Paul McCartney Unveils New Single 'My Valentine' Featuring Eric Clapton - Listen

Paul McCartney has posted his latest single 'My Valentine' online – listen to it below.

The track, which features Eric Clapton, is taken from the singer's as-yet-untitled new album set for release February 6 2012.

The album, which at present has no tracklisting, will feature covers of songs he was inspired by during his childhood.

Speaking about songs covered, he said: "When I kind of got into songwriting, I realised how well structured these songs were and I think I took a lot of my lessons from them.
I always thought artists like Fred Astaire were very cool. Writers like Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, all of those guys - I just thought the songs were magical," he added. "And then, as I got to be a songwriter I thought it's beautiful, the way they made those song'."

He said the recording sessions were: "very spontaneous, kind of organic, which then reminded me of the way we'd work with The Beatles.

"We'd bring a song in, kick it around, when we found a way to do it we'd say 'Okay, let's do a take now' and by the time everyone kind of had an idea of what they were doing, we'd learnt the song. So that's what we did, we did the take live in the studio."

McCartney added: ''It was important for me to keep away from the more obvious song choices so, many of the classic standards will be unfamiliar to some people. I hope they are in for a pleasant surprise.''

Paul McCartney - 'My Valentine':

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