Paul McCartney Wings and decided he needed a change. The group disbanded in April 1981 after Laine quit following disagreements over royalties and salaries. In 1982, McCartney collaborated with Stevie Wonder on the Martin-produced number-one hit "Ebony and Ivory", included on McCartney's "Tug of War" LP, and with Michael Jackson on "The Girl Is Mine" from "Thriller". "Ebony and Ivory" was McCartney's record 28th single to hit number one on the "Billboard" 100. The following year, he and Jackson worked on "Say Say Say", McCartney's most recent US number one . McCartney earned his latest UK number one with the title track
Girlfriend (Paul McCartney song) album. This proved to be another hit single for Jackson and one of his first recordings of a Paul McCartney song. McCartney and Jackson subsequently worked together on "The Girl Is Mine" from Jackson's "Thriller", as well as "Say Say Say" and "The Man", from McCartney's "Pipes of Peace". In 1985, Jackson acquired the ATV Music Publishing catalog (which held the rights to nearly every Beatles song) uncontested by McCartney. According to McCartney, they "drifted apart" after he talked to Jackson about getting a "raise" and Jackson did not act on it. Girlfriend (Paul McCartney song) "Girlfriend" is a song