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	==Personnel==		==Personnel==
	*Paul McCartney - lead vocals, bass, guitar, mandolin, keyboard		*Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass, guitar, mandolin, keyboard
	*] - guitar, vocals		*] – guitar, vocals
	*] - drums, vocals		*] – drums, vocals
	*] - guitar, bass, vocals		*] – guitar, bass, vocals
	*] - keyboards		*] – keyboards

	*Steve Orchard - 2019 remix sound engineer		*Steve Orchard – 2019 remix sound engineer

	== Nominations ==		== Nominations ==
	Two tracks from this EP were nominated for ]s in 2008 for the ] on 8 February 2009: "That Was Me" for ~~'''~~Best Male Pop Vocal Performance~~'''~~ and "]" for ~~'''~~Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance~~'''~~. Neither song won, and both lost to ] tracks ("]" and "]" respectively). McCartney performed "I Saw Her Standing There" with ] on drums during the ceremony.		Two tracks from this EP were nominated for ]s in 2008 for the ] on 8 February 2009: "That Was Me" for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and "]" for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance. Neither song won, and both lost to ] tracks ("]" and "]" respectively). McCartney performed "I Saw Her Standing There" with ] on drums during the ceremony.

	== Reception ==		== Reception ==
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	Writing for ], ] commented: "Sadly, this is just a taste of the full 20-song set, but it's a good one, containing two songs from Memory (the best being "That Was Me," sounding randy and funny in a way it wasn't on LP), a giddy run through "C Moon," and an energetic closer of "I Saw Her Standing There." It's a little of everything from Sir Paul, all of it good, all enough to make you wish you were there, or at least that the whole thing came out on CD."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web\|title = Amoeba's Secret > Overview \|author=]\|publisher=]\|accessdate=16 October 2009\|url={{Allmusic\|class=album\|id=r1474577\|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref>		Writing for ], ] commented: "Sadly, this is just a taste of the full 20-song set, but it's a good one, containing two songs from Memory (the best being "That Was Me," sounding randy and funny in a way it wasn't on LP), a giddy run through "C Moon," and an energetic closer of "I Saw Her Standing There." It's a little of everything from Sir Paul, all of it good, all enough to make you wish you were there, or at least that the whole thing came out on CD."<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web\|title = Amoeba's Secret > Overview \|author=]\|publisher=]\|accessdate=16 October 2009\|url={{Allmusic\|class=album\|id=r1474577\|pure_url=yes}}}}</ref>

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	== References ==		== References ==
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Revision as of 06:38, 17 July 2019

2007 EP by Paul McCartney

Amoeba's Secret

EP by Paul McCartney

Released

13 November 2007

Recorded

Amoeba Music: 27 June 2007

Genre

Rock, pop

Length

13:32

Label

Hear Music

Paul McCartney chronology

iTunes Festival: London
(2007)

Amoeba's Secret
(2007)

Electric Arguments
(2008)

Amoeba's Secret is an EP by Paul McCartney recorded during a secret performance at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, California, on 27 June 2007.

The EP reached 119 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, despite relatively little promotion. The low-resolution album art is intentional, as to make the EP resemble a bootleg recording. The back of the sleeve features an incomplete word search whose letters contain hidden details of the recording.

Release

The EP was originally released in November 2007 in a limited 12" vinyl edition. Later, in January 2009 it received wider release on CD and download formats. The songs "Only Mama Knows" and "That Was Me" were also released as b-sides to "Ever Present Past" single in 2007. All the tracks of the EP were later included in the limited edition 2010 live album Live in Los Angeles.

The complete "Amoeba Gig" show, 21 songs in length and newly remixed by Paul’s engineer Steve Orchard, was released on 12 July 2019 on CD, vinyl, and download.

Track listing

Amoeba's Secret original EP

"Only Mama Knows" (Paul McCartney) – 3:47
"C Moon" (P. McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 3:17
"That Was Me" (P. McCartney) – 3:03
"I Saw Her Standing There" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:25

Amoeba Gig album (2019)

"Drive My Car" (Lennon-McCartney) – 2:41
"Only Mama Knows" (Paul McCartney) – 3:47
"Dance Tonight" (P. McCartney) – 3:25
"C Moon" (P. McCartney, Linda McCartney) – 3:13
"The Long and Winding Road" (Lennon-McCartney) – 3:34
"I'll Follow the Sun" (Lennon-McCartney) – 2:56
"Calico Skies" (P. McCartney) – 2:57
"That Was Me" (P. McCartney) – 3:03
"Blackbird" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:44
"Here Today" (P. McCartney) – 3:13
"Back in the U.S.S.R." (Lennon–McCartney) – 4:08
"Nod Your Head" (P. McCartney) – 2:00
"House of Wax" (P. McCartney) – 6:02
"I've Got a Feeling" (Lennon–McCartney) – 5:56
"Matchbox" (Carl Perkins) – 3:31
"Get Back" (Lennon–McCartney) – 4:21
"Baby Face" (Harry Axt, Benny Davis) – 0:54
"Hey Jude" (Lennon–McCartney) – 8:01
"Let It Be" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:54
"Lady Madonna" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:34
"I Saw Her Standing There" (Lennon–McCartney) – 3:25

Personnel

Paul McCartney – lead vocals, bass, guitar, mandolin, keyboard
Rusty Anderson – guitar, vocals
Abe Laboriel Jr – drums, vocals
Brian Ray – guitar, bass, vocals
David Arch – keyboards

Steve Orchard – 2019 remix sound engineer

Nominations

Two tracks from this EP were nominated for Grammy Awards in 2008 for the 51st Grammy Awards on 8 February 2009: "That Was Me" for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance and "I Saw Her Standing There" for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance. Neither song won, and both lost to John Mayer tracks ("Say" and "Gravity" respectively). McCartney performed "I Saw Her Standing There" with Dave Grohl on drums during the ceremony.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Writing for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine commented: "Sadly, this is just a taste of the full 20-song set, but it's a good one, containing two songs from Memory (the best being "That Was Me," sounding randy and funny in a way it wasn't on LP), a giddy run through "C Moon," and an energetic closer of "I Saw Her Standing There." It's a little of everything from Sir Paul, all of it good, all enough to make you wish you were there, or at least that the whole thing came out on CD."

Charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)	24

Release details

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog number
United States	13 November 2007	Hear Music	12" EP	HMLP-30607 (8 88072 30607 3)
	27 January 2009		CD	HRM-31306-02 (8 88072 31306 4)
	27 January 2009		download	HRM-31306-25

References

^ Calkin, Graham. "Paul McCartney - Amoeba's Secret". Retrieved 16 October 2009.
^ "Amoebas Secret HRM 31306 02 : Paul McCartney". Concord Music Group. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
"Paul Is Live: McCartney Premieres "Amoeba Gig," Reissues Classic Live Sets on CD and LP". Retrieved 12 July 2019.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Amoeba's Secret > Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
"Oricon Top 50 Albums: 2019-07-22" (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

External links

Paul McCartney Rocked Amoeba at Amoeba Music official website
Paul McCartney's - Amoeba's Secret at Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages

Paul McCartney

Studio albums

McCartney Ram Thrillington McCartney II Tug of War Pipes of Peace Give My Regards to Broad Street Press to Play Снова в СССР Flowers in the Dirt Off the Ground Flaming Pie Run Devil Run Driving Rain Chaos and Creation in the Backyard Memory Almost Full Kisses on the Bottom New Egypt Station McCartney III
with Wings	Wild Life Red Rose Speedway Band on the Run Venus and Mars Wings at the Speed of Sound London Town Back to the Egg
The Fireman	Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest Rushes Electric Arguments
Classical	Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio Standing Stone Working Classical Ecce Cor Meum Ocean's Kingdom

Live albums

Remix albums

Compilations

Books

Filmography

A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Help! (1965)
Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
Yellow Submarine (1968)
Let It Be (1970)
James Paul McCartney (1973)
Wings Over the World (1979)
Back to the Egg (1979)
Concert for Kampuchea (1980)
Rockshow (1980)
Rupert and the Frog Song (1984)
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
Put It There (1989)
MTV Unplugged (1991)
Get Back (1991)
Liverpool Oratorio (1991)
Paul Is Live (1993)
In the World Tonight (1997)
Standing Stone (1997)
Tropic Island Hum (1997)
Live at the Cavern Club (1999)
Working Classical (2000)
Wingspan (2001)
The Concert for New York City (2001)
Back in the U.S. (2002)
Paul McCartney in Red Square (2003)
The Music and Animation Collection (2004)
Between Chaos and Creation (2005)
The Space Within US (2006)
Memory Almost Full – Deluxe Edition (2007)
The McCartney Years (2007)
Ecce Cor Meum (2008)
Good Evening New York City (2009)
The Love We Make (2011)
A Rendez-Vous with Paul McCartney (2013)
New – Collector's Edition (2014)
A MusiCares Tribute to Paul McCartney (2015)
Pure McCartney (2016)
Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney Live from Liverpool (2018)

Bootlegs

Tours

Tributes

Lists

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