Only Love Remains

"Only Love Remains"
"Only Love Remains"
Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Press to Play
B-side	Tough on a Tightrope (7"); Talk More Talk (remix) (12");
Released	1 December 1986
Recorded	October–December 1985
Studio	Hog Hill Mill (Icklesham, UK)
Length	4:11
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter	Paul McCartney
Producers	Paul McCartney; Hugh Padgham;
Paul McCartney singles chronology

B-side

Tough on a Tightrope (7")
Talk More Talk (remix) (12")

Released1 December 1986

RecordedOctober–December 1985

StudioHog Hill Mill (Icklesham, UK)

"Only Love Remains" is a song by the English rock musician Paul McCartney, released on 1 December 1986 by Parlophone as the fourth single from his sixth solo studio album, Press to Play. A ballad,^[1] it reached number 34 on the UK singles chart.^[2]^[3]

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Chart (1986–1987)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[7]	95
Ireland (IRMA)^[8]	20
UK Singles (OCC)^[9]	34
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[10]	9

v t e Paul McCartney singles discography
1970s	"Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why" (with Linda McCartney) "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" / "Too Many People" (with Linda McCartney) "The Back Seat of My Car" / "Heart of the Country" (with Linda McCartney) "Eat at Home" / "Smile Away" (with Linda McCartney) "Wonderful Christmastime"
1980s	"Coming Up" "Waterfalls" "Temporary Secretary" "Ebony and Ivory" (with Stevie Wonder) "Take It Away" "Tug of War" "The Girl Is Mine" (with Michael Jackson) "Say Say Say" (with Michael Jackson) "Pipes of Peace"/"So Bad" "No More Lonely Nights" "We All Stand Together" "Spies Like Us" "Press" "Pretty Little Head" "Stranglehold" "Only Love Remains" "Once Upon a Long Ago" "Ferry Cross the Mersey" "My Brave Face" / "Flying to My Home" "This One" "Figure of Eight"
1990s	"Put It There" / "Mama's Little Girl" (with Wings) "Birthday" (live) / "Good Day Sunshine" (live) "All My Trials" (live) "Hope of Deliverance" "C'Mon People" "Off the Ground" "Biker Like an Icon" / "Things We Said Today" "A Leaf" (with Anya Alexeyev) "Come Together" (The Smokin' Mojo Filters) "Young Boy" "The World Tonight" "Beautiful Night" "No Other Baby" / "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" "Run Devil Run" (promo)
2000s	"From a Lover to a Friend" "Freedom" / "From a Lover to a Friend" "Hello Goodbye" (promo) "Tropic Island Hum" / "We All Stand Together" "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" (with U2) "Fine Line" "Jenny Wren" "Really Love You" (Twin Freaks) "This Never Happened Before" (promo) "Dance Tonight" / "Nod Your Head" "Ever Present Past" "Heal the Pain" (with George Michael) "Walk with You" (with Ringo Starr)
2010s	"(I Want to) Come Home" "My Valentine" Christmas Kisses: "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" / "Wonderful Christmastime" "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (The Justice Collective) "New" "Queenie Eye" "Only One" (with Kanye West) "FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna & Kanye West) "All Day" (with Kanye West) "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five" (with Timo Maas & James Teej) "I Don't Know" / "Come On to Me" "Fuh You" "Who Cares" "Back in Brazil" "Get Enough" "Home Tonight / In a Hurry"
2020s	"Find My Way" "The Kiss of Venus (Dominic Fike remix)" "Women and Wives" (Record Store Day exclusive)
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