“I can visualise sitting at the lovely black Steinway piano. I was playing on it one day, and this song came to me”: How Paul McCartney created his greatest post-Beatles song

Paul McCartney.

On the morning of 15 February 1970, Paul McCartney walked into Studio 2 at EMI Recording Studios, Abbey Road, to record Maybe I’m Amazed, a song written as a raw and honest declaration of love and gratitude to his wife Linda, for keeping him grounded during the painful and depressing implosion of The Beatles.

Maybe I’m Amazed was renowned for being a one-man solo effort, with McCartney playing all the instruments. The only other person on the track was Linda, who contributed backing vocals and handclaps.