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Figure of EightPaul McCartney

Released: June 5, 1989

Songwriter: Paul McCartney

Producer: Stephen Lipson Trevor Horn Paul McCartney

[Verse 1]
Well, you've got me dancing in a figure of eight
Don't know if I'm coming or going, I'm early or late
Round and round the ring I go
I want to know
I want to know, hey

[Verse 2]
Why can't we travel a continuous line?
Make love a reliable covenant all the time
Up and down the hills I go
I got to know
I got to know

[Chorus]
Is it better to love one another
Than to go for a walk in the dark?
Is it better to love than to give in to hate?
Yeah, we'd better take good care of each other
Avoid slipping back off the straight and narrow
It's better by far than getting stuck in a figure of eight

[Bridge]
Well, figure it out for yourself, little girl
It don't go nowhere at all
It's nothing more than a tape loop in a big dance hall

[Verse 3]
You've got me running in a figure of eight
Don't know if I'm coming or going, early or late
Round and round I go
I want to know
I want to know

[Chorus]
Say is it better to love one another
Than to go for a walk in the dark?
Is it better to love than to give in to hate?
Yes, we'd better take good care of one other
And avoid slipping back off the straight and narrow
It's better by far than getting stuck in a figure of eight

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney, born June 18, 1942, is the single most successful music artist of all time. He found worldwide fame as the bass player and vocalist for The Beatles, and has continued to enjoy commercial success long after the band’s breakup.

His post-Beatles projects—the most lucrative of which was the band Wings, alongside then-wife Linda Eastman—have been met with mixed critical reception but he still retains a substantial public following, regularly conducting worldwide arena tours well into his later years.

His album sales with The Beatles, Wings and solo endeavours combined come to over 100 million, and his net worth was estimated to be approximately $1.2 billion circa 2018. He was knighted in 1997 and is known for his activism.

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