Jenny Wren

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“Jenny Wren”
Single by Paul McCartney from the album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Released	21 November 2005
Format	7", CD, Maxi-CD
Recorded	2003 - 2005
Genre	Folk Rock
Length	3:47 (album version) 2:09 (radio edit)
Label	Parlophone
Producer	Nigel Godrich
Paul McCartney singles chronology
"Fine Line" (2005) "Jenny Wren" (2005) "This Never Happened Before" (2006)

"Jenny Wren" is a song from Paul McCartney's 2005 album Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. It was released 21 November 2005 as the second single from the album in the United Kingdom (see 2005 in British music). It was written in Los Angeles, and is about a character of the same name from Charles Dickens' novel Our Mutual Friend. It also refers to an English bird called wren, which is reported to be McCartney's favourite. Paul McCartney wrote the tune in the same sort of "fingerpicking" style found in "Blackbird", "Mother Nature's Son" (The Beatles "White Album") and "Calico Skies" (Flaming Pie). The song earned a nomination for the 2007 Grammy Awards, in the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance category.

The solo is played on an Armenian woodwind instrument, called duduk.

The song has been covered by several artists, such as the norwegian jazz trio SOLID! who recorded an instrumental version on their 2008 release "Happy Accidents" (AIM Records).

[edit] Track listing

• Digital single released 31 October 2005

1. "Jenny Wren" (radio edit) - 2:09

• 7" R6678

1. "Jenny Wren" - 3:47
2. "Summer of '59" - 2:11

• CD CDR6678

1. "Jenny Wren" - 3:47
2. "I Want You To Fly" - 5:03

• Maxi-CD CDRS6678

1. "Jenny Wren" - 3:47
2. "I Want You To Fly" - 5:03
3. "This Loving Game" - 3:15

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Beatles.com.hk CD1 page (Hong Kong based)
• Beatles.com.hk CD2 page (Hong Kong based)
• Beatles.com.hk 7" page (Hong Kong based)
• Beatles.com.hk digital single page (Hong Kong based)