<P> Paul McCartney said he came up with the title `` The Long and Winding Road '' during one of his first visits to his property High Park Farm , near Campbeltown in Scotland , which he purchased in June 1966 . The phrase was inspired by the sight of a road `` stretching up into the hills '' in the remote Highlands surroundings of lochs and distant mountains . He wrote the song at his farm in 1968 , inspired by the growing tension among the Beatles . Based on other comments McCartney has made , author Howard Sounes writes , the lyrics can be seen as McCartney expressing his anguish at the direction his personal life was taking in the autumn of 1968 , after he had separated from his fiancée Jane Asher , as well as a nostalgic look back at the Beatles ' history . McCartney recalled : `` I just sat down at my piano in Scotland , started playing and came up with that song , imagining it was going to be done by someone like Ray Charles . I have always found inspiration in the calm beauty of Scotland and again it proved the place where I found inspiration . '' </P>
<P> Paul McCartney said he came up with the title `` The Long and Winding Road '' during one of his first visits to his property High Park Farm , near Campbeltown in Scotland , which he purchased in June 1966 . The phrase was inspired by the sight of a road `` stretching up into the hills '' in the remote Highlands surroundings of lochs and distant mountains . He wrote the song at his farm in 1968 , inspired by the growing tension among the Beatles . Based on other comments McCartney has made , author Howard Sounes writes , the lyrics can be seen as McCartney expressing his anguish at the direction his personal life was taking in the autumn of 1968 , after he had separated from his fiancée Jane Asher , as well as a nostalgic look back at the Beatles ' history . McCartney recalled : `` I just sat down at my piano in Scotland , started playing and came up with that song , imagining it was going to be done by someone like Ray Charles . I have always found inspiration in the calm beauty of Scotland and again it proved the place where I found inspiration . '' </P>
when was the long and winding road written
when was the long and winding road written
1968
1968