Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr Release First Duet "Home to Us"

Paul McCartney has had his Beatles bandmate Ringo Starr play drums on his solo records before, but the upcoming The Boys of Dungeon Lane is the first time they’ve ever duetted. Produced by Andrew Watt, “Home to Us” also features backing vocals by The Pretenders ‘ Chrissie Hynde and Texas ‘ Sharleen Spiteri .

“Ringo went round to the studio and drummed a bit. I said to Andrew, we should make a track and send it to him,” Paul says. “So this song is done totally with Ringo in mind. In writing the song I’m talking about where we came from. In common with a lot of people, you come from nothing and you build yourself up. Ringo was from the Dingle, and that was well hard. He said he used to get mugged coming home, because he worked. Even though it was crazy, it was home to us. I made the song around that idea and sent it to Ringo. He sent me back a version where he just added some lines to the chorus, so I thought, maybe he doesn’t like it. I rang him and he said he thought I only wanted him to sing one or two lines, and I said I’d love to hear him sing the whole thing. So we took my first line, Ringo’s second line, and then we had a duet. We’d never done that before. Then we wanted some backing vocals and I had the idea it would be nice to hear girls. Chrissie Hynde said she’d do it, and Sharleen Spiteri, they’re mates. So they did it.”

You can watch the lyric video for “Home to Us” below.

The Boys of Dungeon Lane is out May 29 and you can preorder it , along with more McCartney/Beatles records and merch , in the BV shop.

_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/listen-to-paul-mccartney-ringo-starrs-first-ever-duet-home-to-us/)._