Paul McCartney was in the thick of the Best Original Song race back in 2001 for his title track from Cameron Crowe’s “Vanilla Sky.” Unfortunately, the film was a pale reflection of Alejandro Amenabar’s “Abre Los Ojos” and didn’t register with voters enough to push that truly great song far enough. Not that I’m arguing with Randy Newman finally winning his Oscar that year, mind you.
Well this year, McCartney is back in the race with “(I Want to) Come Home,” yet another breezy nostalgic ditty that, once again, was written for a film that doesn’t really work: Kirk Jones’s “Everybody’s Fine.” But it’s a great song. And I don’t think it’s a stretch to say it sounds like some undiscovered Beatles B-side, a warm and catchy tune that plays over the film’s closing credits (visually accompanied by the photos Robert De Niro’s widower character snaps on his journey around the country reconnecting with his children).
One would think Paul McCartney’s presence in a race like this would be a no-brainer, but then again, Bruce Springsteen proved that logic wrong last year. Have a listen to the track below and tell us what you think.
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13 responses to “Listen to Paul McCartney’s ‘(I Want to) Come Home’ from ‘Everybody’s Fine’”
It sounds beaufitul. Fitting the theme of the movie as well I suppose. Hopefully he’ll sing it too when I go to his concert next month!
I really like it, to bad it wont be in a good movie
Very nice. Very old-school. A shame the movie seems to be a disappointment.
I’d say it’s a likely nominee at this point. When it comes to a nomination, all we need is the song to play well during a clip of the movie and I think it won’t be a problem here. It’s a light song, lyrical melody, which voters usually for even when the song has no buzz. I think it’ll be nominated. Won’t it be really ironic if the category is eliminated this year when we have so many contenders and so many actually good songs? I think that we could have five nominees.
Oh My God!!! What a beautiful song!!!! Like always, Paul McCartney did a wonderful job!
Paul Mccartney is a master. This song says it all. It is a winner even if the dumb people at the awards do not give him an award. He is a winner always!
Paul Mccartney is a master. This song says it all. It is a winner even if the dumb people at the awards do not give him an award. He is already a winner!!
yeah!
This is a wonderful song, it is already a winner!
Lovely song.
Where can one buy this song, I can’t find it anywhere online, is there a certain release date? I don’t think it is on the soudtrack scehdueld for release in late December…
Paul is amazing! He knows exactly how to play with lyrics and songs. Such as beautiful melody! I’m enjoying a lot!!!
Paul McCartney est très talentueux. Il sait trouver les paroles et la musique qui expriment les émotions et les sentiments. Bravo Sir Paul et merci beaucoup.