Say Say Say waste[d] the rest of the album on bathos and whimsy". The "Los Angeles Times" Paul Grein also reviewed the McCartney album and opined that the singer had redeemed himself with the success of the "spunky" song "but plunged back into wimpdom with 'No More Lonely Nights'". Journalist Whitney Pastorek compared the song to McCartney's 1982 duet with Stevie Wonder, "Ebony and Ivory". She asserted that "Say Say Say" was a better song, and had a better "though slightly more nonsensical" music video, adding that the song had no "heavy-handed social content". Penn State's "The Daily Collegian" described the track as
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