Vanilla Sky (song)
"Vanilla Sky" is a song written and recorded by Paul McCartney for the 2001 film Vanilla Sky.[1]
| "Vanilla Sky" | ||||
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| Single by Paul McCartney | ||||
| Released | 2001 | |||
| Length | 2:46 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Paul McCartney | |||
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Composition and recording
McCartney was in Los Angeles working on his album Driving Rain when director Cameron Crowe came by to ask if he would write a song for his new movie.
He showed us about a half-hour of and they look very intriguing with Tom [Cruise] acting his heart out. I said “What’s the title?”. He said “Vanilla Sky”. I said “Oh, that’s the nice title” and immediately you start thinking or rhymes with sky- fly… You know, it starts to kick off into something doesn’t look too difficult.
- Paul McCartney
The ex-Beatle says he got inspiration from a waiter in a restaurant:
Before the first course he brought something we hadn’t ordered. He said “Here’s in the mood a music bushi”. I said “What is he talking about? Music bushi?”. My limited knowledge of French I kind of worked out that he meant like a sort of pallet pleaser or something. So that became the first line of the song- “The chef prepares a special menu”. It’s gonna be “The chef prepares a music bushi”, but I never even pronounce that well I work in the song.
It only took Paul about a week to finish the track:
I just recorded it and had Cameron over and said “What do you think of this?”. He said “I love it”.[2]
Release
The song was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and for Academy Award for Best Original Song, but did not win any of these awards.[1]
References
- "McCartney pens original song for film 'Vanilla Sky'". 14 December 2001. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- "Paul McCartney on 'Vanilla Sky'". 16 April 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
