Fans Re-Discover the Song That Paul McCartney Says 'Reduces Me to Tears' first appeared on Parade on Aug 5, 2025 This story ...

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In an interview with BBC Radio 1 in 2007 McCartney spoke again about his admiration for the song: “God Only Knows is one of the few songs that reduces me to tears every time I hear it.

McCartney and Wilson sang "God Only Knows" together in 2002 at the "Open Hearts, Clear Mines" 2nd Annual Adopt-A-Minefield Benefit.

Paul McCartney is paying tribute to music icon Brian Wilson following the death Wednesday of the Beach Boys co-founder. “Brian had that mysterious sense of musical genius that made his songs so ...

McCartney said his three favorite albums come from his contemporaries. They always bring him back to the eras in which he first listened to them. “’God Only Knows’ is one of the few songs ...

“‘God Only Knows’ is one of the few songs that reduces me to tears every time I hear it,” he told BBC Radio 1 in 2007. “It’s really just a love song, but it’s brilliantly done.” ...

God Only Knows was one of the last songs to be recorded and instrumental tracking began at 12:30am on 10 March, 1966. The location was Studio 3 at United Western Recorders, located at 6,000 Sunset ...