"That Would Be Something" | |
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Song by Paul McCartney | |
from the album McCartney | |
Released | 17 April 1970 |
Recorded | December 1969 |
Studio | McCartney's home, London |
Genre | Folk-pop, [1] blues |
Length | 2:43 |
Label | Apple |
Songwriter(s) | Paul McCartney |
Producer(s) | Paul McCartney |
McCartney track listing | |
13 tracks
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"That Would Be Something" is a song written by Paul McCartney which was first released on his McCartney album on 17 April 1970. [2]
McCartney sings and plays acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, tom tom and a cymbal. [3] This song and "Valentine Day" were mixed at Abbey Road Studios on 22 February 1970. [2] McCartney would also record " Every Night" and " Maybe I'm Amazed" the same day. [2] In the song McCartney also performs vocal percussion to simulate a drum kit.
Shortly after the McCartney album's release, George Harrison described this song and " Maybe I'm Amazed" as "great". [2] [4] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic said the song was "light folk-pop". [1]
In a review for the McCartney album, Langdon Winner of Rolling Stone described "That Would Be Something", along with " The Lovely Linda", as having "virtually no verbal or melodic content whatsoever." [5]
"That Would Be Something" was also released on the 1991 album Unplugged (The Official Bootleg). The song was first performed live by McCartney, in Barcelona, on 8 May 1991. [6]
The Grateful Dead played this song in concert 16 times between 1991 and 1995. [7] The first time they played the song live is available on Dick's Picks Volume 17.
In 2010, Jack White interpolated a bridge of "That Would Be Something" into his performance of " Mother Nature's Son", another one of McCartney's compositions, during a concert held at the White House during which McCartney was awarded the Gershwin Prize. [8]