+John S I cough and choke when I sing this song in full voice like Paul does. He's just amazing.

Watch Mike Viola doing it, right here on KZfaq.

Freddie Mercury.

I am a big Beatle fan. Paul has a good voice as well as John, Elvis, Old Blue Eyes.... They are all good. It's just a matter of taste.

Indy The Great yessss he sure does !! The best !!

Tamila Shultz Fredie is dead a long time no comparision with macca

Indy The Great he did then

Little Richard before

Jon Prosise thank you for saying that

i don t know but the chorus is impressive

I think Paul had a better singing range than plant, I've never really thought plant was that great

Max Cooper Monkberry Moon Delight is brilliant- one of my favourite tunes off Ram!

love monkberry moon delight

Love it too!!

Dont get left behinddddddddddddd WAAAAAAAAAAA MONKBERRY MOON DELIGHTTTEAAIGHTTTTT ba ba babadada

Also in Oh Woman, Oh Why. Perhaps the most amazing one of all. (Flip side to Another Day.)

also noticed it, incredible

Paul can reach a A in clean falsetto, a F in clean voice (hey Jude) and a G screamed full voice.

@@ML-wz3ek In Hey Jude he reaches a pretty clean Bflat4

@@ML-wz3ek Those aren't high notes. Pretty sure his range is much higher than that. Most male singers can sing an A in full voice.

It's not actually "full voice." It's a mix. It doesn't sound thin, though, which is impressive.

He had 5! For example Freddie Mercury had 4, I'm still amazed by this fact..

I'd love to hear it with Lennon singing lead.

well lesson be learned....age has nothing to do with Paul losing those amazing pipes he once had..it's all the screaming like this over all the years..that has made his voice so raspy, and full of cracking......his ego is just too large to admit it, ..he won't even lower the keys on these tunes either!!......I'm sure he could still write beautiful songs but he should have younger stars sing them.IMHO

Wonder if he took a year off like he did when Linda died and rest it what would happen. He's too busy raking in the bucks on the live shows, something he loves to do, watching the account balance go up

Sorry, your voice does tend to become diminished with age like everything else, screams or no screams...

It's obviously not the same voice 50 years after, but it is not completely gone, believe me.

Yeah McCartney can't sing really that good any more

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@@elisiamarie2000 thank you

He both yodeled and sang Gregorian chant.

wow I cant believe Paul McCartney Yodelling!

Duh!

The walrus was Paul.

Yup. Paul was capable of running up and down the scales like an athlete in training for something. Sometimes I’ll listen to him do this and think, “Stop it Paul!! You’re going to shred your voice!” But he don’t stop! And let’s not overlook Johnny boy who had his own formidable talents. But Paul could go higher and hold the high notes. However there’s no replacing that Lennon voice...

This song was written about Paul's thoughts on John leaving the band so it's kinda fitting that Paul should sing it

+Jack McDouglas In fact what source are you citing that John admitted his voice was not as beautiful and colorful than Paul's?

There are many sources, Including one of his interviews to Playboy's in the 70's. Another one is George Martin who said that John was always complaining that he didn't like his voice and he wanted to sound like Paul asking George to use microphone gimmics to make his voice sounds better. George was flabbergast because he didn't think that way. Mick Jagger also said a few times that he wanted to sound like Macca.

Very well put.

+Dogmatil Utter nonsense! Ridiculous. You know not of what you speak. Lennon was every bit in McCartney's league as a vocalist (in a different way), and he was anything but insecure about his songwriting. Where did you get that from? Remember, he and Paul started out writing together. They bounced ideas off each other, came up with something when the other was stuck for a lyric, or a middle eight, or whatever. Also, never have I heard, or read anything where George Martin claimed that Lennon asked to have his voice sound like McCartney. Absurd. I will agree that John like to use studio effects to make his voice sound different, not better, but that was part of the creative process that the group was getting into as they progressed. As for Jagger, the Stones somehow did rather well for having a singer with a bad voice. He was unique, incomparable, and his style was right for the Stones. They wouldn't have been what they were if the singer sounded like McCartney lol.

Hector Cheivz I too was into that sort of stuff before. In fact, the one video about "Paul McCartney's vocal range" is mine, from many years ago. But I've come to realize, that it isn't very interesting to pin point the very highest note that someone can produce with their throat. It sort of becomes a more anatomical question than a musical one. and I'm not in any way trying to be rude to you here, your comment just got me thinking! Yes, he reaches that A6, but it's *not* controlled. He does however reach very high notes frequently. I've come to find it much more interesting to go through Beatles tunes with my guitar, and find out where he was *comfortable* with his voice. In the early days, it was easily A4 and Bb4, which is amazingly high. He also had this completely wonderful timbre, in songs like yesterday and for no one, and later on Stuff like Junk. Later in the Sixties he developed these crazy falsetto skills, like in Every Night and maybe I'm amazed from his first solo album. Amazing drills and stuff! I've tried to pinpoint when he started to lose his godlike voice, but it's a depressing question really.

i'm only said that this was his highest note, i know that a vocal range isn't all in the quality of a musician, yeah Mccartney have great highs, but i don't think that your mentions (A4 Bb4) are intersting, he reachs notes one octave above, for example Bb5 in can't buy me love or C6 in London 2012, but a A4 anyone in falsetto can reach this note

That's an A5, not an A6. I wish people wouldn't spread misinformation.

In case you don't believe me, check out this video of singers singing an A5. An A5 is extremely high for a male. Does Paul's note sound an octave higher? The highest note in Phantom of the Opera for the FEMALE part is an E6. Paul is NOT singing five semitones higher than that. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fquclruhlt2pm5s.html

Agreed!!!

even if they didn't have that rule, Paul had a higher range than John

+Zaq Kickasola (Da Shurif) true, John has a very distinct voice but Paul has amazing range and can sound very different

Anything that John said after 1967 you have to take with a pinch of salt..John grew more and more resentful the as McCartney grew stronger as a singer and songwriter.

That's what he said about Get Back too, McCartney's version massively better :) Poor John, he maybe needed to go back to Jelli school...

John Lennon could never have reached the high notes on "Oh Darling" in the key it's played. John couldn't sing confortably above an A-Bb above middle C. McCartney reached a full octave above middle C, possibly more. Listen to 2:18. That's a C sharp, full voice.

Rafaz Alvitre they all have to work hard

+Moy Musouka Someone does research before posting. Thanks I knew this too and to read the bullshit everyone else posts about him being better than John ect is very annoying. They both made that band as did Ringo and George.

Well no matter. He wrote it, sung it, nailed it. Period.

Water Falls There's no need to be dismissive just because people are having a conversation that may not interest you.

Moy Musouka __ I didn't mean it to sound dismissive. I just meant he nailed it. Pardon me.

Water Falls Understood. Thanks for your message, and for making the Internet a little bit better. Have a terrific week!

+Mauricio Silva George Harrison with sun glasses and long hairstraight hair.

lsd provided inspiration for the beatles music, it has nothing to do with Pauls incredible vocal range

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What was the point of your comment? Not everything is a competition

@@ewest14 The point of my comment was to share my opjnion.

Sad to see how people still believe this bullshit

+jameyinegyptsland__You're not sorry to say it, you're happy to say it because you hate Paul McCartney and you wish death on him with your stupid PID bullshit. Go away loser!

AmazinFrenchFry oh please your offensive comments are killing me😂😂 no need to be so horrid with bad grammar. You 2 have not got a clue, i do not hate Paul, i actually like his music and singing, i researched more and have NOW changed my mind. It is Paul so no need to be nasty 😊🖒

jameyinegyptsland __I'm glad you changed your mind and realize that Paul is alive. I was having a gut reaction to your claim that he is dead. Glad you got out of the rabbit hole of PID insanity. Some of those folks are real nutters.

Water Falls i turned into one for a while lol no worries.

lol ok.

Apparently, you don’t know what you’re listening too.