<p id=”par-1_42″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/paul-mccartney/”>Paul McCartney</a> has written some of the most <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/best-song-the-beatles-sgt-pepper.html/”>meaningful pop songs</a> of all time. However, he revealed one of his Wings hits had an utterly meaningless lyric. Despite this, Paul didn’t seem to understand the words he was using in the song.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-why-1-paul-mccartney-song-mentions-butter-pie”>Why 1 Paul McCartney song mentions ‘butter pie’</h2>
<p id=”par-2_83″>One of the most unusual songs in Paul’s 1970s catalog is “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey.” The song’s instrumental changes tone several times and it might be the only tune to mention both a World War II admiral (William Halsey Jr.) and a dish called “butter pie.” During a 2021 interview from <a href=”https://www.paulmccartney.com/news/you-gave-me-the-answer-butter-pies-and-monkberry-moon-delights” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>PaulMcCartney.com</a>, Paul was asked if butter pies are real. In addition, he was asked of there was a meaning behind the lyric “the butter wouldn’t melt so I put it in the pie.”</p>
<p id=”par-3_105″>“No, there’s no meaning behind it,” Paul replied. “Because I like surrealist art, I also like surrealist words. A great example of this is <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/alice-in-wonderland-inspired-the-beatles-yellow-submarine.html/”>Lewis Carroll writing <em>Alice in Wonderland</em></a> — it’s a crazy thing, you’ve got a cat sitting in a tree that grins and talks, and you’ve got Alice falling down a hole and meeting the Red Queen, and so on. That whole tradition was something that I loved, and when I met John I learned that he loved it to.” <em>Alice in Wonderland</em> had an obvious influence on surreal Beatles songs like “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/paul-mccartney-said-famous-poem-inspired-john-lennon-write-the-beatles-strawberry-fields-forever.html/”>and “Strawberry Fields Forever.”</a></p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-butter-pies-are-real”>Butter pies are real</h2>
<p id=”par-4_63″>Paul related the lyrics of “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” to his interests as an artist. “I’d always liked writing love songs, ballads, and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/beatles-white-album-song-might-really-rock-star.html/”>rock ‘n’ roll songs</a>, but then one of my other little side interests was to invent surrealist stuff,” he said. “Admiral Halsey was someone I’d read about — he’s a character from American history — and I just liked the name. </p>
<p id=”par-5_79″>“I was playing around with that and making up a fictional story, and I just ran into the words ‘and butter pie,’” he added. “Well, there’s no such thing as a butter pie, that I’ve ever heard of anyway. So, it was a surrealist image.” Despite Paul’s comments, there is a savory dish known as butter pie that is filled with potatoes, onions, and butter. It’s interesting that England’s most famous vegetarian is unaware of an English vegetarian dish.</p>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-uncle-albert-admiral-halsey-was-a-huge-deal-for-paul-mccartney-s-career”>‘Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey’ was a huge deal for Paul McCartney’s career</h2>
<p id=”par-6_66″>Paul released “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” as a single. The tune topped the <a href=”https://www.billboard.com/artist/paul-mccartney/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Billboard Hot 100</a> for a week, lasting on the chart for 13 weeks in total. It became Paul’s first chart-topper in the United States <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/john-lennon-said-the-beatles-over-met-yoko-ono.html/”>after The Beatles broke up</a>. “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” appeared on the album <em>Ram</em>. That record reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and lasted on the chart for 42 weeks.</p>
<p id=”par-7_35″><a href=”https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18538/paul-mccartney/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Official Charts Company</a> reports that “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” did not chart in the United Kingdom. Meanwhile, <em>Ram </em>was a hit there, reaching No. 1 for two of its 24 weeks on the U.K. chart.</p>
<p id=”par-8_25″>“Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” might not be the most meaningful song in Paul’s catalog, but it proved he could make hit songs without the Fab Four.</p>