https://youtube/watch?v=HkrIg1d_s58Im Carrying is a song written by Paul McCartney that was first released on Wings 1978 album London Town. It was also released as the B-side of the London Town single.[1] In 2003 it was later released on the soundtrack to the film The In-Laws.[1] Lyrics and music[edit] Im Carrying is a gentle love song.[1][2] Although Linda McCartney, Pauls wife, was a member of Wings, the song was not inspired by her but rather by a former girlfriend of Paul McCartneys.[2][3][4] The song has a simple structure, with two verses and a refrain.[2] In the first verse, McCartney sings that he will come to his lovers room after an absence bringing gifts and a carnation.[2] In the second verse, he sings that he has been away for a long time and wonders if his return will lack style.[2] The refrain simply notes that he is carrying something for his lover.[2] Im Carrying is in the key of E major and based on four chords.[2] McCartney originally recorded the song accompanied by just his acoustic guitar during the London Town sessions aboard the stern of the yacht Fair Carol in the Virgin Islands on 5 May 1977.[1][3] In December 1977, he overdubbed orchestral strings and he also overdubbed his own playing of an electric guitar using a Gizmo.[1][2][3] The Gizmo is a device invented by 10cc members Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, which allows a guitar to be played by vibrating the strings rather than plucking them.[1][2] Critical reception[edit] Author John Blaney notes that Im Carrying expresses sentiments similar to those McCartney sang on The Beatles Yesterday, noting that Im Carrying is less adventurous melodically but no less welcoming.[1] Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine calls it nice and understated.[5] George Harrison chose Im Carrying as his favorite song from London Town.[3] CD Review Magazine described the song as a silly love song thats sweet, simple, and tuneful.[6] Billboard Magazines Timothy White considers the song one of McCartneys post-Beatle peaks.[7] Other appearances[edit] Wings version of Im Carrying was used in the soundtrack for the film The In-Laws in 2003.[1][5][8][9] The song is also incorporated in the soundtrack to the Greg MacGillivray film To the Arctic 3D, including for a scene in which a mother polar bear plays with her cubs.[10][11] Sham Rock covered Im Carrying on their 2004 album The Album.[12] Guitarist Phil Keaggy played the song with Paul McCartney at the wedding of Linda McCartneys sister Laura Eastman.[13]
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