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Sir Paul McCartney 'shocked in a pleasant way' by McCartney III Imagined remixes
19 April 2021
Sir Paul McCartney was "shocked in a very pleasant way" by the contributions to 'McCartney III Imagined'.
The former Beatles legend released the star-studded collection, which features the likes of Idris Elba, Damon Albarn, St. Vincent and more, last week.
McCartney is quoted by The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column as saying: "It started by people asking me if I had any bonus tracks and I said, 'No, not really, 'McCartney III' is like a giant bonus track.'
"Then I thought it might be a nice idea to just ask some other people to remix and just reimagine them.
"It was a delight when the tracks started coming in.
"Every time it was like a Christmas gift.
"Nobody was given any strict briefs, so it was really interesting to see who did what.
"Some shocked me in a very pleasant way, because I had no feelings as to what they ought to do."
The 'Let it Be' hitmaker was particularly blown away by Dominic Fike's cover of ‘The Kiss of Venus’ .
He added: "The Dominic Fike track was really surprising, because he'd added his own lyrics.
"He went beyond it, and the video he's done is terrific.
"So I think his was the most surprising.
"Each one of them had got something very special about them."
Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon remixed the album’s opening track ‘Long Tailed Winter Bird’, whilst actor and DJ Idris put his own spin on the same song.