"Every Night" is a song by English musician Paul McCartney, released on his debut solo album McCartney in April 1970. He wrote the song while he was on holiday in Greece. McCartney first performed it live on 23 November 1979 in Liverpool. Lyrics and music The lyrics of "Every Night" reflect the difficult situation McCartney was dealing with at the time the song was written, which was in light of the imminent breakup of the Beatles; the words do, however, convey some optimism for the future. According to James McGrath, the last line, "But tonight I just wanna stay in / And be with you," is the key to the song, in that it "quietly challenges the uneasy relationship between rock and domesticity." McGrath points out that Bob Dylan's song from the previous year, "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You," ended on a similar note. The vocalized bridge begins with the same melody that begins McCartney's Beatles song, "You Never Give Me Your Money". "The structure of 'Every Night' is different from many McCartney songs [as rather than] a true chorus, the vocal refrain of 'every night' occurs at the beginning of each verse. The repeated section, which could be nominally classed as [the] chorus, [comprises] 'oo' vocalisations." Origin Paul McCartney would recall having come up with the first two lines of "Every Night" in the mid-1960s, but the song only began to develop during the January 1969 Twickenham Studios sessions for the Beatles' Get Back/Let It Be: specifically on 21 and 24 January 1969 McCartney and his bandmates jammed around McCartney's initial musical idea, giving the song a brief run through with John Lennon on slide guitar. McCartney completed the song while in the Corfiot village of Benitses where he and his wife Linda McCartney vacationed in May-June 1969, along with McCartney's stepdaughter Heather McCartney. Later release "Every Night" is also included on: The live albums Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (1981), Unplugged (The Official Bootleg) (1991),Back in the U.S. (2002) and Back in the World Live (2003). The compilation albums Wingspan: Hits and History (2001) and Pure McCartney (4-CD edition) (2016) Personnel According to author John C. Winn: Paul McCartneylead vocal, three acoustic guitars, bass, drums Other versions Billy Joe Royal had an August 1970 single release of "Every Night": notable as the first release recorded at Studio One in Doraville, the single failed to become