (22.–28. Apríl)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 21 April 1993. p. 37. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Paul McCartney – C'mon People" (in Dutch). top40.nl. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  9. ^ "PAUL MCCARTNEY - C'MON PEOPLE" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Paul McCartney | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  11. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 20 February 1993. p. 19.
  12. ^ "New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 27 February 1993. p. 19.
  13. ^ "ポール・マッカートニー | カモン・ピープル" [Paul McCartney | Cmon People] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  14. ^ "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 03/05/93: Singles". The ARIA Report. No. 169. 2 May 1993. p. 20.
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