Ebony and Ivory McCartney filmed a promotional interview for the "Tug of War" album. The b-side of the single, the song "Rainclouds", is written by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine, though on early pressings of the single the song was credited only to McCartney. "Ebony and Ivory" spent seven weeks at No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, and was the fourth-biggest hit of 1982. For McCartney, the song's run atop the chart was the longest of any of his post-Beatles works, and second longest career-wise (behind "Hey Jude" with The Beatles); for Wonder, it was his longest-running chart-topper. It marked the first
One-hit wonder from composers who have two or more works that are popular in classical music circles, but have a single work that has become popular outside these circles. The two CDs differ, but the works common to both are: Other examples of classical one-hit wonders are Vittorio Monti's Csárdás, Enrico Toselli's "Serenata 'Rimpianto' Op.6 No.1", popularly known as "Toselli's Serenade", and Jean Paul Egide Martini's Plaisir d'Amour. The term "one-hit wonder" is occasionally applied to other media. In the sports world, there are several athletes known to casual sports fans for one event in their careers. Examples include Paul Henderson, a