2 , ▁McC art ney ' s ▁du et ▁with ▁Ste vie ▁Wonder , ▁" E b ony ▁and ▁I v ory ", ▁was ▁released ▁to ▁considerable ▁commercial ▁success , ▁reaching ▁number ▁one ▁in ▁many ▁countries . ▁T ug ▁of ▁War ▁followed ▁in ▁April , ▁and ▁similarly ▁became ▁a ▁world wide ▁number ▁one . ▁The ▁follow - up ▁single , ▁" Take ▁It ▁A way ", ▁reached ▁the ▁top ▁ten ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁album ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁sell ▁several ▁million ▁copies ▁and ▁did ▁much ▁to ▁restore ▁McC art ney ' s ▁critical ▁reputation ▁after ▁what ▁was ▁viewed ▁as ▁a ▁lean ▁period ▁for ▁him . ▁T ug ▁of ▁War ▁was ▁nominated ▁for ▁the ▁" Al bum ▁of ▁the ▁Year " ▁Gram my ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁W ings pan ▁author ▁Mark ▁Lewis ohn ▁thought ▁it ▁a ▁better ▁album ▁than ▁Band ▁on ▁the ▁Run . ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁issued ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁on ▁compact ▁disc ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁February ▁ 1 9 8 4 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁T ug ▁of ▁War ▁was ▁rem aster ed ▁and ▁re - iss ued ▁on ▁CD ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁The ▁Paul ▁McC art ney ▁Collection ▁series . ▁There ▁were ▁no ▁bonus ▁tracks : ▁" R ain cloud s " ▁and ▁" I ' ll ▁Give ▁You ▁a ▁Ring ", ▁B - s ides ▁of ▁" E b ony ▁and ▁I v ory " ▁and ▁" Take ▁It ▁A way ", ▁respectively , ▁were ▁omitted . ▁In