Jenny Wren

"Jenny Wren" was written in Los Angeles. McCartney wrote the tune in the same sort of finger picking style found in "Blackbird", "Mother Nature's Son" (The Beatles) and "Calico Skies" (Flaming Pie).^[2] The song earned a nomination for the 2006 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance category.^[3]

As to who Jenny Wren is, McCartney said:

A wren is one of my favourite birds, little English bird, it’s the smallest English bird and I always feel very privileged to see a wren because they’re very shy and it’s just, Ah! So a combination of all of that. It’s a favourite bird for me, and then instead of making it a bird, again like ‘Blackbird,’ only more definitely this time I made it a woman, you know, a girl.^[2]

The song was recorded in October 2004.^[4] The solo is played on an Armenian woodwind instrument, called a duduk, played by Venezuelan-born world winds specialist and multi-instrumentalist Pedro Eustache.^[5] The guitar is tuned down a whole step for the song.^{[citation needed]}

The song has been covered by several artists.^[6]

• Digital single released 31 October 2005^{[citation needed]}

1. "Jenny Wren" (radio edit) – 2:09

• 7" R6678

1. "Jenny Wren" – 3:47
2. "Summer of '59" – 2:11

• CD CDR6678

1. "Jenny Wren" – 3:47
2. "I Want You to Fly" – 5:03

• Maxi-CD CDRS6678

1. "Jenny Wren" – 3:47
2. "I Want You to Fly" – 5:03
3. "This Loving Game" – 3:15

• PaulMcCartney.com exclusive digital download^[7][8]

1. "Jenny Wren" (Live from Abbey Road)

Personnel per booklet.^[14]

• Paul McCartney – vocals, Epiphone Texan acoustic guitar, Ludwig floor tom
• Pedro Eustache – duduk