Paul McCartney - Ripples in a Pond

About this episode

Paul McCartney discusses the creation of his song 'Ripples in a Pond' and his extensive music career.

Paul McCartney is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer whose career spans more than six decades. As a member of The Beatles and later Wings and then with his own solo albums, he’s simply one of the most influential artists of all time. He has more accolades than I have time to list in this intro. But if you’re listening to this, you already know all that. In May 2026, he released his twentieth solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane . He co-produced it with Andrew Watt, who won the 2021 Grammy for Producer of the Year, and whose credits include working with Lady Gaga, The Rolling Stones, Justin Bieber, and Elton John. For this episode, I spoke to Paul McCartney about how he wrote and recorded his song "Ripples in a Pond." For more info, visit songexploder.net/paul-mccartney .

People in this episode

Host: Hrishikesh Hirway

Guest: Paul McCartney

Topics covered

• Paul McCartney
• songwriting
• music production
• The Beatles
• solo albums

Keywords

• Paul McCartney
• Ripples in a Pond
• The Beatles
• songwriting
• music production
• The Boys of Dungeon Lane

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Beatles, Wings, Andrew Watt, Lady Gaga, The Rolling Stones, Justin Bieber, Elton John

Books & works: The Boys of Dungeon Lane, Ripples in a Pond

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