"Once Upon a Long Ago" is a Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...

 song, released as his fortieth single on November 1987, as part of his compilation All the Best!

All the Best!

All the Best! is the second official compilation album of Paul McCartney music, after 1978's Wings Greatest and was released in 1987. The album contains tracks from the beginning of his solo career in 1970 up to the newly recorded "Once Upon a Long Ago." The track inclusion and running order...

, released two weeks before the single. The track was produced by Phil Ramone

Phil Ramone

Phil Ramone is a South-African violinist, composer, recording engineer, and record producer.-Biography:As a young child in South Africa, Ramone was a musical prodigy, beginning to play the violin at age three and performing for Queen Elizabeth II at age ten...

 and mixed by George Martin

George Martin

Sir George Henry Martin CBE is an English record producer, arranger, composer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"— a title that he often describes as "nonsense," but the fact remains that he served as producer on all but one of The Beatles' original albums...

, and features violin by Nigel Kennedy

Nigel Kennedy

Nigel Kennedy is a British born violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and he has performed and recorded most of the major violin concerti...

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The single reached number ten in the UK Singles Chart, McCartney's last Top 10 in his homeland. The single was not released in the US nor included on the US version of All the Best!

All the Best!

All the Best! is the second official compilation album of Paul McCartney music, after 1978's Wings Greatest and was released in 1987. The album contains tracks from the beginning of his solo career in 1970 up to the newly recorded "Once Upon a Long Ago." The track inclusion and running order...

, although it did appear on the longer UK/Canada version. The song has remained unavailable on any US released album, although it is a bonus track on the 1993 UK remastered version of "Press to Play

Press to Play

-Personnel:* Paul McCartney – bass, acoustic and electric guitars, lead vocals* Neil Jason – bass* Eric Stewart – acoustic and electric guitars* Pete Townshend – electric guitars* Carlos Alomar – acoustic and electric guitars* Eddie Rayner – keyboards...

" - the 1993 remastered Paul McCartney Collection has never been released in the United States.

Track listings

"Once Upon a Long Ago" was also released as two different 12" singles and a CD single:

7" single

1. "Once Upon a Long Ago"
2. "Back on My Feet"

12" single, version one

1. "Once Upon a Long Ago" (long version)
2. "Back on My Feet"
3. "Midnight Special"
4. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"

12" single, version two

1. "Once Upon a Long Ago" (extended version)
2. "Back on My Feet"
3. "Lawdy Miss Clawdy"
4. "Kansas City"

CD single:

1. "Once Upon a Long Ago"
2. "Back on My Feet" McCartney/Macmanus
3. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
4. "Kansas City"