To Be a Lover in early 1969. This version has since been sampled by Ludacris on his song "Growing Pains" from "Word of Mouf", by Jaheim on "Put That Woman First" from "Still Ghetto" and by Dilated Peoples on the song "Worst Comes to Worst". In 1977, the song was covered as a more uptempo reggae number by the Jamaican singer George Faith under the amended title of "To Be a Lover (Have Mercy)" for his Lee "Scratch" Perry-produced album also called "To Be a Lover". In 1986, the track was again reworked and became the second high-profile cover Billy Idol released as a
From a Lover to a Friend McCartney, however, was less certain whom the song was about in an interview on Howard Stern's radio show. "The Guardian" called it a "masterpiece... so delicate and honest that it sounds pretty much perfect." "From a Lover to a Friend" was recorded on 27 February 2001 with Paul playing bass and piano, Abe Laboriel, Jr. playing drums, Rusty Anderson on 12-string electric guitar, and Gabe Dixon on piano. From a Lover to a Friend "From a Lover to a Friend" is a song by Paul McCartney, featured on his 2001 album "Driving Rain". It was released as a single and