Tug of War (Paul McCartney album) and lasted from 3 February to 2 March, ending with "Ebony and Ivory" and "What's That You're Doing", two songs featuring Stevie Wonder. 10cc guitarist Eric Stewart also became a frequent collaborator of McCartney's during this period. Further sessions that summer were undertaken at Martin's AIR studios at Oxford Street, London. The sessions were so productive that several of its tracks were held over for McCartney's next album, "Pipes of Peace", which followed in 1983. The rest of 1981 was spent in a quiet fashion, with McCartney and Martin touching up the album and perfecting it. In a contemporary review
Take It Away (Paul McCartney song) end. Take It Away (Paul McCartney song) "Take It Away" is a single by Paul McCartney from his 1982 album "Tug of War". The single spent sixteen weeks on the "Billboard" Hot 100 singles chart, reaching #10 It reached #15 in the UK. The music video, directed by John Makenzie, features former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and long-time producer George Martin, both of whom played on the track, as well as actor John Hurt. Although there is a segue from "Tug of War" into this song on the album, the single version instead starts cleanly but fades out earlier at