Ebony and Ivory "Billboard" Hot 100 charts. At the simplest level, the song is about the ebony (black) and ivory (white) keys on a piano, but also deals with integration and racial harmony on a deeper, human level. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say "black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony, folks!". The figure of speech is much older. It was popularised by James Aggrey in the 1920s, inspiring the title of the pan-African journal "The Keys", but was in use from at least the 1840s. Written by McCartney alone, the song
Tug of War (Paul McCartney album) Doing?" co-written by Stevie Wonder In 2015 the album was re-issued by Hear Music/Concord Music Group as part of the sixth set of releases, alongside "Pipes Of Peace", in the "Paul McCartney Archive Collection". It was released in multiple formats: Digital Standard: Standard Res - without Ebooklet Standard Res – with Ebooklet Mastered for iTunes – without Ebooklet Hi-Res - 24-bit/96 kHz – with Ebooklet Deluxe: Standard Res (with or without Ebooklet) Mastered for iTunes (with Ebooklet) Hi-Res - 24-bit/96 kHz (with Ebooklet) Remixed version of the original 12-track album. The original 12-track album. Grammy Award for Best Boxed or